The artistic director and head of the theatre is Lev Dodin.
Only in 1956 the theatre was allocated a building in Leningrad on Rubenstein street, house 18.
In the theatre also staged performances of Lev Dodin - "The Robber" based on the play by K. Czapek, "Tattooed Rose" by T. Williams, "Live and Remember" based on the novel by V. Rasputin, "Appointment" by A. Volodin, "House" Abramova, Benjamin Filshtinsky - "Mumu", "The Son of the Regiment", E. Arie - "My Happiness" based on A. Chervinsky's play "The Paper Gramophone".
[4][5] In different years, the theatre staged performances by directors Yuri Dvorkin, Henrietta Janovskaya, Kama Ginkas, Lev Dodin.
[7] In 2000, by order of the Culture Committee of the Government of the Leningrad Region of December 21, 2000, No.