The Baltic House Festival Theatre (Балтийский дом) is a theatre located in Alexander Park, Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Petrogradsky Island. It was founded in 1936 as the Lenin's Komsomol Theatre, and renamed Baltic House in 1991.[1] From 1936-1939 it was located at 12 Vladimirsky Avenue, then moved to its current location in 1939.[2]
Baltic House has been the main stage of the International Baltic House Theatre Festival (Театр-фестиваль «Балтийский дом») since 1991;[3] the international festival of mono-performances, since 1997; and "Meetings in Russia", and the international festival of Russian theatres from Commonwealth of Independent States and Baltic States, since 1998.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ "Baltic House Festival Theatre Official". Retrieved 2012-03-09. (Russian)
- ^ "Saint Petersburg Encyclopaedia, Baltic House Festival Theater". Retrieved 2012-03-09.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "International Baltic House Theatre Festival held in St. Petersburg". topspb.tv – Телеканал Санкт-Петербург.
This year the festival programme features performances staged by theatres from Russia, France, China, Italy, Lithuania, and Poland.
- ^ "Saint Petersburg Encyclopaedia, Baltic House Festival Theater". Retrieved 2012-03-09.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Baltic House Festival Theatre Official". Retrieved 2012-03-09. (Russian)
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