Name:	TOVSTONOGOV BOLSHOY DRAMA THEATRE
Address:	65 Nab. Reki Fontanki (M. Vladimirskaia)
Phone:	310-0401, 310-9242
Web:	www.abdt.spb.ru
Description:	One of Russia’s leading drama theatres, with a varied repertoire from different genres, including Russian and world classics.

Name:	MARIINSKY OPERA HOUSE
Address:	1/2 Teatralnaya Pl. (M. Sadovaya)
Phone:	114-4344
Description:	The opera and ballet companies are famous the world over. The repertoire includes classical productions such as “Giselle”, “Lucia di Lammermoor”, “Lohengrin” and works by Mozart, Verdi and Rossini.

Name:	BALTIYSKY DOM
Address:	4 Alexandrovsky Park (M. Gorkovskaya)
Phone:	232-3539
Description:	Formerly known as the “Lenkom”. The theatre’s current repertoire consists mainly of new productions for the youth.

Name:	RIMSKY-KORSAKOV CONSERVATORY OPERA AND BALLET HOUSE
Address:	3 Teatralnaya Pl. (M. Sennaya pl.)
Phone:	312-2519
Description:	Formerly the Conservatory’s opera studio. N. Dolgushin’s ballet productions are particularly popular — “The Nutcracker”, “The Sleeping Beauty” and “Giselle”. Also of interest are Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” and “Swan Lake”

Name:	ACADEMIC SMALL DRAMATIC THEATRE - THEATRE OF EUROPE
Address:	18 Rubinshteina ul. (M. Dostoevskaia)
Phone:	113-2028, 113-2078 (box office)
Description:	Traditionally the program of the theatre includes plays, staged by director Lev Dodin. Among his works - "Vishnyovy sad" (Cherry garden), "Bratya i syostry" (Brothers and sisters), "Chevengure", plays of Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde.

Name:	THEATRE NA LITEINOM
Address:	51 Liteiny Pr. (M. Vladimirskaya)
Phone:	273-4458
Description:	Performances by well-known classical works and new stagings, comedies and dramas: "Zhenitba Figaro" (Figaro's marriage), "Kontsert zamuchennykh opechatok" (The concert of exhausted misprints) by "Zolotoy telyonok" (A golden calf).

Name:	HERMITAGE THEATRE
Address:	34 Dvortsovaya Nab. (M. Nevskiy pr.)
Phone:	279-0226, 272-9682
Description:	The former court theatre of the Winter Palace. The repertoire includes Tchaikovsky’s ballet “Swan Lake” and gala concerts by ballet stars accompanied by the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Ballet productions staged by prior application from tourist companies and other organisations.

Name:	MUSSORGSKY OPERA HOUSE
Address:	1 Pl. Iskusstv. (M. Nevsky pr.)
Phone:	595-4282
Description:	St. Petersburg’s second largest musical stage, whose repertoire includes world classics of opera and ballet. Among the works in the programme are the operas Verdi’s “Otello”, Bizet’s “Carmen”, Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” and the ballet “Cinderella” by Prokofiev.

Name:	ALEXANDRINSKY THEATRE
Address:	2 Pl. Ostrovskogo. (M. Gostinny Dvor)
Phone:	312-1545, 110-4103
Description:	This, the oldest drama theatre in Russia, was founded by decree of the Empress Elizabeth in 1756. The majority of Russian classical dramas had their first performances there.

Name:	BOLSHOY STATE FAIRYTALE PUPPET THEATRE
Address:	10 Ul. Nekrasova. (M. Chernishevskaya)
Phone:	272-8215, 273-6672
Description:	The programme is aimed at children from the ages of 3 to 10. There are also productions for adults. Productions worth seeing: “Snow White and the Forest Children”, “The Night before Christmas”, “The Three Little Pigs”, “The Tale of Emelya”. Booking office open daily 10.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. (closed 3.00 to 4.00 p.m.).

Name:	LENSOVIET THEATRE
Address:	12 Vladimirsky Pr. (M. Vladimirskaya)
Phone:	113-2191
Web:	www.lensov-theatre.spb.ru
Description:	The repertoire is a combination of classical and contemporary. The theatre programme includes plays: “Wait and See” by Bernard Shaw, Tolstoy’s “Karenin. Anna. Vronsky”,“Banana” by Slavomir Mrozek, “The Elder Son” by A. Vampilov and Myslivsky’s “The Thief”. The latest production is “The Little Girl” by N. Berberova.

Name:	TEATRO BUFFO
Address:	1 Narodnaya Ul. (M. Lomonosovskaya)
Phone:	446-6767
Description:	Musical entertainment programmes in the Mirror Room and the Buffo Plus Hall. “Buffo”-style cabaret for adults and children. Highlights of the repertoire are: Oscar Wilde’s “The Ideal Husband”, “Unbounded Love” by Stokbant and “Aesop” by Figueiredo.