Astrakhan Theatre for Young People is one of the oldest theaters of this kind in Russia. It was founded back in 1933, when a group of enthusiastic amateurs made the first staging of the play by N. Shestakova, "Way Away". In the absence of the theater building of its own, production was shown on the stage of the Club of Trade. The troupe consisted of members of amateur radio committee and employees. However, after just one year, the company supplemented by professional actors, and identified the needs of the theater building. The artistic director of the Theater of Young Spectators was appointed MD Lyubimov. In 1934, the opening of the first season of professional theater already. Its stage has been realized by staging Nikolai Gogol's play "The Government Inspector".

During the operation of the theater on its stage it was put a lot of performances of the best works of Russian and foreign classics. Considerable attention should be modern and dramatic productions. On account of the troupe many prestigious awards, participation in festivals and competitions. In the theater, they worked and work bright and extraordinary actors who happily took the audience of European Russia, as well as Georgia and Ukraine. For more than forty years, the permanent director of the theater is a People's Artist of Russia Yuri Kochetkov.