STEAM PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
THREE CHEKHOV FARCES

WITH: Melissa Armstrong, Kate Buchanan, Lynden Jones,
Sylvia Keays, Chris Lewis, Laura Turner, Gavin Williams, Dave Kirkham

The Jubilee
Written By: Anton Chekhov
Translation by: Elisaveta Fen
Directed By: Gavin Williams
The Jubilee centres on a bank manager’s preparations for his bank’s 50th anniversary celebration being upset by the appearance of his frivolous wife and an unexpected female visitor.

The Bear
Written By: Anton Chekhov
Translation: by Michael Frayn
Directed By: Jerome Pride
The Bear is a romantic comedy in which land owner Gregorii Smirnov comes to collect a debt owed to him by the widow Popova’s late husband. They argue, duel with pistols, and fall in love. All of this is witnessed by Popova’s servant Luka.

The Proposal
Written By: Anton Chekhov
Translation by: Michael Frayn
Directed By: Jerome Pride
In The Proposal, a nervous young landowner Lomov has come to propose marriage to his neighbours daughter. No sooner does he summon up the courage to ask her, they begin to argue about property rights, and their squabbling threatens to destroy their chances of a match.

Lighting Design: Larry Kelly
Costume/Set Design: Pollyanna Nowicki
Sound Design: Thom Humphrey
Publicist: Melissa Armstrong

Previews: 11 & 12 August at 8pm ($14)
Season:
13th August - 4th September 2010 ( Wed - Sat at 8pm)
$28 Full $22 Concession. (2 for 1 tickets Wed available at the door).

More Information: www.steamproductions.com.au