The Bear

written by Anton Chekhov

directed by Carolyn Flint

A young widow named Popova has decided to bury herself between her four walls and give up on life following the death of her husband. Her peace is harshly disturbed when Smirnov walks in - a landowner from the neighbourhood. He has come to make claim to money owed to him by her late husband. They get on so badly that he ends up challenging her to a duel. But when he has to teach her how to aim a pistol he begins to notice the smell of her hair ...


Group A
Evenings - Thur 20, Sat 22, Wed 26, Fri 28 at 8pm
Matinee - Sat 29 at 2pm

One play of six selected for the AMI Ellerslie One Act Play Festival 2009

20 August 2009 to 29 August 2009