Three Sisters

(Sydney Theatre Company)

The Sydney Theatre Company's production of Anton Chekhov's 'Three Sisters' as adapted by Andrew Upton.

Three sisters live in a town dominated by a nearby Army base. They came to the town with their parents and brother from a larger city years earlier but now on the first anniversary of their father's death and with their mother long dead the sisters have varying views about remaining in the town and the play charts their interaction with town locals in the ensuing years.

I'm not familiar with the play but friends felt this is a poor interpretation. It is a curious production. Whilst using the original Russian names of the characters the setting is anonymous and sparse and could be anywhere which experiences occasional snow.

It comes across as quite humorous but few of the characters engaged me.

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