To Desire Three Sisters
Gothenburg City Theatre
Men swarm around them, they have money and status. In short, they have everything—except a job. Chekhov’s *Three Sisters* is thrown into a harsh modern setting where mass unemployment and economic crisis spread like wildfire across Europe.
Mellika Melouani Melani breathes new life into Chekhov’s classic together with 19 long-term unemployed co-creating Gothenburg residents, the Belgian dance company SOIT, and the theater’s own actors.
Freely adapted from: Three sisters by Anton Tjechov
Direction: Mellika Melouani Melani
Koncept dramaturgy: Camilla Eeg-Tverbakk
Set design & costumes: Alex Tarragüel Rubio
Choreography: Hans Van Den Broeck, Anuschka Von Oppen
Music: Tony Blomdahl
Lighting: Ulrik Gad
Mask: Anna Simonson
Actors: Anna Bjelkerud, Pelle Bolander, Jade Francis Haj, Johan Gry, Henric Holmberg, Nina Jeppsson, Lisa Lindgren, Jesper Odelberg, Caroline Söderström
Dance: Anthea Lewis, Abdellah Noukrati
Co-creating Gothenburg residents (currently unemployed): Katarina Bengtson, Evelyn De La Cruz, Selma Dinc, Elin Dockhjärta, Elisabet Eng, Magali Escobar De Romero, Ayse Genc, Susan Goodarzi, Anna Larsson, Jenny Manitski, Maryam V Navandi, Maria Nygren, Moa Oskarsson, Sükran Otac, Maria Sassian, Helena Sjöman, Elisabeth Sörenson, Ruqiaya Tdan
Photo: Ola Kjelbye
Photo: Ola Kjelbye
Photo: Ola Kjelbye
Photo: Ola Kjelbye
Photo: Ola Kjelbye
Photo: Ola Kjelbye