PETA DOWNES
Chekhov in Hell
by Dan Rebellato
Theatre G.02, Building 29, UOW
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER 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 / OPERATOR Darcy Catto-Pitkin
SOUND AND VISUALS DESIGNER / OPERATOR Justice Georgopoulos
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PHOTOGRAPHY Rob Studdert, Digital Image Studio
SYNOPSIS
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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.
CHEKHOV IN HELL was a 2023 University of Wollongong production featuring graduating Bachelor of Performance and Theatre students.