The Grain Store
1 - 5 Aug
Directed by Oscar Toeman
Set and Costume Design by Nicolai Hart
Lighting Design by Alex Musgrave
Sound Design by Ollie Brennan
‘In all my life I’ve never seen such a stubborn crowd. Will they ever believe? This is Pravda here. ‘The Truth’!’
Ukraine,1929. As Stalin launches the first of his Five-Year Plans, a close-knit rural community stands unwittingly in the path of his drive to create a thriving socialist Soviet Union. The outcome is catastrophic. Commissioned and premiered by The Royal Shakespeare Company in 2009, this extraordinary play by Ukrainian writer Natal’ia Vorozhbit tackles this often-forgotten story with intelligence and passion.
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Nick Hern Books.
Duration: 2 hours and 50 minutes including a 20-minute interval
This play features strobe lighting, haze, gunshot sound effects, depictions of starvation, scenes of violence and death, references to suicide and offensive language.