Maikop drama theatre named after A. S. Pushkin, housed in a building built in 1901 for Pushkin's the people's house. Opening in Maikop Russian drama theatre took place in October 1936 a show called "Death squadrons" Ukrainian writer Alexander Antonovich Korneychuk. Since its inception, the drama theatre existed as a Russian troupe consisting of Adyghe theatre. Fully self he was only in 2000

The repertoire of the Russian state drama theatre named after A. S. Pushkin is based not only on classical Russian works, but also foreign ones, as well as on works by contemporary authors. At various times it was put: "Late love" and "– we'll settle it" by Alexander Ostrovsky, "Vassa Zheleznova by Maxim Gorky, Anniversary. The proposal" by Anton Chekhov, "Boris Godunov" by A. Pushkin, "Othello" by William Shakespeare, "Intrigue and love" by F. Schiller, "the knight" V. Konstantinov and B. Racer, "the Suicide" Nikolai. Erdman, "Trees die standing" by A. Casona, "Serena and Victoria A. Galina, and many others.

Drama theatre named after A. S. Pushkin leaves every year throughout rural settlements and cities of the Republic of Adygea and Krasnodar territory. In 2006, Maikop drama was the winner of the Regional festival under the name "Kuban theatre", which was dedicated to the 100th anniversary since the birth of the Soviet and Russian actor, theatre Director, teacher and people's artist of the USSR, Mikhail A. Kulikovsky.