Melbourne Theatre Company The University Of Melbourne
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  • Sumner
  • 4 April - 17 May
  • Running Time: 2 hours 50 minutes including interval
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  • A Audio Described Performance
  • C Captioned Performance
  • E Education Performance
  • O Opening Night Performance
  • P Preview Performance
  • T Tactile Tour

... a spectacular coup de theatre” - The Australian 

Stephen Phillips, Miriam Margolyes

Realism

by Paul Galloway
  • “*****(5 stars) ...bursting with ideas, arguments, humour and history” - Herald Sun

    2007 Wal Cherry Award for Best New Play


    It is the summer of 1939 and in a small Moscow theatre a company of actors begins rehearsals of a new play to commemorate Stalin’s sixtieth birthday. It’s a tough gig, because for Soviet artists working towards the Radiant Future the old showbiz maxim ‘the show must go on’ is an order you can’t refuse.

    Another opening, another show trial! Realism is a comedy of nerves, a backstage farce set in a pressure cooker. It’s about the spirit that makes art live and the forces that want to crush it.

    To watch Miriam Margolyes on Channel Ten's 9am with David and Kim click here.

    To listen to Miriam Margolyes with Noni Hazleshurst on 774's The Conversation Hour click here.

    Reviews

    'Backstage in Stalin's Russia, and the actors aim to stay alive' - The Australian

    Photography: Earl Carter and Jeff Busby

    Warning: This production features multiple gun shots and stage atmospherics.
  • Cast
    Paul Denny
    Julie Eckersley
    Ming-Zhu Hii
    John Leary
    Tony Llewellyn-Jones
    Miriam Margolyes
    Stephen Phillips
    Grant Piro

    Creative
    Director - Peter Evans
    Set Design - Stephen Curtis
    LX Designer - Matt Scott
    Costume Design - Christina Smith
    Movement/Assistant Director - Nigel Poulton
    Assistant Director - Mark Constable

Cast Partner:
The Captain's Choice Tour
Supported by:
Cybec Foundation