Chamber theatre is one of the youngest in Chelyabinsk. The idea of its creation was born in 1988 from a group of actors of youth Theatre, headed by Eugene Faleviches. They were people united by the idea of theatre-houses, a Union of like-minded people. In a leaflet – Manifesto of the new theatre Eugene Palevich said: "We want to have the audience chamber of its viewers, unsatisfied, restless and looking for how we – We strongly believe in independence and self-sufficiency of the performing arts, ready to experiment."
Already his first play, and it was "The screaming of lobster" on the play by John Marella, a new theater attracted the attention of the public and critics. After that, Palevic put "The Tale of how Feodor – the blacksmith Russian land from evil saved" by R. Sefa, T. Karelina, "Brave little tailor" by fairy tales of the brothers Grimm.
Originally the Chamber theatre existed under the auspices of the Chelyabinsk Fund of culture. Special support of the theater was provided by the Director of the Bureau for creative initiatives Foundation Tatiana Liberman, who has become its first Director. Its building has not been, rented a random room, played on the streets, in courtyards, in pioneer camps. The performances were attended by artists Ludmila Barad, Zulfiya Akchurina, Sergei Dzyuba, Viktor Magdasev, Nadezhda Nagasawa, etc.
In 1991 the theater has received a room on Tsvillinga Street 15. The first premiere held in the new building – "Archaeology" on the play by Alexander Shipenko. The performance has won a several awards at the regional festival "Theatre spring" (now "The Scene") in 1991. Artist Tatiana Volkova – Gafurov has received the prize "For the best scenography", the actress Elena Ryzhankou in the "best debut" and the play director Eugene Palevich nominated for the prize "The best direction".
By this time Palevich and Barad had left the theater and left the country. The Manager of the theatre was appointed Aleksei Pelymskii. He began a collaboration with director -Victor Delim ("All mice love cheese" by D. Urban, "The Game" E. Schaeffer, 1999 – "a respectable wedding" by Bertolt Brecht), with the artist Sergey Alexandrov. Victoria Meshchaninova has become a chief director of the theater (since 2006 till 2010 she was the Artistic Director).
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