{"id":26032,"date":"2024-10-08T08:38:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T05:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2024.eestinoorsooteater.ee\/theatre\/ajalugu\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:20:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:20:43","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eestinoorsooteater.ee\/en\/theatre\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"26032\" class=\"elementor elementor-26032 elementor-11225\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b39177 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8b39177\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3244ba8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3244ba8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51b55dc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"51b55dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06739c5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"06739c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9fac75 elementor-nav-menu__align-center elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-none sidebar-menu elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"f9fac75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;vertical&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;svg aria-hidden=\\&quot;true\\&quot; 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It was founded on the initiative of puppeteer and director Ferdinand Veike, who steered its artistic course for nearly three decades.<\/p>\n<p>Rein Agur, who had a puppetry degree from the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, joined the Puppet Theatre in 1963 and at the end of 1960s proved to be a fundamental reformer of the puppetry genre, bringing actors on stage alongside traditional performances with glove and rod puppets. In 1981, Rein Agur became the artistic director. The theatre was constantly experimenting. Adaptations of Shakespeare and Estonian folklore were added to its repertoire, which consistently offered something for adults as well. Eero Spriit, who took over as the artistic director in 1993, tried to unite the elements of drama and puppetry. This line was continued by Evald Hermak\u00fcla in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>In 2000, Meelis Pai became the head of the Puppet Theatre and Andres Dvinjaninov its artistic director. Their goal was a theatre for children and youth that would offer both puppet as well as drama performances. In the autumn of 2002, the fi rst class of master\u2019s level puppetry students started their studies at the Drama School of Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. The creative as well as the administrative personnel went through a change, the theatre building was renovated and the Puppet Theatre began once again gaining recognition at international festivals.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, a new venue was opened \u2013 the courtyard was covered with a roof, thus creating a hall that seated more than 600 spectators. In those years, the theatre was renamed Estonian Puppet and Youth Theatre, which reflected its goal to commit more to staging puppet plays for adults and musicals popular among teens. In 2007, the theatre sent seven young men and women to the Turku Arts Academy in Finland to acquire higher education in puppetry. In 2011 when the artistic director was Vahur Keller, they joined the theatre as actors and directors. In 2010, a puppetry museum was opened in the neighbouring building in Nunne 8 and joined with the theatre under the name NUKU.<\/p>\n<p>NUKU Foundation was established at the beginning of 2013 and from May of that year until April 2024 the head of theatre and museum was\u00a0Joonas Tartu. Led by the new artistic directors \u2013 Taavi T\u00f5nisson from 2013 to 2017 and Mirko Rajas since May 2017 \u2013 the theatre is committed to telling moving tales with contemporary means of expression of puppet, object, visual and drama theatre. In November 2016, a new extension was opened between the theatre and museum buildings; at the heart of it is the 400-seat Ferdinand\u2019s Hall. The theatre, which had waited for a grand hall for decades, and the museum, which introduces the world behind the curtains and offers numerous educational programmes, were thereby united into a unique and versatile ensemble that offers fi rstrate puppet and visual theatre experiences for audiences of all ages. From season 2020\/2021 the theatre uses the name Estonian Theatre for Young Audiences. 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