Ground-breaking New Production of THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR Comes To Sheffield Crucible

Birmingham Repertory Theatre bring a ground-breaking new production of Gogol's hilarious satire The Government Inspector to the Sheffield Crucible from Friday 17 to Saturday 25 June.

The Mayor is in a cold sweat. News has reached him of an imminent visit from a government inspector. His fear is well-founded as he has been somewhat lacking in his official duties: the hospital's a health hazard, the school's a war zone, the soldiers don't have trousers to march in and he never quite got around to finishing his building programme. Surely the only possible solution is bribery! This seems to have resolved many a complex situation for the Mayor and his bureaucrats in the past. But a case of mistaken identity leads to matters spiralling out of control...

Following her acclaimed productions of The King's Speech and Of Mice And Men, Roxana Silbert directs this original new production of The Government Inspector. With innovative video projection and set design and creatively integrated Audio Description, Captioning and British Sign Language, Gogol's satirical masterpiece is reinvigorated for 2016, as part of the Ramps On The Moon project.

Utilising the skills, diversity and combined energy of an ensemble cast of disabled and non-disabled actors, Ramps On The Moon aims to achieve a change in the employment and artistic opportunities for disabled performers and creative teams, changing the way theatre made by and for Deaf and disabled people is seen.

Visionary Russian writer and satirist Nikolai Gogol wrote The Government Inspector in 1836. Valdimir Nabokov described it as the greatest play in the Russian language. Although he died at just 42, Gogol's literary influence was considerable and paved the way for writers such as Kafka and Dostoevsky. Amongst his other famous works are Dead Souls, Diary of a Madman, The Overcoat and The Nose (later made into an opera by a young Shostakovich). David Harrower's many plays include the Olivier Award-winning Blackbird (West End, Broadway) and Knives in Hens, which has been performed in more than 20 countries.

For more information and to book tickets, visit sheffieldtheatres.co.uk

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