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• Jun 1st 2010 7:45 pm to Jun 5th 2010 10:30 pm
• Jun 5th 2010 2:30 pm

Event Details

• Type: Musical
• Group: Festival Players

Address

• Address:
  
  ADC Theatre, Park Street, Cambridge

Contact Details

• Contact:

01223 300085 www.adctheatre.com www.festivalplayers.org

Extra Information

• Other Information: June 1-5 2010, 7.45pm (2.30pm Saturday Matinee)Hot on the heels of their sell-out production of ‘Sweeney Todd’ Festival Players have chosen ‘Chess’ as their 2010 June production. With lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of ABBA fame, the story hinges on the love triangle between two players in the world chess championship and the woman who manages one but falls in love with the other, all in the context of a Cold War struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union, during which both countries wanted to win international chess tournaments for propaganda purposes. Although the protagonists were not intended to represent any specific individuals, the character of the American was loosely based on chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer, while elements of the story may have been inspired by the chess careers of Russian grandmasters Viktor Korchnoi and Anatoly Karpov.
  ‘Chess’ is a very exciting show musically, with the ABBA duo giving many of the songs a rock edge feel to them. The duet ‘I know him so well’ by Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson won the Ivor Novello Award as the Best Selling ‘A’ Side Single.