At the performance Club Moscow, we brought the dream of Moscow to life. Club Moscow is a performance based on the classic text ‘Three Sisters’ by Anton Chekhov combined with the contemporary escapism of the techno club the Marktkantie. I created this performance as a graduation project of my directing course in Amsterdam. In collaboration with seven other graduating students.

In Club Moscow, we follow four young people on their search for unconditional love, total self-development and a beautiful life. They hope to find this in the techno club where they meet, a place where strangers become friends, borders blur and time is forgotten.

In the production, Moscow symbolises the unattainable utopia, the place where everything seems possible and where the characters can leave their problems behind.

Cast
Direction: Koen van Etten
Scenography: Olaf Mensink
Lighting design: Douwe Bulten
Sound design: Bram van Gameren
Production: Rick Busscher*, Marleen Wortmann
Technical producer: Iris Rodenburg
Assistant production: Emma van Zandvoort, Luca van Deurzen
Assistant lighting: Anouk Steenbakkers
Dramaturgy: Maarten Bos
Musical dramaturgy: Warre Simons
Actors: Amarenske Haitsma, Coen Bril, Marit Hooijschuur and Willemien Slot
Communication strategy: Karolina Sawicka
Graphic design: Tarren Antonius
With thanks to: The Market Canteen, Frits van Driel & Jacco Windt

Photography Robert van der Ree