Architectural-artistic image of Chelyabinsk Drama Theater

Abstract

The article focuses on the project of the Chelyabinsk Drama Theater (sits 1200 persons) made by the authors. The idea of solving problems connected with an unusual ellipsoidal shape in the plan of the building is given. The detailed proposals for external and internal decoration with various kinds of finishing stones are presented. Three basic colors, typical of the Ancient Greeks theaters, were adopted: purple, gold and white. The exception was the wall lining of the couloirs on the main stairs in the foyer. Their stone slabs were brought from all parts of the former USSR. These are marble and granite slab quarried in Karelia, Georgia, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Siberia and Sverdlovsk. The entry portals were decorated with cast-iron sculptures of classic playwrights, which was the first experience in Russia. There are bas-relief scenes from their plays on the portals walls. Yuri Alexandrov, a Moscow sculptor, took this idea from the famous “Kasli” casting. To create the dimensional effect on the facades above the bars in the stage box, the scenic-decorative double-lighted workshop was designed, from which the finished settings could be launched without damaging the stage tablet through a special hatch. The article notes the fact that in 1991 the authors of the project were the first who took the state award in modern Russia.