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Theaters

An essential visiting card of a big city is the names of its theaters. The Bolshoi theater  , the Maly theater , Moscow Art Theater named after A.Chekhov  , Lenkom , Sovremennik , Theater of Satire . Premieres of the first in its genre Russian plays of opera and ballet, classical pieces and effervescent comedies, musicals and historical dramas of the ХХ-th century had been performed on their stages. Settings of plays performed by students of famous “Schepka” and “Schuka” which are Theater school named after M. S. Schepkin under supervision of the Maly theater and Theater school named after B.V.Schukin under supervision of Theater named after E.Vakhtangov  have become the history of Moscow theaters equally pictorial.

The theatre life of Moscow is rich and multivarious. Not only classical but also non-repertory theatres present the wealth of palette of classical and avant-garde plays, unique actions and unexpected scenic solutions.

The so called “open showcases” combining the best traditions of repertory theatre with experimental settings of youth creative teams have become a new direction.

You can buy a ticket to the event in several ways: in Moscow ticket box offices, at the box office of the theater, where the event (in some cases the order is available on-line with pre-purchase of the tickets) is staged, through specialized Web sites, as well as through the Moscow integrated electronic ticket sales system “Ticketland”.

In order to book a ticket online through “Ticketland”, you must register on the website (Registration), fill in the required fields: e-mail, password, user name, last name, phone for communication, and after receiving the letter confirm registration.

You must then enter into the system, find an event, open the seating map and choose a place (in order to learn the price range of the ticket, you have to roll your mouse over the selected place or to explore the color scheme of the room). Click on the selected location and then press “Zakazat’” (order).

After checking the correctness of the choice made, once again confirm your selection and get the order number and the PIN-code needed to purchase tickets.

The order made can be paid in cash or through a system of online payments.

The tickets are available in the Moscow ticket box offices, in Call-center (only there if payment is made online), or ordering the delivery.

To receive more information about the terms of service visit Ticketland web-site

Searching of the events is available in several ways.

  1. View Events Calendar, select the event from the playbill. Clicking on the title of the performance obtain information on ticket prices, on the seating map and about possible additional charges. Then order a ticket.
  2. Open theatre listing, select the concert hall or theater, clicking on the title open the page with the information about the place, its repertoire and schedule, cost of tickets and number of remaining seats. By choosing a convenient date, make a reservation.

Useful Links

Moscow culture events  (The Moscow City Culture Department) (in Russian)
Moscow culture events calendar  (in Russian) Search the event, buy your ticket
RIA Novosti , one of the Russia’s leading news agency. Culture news from Russia.
Russia Today  Russian 24/7 English-language news channel. Tonight in Moscow
Moscow Theatre Server 
The Moscow News  (online newspaper). Theater news from Moscow.
The Moscow Times . Сulture news from Russia
Moscow Guide  from the Moscow Times
Element. Moscow.ru  Moscow’s top entertainment publication for expats.
Expat.ru  The virtual community for English-speaking expats. Art Calendar, reviews.

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