Karelian State Puppet Theater is located in a modern theater complex, designed by architect Taev EG, near the Karelian National Theatre. The funds for its construction and equipment of the most modern technologies have been allocated from the budgets of the Republic of Karelia and the Russian Federation. In December 2010, he celebrated his anniversary and, although he was already 75 years old, the creative team is very energetic, lives with new ideas and actively introducing modern forms of theater.

It is a professional theater, it opened in 1935, it is one of the oldest puppet theaters in Russia. Its founders were students courses SV Obraztsova, actors of the Theatre of Working Youth. A few years after the founding of the puppet theater was operating as part of other creative groups: TRAM - until 1935, Spectators - until 1937, Kargosteatra. In the theater, he worked in different years, well-known actors: Korolev, Moscow, S. Yefremov, Nikolai Borovkov, S. Belkin, Ivan Moskalev, VA Soviets, Skaldina H., T. Yufa

Now the repertoire of puppet theater there are performances for both children and adults, a total of more than 30. In the arrangement of performances used a variety of methods and techniques kuklovozhdeniya - a platen and performances that use trostevye puppets and performances with live-up and of course the finger puppets and tablet.

Extensive and touring activity puppet team. Spectators Russia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Greece and many other cities and abroad familiar with the Karelian Puppet Theatre.

The creative team of the theater repertoire mainly included children's performances, designed for preschool and school age (the younger and middle). There are several performances for young audiences, and to see the whole family. Traditional and favorite for several generations of viewers was the play "The Frog Princess", "Masha and the Bear," "Cat's House", "wave of the wand."

Theater Works has repeatedly received awards, one of them - "Onega Mask", the highest theater prize of the Republic of Karelia. Russia won the National Award "Golden Mask" performances for adults: "Gilded foreheads" Shergina B. (2007), "Dog's Tale" Karel Capek (2009). In the play "gilded foreheads" premium "Golden Mask" was awarded the actress Lyubov Biryukova.

One of the areas of creative activity of the theater, began the development of international projects and participate in them. Together with the municipality of the city of Oulu in Finland has carried out a theater project development and organization of many amateur puppet theater for children and youth, both in Finland and in Karelia.

Since June 2003, a festival of "Kuklantida". This National Festival is held every two years, thanks to his skills are acquired and consolidated statement of puppet shows, there is a creative exchange between theater companies.

The theater participates in international and Russian festivals. In October 2007, he was held VI Festival of Puppet Theatres of the Barents Region. Countries participants in this festival: Russia, Estonia, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Finland. This international festival is held every two years. It reflects the traditions of the northern peoples, it is a cultural association with a certain perception of the world, but is open also for teams from other EU countries.