History Tula State Puppet Theater begins from February 10, 1937, when the Youth Theatre actress Lisovskaya NA checks and artist NP It was staged puppet show called "Tales of Pushkin", which was timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the poet's death. That is in Tula born puppet theater.

The creative troupe rise began in 1997 when the theater came a new director Ryazantsev NA, an energetic, proactive, knowing all the subtleties and complexities of theatrical specifics.

The theater pays great attention to the repertoire, which includes the classics of world drama (JB Moliere, William Shakespeare, Charles Perrault, Brecht, Hans Christian Andersen, Grimm Brothers), Russian literature (Pushkin, Tolstoy, Ostrovsky, Nikolai Gogol, Bazhov, folk tales), as well as contemporary works of literature (the works of A. Green, A. Lindgren, N. Nosov, Alexei Tolstoy, K. Chukovsky and others.) .

Today, the theater stands out the most extensive repertoire, as well as the variety of genres, among them - the Russian folk tale, skomoroshiny, romance, history, classical drama, vaudeville, musicals, and other ironic detective. The main asset of the theater are its talented young artists who possess great technique kuklovozhdeniya, voice, know how to dance, to sing, to fence, juggle, perform circus tricks, work with the "room." No performance is impossible without the main director of the theater V. Glazkov, IA Milyaeva chief artist, a painter - director Vanina N., artist-designer, A. Matyukhina, decorative painter M. Soroka.

Theatre has toured extensively, supporting cultural ties with groups of puppet theaters in Russia and abroad. Troupe visited many times with the performances of Germany, France, Spain, Croatia, Belarus and Ukraine. The theater takes part in the prestigious Russian festivals. Theater - repeated participant of international festivals of puppet theaters. On the basis of the puppet theater I started in Tula I International Youth Festival "scene without a weapon." Tula Puppet Theatre performed successfully at the IV International Festival "The Ark" in Kostroma in the theater festival in honor of the 150th anniversary of Anton Chekhov Syktyvkar. Over the past fifteen years it has taken part in more than fifty festivals.

Since 2001, the theater became a co-founder of the association "Puppet Theatre - XXI Century". Now Tula puppet theater every year conducts a tour - festival called "May the carousel." Each year, the theater troupe touring company provides summer camps for children in Kaluga, Tula and Moscow regions.

Artists Theatre conducted an interesting and vibrant creative meetings with children in kindergartens and schools, libraries, vocational and higher education institutions and Tula region. Tula Puppet Theatre, thanks to its active and diverse activities, is the center of cultural life and Tula region. He noted thanks, certificates of honor senior management of the city and region, the regional Duma, the Minister of Culture awards.

Currently Tula Puppet Theatre has a great reputation in the theater world and is considered a leader among the Russian puppet theater groups.