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Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
in the city of Viljandi
Viljandi
Viljandi is a town and municipality in southern Estonia with a population of 19,150 . It is the capital of Viljandi County. The town was first mentioned in 1283, upon being granted its town charter by Wilhelm von Endorpe....
in Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
. It was founded in 1920 opening on January 10 of that year.
Ugala's Artistic Directors
- 1925 - 1926: Andres Särev.
- 1926 – 1928: Eduard Lemberg.
- 1928 – 1932: Alfred Mering.
- 1932 – 1933: Valter Soosõrv.
- 1933 – 1934: Karl Merits.
- 1934 – 1936: Alfred Mering.
- 1936 – 1941: Eduard Tinn.
- 1942 – 1943: Jullo Talpsepp.
- 1943 – 1945: Eero Neemre.
- 1945 – 1947: Karl Ader.
- 1947 – 1948: Enn Toona.
- 1948: Leo Martin.
- 1949 – 1970: Aleks Sats.
- 1970 – 1979: Heino Torga.
- 1979 – 1983: Jaan Tooming.
- 1983 – 1988: Jaak Allik.
- 1989 – 1991: Kalju Komissarov.
- 1991 – 1995: Jaak Allik.
- 1995 – 1998: Andres Lepik.
- 1998 – 2000: Andres Noormets.
- 2000 – 2002: Jaak Allik.
- 2002/2003 - 2009 Peeter Tammearu
- 2009- Indrek SammulIndrek SammulIndrek Sammul is an Estonian actor. He has graduated Estonian Academy of Music's Higher Theatre School in 1994. Since then he has worked as an actor in Tallinn City Theatre and Ugala Theatre...