The Atyrau Regional Drama Theater, also known as the Atyrau Regional Kazakh Drama Theater named after Makhambet Utemisov, is one of the oldest theaters in Kazakhstan. Founded in 1938, the theater opened with M. Auezov's "Night Motive," followed by "Abai," "Karagoz," "Karakypshak Koblandy," "Enlik-Kebek," and "Ayman-Sholpan." Other productions by Trenev included "Lyubov Yarovaya" and Shakespeare's "Assau-prema," Alexandrov's "Wedding at the Malinovka," Gadzhibekov's "Arshin Kalkan," and V.B. Vishnevsky's optimistic tragedy "Russian Problems," edited by K.M. Simonov, and Nazim Hikmet's "Lost Real Men." All of the above performances can be considered significant achievements of the theater.
Among the national plays are "Kozy Korpesh-Bayan Sulu" by G. Musrepov, "Amangeldy" co-authored with B. Mailin, "S.B. Adjar and Death" by S. Zhunusov, "Unexpected Meeting" by T. Akhtanov, "Beau, Girls-ay!" by K. Shantitbaev and K. Baiseitov, "Aksakal an-aman" and "Makhambet" by G. Slanov, "Aitmatov" based on the story "Ana-Zher Ana," "Stars of Our Home" by S. Adambekov, and others. These plays are firmly established in the theater's repertoire.
In 1957, the theater won the "Theater Spring" competition (Almaty). In 1969, the theater was named after Makhambet Utemisov. The theater's half-century-long creative history has produced plays such as "Transparent Love" by S. Mukanov, "Double Arrow" by Volodin, "Korkyt" by O. B. Budykov, and Sarsenbaev's production of "Love for the Sea."
The theater participated in the Egyptian International Festival with the play "Wounded Tiger." Tolekov, A. Akhmetova, Yu. Manapova, Z. Suleimenova, I. Imankulov, and K. Imangalieva made significant contributions to the theater's development.
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