Kuzbass Drama Theatre named after A. V. Lunacharsky

The A.V. Lunacharsky Kuzbass Drama Theater in Kemerovo returned to the fully restored Palace of Labor building on October 30, 1948. Since 1952, the theater's chief director has been Honored Artist of the RSFSR Abo Volgin, and at different times, People's Artists of the RSFSR Valentina Litvinova, Boris Surov, and Vyacheslav Akashkin worked on its stage. In 2009–2011, director Dmitry Petrun staged the plays "Caligula," "Three Sisters," and "Boeing-Boeing" here. Since September 2025, the theater has been implementing the "Theater Comes to School" project, showing performances at schools on Wednesdays.