Old Theatre of Vilnius ( lt, Vilniaus senasis teatras) is a Russian-language

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

, the capital of

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

. Performances in it are mainly held in Russian (or in Russian with Lithuanian subtitles), as well as in Lithuanian. It was established in 1864 by the actor of Alexandrinsky Theatre Pavel Vasilyev as Russian Drama Theatre (russian: Русский драматический театр, lt, Lietuvos rusų dramos teatras). At that time it was the only theatre in Vilnius. During the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, the theatre was disestablished and re-established in 1946. Following the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

, the theatre was renamed the Old Theatre of Vilnius.

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External links

Official website
{{Europe-theat-struct-stub 1864 establishments in the Russian Empire Organizations established in 1864 Theatres in Vilnius