Almaty State Puppet Theater was founded in 1935. It is one of the oldest puppet show theaters in Kazakhstan theater space.
There were puppets of all systems – from simple canes to complicated marionettes during 74 years. The theater grew up and brought up several generations of talented actors, master-puppeteers, producers, artists, most of them are dedicated to the theater’s puppet art for years.

The names of the people who contributed to its creative formation will always remain in the history of the Theater: producers Y. Rutkovskiy, P.Pashkov,L.Lengorskaya, V.Gorenberg; talented actors N.Tregubenko, Sh.Kadyrov, T.Mayskaya; Honoured artists of Kazakhstan B.Slonov, B.Parmanov, chief producer and art director A.Mikhailov and P.Potoroka, national artist of the RK S.Shukurov and S.Kabiguzhina.