Can you write a wrong?

Collaborators is an award winning, sharp, surrealist fantasy which focuses on the relationship between two real life historical figures: the prominent Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov, and the infamous Soviet Union dictator, Joseph Stalin.

Depicting the trials and tribulations of a writer being forced to write through writer’s block with a metaphorical (and at times literal) gun to his head, Collaborators mixes the satire of JoJo Rabbit, with the dark reality of life in Stalinist Russia during the Great Purge.

Join Bulgakov as he journeys from his (over)crowded apartment into a lethal game of cat and mouse through which the appalling compromises and humiliations on any artist by those with power are held up to scrutiny.

“It’s man vs. monster Mikhail. And the monster always wins…”

Age Suitability: 13+
Warnings: Show contains flashing lights, light sexual references and scenes of theatrical violence.

RUNNING TIME: 2h 30m including interval)

TICKETS: €19 | €16 (student/OAP/unemployed)

WRITTEN BY John Hodge
DIRECTED BY Malcolm Bolton
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Saorla O’Dowd
PRODUCER Dave Curran
PRODUCTION MANAGER Geeske Juilfs
PHOTOGRAPHY BY Ana Nerovčić
LIGHTING DESIGN BY RC Bates
SET DESIGN BY Malcolm Bolton and Saorla O’Dowd
COSTUME DESIGN BY Saorla O’Dowd
SOUND DESIGN BY Malcolm Bolton and Theo Dennis
SOUND OPERATOR Theo Dennis

CAST:
Mikhail Bulgakov – Maurice Collins
Yelena Bulgakov – Adriana Leon Meseguer
Stalin – Declan Ryan
Vladimir – Hannah Lemass
Stepan – Liam Murphy
Grigory – James Hayes
Anna – Elizabeth Ann Doyle
Vasilly – Martin Gallagher
Praskovya – Lizzie Gill
Sergei – Gráinne Gallagher
Doctor – Conor Hackett
Actor S – Mark Colreavy
Actor B / Nurse / Cleaner – Bronagh Donaghey
Actor L/ Driver – Ciáran Leen
Actor I / Ivan – Oscar Monaghan
Man – Michael O’Sullivan
Woman / Violinist – Gráinne Kavanagh
The Violist – Michael Whelan

About the Company
No Drama Theatre has been making theatre in Dublin for 16 years, and are still as welcoming and open as they’ve ever been. No Drama Theatre runs weekly drama workshops on Tuesdays which anyone can join on a drop-in basis. They offer a friendly and open invitation to anyone who wants to take the stage for themselves.

This amateur production of “Collaborators” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk