Chekhov Shorts

By Anton Chekhov
Directed by David Stacey

“I walked out on twelve women, nine walked out on me, but I never loved one of them the way I do you!”

We present four hysterical pieces by Anton Chekhov: a chaotic comedy that proves the quickest way from hatred to a wedding is often via a debt; a high-strung farce showing that bureaucracy and family crises are an explosive mix; a poignant look at a life in the theatre, involving a lot of vodka-fueled regret; and a frantic sketch that makes you wonder how anyone in 19th-century Russia ever managed to get married. This is reality TV before cameras existed – hilarious proof that sometimes a good, loud argument over something utterly trivial is exactly what you need to keep things interesting.

Audience quotes from our past productions:
“A detailed, well-crafted masterpiece!” (The Diary of Anne Frank, September 2025)
“A fun and fabulously enjoyable show!” (She Stoops to Conquer, December 2025)