Performance Dates
14 May 2002 – 18 May 2002May 2002
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Details
- Playwright
- Anton Chekhov & adapted by Sally Richardson
- Director
- Sophia Hall
AddressHayman Theatre, Curtin University of Technology, Kent Street BENTLEY
"Time passes. Everything passes. We pass. We were only here for a little while. Too little to know"
In the hot humid wet season of a country town in the North of Western Australia, three sisters sit on the wide front verandah of an old house. The crickets and the frogs are chirruping and it is IreneÂ’s 20th birthday party.
It is 2002, and as the guests gather at the house, many of them officers from the nearby army garrison, there is a new arrival. Alex is a blast from the past and his arrival begins a series of changes in the lives of Olga, Maria, Irene, their brother Andy and the others who live in and visit the house. We see them struggle with boredom, loss of hope; desire for love or meaningful work Â… we see the isolation of men and women, the awkward silences, the unfinished gesturesÂ… the waiting Â… and we are reminded of our own struggles.
In a time of deeply disturbing world events and even more disturbing unresolved issues in our own country, this search for meaning and sense of hopelessness is very familiar. For though the world may be all there is, we seem never to be content with it; just as the sisters and their lovers, husbands and friends do, we keep searching for something in our lives that would give them meaning 'if we could only know' what that might be.
Sally Richardson is one of Western Australia's most respected directors who has worked closely with new work and adapted work throughout the artforms. Her adaptation of Strindberg's Miss Julie for Perth Theatre Company received critical acclaim and for this production she has conceived a contemporary adaptation which approaches this play as a piece of theatre that has lost no relevance over the 100 years since its first production.
Well known theatre artist Sophia Hall directs thirteen highly talented actors - an unusually large cast for contemporary theatre. This will be a rare and exciting opportunity to see a full-scale production of a Chekhovian classic.
3 SISTERS
May 14 - 18
In the hot humid wet season of a country town in the North of Western Australia, three sisters sit on the wide front verandah of an old house. The crickets and the frogs are chirruping and it is IreneÂ’s 20th birthday party.
It is 2002, and as the guests gather at the house, many of them officers from the nearby army garrison, there is a new arrival. Alex is a blast from the past and his arrival begins a series of changes in the lives of Olga, Maria, Irene, their brother Andy and the others who live in and visit the house. We see them struggle with boredom, loss of hope; desire for love or meaningful work Â… we see the isolation of men and women, the awkward silences, the unfinished gesturesÂ… the waiting Â… and we are reminded of our own struggles.
In a time of deeply disturbing world events and even more disturbing unresolved issues in our own country, this search for meaning and sense of hopelessness is very familiar. For though the world may be all there is, we seem never to be content with it; just as the sisters and their lovers, husbands and friends do, we keep searching for something in our lives that would give them meaning 'if we could only know' what that might be.
Sally Richardson is one of Western Australia's most respected directors who has worked closely with new work and adapted work throughout the artforms. Her adaptation of Strindberg's Miss Julie for Perth Theatre Company received critical acclaim and for this production she has conceived a contemporary adaptation which approaches this play as a piece of theatre that has lost no relevance over the 100 years since its first production.
Well known theatre artist Sophia Hall directs thirteen highly talented actors - an unusually large cast for contemporary theatre. This will be a rare and exciting opportunity to see a full-scale production of a Chekhovian classic.
3 SISTERS
May 14 - 18
Bookings
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