Facades

Facades (Play) production archive for QTIX code T01927904463. Details of all Facades archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S79576560

Archive Listings

23 Apr 08 to 5 May 08	Merton Abbey Mills Outer London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive
16 May 07 to 19 May 07	General Outer London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive

Details

Spring 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.

Creatives/Company

Author: Keith Wait
Company: Network Theatre

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

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