How to go to the best theaters in the city with a great discount. Theater subscription system: how to save time and money Subscription program for 50 to the Mariinsky Theater

Professional theater is an art for special people. Even if their income is much higher than average, they certainly know that poverty is not a vice. Moreover, there are quite a few locations in St. Petersburg where you can watch performances for free. Or get a significant discount on entry. Petersburg.ru correspondent Galya April studied all possible theater life hacks.
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Theater studio of St. Petersburg State University
Address: emb. Admiralty Channel, 27
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Performances are on Sundays. The main repertoire is productions based on the works of Dovlatov, Bulgakov, Blok. On stage are students and graduates of the studio, and sometimes actors from friendly theaters such as NON STOP theater and Amsterdam Youth Theater. Admission to all performances is free, but advance registration by phone or email theater Calls are accepted every day from 16-00 to 19-00. When planning to go to the St. Petersburg State University Theater Studio, try to arrive on time. If you are late, you will no longer be allowed into the auditorium.

Bolshoi Theater dolls
Address: Nekrasova, 10
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The repertoire of the Bolshoi Puppet Theater includes productions not only for children, but also for adults. Game of shadows fairy-tale heroes and fantasy worlds - all these are performances where the main characters marionette dolls. In the morning and afternoon, the theater has a children's program that will be of interest to children aged four to seven years old. Afternoon at the Bolshoi Puppet Theater family performances, but evening shows at 19-00 are recommended for viewers over 16 years old.
The Bolshoi Puppet Theater gives the opportunity to attend a performance for free to those who really want it. You only need to hand out theater information flyers half an hour before performances. There is no need to register in advance. Arrive 40 minutes in advance, inform the administrator of your desire to enter for free and receive further instructions.


Dear theatergoers, mark May 27 in red on your calendar - City Day of St. Petersburg. This is the day when you can get into many famous theaters for free or almost free. The Mariinsky Theatre, Youth Theater, the Baltic House, the Komissarzhevskaya Theater and many others open their doors. Also on this day there are excursions behind the stage, to costume rooms and other rooms hidden from the eyes of the audience on ordinary days. Similar events take place in other holidays, but not regularly anymore. The conditions for visiting theaters change every year. These could be free tickets for everything. theatrical performances May 27, or the cost of any ticket is only 10 rubles. One thing remains the same - you need to have time to sign up or buy tickets a couple of days before the event. If the promotion takes place on May 27, sales open on May 25. Tickets are selling out very quickly, so keep an eye on the news and don't miss your chances.
And now some tips on how to go to the theater, if not for free, then with a very big discount on tickets. Let's get it evening dresses, suits and bow ties to ironed shirts.



Mariinsky Theater
Address: Teatralnaya Square, 1
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The Mariinsky Theater has a special discount program for the subscription system. Tickets for certain productions with a subscription are half the price.
It can be purchased upon prior request, which you submit through the website or official pages theater on social networks.
Information about the preferential program, upcoming productions that are included in it, and the cost of a subscription is published on social networks every month



Theater named after Lensovet
Address: Vladimirsky prospect, 12
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There are so-called “happy hours” at the box office of this theater. Every day from 11-00 to 12-00 you can buy tickets to performances with a 15-30 percent discount. Another option is to come to the theater an hour before the performance starts and buy a ticket with a 50 percent discount. The only condition is that this ticket without a discount must not be cheaper than 300 rubles.



Mikhailovsky Theater
Address: pl. Arts, 1
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This famous theater gives students and retirees the opportunity to buy tickets to their productions at half the price. Tickets can be purchased on the day of the performance. At the ticket office you must show your original student or pensioner ID. But this rule does not apply to productions staged by touring theaters.

Address: emb. Fontanka River, 114-A
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This theater has a practice of selling tickets without a seat. So they cost much less, but the size of the discount is always different. You can purchase such tickets one hour before the start of the performance. Unfortunately, this discount does not apply to all productions. You can find out whether such tickets will be on sale only on the day of the performance by phone or at the theater box office.

