Rasputin Affair

In the April of 2017 the Ensemble Theatre presented the dramatically entertaining performance of the Rasputin Affair directed by John Seedy, The Creative Director and CEO of Theatre Works on Melbourne and written by Kate Mulvany an Australian actor, playwright, dramaturg and screenwriter work together to produce this production of the play. Due to the use of some coarse language and strong contents it is more suited to an older audience.

The play, is a new Australian piece which is set in a portrait-lined room of the Moika Palace on the 29th of December 1916 and concentrated around the assassination of Rasputin (Sean O’Shea), a Russian peasant, semi-literate monk and eccentric royal advisor, a small group of plotting dissidents and a pink poisoned cupcake. As the play continues Mulvany draws out the complexity of each character as they begin to unravel more dimension of their roles. While the whirlwind of Rasputin’s visit is happening the character’s undress from their costumes to reveal more obscure areas of themselves as a clear link is defined to the audience in this process.

Drawing on historical evidence, Kate Mulvany does not recreate actual characters and events but uses them as guides to create the characters within the group of four unlikely assassins;
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This character is extremely well played, Budge really puts his heart into the role with his rigid and fidgety body movement to emphasis the characteristics of Felix. The use of over the top facial expressions and drastic movement around the set helped the audience to gain better incite to the character. These techniques were used to create tension in situations and give Budge the ability to react so harshly to match his role