The Regional Drama Theater of Cherkessk was founded in 1937. The
first to head the theater group was director Aleksandrovich L.V. 11
years after its foundation (in 1948), the Drama Theater was merged with
the St. George City Theatre. In the post-war period, the theater staged
productions of heroic and patriotic content. With these performances the
theater troupe performed in rural areas and military units of the
Stavropol Territory, and also toured in Sukhumi, Kuibyshev and
Krasnodar.
In the 1960s-1970s. the troupe was replenished by
graduates of the Karachay-Cherkessian studio LGITMiK, graduation
performances of the studios were included in the theatrical repertoire.
In 1972, from the graduates of the Circassian and Karachai studios of
the Tbilisi Theater Institute. Rustaveli's shots at the drama theater
formed national troupes. Current modern dramaturgy was preferred (Galin
A., Ioseliani O., Abdullin A., Chepurin Yu., Chkheidze A., Chebalin E.),
authors who interpret conflicts of national history in a heroic-romantic
style were also in demand (Kardanov Kh., Tokhchukov B., Gim H.).
In 1993, the theater was reorganized into the Russian Regional Drama
Theater, after which the national troupes were given the status of
independent republican theaters. Since 1999, Khakishev R. has been the
chief director of the drama theater, and since 2002 Bidzhiev Kh. has
been the director of the theater. In its repertoire, the Circassian
Regional Drama Theater prefers Russian and foreign classics, as well as
works by local authors. Tours in Kabardino-Balkaria, Dagestan, Stavropol
Territory and other cities of the South of Russia.
The building
of the Circassian Regional Drama Theater was erected in 1982. The
project was carried out by the architect Kherkhiulidze A.A.