In the most famous and rightfully best theater in St. Petersburg, ticket prices sometimes reach simply unimaginable amounts. However, here too there is an opportunity to cheat and save a lot. Not many people know that the theater has a monthly discounted subscription program that will allow theatergoers to visit the Mariinsky Theater at half the usual price. The program includes both opera and ballet performances in modern and classic version. To purchase such a subscription, you just need to find a group in the open spaces social network and submit the appropriate application. Afterwards you will be able to redeem your tickets within 48 hours, taking into account a 50% discount at the theater box office. Of course, such a program has a small disadvantage - you won’t be able to buy one ticket.

Teatralnaya Square, 1; Tel.: 326-41-52

In Mikhailovsky there is also a preferential program. This time these are not season tickets, but exclusively individual tickets, which students and pensioners can buy with a 50% discount right on the day of the performance. In order to purchase a ticket, you just need to present the appropriate identification at the ticket office: for example, a student card, pension card or ISIC card. True, there is one “but”: the discounts apply exclusively to performances included in the theater’s repertoire - unfortunately, you won’t be able to see the production of the touring troupe.

pl. Arts, 1; Tel.: 595-43-05

Of course, not the most effective option, but the cheapest: half an hour before the performance at the Liteiny Theater, students can purchase the coveted ticket for only 100 rubles. True, here’s the problem: everything depends on available seats. By the way, you can also watch an interesting production of the Na Liteiny Theater on the new chamber stage, which the theater opened literally in mid-February. Experimental productions are shown here, and tickets are half the price even without any promotions.

Liteiny pr., 51; Tel.: 273-53-35

Everything is much simpler here, and those who like to save money even have a choice: tickets with a 30% discount are sold directly at the theater box office from 11:00 to 12:00. Happy hour applies to weekday productions. However, at the same time you can purchase tickets for the weekend performance. True, the discount will be much lower - only 15%. If you think this is not enough, you can try to buy a ticket with bigger discount, but again everything will depend on available seats: an hour before the start of the performance there is a 50% discount on tickets from 300 rubles.

Vladimirsky pr., 12; Tel.: 713-21-91

There are also Happy Hours at the Alexandrinsky Theater box office. But the discount, unlike other scenes, is much lower: only 10%, although this small amount will not be superfluous. Discount tickets can be purchased any day of the week from 13:00 to 14:00.

pl. Ostrovsky, 6; emb. Fontanka River, 49 A; Tel.: 380-80-50

Where would we be without Molodezhka, beloved by many St. Petersburg residents? An interesting production can also be seen quite cheaply, although compared to other theaters Youth theater on the Fontanka it’s already relatively inexpensive. An hour before the start of the performance, you can purchase an entrance ticket here that is not tied to the place: such a ticket will cost much less than usual, but such a promotion does not apply to all performances. One of the disadvantages is that you can find out about the possibility of purchasing an entrance ticket only at the theater on the day of the performance.

emb. Fontanka River, 114; Tel.: 316-65-64

If you decide to take your child to the theater and don’t want to pay a lot of money, then you have a direct route to BTK. Here you can not only buy a cheap ticket, but also attend the performance completely free of charge. To do this, you will be required to hand out questionnaires to the audience in the theater lobby half an hour before the start of the production.

On the eve of the new theater season BDT im. G.A. Tovstonogov announced the launch of a system for selling subscriptions to his performances. Now you can be “rich” for the year ahead and not worry about your leisure time.

Subscription– the right to use a seat in the theater for a certain number of performances.

Back in the 19th century, it was fashionable to reserve a box at the theater for a season. The aristocracy did not so much watch the performance as try to attract attention to themselves. Today only a few people practice this tradition. opera houses Europe. In Russia, if you are a sponsor or trustee, the Bolshoi Theater also leaves this opportunity for you, and you can watch the radiance of the ballet “Jewels” from the box of the benoir.

