Irbit Drama Theatre named after A. N. Ostrovsky, Regional theater in Irbit, Russia.
The Irbit Drama Theatre named after A. N. Ostrovsky occupies a two-storey masonry building on Ordzhonikidze Street, the former Yekaterinburg Street. Its main auditorium seats 400 people, and the stage measures 8.4 metres wide by 6 metres high, with an orchestra pit 2 metres deep. The building was last reconstructed in 1953.
The first documented performance in Irbit was Gogol's "The Government Inspector" on 1 February 1846, staged by P. A. Sokolov's troupe in a wooden theatre built in 1845. A stone building opened in 1884 with a 600-seat hall. A permanent troupe formed in 1919, and the theatre was named after Ostrovsky in 1950.
The theatre bears the name of Alexander Ostrovsky, whose play "Guilty Without Guilt" opened the first permanent troupe's performances on 20 October 1920. Since the 1990s it has hosted the interregional festival-competition "Irbit Podmostki", and in 2011 the company staged the street performance "Sloboda Irbeyevskaya" for the ninth interregional fair.
Visitors can find information about upcoming performances through the theater's website or social media channels. It is helpful to check ahead for show schedules and any special events they may be planning.
A permanent exhibition on the theatre's history opened in its building on 24 March 2011, timed to the 165th anniversary of its founding. It holds old photographs, posters, programmes and leaflets from the theatre's past. The main hall seats 400, the stage is 6 m high and 8.4 m wide, and the orchestra pit is 2 m deep.
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