Moscow Art Theatre

The Moscow Art Theatre is a theatre company in the Russian capital that performs in a building near Tverskaya Street. The auditorium seats roughly 1300 people and features a classic stage arrangement with tiers and boxes.

Konstantin Stanislavski and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko founded the company in October 1898 as an experiment for a new kind of theatre. Later it split in 1987 into two institutions that each took different names and artistic directions.

The venue carries Anton Chekhov's name and regularly stages his plays, which continue to draw audiences and keep the writer's legacy alive. Visitors experience here a performance style based on psychological depth, where actors behave as real people rather than performing in an exaggerated manner.

The location near Red Square makes it easy to combine a visit with other landmarks, especially in the afternoon or evening. Performances usually last two to three hours and take place in the main hall, where the acoustics work well.

The school has trained actors in the method Stanislavski developed for over a century, which remains in use at theatres worldwide today. Some productions here have run for several years in repertory and are recast as actors change.

Location: Moscow

Inception: October 14, 1898

Founders: Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Constantine Stanislavsky

Industry: creative industries

GPS coordinates: 55.76000,37.61333

Latest update: December 4, 2025 23:00