Based on Anton Chekhov's 'The Grasshopper'. With the addition of Chekhov's letters and original writing by Linnie Reedman, Poprygunya becomes the imagined precursor to Chekhov's much loved play 'The Seagull'. This audacious and lovingly created production brings the darkly comedic tragic tale of life, with vivid brush strokes, passion, tragedy and soul stirring live, original music: piano, violins, accordion, balalaika and solo and choral singing. And Vodka...Olga is obsessed with celebrity, her husband with medical science, her lover with himself. In the background her dressmaker watches, crow-like, and weaves them all into her own dark fairytale. Meanwhile, Chekhov watches and weaves them too into his short story.T590718259Please note that Poprygunya contains nudityCompany Honest Hands Theatre Company. Director Linnie Reedman. Musical Director Joe Evans. Lighting Paul Green. Performer Alistair Cope (Osip Stepanovitch Dymov). Performer Andrew Mathys (Vasily Kalinnikov). Performer Carrie Shaw (Vera Komissarzhevskaya). Performer Henry Maynard (Antosha Chekhonte). Performer Lara Parmiani (Masha). Performer Penelope Tasker (Olga Ivanovna). Performer William St Clair (Ivan Ryabovsky). | |
| 8 May 07 to 27 May 07 | Greenwich Playhouse, Outer London :: V1286 listing details L1443044541 |
