Eastenders Repertory Company presents The Bedbug
Part of Series A of 100 Years of Political Theatre.
A ferocious satire of Communist society, The Bedbug first introduces us to protagonist Prisypkin (a card-carrying, bedbug-infested bureaucrat) in 1929. Following an unfortunate accident, our hero is frozen. We meet him again in 1979 after he (and his bedbug) are defrosted, and after 50 daunting years of Soviet rule. The first production was staged by the great Constructivist stage director Vsevolod Meyerhold. Mayakovsky went on to write an even more devestating political satire the following year entitled The Bathhouse. He committed suicide one month after its opening. |
Cast:-
Craig Souza as Ivan Prisypkin (aka Pierre Skripkin)
- Casey Dacanay as Elzevir Renaissance, ensemble
- Michele Shoshani as Rosalie Renaissance, ensemble
- Sarah Korda as Zoya Beryozkina, ensemble
- John Hutchinson as Oleg Bard, ensemble
- Suzan A Kendall as Director of the Zoo, ensemble
- Reg Clay as Barefoot Youth, ensemble
- Simon Kaplan as Young Worker, ensemble
- Peter Matthews as Reporter, ensemble
- Jeff Thompson as Old Man, ensemble
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