Theatre History Overview - Part 33 - Kazakhstani Theatre

Theatre history in Kazakhstan does not go far back because it was once part of the Soviet Union, so most of it's theatre history would go back to Russian Theatre. However, Kazakhstani theatre did start to find it's own place in 1926 under M.O. Auezov, S. Kozhamkulov, Y. Omizakov, and others that were know as "natural talent, titans of art." In January, the theatre staged its first play, Enlik-Qebek by M. Auezov and Altyn Sakina by by K. Kemerngeruly. In October of this year, Zh. Shanin helped to form the Kazakhstani theatre.

In the 1930s, more creative power joined the theatre. Enlik-Qebek was staged again in May 1933. In 1937, the Kazakhstani theatre was deemed to be academic. By the 1940s and 1950s, some of the best examples of national and world drama were on the Kazakhstani stage. By 1961, the Kazakhstani stage saw performances "The Taming of the Shrew", "Othello", "Richard III" by Shakespeare, "The Marriage" by Gogol, "El perro del hortelano"(Dog in the Manger) by Lope de Vega, "Little Tragedies" by Pushkin, "Woman’s fate" by M. Kaoru, "Don Juan or love to geometry" M. Frisch, "The House of Bernarde Alba" G. Lorca," Stepdaughter" by Pirandello, "The Cabal of Hypocrites" by Mikhail Bulgakov, "Uncle Vanya" by Chekhov and other plays.

The Kazakhstani theatre never truly saw a decline from when it was first founded. Over the years, it won many theatrical prizes from the USSR while under its rule. It continued to win prizes once independence was gained in October 1990. Shows are still performed today.

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