Kalashnikov: In the Woods by the Lake; A play in eight parts

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This is a provocative new play about Mikhail Kalashnikov - the Russian inventor of the AK47 assault rifle, and a decorated Soviet hero. Set in Kalashnikov's dacha amidst the dark woods and waters of a fairy tale Russian landscape, a young journalist, Volkov, comes to interview the elderly Kalashnikov about his time on the front line and his subsequent invention of the AK-47 assault rifle. With the help of his daughter and grand-daughter, Kalashnikov initially welcomes Volkov into his home but as the questions harden and ambiguities appear in Kalashnikov's recollections, some painful and extremely uncomfortable truths begin to emerge...

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" "There are definate shades of Chekhov in this portrait of fading Soviet Royalty unable to escape the past" - Time Out London ""A highly entertaining play, full of amusing one-liners"" - The Stage"

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FRASER GRACE is a multi-award winning playwright whose acclaimed Breakfast with Mugabe (Directed for the RSC by Antony Sher) transferred to the West End and won the 2006 John Whiting Award. Other plays include Perpetua (Winner of the Verity Bargate Award), Frobishers Gold, The Lifesavers (nominated for the 2009 TMA/Stage Awards) and most recently King David: Man of Blood, described by The Guardian as "urgent and bang up to date...gripping and exceptionally meaty, delivered with a light touch and a compassion for human fallibility."