The famous non-state clownery theater "Litsedei", based in St. Petersburg, may lose its stage area on the Petrograd side. The artistic director and director of the theater, Viktor Solovyov, appealed to the authorities with a request to sort out the situation.

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According to the press service of the St. Petersburg administration, in 2002. For its services, the Litsedei Theater received from the city free of charge a plot for the construction of a theater building at the expense of its own and borrowed funds. To increase the investment attractiveness of the project, the city exempted the private investor, SevZapNeft CJSC, from payments for infrastructure development.

In 2008 the investor built a building with an area of 26 thousand square meters. m - a retail and office complex in which the theater was allocated 1 thousand 400 sq. m. m. However, the indicated areas were not transferred to the ownership of the Licedei Theater. For several years it existed on this site (Lva Tolstoy St., 9), giving more than 300 performances a year for adults and children.

According to V. Solovyov, recently the situation has become tense: the investor decided to sell the building to another owner, who was not informed about the presence of a “burden” in the form of a cultural object. Now the world famous theater is being asked to leave the building.

Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Vasily Kichedzhi expressed concern about the fate of the theater beloved by St. Petersburg residents and indignation at business representatives who “do not know how to negotiate with the cultural community.”

“In support of the Lycedei Theater we are receiving letters from prominent cultural figures, including from Moscow. Parents, children, and representatives of the press are concerned. Of course, we will monitor the development of the situation and will not allow this unique group to end up on the street,” – said the deputy mayor.

V. Kichedzhi decided to appeal to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation with a request to understand “how business representatives took advantage of the preferences granted to the famous Litsedei theater by the government of St. Petersburg to the detriment of the cultural institute.”

The Litsedei Theater is being evicted from its building in St. Petersburg