For ordinary viewers, some theaters have put on sale subscription system for the season. Most often, philharmonic societies and concert halls. As a rule, buying tickets for several performances at once, you get a number of benefits. They depend on the theater’s policy: someone promises tickets for 50% of nominal value, while others are limited only to the prerogative of choosing the best places.

The advantages are that you buy tickets on a privileged and sometimes preferential basis. Prices usually for such tickets below than when buying at retail. You don’t have to think about buying a ticket every time and stand in queues – you are provided with a spectacle for the season. This is especially suitable for novice theatergoers who are not yet familiar with the playbill. But subscriptions also have a downside. You will immediately need to spend a large amount of money. It will also not be possible to return such a subscription. Therefore, if you cannot plan your leisure time in advance, then it is better to abandon this idea, otherwise you will see how the ticket “burns out” one after another.

St. Petersburg gives a head start in choosing season tickets: the Mariinsky and Mikhailovsky theaters offer various combinations that allow you to get to the scarce ballet with the whole family, while saving on the budget. In Moscow, this system is just trying to take root, and there are only a small number of theaters that could “boast” of such a service.

Mariinsky Theater

Saint Petersburg

Ballet “The Rite of Spring”

64 subscriptions for the upcoming season have been published on the theater’s website. You can choose performances based on your interests, as they are all divided by topic. There are also family subscriptions, and performances are only shown there on weekends.

IN lately Many people consider going to the theater an expensive pleasure, and therefore very rarely attend it. However, few people know that tickets to the leading theaters of St. Petersburg can be purchased at a discount of 15 to 50%, and one of them can be visited for free. In this article we will tell you how this can be done.

How to get a discount:

In the theater group on the social network, information is published every month about a preferential program, thanks to which you can purchase a subscription that provides a 50% discount on visiting ballet or opera performances. You just need to leave a request and then buy tickets at the theater box office within two days.

Since 1931, since the formation of the puppet theater, it has managed to change several names, but the mission of the theater has remained unchanged: to show the uniqueness and originality of the human personality, to teach faith and love. Here you can choose a performance for any age and interest: dramatic, musical, puppet, plastic, performances for children from four to 14 years old.

How to get a discount:

You can go to the performances completely free of charge! To do this, just select a session, come half an hour before it starts and hand out special questionnaires to the audience in the foyer.

The theater is interesting, first of all, because most of the productions are performed according to classical plays, but, nevertheless, the repertoire also offers a significant number of avant-garde productions.

How to get a discount:

All you have to do is come to the theater box office during happy hour – from 11:00 to 12:00. On weekdays the discount will be 30%, and on weekends – 15%. Another nice thing is that one hour before the start of the performance you can buy the remaining tickets (the cost of which exceeds 300 rubles) with a 50% discount.

Today, the theater, while remaining faithful to the age-old traditions of Russian musical theater, strives to keep its finger on the pulse of the modern world theatrical process. Both Russian, foreign and international opera and ballet productions are staged on the theater stage.

How to get a discount:

On the day of the performance, students and pensioners can purchase tickets with a 50% discount; they just need to present the appropriate ID at the box office. The discount does not apply to touring productions.

It was on this stage that famous Russian actors played. The theater shines with new productions under the direction of artistic director Valeria Fokina, people's artist Russia. The theater building itself is unique - a majestic facade, a palace foyer, a huge stage, a five-tier auditorium - all this corresponds to the imperial spirit.

How to get a discount:

All you have to do is come to the theater box office during happy hour – from 13:00 to 14:00. The discount on tickets will be 10%.

Theater "On Liteiny"

The State Drama Theater “On Liteiny” is very good and cozy. There is a pleasant atmosphere here, and the repertoire is quite varied. The performances involve not only prominent representatives Petersburg directing, but also young, promising directors.