Burnt by the Sun. March 2011
This was the first amateur production of this critically acclaimed play since it was premiered at The National Theatre in 2009. An outstanding success for Guildburys.
The year is 1936 and in a country dacha 20 miles outside Moscow, the grizzled old Red Army hero, General Kotov, and his much younger wife Maroussia are with their child Nadia and extended family of grandmothers and cousins; they sing and reminisce, but only after Kotov has pulled rank on the soldiers in the fields. There’s a split developing between the old guard and the new reforms…..
Mr and Mrs J.S. wrote :
‘I really have to write straight away to say how superb your production of this play is.Such a moving, thought-provoking play, exactly what the theatre is all about. But above all, what a marvellous production and performance. My husband and I try to attend all Guildbury performances and have done for many many years, because we know you set yourselves very high standards indeed. And tonight’s performance was the Crowning Glory, as far as we are concerned. Top class performances all round, a totally excellent cast.
Couldn’t have seen better at the National, I’m quite sure of that!
The Electric Theatre, Guildford
March 30 – April 2, 2011
Production photographs © Guildburys Rob Sheppard
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