Production still for "The Government Inspector". L-R: Greg Stone, Fayssal Bazzi, Robert Menzies, Eryn-Jean Norvill, Gareth Davies. Photographer: Pia Johnson
The Government Inspector
By Emily Barclay & Simon Stone
28 February 2014 – 23 March 2014 Merlyn Theatre
Malthouse Theatre, Belvoir,
New Adaptation Theatre Co-Production World Premiere
The Government Inspector was never meant to happen. Our season opener, The Philadelphia Story, was set to be the theatrical hit of the summer, with its star-studded cast and hot young director. Until the rights suddenly fell through. Enter The Government Inspector – though not the play you might be expecting.
With Emily Barclay at the ready to write and Ralph Myers ready to create a set to reveal laugh, Simon and his cast went mighty meta and created a play that plays with the absurdity and reality about faking it in the theatre – while riffing off The Government Inspector by Gogol (totally public domain), which is about a stranger being mistaken for someone important and the stranger making the most of his impostering.
This production transferred to Belvoir Street Theatre, 30 March - 18 May, 2014.
Cast
Creatives
Lighting Designer
Choreographer
Playwright
Set Designer
Devisor, Director
Composer, Sound Designer
Costume Designer
Devisor
Acknowledgements
A Belvoir and Malthouse Theatre production.