State Puppet Theatre of Fairy Tales

{{Short description|Russian puppet theatre}}

{{Infobox organization

| full_name = St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution of Culture "Fairy Tale Puppet Theater"

| image = Sady & Parky Sankt-Peterburg 2010 0200.jpg

| formation = {{start date and age|1944|12|31}}

| founder = Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg

| founding_location = Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Russia

| status = Theater

| purpose = Russian Puppetry

| language = Russian

| leader_title = Main Director

| leader_name = Dorozhko Svetlana Leontievna

| leader_title2 = Director

| leader_name2 = Lavrov Nikolay Alexandrovich

| leader_title3 = Chief Artist

| leader_name3 = Philip Igorevich Ignatiev

| awards = All-Russian Theater Award "Golden Mask", Highest Theater Award of St. Petersburg "Golden Sofit," State Prize of Russia.

| website = https://teatrskazki.spb.ru/

| leader_title5 = Head Literary and Dramatic Director

}}

The Saint Petersburg State Puppet Theatre of Fairy Tales{{Cite web|title=Санкт-Петербургский Государственный "Кукольный Театр Сказки"|url=https://teatrskazki.spb.ru/|access-date=2021-07-05|website=Театр Сказки|language=ru}}{{Cite web|date=2017-07-11|title=Teatr Skazki|url=https://wepa.unima.org/en/teatr-skazki/|access-date=2021-07-05|website=World Encyclopedia of Puppetry Arts|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Puppet fairy tale theatre|url=http://ruspuppetry.art/en/theaters/puppet-theatre-teatr-skazki/|access-date=2021-07-05|website=ruspuppetry.art|language=ru}} also known as the "Fairy Tale Theater" {{Langx|ru|(Санкт-Петербургский государственный кукольный театр сказки)}} is an all-ages, Russian puppet theatre focused on imaginative, morallic performances based around personifying the world through quixotic fantasy and peaceful conditions. The theater currently has a repertoire comprised on 28 fairy tales, including "Aladdin and the magic lamp," "Aybolit," "The Wizard of Oz," and "Little Longnose." They are also recognized as one of the best puppet theaters in Russia.{{Cite web|title=Санкт-Петербургский кукольный театр сказки у Московских ворот|url=https://mos-holidays.ru/spb/kuda-sxodit-s-detmi/sankt-peterburgskij-kukolnyj-teatr-skazki-u-moskovskix-vorot/|access-date=2021-07-05|website=Куда сходить в С.-Петербурге|language=ru}} In 2017, the theater began offering educational classes as part of the project "Theater Time," launched for students in primary school all the way to grades 5-11 as a way to educate them on the profession of puppetry. They mostly cater to children due to the playful and charming nature of the puppet designs and performance themes, along with absence of harsh language or overly heavy subject matter.