The Bridge Project
(Adapted by Tom Stoppard from Chekhov. Director: Sam Mendes. Sinead Cusack - Ranevaskaya, Simon Russell Beale – Lopakhin, Rebecca Hall – Varya, Ethan Hawke - Trofimov)
ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
04th April 2009
A bridge too far. This production makes little of either the comedy nor the tragedy of aristocratic ineptitude. Problems abound, lack-lustre adaption and direction, uneven performances from the Anglo-American cast and a venue that is more concert hall then theatre. Cusack and Beale are admirable, though if the Bolshevik’s had all been as uninspiring as Hawke’s student then the revolutionaries would still be fretting on their next move. This worthy enterprise needs better suited material.
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