The Baltic House

The Baltic House Festival Theatre (Балтийский дом) is a theatre located in Alexander Park, Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Petrogradsky Island. It was founded in 1936 as the Lenin's Komsomol Theatre, and renamed Baltic House in 1991.[1] From 1936-1939 it was located at 12 Vladimirsky Avenue, then moved to its current location in 1939.[2]

Baltic House has been the main stage of the International Baltic House Theatre Festival (Театр-фестиваль «Балтийский дом») since 1991;[3] the international festival of mono-performances, since 1997; and "Meetings in Russia", and the international festival of Russian theatres from Commonwealth of Independent States and Baltic States, since 1998.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Baltic House Festival Theatre Official". Retrieved 2012-03-09. (Russian)
  2. ↑ "Saint Petersburg Encyclopaedia, Baltic House Festival Theater". Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  3. ↑ "International Baltic House Theatre Festival held in St. Petersburg". topspb.tv – Телеканал Санкт-Петербург. This year the festival programme features performances staged by theatres from Russia, France, China, Italy, Lithuania, and Poland.
  4. ↑ "Saint Petersburg Encyclopaedia, Baltic House Festival Theater". Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  5. ↑ "Baltic House Festival Theatre Official". Retrieved 2012-03-09. (Russian)

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