“*****(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.
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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.