Three Sisters

Three Sisters is a play by Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov. It was performed on the main stage of the Citizens Theatre in April 2010 as a collaboration between the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and The Citizens Theatre.

Creative Team

Director - Guy Hollands (Citizens Director)

Set & Costume Designer - Holly Hogart

Lighting Designer - Katrina Kelly

Stage Manager - Claire Semple

Deputy Stage Manager - Emma Whoriskey

Assistant Stage Managers - Samantha Burt, Barry ???? (Citizens Staff)

Technical Stage Manager - Louise Marr

Production Electrician - Sean McKenzie

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Scenic Elements

5m Long Table (strong enough to be danced on)

Black Petals (used to cover the whole of the MS & DS stage areas)

Flown 4m x 3.5m Persian Rug

Flown Wooden Furniture Frame

Walk Down Trap with Handrails

19 Flown Sliver Birch Trees with Roots

Bark Chippings (used to cover the whole of the US area)

3 Section Veranda Rostra

Flown Rope Swing

30 Minute Leaf Drop

Technical Solutions

Flown 4m Persian Rug

This was particularly hard to source due to the size and look of the rug: the designer wanted a traditional red Persian design 4m x 3.5m in size. We eventually sourced this from Little Persia, Glasgow. The rug was 120 years old and due to its hand made nature not square which proved to be a huge problem when we came to hang it!

We trapped the top and bottom of the carpet between lengths of 3 x 1 and sparingly braded these together. We then covered the top and bottom with a foot of ply covered in black surge. This reduced the overall height of the rug but gave a straighter edge. The top baton then had flying irons mounted on it and we drifted the rug to a fly bar.

Flown Wooden Furniture Frame

This was a huge 4m x 5m wooden frame made of lots of timber strips of varying sizes and materials doted with old pieces of furniture. The overall weight of this piece was

Walk Down Trap with Handrails

19 Flown Sliver Birch Trees with Roots

Veranda Rostra

Flown Rope Swing

30 Minute Leaf Drop

The Desired effect was to look like leaves gently falling in an autumn breeze. One or two leafs were to fall randomly over a period of 30minutes. We considered many ways of achieving this effect but in the end this consisted of me walking up and down the rear catwalk above the stage dropping the leaves at random points in one's, two's and three's.

The alternatives to achieving this effect could have been:

The Mouse Trap

A Hinged Drop Box

A Snow Drop Bag