The performances of this year’s Senior Play, The Nose, take place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week in the BSR, starting every evening at 7pm. The Nose is a satirical short story by Nikolai Gogol written during his time living in St. Petersburg. During this period, Gogol’s works were primarily focused on surrealism and the grotesque, with a romantic twist. Written between 1835 and 1836, The Nose tells the story of a St. Petersburg official whose nose leaves his face and develops a life of its own…this version was adapted for stage by Tom Swift and first staged in Dublin in 2008. This year’s play is directed by Ronan Swift.
Cast
- Major Kovalyov – Caoimhe Cleary
- The Nose/Smirnov – Daniel Ayoade
- Father – Eile Ni Chianain
- Podtochina – Oda Michel
- Olga, her daughter – Charlotte Moffitt
- Governor Rachkin – Maybelle Rainey
- Katerina, his daughter – Dimitro Kasianenko
- Ivan, the barber – Avouka Assebian
- Praskovya, his wife – Sveva Ciofani
- Policeman – Elise Williams
- Small Ads Clerk – Margot Aleixandre
- Reporter – Aiyuni O’Grady
- Surgeon – Sinead Cleary
- Theatre Nurse – Raphaela Ihuoma
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