Mage Media Productions
Will Anya choose the future or stay in the past?
1 Jan 1970
PERFORMANCE DETAILS
Post-Soviet Podolsk, Russia, Spring 1993. In the Mikhailov family's struggle-ridden 'khrushevka' apartment, the ambitious Anya must make a decision about who she is destined to be. Amidst the same daily schedule, rampant with traditionalism, she must choose whether to follow her ‘firebird of freedom’. Dare she hold the newborn hand of an unknown era, for a greater good? Will she choose to look back to history and stay, or look forward into the future and flee?
The kitchen, a post-Soviet place of cultural discussion and political reflection, reveals conversations that ebb with emotion and complicated relationship dynamics. The play holds up a mirror to our own existence, reflecting ever-present issues of cultural change and social unrest.
Exploring generational conflicts during a socio-politically charged time, They Do Not Seek Good From Good combines neo-Chekhovian naturalism, kitchen sink drama, and tragicomedy for the 21st century.
Cast & Creatives
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director, Producer, Writer, Songwriter: Alexandra Viktoria
Assistant Producer: Summar Mackenzie
Assistant Producer: Sophia Bunn
Production & Direction Assistant, Artistic Designer & Marketing Coordinator: Raaneem Auloka Mayenin
Production & Direction Assistant: Aruanna S. Levin
Head Set Designer: Faith Beatrice Salazar
Assistant Set Designer: Mika Lippelt
Props Designer: Nicole Chan
Head Costume Designer: Jocelyn Reid
Assistant Costume Designer: Stefania Athanasopoulou
Assistant Costume Designer: Daisie Mae Money
Dresser: Yolanda Quartey
Dresser: Rumaysah Najeeb
Finance & Budget Coordinator: Aaliyah Dean
Photographer: Aria Singh-Bernath
Music Director: Joshua Adam Berdouk
Light/Sound Crew: Zephyr Walinets
Light/Sound Crew: Safiyah Moloobhoy
Makeup Artist: Lucy Cox
Makeup Artist: Suhani Potdar
Makeup Artist: Mia Barrow
CAST
Anya: Leanne Morley
Nikolai: Charlie Raven
Ludmila: Ume Bhattacharya
Triffon: Sam Benatar
Tatiana: Julia Józefowicz
Sofiya: Sophia Bunn
Masha: Eloise Johnson
Igor: Oliver Manley
Vladimir: Nathan Wong
Reviews
'Easy to seek good from the show - humour and humanity blended into one.' - Audience response
'ROOTS' by Arnold Wesker - but better.' - Audience response
'Realist and surrealist theatre mixed into one, in a way you've never seen before.' - Audience response
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