Chekhov’s Gun (SOLD OUT)

Written by: Anton Chekhov. Adapted By Tim Maddock

“One must never place a loaded rifle on the stage if it isn’t going to go off. It’s wrong to make promises you don’t mean to keep.” - Anton Chekhov

A pedestal stands proud in the centre of the stage. Above it sits a loaded gun. It will go off.

Anton Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull’ (1895) and ‘The Cherry Orchard’ (1903) are set to collide and intersect as they share one stage in Chekhov’s Gun, an adaptation by Tim Maddock (2025). Amidst the idyllic scenery of their estates in rural New South Wales, and grappling with a rapidly and irreversibly changing social order, two families will be united and divided over money, fame, sex and power as they cling desperately to a way of life no longer within their grasp.

Chekhov’s Gun is a performance by 2nd and 3rd Year Students from the Bachelor of Performance and Theatre.

Director: Tim Maddock

Assistant Director: Sophie Brunner

Cast: Claudia Badorrek, Sam Bain-Morris, Sophie Blackburn, Daniel Buys, Everhart Coster, Angel Duggan, Lachlan Gleeson, Lilli Grahame Dillane, Brittney Jones, Caitlin Kubisch, Jasmin Moller, Monica Newsome, Lana Page, Traccin Rameka, April Rodgers, Byron Schipp, Joshua Scott, Raevin Sherwood, Jed Simcoe, Rose Thiele, Will Vogan, Alexandria Walker, Miriam Warda

Production Manager and Lead Designer: Callum Haddow

Stage Manager: Sharlette Bourke

Assistant Stage Manager: Jenna Wright

Lighting Designer: Chase Coussens

Set Designer: Lili Miles

Sound Designer: Maxine Tucker-Kelman

Video Designer: Ace Fraser

Lighting Operator and Set Construction: Anna Martin

Content Warnings: Chekhov’s Gun includes the use of theatrical haze and flashing lights. The performance contains discussions of physical and sexual abuse towards women and children, mentions of suicide and reference to depression, mentions of death including death of children and brief mention of misscarriage. It also contains depictions of heavy drug use, alcohol, assault, and, of course, a loaded gun.

This production will feature the use of Nicotine-Free Vapes.

Dates: 
Thursday 29th May, 7.00pm
Friday 30th May, 7.00pm
Saturday 31st May, 2.00pm and 7.00pm

Location:

Phone: 02 4221 4354

For more information contact the School of the Arts, English and Media

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No tickets will be available at the door - all tickets must be purchased through this site. 

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