• WE'RE BACK!

• University of Adelaide Theatre Guild
  presents a staged play reading of

• THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR
  By Nikolai Gogol

A new version by Alexander Kirk & Lilia Nadyrshine
Directed by Alexander Kirk

Thursday 15 & Friday 16 & Saturday 17 April 2021 at 7.30pm
Little Theatre, The Cloisters, University of Adelaide

ALL TICKETS $15!

PLEASE NOTE THAT TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ON THE DOOR ONCE TRYBOOKING CLOSES - CASHLESS PAYMENTS ONLY.

• “I invited you, Gentlemen, to deliver the most unpleasant news:
  we’re to expect a visit from an Inspector …”

  Life has been good for the officials of a provincial Russian town.  Extortion, bribery, neglect of duties and purposeful mismanagement have been thriving for many years.  But suddenly their way of life is threatened by the news that an Imperial government official is travelling incognito on a secret mission to investigate their district.

  On hearing the news, the Town Governor instructs the Warden of Charities, the Doctor, the Judge, the Police Chief and all other officials to get their departments in order.  Nightcaps must be clean and fewer patients are to lie in the hospital, hunting whips are to be removed from the Courthouse, lawyers must not smell of vodka, and the school teachers, no doubt very clever people, must contain themselves and not break up chairs in animated excitement. 

  The Government Inspector, written in 1836, is firmly established in the Russian repertoire and has never left the world stage.  To create his set of delightfully grotesque characters, Gogol later wrote that he decided to take everything bad that he knew about Russia at that time and bring it together into one heap to create a satire not just on corrupt officialdom, but of Man himself.

  The Theatre Guild is delighted to open its 2021 season with a staged reading of this hilarious classic, performed with a minimum of setting to suggest period, drawing on stage practices most connecting actor and audience. 

  “Don’t blame the mirror if it’s your mug that’s crooked” – A Proverb

  Cast:   Alejandra Arbe Montoya, Chris Best, Georgie Cufone, Geoff Dawes, Katherine Edmond, Nicholas Elborough, Phil Grummet, Ivan Jankovic, Alexander Kirk, Brian Knott, Les Koopowitz, Simon Lancione, Roland Lever, Philip Lineton, Nima Namjouyan, Emma O-Connell-Doherty, Jack Robins, John Rosen, April Slomiany, Joshua Tse & Camilla Wolfe-Barry.

• ALL TICKETS $15

  

• THERE IS NO NEED TO PRINT YOUR TICKETS BUT PLEASE PRESENT YOURSELF TO THE BOX OFFICE SO WE KNOW YOU HAVE ARRIVED.  TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR ONCE TRYBOOKING HAS CLOSED FOR THE DAY.  CASHLESS PAYMENTS ONLY. MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR WHEN THEATRE IS OVER 75% CAPACITY.  NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES AVAILABLE. 

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