Moscow academic theatre named after CH. Mayakovsky - one of the oldest theaters in Moscow with the famous ensemble of actors. The theatre is located on Bolshaya Nikitskaya St, in a building that was built in 1886 for the famous foreign guest artists. On stage he played the world famous actors: Eleonora Duse, Coquelin the elder, Coquelin, Jr., Ernesto Signed, Sarah Bernhardt and many other European actors. The theatre was called "International".

From 1920 to 1922, the building was a Theatre of revolutionary satire – "at the Helm". From 1922 to 1943 – Theatre of the Revolution. Its head was appointed Vsevolod Meyerhold. From this time the history of modern theater. VL. Mayakovsky. I managed the theatre for two years. Then the theatre was headed by the leader of the Soviet culture – A. D. Popov. From 1941 to 1943 the theatre was in evacuation in Tashkent. In 1943, the theatre has returned to Moscow. In his company joined the artists of the Moscow Theater of Leningrad city Council and the Moscow drama theatre. Led theater N. Okhlopkov. From 1943 until 1954, the theater was called "the Moscow drama theatre". The name of Vladimir Mayakovsky theater received in 1954.

In 1968 the Director of the theatre was A. Goncharov. He managed the theatre until 2001, more than thirty years. In this period we have delivered the most significant productions of "Talents and admirers", "Defeat", "Conversations with Socrates", "a Streetcar named Desire", "Defeat", "the Seagull", "Running", "the Life of Klim Samgin", "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk district, "the Fruits of enlightenment", "Dollhouse", "Napoleon the First".

In 2002, the theatre came a new leader, Sergei Artsybashev. His first production was the play "Marriage" by Gogol. The play was a resounding success. The following statement made Arcibasheva, was the play "the Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoevsky. In 2005, the premiere of the play "Dead souls" by N. In. Gogol. The Artsybashev was the Director of the play and starred in it – Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov.

Theatre Of VL. Mayakovsky was always famous for its actors. It was M. Babanova, M. Strauch, B. tenine, A. Jigarkhanyan, T. Doronina, O. Yakovleva, S. Nemolyaeva, N. Gundareva, Igor Kostolevsky, E. Simon, and many others.