Poltava was famous for its theatrical traditions since early times. The first mentioning of local stationary theater dates back in 1810. And first professional theater was opened in 1818; its first director was founder of the modern Ukrainian literature Ivan Kotlyarevsky. The theater was always filled with creative, original personalities, who respected age-old traditions of the region. And, there

Russian Drama Theater was founded in 1927, based on performing on tour troupe of the Small Theater of Moscow. The building of the theater has cultural and architectural value, and, therefore, is included in the List of the architectural monuments of national significance of Ukraine. Since its early performances and till nowadays the creative team of the theater follows the motto: "Talk to the cont

The biography of the theater starts from the creation of the troupe of Work Opera Theater in 1931. With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War the theater had to stop its operation, and only in 1974 the actors set their feet on the theater stage again. The theater's team not only strived to master and popularize classical works, but wasn't afraid to experiment as well, constantly being in creati