Krasnoyarsk Drama Theater named after AS Pushkin is one of the oldest theaters in Siberia.

The first wooden building was erected in 1873. The initiator of its construction, as well as the main sponsor of the second guild merchant J. Krause. The first two seasons on the stage performing troupe entrepreneur Egorova. That he was trying to create in Siberia first permanent troupe. In 1897-1898 gg. the theater troupe played S. Bragin, tragedians famous brothers Adelgeim. In 1897, in the city of Krasnoyarsk outstanding Russian actors MI Pisarev and GN Fedotov gave some great performances.

In October 1898 a wooden theater burned to the ground. For several years to raise funds for the construction of a new building. Grand opening of the theater took place in February 1902, when it was named after the famous Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. In the same year his work beginning a dramatic artist K. Krasnova, which marked the beginning of the existence of a permanent theater in Krasnoyarsk. In 1935, after the formation in 1934 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the theater was given a new name - the Krasnoyarsk Regional Drama Theatre named after AS Pushkin. Small Stage Theatre was opened in 1987

The last decades of creative theatrical life were marked by new names. Toward the close of the 2005-2006 season, the talented director O. Rybkin staged in dramatic theater play by Alexander Ostrovsky "Talents and Admirers". In August 2006, he headed the theater named after AS Pushkin. Later A. Rybkin staged "King Lear" by William Shakespeare, musical fairy tale "Merry Christmas, Uncle Scrooge! "On the novel by Charles Dickens, as well as the" Three Penny Opera "by Brecht," The Seagull "by Anton Chekhov," dark alleys "Bunin and many other performances that have received a lot of positive reviews.

Since 2008, the theater is the organizer of the annual festival of contemporary drama titled "Drama. New code ".