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'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)
Production Details
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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
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Ivanov and Matilda Girls Honoured at Sydney Theatre Awards
2016
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— Appears in: The Age , 19 January 2016; (p. 11) The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 January 2016; (p. 11) -
Chekhov Brings Accolades for Belvoir’s Flack
2016
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— Appears in: The Australian , 19 January 2016; (p. 13) -
Ivanov Leads Sydney Theatre Nominations
2015
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 December 2015; (p. 26) -
Tragedy Sped up Just for Laughs
2015
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— Appears in: The Australian , 25 September 2015; (p. 14)
— Review of Ivanov 2015 single work drama -
Dry Australian Twist Brings Light to Russian Tale of Woe
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 September 2015; (p. 20)
— Review of Ivanov 2015 single work drama
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Dry Australian Twist Brings Light to Russian Tale of Woe
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 September 2015; (p. 20)
— Review of Ivanov 2015 single work drama -
Tragedy Sped up Just for Laughs
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 25 September 2015; (p. 14)
— Review of Ivanov 2015 single work drama -
Ivanov Leads Sydney Theatre Nominations
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 December 2015; (p. 26) -
Chekhov Brings Accolades for Belvoir’s Flack
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australian , 19 January 2016; (p. 13) -
Ivanov and Matilda Girls Honoured at Sydney Theatre Awards
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 19 January 2016; (p. 11) The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 January 2016; (p. 11)