'It could be subtitled: ‘How to Find Faith in Humanity – or Not’. This early Chekhov is a glorious ensemble comedy about the fact that the future is looking bleak. Here it gets its first Australian mainstage production. What a fantastic mix of rage and silliness; its characters all torn between making money and getting in on something bigger and more meaningful than themselves. How apt.
'Nikolai Ivanov is going mad. His life used to be full of possibility, but now he’s moneyless on an old farm with his mendicant uncle and his inexplicably happy if slightly criminal cousin. He’s in debt to his neighbours, he has the hots for their daughter, and nothing much makes any sense to him anymore. Oh, and his wife is dying. Life’s all healthcare and making payments. What’s the alternative? There must be an alternative. There must be an alternative!' (Publication summary)
Presented by Belvoir Street Theatre and performed at the Upstairs Theatre : 19 September - 1 November 2015.
CAST: Fayssal Bazzi, John Bell, Blazey Best, Airlie Dodds, John Howard, Ewen Leslie, Zahra Newman, Yalin Ozucelik, and Helen Thomson.
TEAM:
By Anton Chekhov
Adapted by Eamon Flack
Director: Eamon Flack
Set Designer: Michael Hankin
Costume Designer: Mel Page
Associate Costume Designer: Alicia Clements
Lighting Designer: Verity Hampson
Composer & Sound Designer: Steve Toulmin
Stage Manager: Amy Harris
Assistant Stage Manager: Mel Dyer
