Production Details
- Dates: 29th March – 2nd April 2022
- Venue: Gala Theatre
- Director: Fred Wharton
- Musical Director: Malcolm Moffat
- Choreographer: Kathleen Knox
Synopsis
Chess is used as a metaphor for romantic rivalries and the US-Soviet rivalry during the Cold War. The main characters form a love triangle: the ill-mannered American Grandmaster, the intense Russian champion who plans on defecting to the West, and the Hungarian-American female chess second, who arrives at the International Championships with the American but falls in love with the Russian. From Bangkok to Budapest, the players, lovers, politicians, and spies all struggle to get the upper-hand.
Cast
Principals
- Frederick Trumper – Steven Berry
- Florence Vassy – Pascalle Rossle
- Walter de Courcey – Ed Turner
- Anatoly Sergievsky – Graeme Walton
- Svetlana Sergievskaya – Katy Walton
- Alexander Molokov – Anthony Smith
- The Arbiter – Michael Taphouse
- Female Chorus Principals – Izzy Chazot & Rebecca Hassell
- Male Chorus Principals – Chris Coates, Mike Langthorne, Steve Norman, Nicky Tones & Chris Carr
