Svetlana in Slingbacks (2001)

Production still for "Svetlana in Slingbacks". L-R: Miria Kostiuk as Svetlana, Sarah Norris as Sonya, Tom Healey, Brian Lipson as Boris, Margaret Cameron as Ludmilla. Photographer: Rachelle Roberts

Svetlana in Slingbacks (2001)

By Valentina Levkowicz

12 June 2001 – 14 July 2001 Beckett Theatre

Playbox Theatre Company,

Theatre Remount

Boris Fretlov struggles to set up shop in the western suburbs: his wife Ludmilla dreams of romantic fiction and lives an everyday nightmare. Sonya is a defiant teenager determined to enjoy her freedom in her new-found country, while 12 year old Svetlana escapes from the pressures of her family into an imaginative universe of stars and spaceships.

This play was commissioned in 1997 by Vitalstatistix.

Production still for "Svetlana in Slingbacks". L-R: Miria Kostiuk as Svetlana, James Brennan. Photographer: Rachelle Roberts
Production still for "Svetlana in Slingbacks". L-R: Brian Lipson as Boris, Margaret Cameron as Ludmilla. Photographer: Rachelle Roberts
Production still for "Svetlana in Slingbacks". L-R: Margaret Cameron as Ludmilla, Miria Kostiuk as Svetlana. Photographer: Rachelle Roberts
Production still for "Svetlana in Slingbacks". Miria Kostiuk as Svetlana. Photographer: Rachelle Roberts
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Production still for "Svetlana in Slingbacks". L-R: Miria Kostiuk as Svetlana, James Brennan. Photographer: Rachelle Roberts

Production still for "Svetlana in Slingbacks". L-R: Brian Lipson as Boris, Margaret Cameron as Ludmilla. Photographer: Rachelle Roberts

Production still for "Svetlana in Slingbacks". L-R: Margaret Cameron as Ludmilla, Miria Kostiuk as Svetlana. Photographer: Rachelle Roberts

Production still for "Svetlana in Slingbacks". Miria Kostiuk as Svetlana. Photographer: Rachelle Roberts

Creatives

Valentina Levkowicz

Playwright

Christina Smith

Christina Smith

Designer

David Franzke

David Franzke

Sound Designer, Composer

Peter Houghton

Peter Houghton

Director

Daniel Zika

Lighting Designer

Benjamin Cowen

Assistant Stage Manager

Suraya Rasid

Stage Manager