Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Drama Theatre’s troupe operates on the basis of Solovtsov first permanent theatre, which appeared in 1891.
Since 1926, performances have been held in the premises of the former Bergognier theatre. Among the famous actors of Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Drama Theatre are: Mykhailo Romanov, Yurii Lavrov, Maria Strelkova, Liubov Dobrzhanska, Mykola Svetlovidov, Yevhenia Opalova, Viktor Dobrovolskyi, Viktor Khalatov, and a little later Oleh Borysov, Pavlo Luspekaiev, Kyrylo Lavrov, Ada Rohovtseva, Valeriia Zaklunna (actors), Konstiantyn Khokhlov, Volodymyr Nelli, Mykola Sokolov, Leonid Varpahovskyi, Heorhiy Tovstonohov (directors), Anatolii Petrytskyi, Moryts Umanskyi, Davyd Borovskyi, Daniil Lider, Leon Alshyts (artists), Borys Liatoshynskyi, Yurii Shaporin (composers).
The building also houses a theatre history museum.