Bolshoy Drama Theatre

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  • Address
    nab reki Fontanki 65, city centre
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  • Phone
    310 0401
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  • Transport
    underground rail: Sennaya Pl

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Lonely Planet review

Named for acting pioneer Georgi Tovstonogov, the BDT became the city's most innovative and exciting theatre under his direction between the 1960s and the 1980s. His 1957 staging of Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Idiot is still remembered as one of the peaks of Soviet theatre. Unfortunately, when Tovstonogov died in 1989, a suitable replacement was not found. As such, the theatre company has not really progressed since that time.

Nonetheless, the theatre is one of the city's grandest, and its location on the Fontanka River is delightful.