Tula Academic Theatre () is a theatre in
Tula, Russia
Tula ( rus, Тула, p=ˈtulə) is the largest city and the administrative center of Tula Oblast in Russia, located south of Moscow. Tula is located in the northern Central Russian Upland on the banks of the Upa River, a tributary of the Oka. ...
, principally associated with the production of plays. Established in 1777
[История]
/ref> and operating on its present site since 1970.[ Tula Academic Theatre positions itself as a traditional drama theatre that produces classical heritage plays.
In 1989 Alexandr Popov became the director, his rule lasting for more than twenty years, up until his death in 2011.The theatre's brightest stars included ]Sofia Sotnichevskaya
Sofia Vladimirovna Sotnichevskaya (russian: Софья Владимировна Сотничевская, 8 May 1916 — 12 December 2011) is a Soviet and Russian theatre actress.
Sotnichevskaya was born in Petrograd. In 1940, she graduated from ...
, Boris Zavolokin, Olga Krasikova, Vitaly Bazin, Evgenia Pchelkina and Natalia Savchenko.
References
External links
Official website
{{coord missing, Russia
Theatres in Tula