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Facades archiveSpring 1787, and the exceptional empress, Catherine the Great, is making a royal progress, inspecting her New Russia. Prince Potemkin, her former lover, needs to impress. He is pouring his fortune into building towns along the route, but how can he do it fast enough? Feydor, "Little Father", the Prince's former campaign advisor, finds himself overseeing the works. He now has a small army of theatrical set builders! Potemkin wants scale and grandeur, and as more and more men, materials and gold arrive, the canvas buildings gradually take on a deceptive permanence. Soon the sham disguises the real, while the real hides the sham. The enigmatic young stowaway, Lida, has hidden herself in Feydor's quarters. She is very ambitious to exploit the situation. Is she a child of betrayal, or its mistress? For here in the Crimean hinterland, all is not as it seems.

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Author: Keith Wait

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Archive listings for Facades (2008)

Work type: Play.

T0594574676

Company The Stage Company. Director Keith Wait. Performer Simon Ryerson. Performer Kaarina Vanderkamp. Performer Mark Wright. Performer Suzy de Lezameta. Performer James McKendrick. Performer Michael Mayne. Performer Barry Clarke. Performer David Harris. Performer Jo Price.
20 May 08 to 29 May 08Riverside Studios, Outer London :: V331
listing details L02145998025

T01927904463

Company Network Theatre.
23 Apr 08 to 5 May 08Merton Abbey Mills, Outer London :: V369
listing details L1502762990

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