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10 July 1955

Premiere of the play “Dimka Invisible” at the Central Children's Theatre

It was Oleg Efremov’s debut as a director, at that time, he worked as an actor for the theatre, later he became the head of Moscow Sovremennik Theatre first, and then Moscow Art Theatre. Efremov staged the musical comedy for children so mischievously and cheerfully that this theatrical hit went on for several decades with a full house. “Dimka Invisible” was the first performance that Alexey Borodin, the current head of the theatre (now called RAMT) saw.

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