Details

Semyon is unemployed and broke. It is very bad and not a laughing matter. The Government can't help. In fact the Government is part of the problem. He has an idea that the answer to his problems might be to learn the tuba. But to learn the tuba he needs a piano. He can't afford a piano. So he decides to kill himself. And then his problems really begin! Out of this dark situation, one of the 20th century's greatest satirists - Nikolai Erdman - fashioned a comic masterpiece that is one of the jewels of the Russian stage. The Suicide was so near the bone, the Soviet Government banned the play for half a century and sent Erdman to Siberia. But the play survived. Come and see if Semyon does too. Running time: 2hrs 30mins

Cast/Performers

Damian Cooper, Cordelia O'Neill, Zoe Land, Felicity Walsh, Fergus Rees, Neil Sheppeck, Danielle Collins, Luke Stevenson, Roddy Peters, Rhiannon Story, Sara Hirsch

Creatives/Company

Author: Nikolai Erdman
Producer: Space Productions
Adapted by(s): Eileen Thalenberg, Alan Richardson
Translation(s): Eileen Thalenberg, Alan Richardson
Director: Adam Hemming