Chess

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Event Chess
Venue Springwood Civic Centre, Springwood, NSW
First Date October 2000
Last Date November 2000
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description This highly acclaimed musical develops the ancient and distinguished game of chess into a metaphor for romantic rivalries and East-West political intrigue. The principal pawns form a love triangle: the loutish American Grandmaster, the earnest Russian champion, and the Hungarian-American female chess second, who arrives at the international championships with the American but falls for the Russian. From Tyrol to Thailand the players, lovers, politicians, CIA and KGB make their moves to the pulse of this monumental rock score. Several numbers, including "One Night in Bangkok" and "I Know Him S
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Musical
Subjects Games
Love
Politics
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Nicole Beaver Actor and Singer Svetlana Sergievsky
Kym Domars Actor and Singer Florence Vassy
Mark Pentecost Actor and Singer Anatoly Sergievsky
Andrew Phillips Actor and Singer Freddie Trumper
Damien Schmitt Actor and Singer Walter De Courcey
Steve Smith Actor and Singer The Arbiter
Rob Weule Actor and Singer Alexander Molokov
Tim Rice Author
Christine Clark Choreographer
Lisa Bajada Chorus Embassy Official
Christalle Bridger Chorus
Cathy Brown Chorus
Dimity Campbell Chorus
David Commisso Chorus
John Courtney Chorus
Caitlin Dalby Chorus
Emily Frost Chorus
Jackie Gliva Chorus
Ian Kesby Chorus
Gregory Kokaev Chorus
Joan McKay Chorus
Heather McLean Chorus
Dan Mercer Chorus
John Peters Chorus
Cathi Procter Chorus
Charyn Quaver Chorus
Brian Richmond Chorus
Debbie Smalley Chorus
Julie Thompson Chorus
Andrew Tipple Chorus
Jeremy Toulmin Chorus
Gaye Verhoeven Chorus
Allan Wallace Chorus Embassy Official
Warren Williams Chorus
Fiona Wright Chorus
Benny Andersson Composer
Björn Ulvaeus Composer
Mark Domars Conductor
Therese Arthurson Costume Designer
April Keogh Costume Designer
Anthony Ashdown Dancer
Elizabeth Cox Dancer
Tania Cox Dancer
Margaret McGillion Dancer
Tara Morgan Dancer
Claire Pentecost Dancer
Melissa Pullicino Dancer
Terry Hopkins Director
Jon Wright Front of House
Andrew Phillips Graphic Designer
Jonathan Llewellyn Lighting Designer
Tim Rice Lyricist
Catherine Appleton Make-up Designer
Gabrielle Doyle Marketing/Box office/Sales
Phyllis Doyle Marketing/Box office/Sales
Mark Domars Musical Director
Rhonda Robson Photographer
Stephanie Hopkins Producer
Anita Nau-Kleinmann Programme Administrator/Researcher
Jannah Thompson Prompt
Lisa Bajada Properties Officer
Debbie Smalley Properties Officer
Jonathan Llewellyn Publicist
John Courtney Set and/or Property Maker
Paul Garnsey Set and/or Property Maker
Terry Hopkins Set Designer
April Keogh Set Designer
Andrew Phillips Set Designer
Kent Learned Sound Designer
Ben Bourke Stage Crew
Greg Livingston Stage Crew
John Bourke Stage Manager
Nick Arthurson
Jeremy Babbage
John Circosta
Jono Galea
Roz Hennesy
Terry Hopkins
Megan Taylor
Kelly Wilkinson
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 160912