'Life is a raspberry—one bite and it's gone!'
Olga, Masha and Irina dream of returning to Moscow ... But time marches on ... Soldiers come and go, babies are born, great calamities take place —a fire, a duel—and local girl Natasha takes over the household. Life happens while the three Prozorov sisters wait for theirs to begin. It's time to act.
'To Moscow!'
A bold and absurd new version of Chekhov's tragicomic classic by Laurence Strangio. This playful translation highlights the heartbreaking yet provocative humour of the play, pricking the tragedy of these siblings who bemoan their lives while those around them get on with theirs.
LAURENCE STRANGIO is an independent director, dramaturg, theatre-maker and stageadaptor. Previous co-translations include La Medea + Lo Stupro (Dario Fo & Franca Rame), Stefano Benni’s I Beatrici monologues and Bodas de Sangre/Blood Wedding (Lorca). He has created stage adaptations of Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood), La Douleur, The Lover and Destroy, She Said (Marguerite Duras) and most recently The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (VCE Playlist 2019). An established director, Laurence has worked for La Mama Theatre, Malthouse Theatre, Red Stitch, fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne Festival, Castlemaine State Festival and Instant Café Theatre (Kuala Lumpur). Other recent productions include Ellida (VCE Playlist 2018), Hotel Bonegilla, L’amante anglaise, Krapp’s Last Tape, Savannah Bay and The Year of Magical Thinking. Laurence has received Green Room Awards for his direction of Portrait of [Dora] and Six characters in search of an author (VCE Playlist 2011).
| Cast Info | 6F, 8M, (doubling available) |
| Genres | Adaptations, Drama, Epic |
| Themes | Large Cast |
| Audiences | Adult |
| Extent | 98 |
| Edition | CTS |
| Size | 210 x 137 |
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