
Chekhov in Hell by Dan Rebellato
“Everything is new, the past is dead, nothing is real, everything’s good, nothing lasts, it’s all changing, there’s no up, there’s no down” - Chekhov in Hell
Instead of dying in Germany in 1904, Russian playwright Anton Chekhov awakens from a 100-year coma in London in 2010. Rudely thrust into a 21st century reality, Chekhov experiences technology, celebrity, feng shui, social media, cultural appropriation, support groups, human trafficking and an array of characters who are as lost as he is. Searching for answers about what has happened to the world, CHEKHOV IN HELL takes the audience on a funny, fast-paced and thought-provoking journey through a complex and self-centred reality on a trajectory towards oblivion.
“Acerbic and clever, gutsy and genuinely felt ,Chekhov in Hell flits deftly between agonising irony and chipper farce as it takes on social media, fashion, futurology and gastronomy and reduces them all to banalised rubble” - Exeunt Magazine
Warnings: M15+ This play contains representations of violence, some explicit and offensive language, and adult themes.
Playwright: Dan Rebellato
Director: Peta Downes
Cast: Adam Watt, Amelia Harding, Amy Crean, Charlotte Lee, Chelsea George, Connor Andis, Cooper Dawson, Samuel Noll, Sebastian Lodge
Production Manager: Justice Georgopoulos
Stage Manager: Darcy Catto-Pitkin
Deputy Stage Manager: Kathleen Whitehead
Set Designer: Justice Georgopoulos
Costume and Props Designer: Kathleen Whitehead
Lighting Designer / Lighting Operator: Darcy Catto-Pitkin
Sound and Visual Designer / Operator: Justice Georgopoulos
Associate Lighting Designer: Kathleen Whitehead
Date: Thursday 26th - Saturday 28th October 2023 at 7pm, Saturday 28th Matinee at 2pm
Running Time: 90 minutes, no interval
Location: Building 29 Theatre G02
University of Wollongong
Northfields Ave
NSW 2522
Phone: 02 4221 4354
Email: assh-events@uow.edu.au
For more information, please see the TAEM Performance website
Please be advised that this production has a COVID-Safe plan in place to reduce risk of potential virus transmission. If you are unwell or displaying cold and flu type symptoms, including coughing, you will not be permitted entry. Refunds will be issued if you are unwell and unable to attend.
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