Chess
Saturday 5 June 2010, 14:30
Chess is a musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, formerly of ABBA. The story involves a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other; all in the context of a Cold War struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union, during which both countries wanted to win international chess tournaments for propaganda purposes.
Released around the same time and with many similarities to Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita, the first theatrical production of Chess opened in London's West End in 1986 and played for three years. A much-altered US version premiered on Broadway in 1988, but suffered from these changes to give a shorter run. Chess is frequently revised for new productions, many of which try to merge elements from both the London and Broadway versions; however, no major revival production of the musical has yet been attempted either on West End or Broadway, although the Albert Hall recently played to sell-out audiences for a concert version starring such leading names as Idina Menzel, Josh Groban, Adam Pascal and Marti Pellow.
Chess came seventh in a BBC Radio 2 listener poll of the United Kingdom's Number One Essential Musicals.
Production team
Stage Manager
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Emma Coonan
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Deputy Stage Manager
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Andrew Booker
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Set Design
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Dominic Plunkett
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Lighting Designer
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Edward Hopkins
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Props
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Sarah Deboys
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Crew
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Ian Bruno
Rachel Chapman
Chrissie Davies
John Hall
Graham Matheson
Ben McKeegan
Sophie Price
Jonathan Spriggs
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Event | Date | Time | Location | |
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Set building | Sun 2 May 2010 | 10:00 | ADC Theatre | |
Set building and painting | Mon 3 May 2010 | 10:00 | ADC Theatre | |
Set painting | Sat 15 May 2010 | 11:30 | ADC Theatre | |
Overnight lighting get-in | Sat 29 May 2010 | 22:30 | ADC Theatre | |
Get-in | Sun 30 May 2010 | 09:00 | ADC Theatre | |
Technical rehearsal | Sun 30 May 2010 | 18:00 | ADC Theatre | |
Dress rehearsal | Mon 31 May 2010 | 19:45 | ADC Theatre | |
Performance | Tue 1 Jun 2010 | 19:45 | ADC Theatre | |
Performance | Wed 2 Jun 2010 | 19:45 | ADC Theatre | |
Performance | Thu 3 Jun 2010 | 19:45 | ADC Theatre | |
Performance | Fri 4 Jun 2010 | 19:45 | ADC Theatre | |
Performance | Sat 5 Jun 2010 | 14:30 | ADC Theatre | |
Performance | Sat 5 Jun 2010 | 19:45 | ADC Theatre | |
Get-out | Sat 5 Jun 2010 | 22:30 | ADC Theatre |
Preview | Attachment | Size | |
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Set plan | 160.96 KB | ||
Set section | 110.8 KB | ||
Lighting plan | 311.99 KB |
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