National Theatre. Vasile Alecsandri, located in the city of Balti (Balti), is a cultural and educational center of the city.

The history of the creation of theater refers to 1957, when on the basis of the current Russian Drama Theater was established troupe of 25 young Moldovan actors. Their first production was the play "Kyritz in Iasi", created by Vasil Alexandrov. In subsequent years, the troupe was joined by other talented actors, many of whom have become famous far beyond the country - Efim Lazarev, Mihai Volontir Jacob Burg, Dean Koch and many others. Great contribution to the development and establishment of the theater director and teacher introduced Boris Kharchenko. Under his leadership, the theater performances were presented such as the "Marriage" by N. Gogol, "Late Love" by A. Ostrovsky, "How they loved" by A. Larevu, "Comedy of Errors" by Shakespeare and other productions .

In January 1990, a theater in Balti one of the first in the Republic of Moldova received the title of National, and a year later moved to a new building, construction of which lasted 13 years. The building has two rooms - small and large, each with a circular stage. The large hall is designed for 584 viewers, is able to accommodate 60 small audience.

During the work of the theater in his repertoire, there are about two hundred performances for adults and children, put on the works of Russian and foreign classical and contemporary. Theatre rightly bears the title of the National, as it is on the stage you can see the best performances on the basis of the texts of authors from Moldova and Romania.

Much attention at the National Theatre. Vasile Alecsandri pay and productions for children. Since 1994, it operates based puppet troupe «Gîgîlici».