Ведогонь-театр, Theater in Zelenograd, Russia.

Vedogon Theater is Zelenograd's only professional drama theater, founded in 1985 by Pavel Kurochkin and Elena Shkurpelo, graduates of the Shchepkin Theater School. Since 2014 it has occupied the entire building of the former Era cinema, which it is converting into a theater and cultural center. Its repertoire includes Ostrovsky's "Profitable Place", Gogol's "Marriage" and Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors".

Founded in 1985 by Pavel Kurochkin and Elena Shkurpelo, graduates of the Shchepkin Higher Theatre School, as a children's studio of theatrical art. It was registered as a private theatre in 1992, and its first season opened that autumn with a premiere based on stories by P. Romanov. On 23 March 1999 it received the status of a state professional drama theatre and was given the small hall of the former ERA cinema, reconstructed in 2003–2006.

The name comes from a word for the soul or spirit that leaves the body in Slavic folklore. Since 1999 the theatre has staged more than 40 productions and hosted two international theatre festivals. Its repertoire ranges from Ostrovsky, Gogol and Chekhov to Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors and modern plays.

The theatre occupies the whole former Era cinema building on Zelenograd's Central Square; the main hall seats 200 and the reconstructed small hall 125. Performances run in the evening, so check the playbill before travelling. The building was reconstructed in 2003-2006 and expanded into a theatre and culture centre from 2014.

On 3 November 2014 the theatre held its first "Night of the Arts" as a theatre and cultural centre, with a poetry evening, photo and stage-design exhibitions, a concert and a screening of Alexander Kott's film "Ispytanie", winner of the Kinotavr festival.