English below

Door de meest recente Russische invasie van Oekraine, willen velen in internationale theater organisaties in Amsterdam medeleven betuigen en helpen met het bijeenbrengen van fondsen.

Toepasselijk hebben we besloten om een Engelstalige live reading te doen van "The Government Inspector", waarschijnlijk de bekendste satire van de veel geprezen Oekrainse schrijver Nikolai Gogol.

De hele opbrengst van de kaartenverkoop en donaties gaan naar https://razomforukraine.org/

ENGLISH

Following Russia’s most recent invasion of Ukraine, many in the International Theater Companies of Amsterdam feel compelled to express solidarity and help raise funds. Appropriately, we have decided to stage a hasty English-language READING of The Government Inspector - probably the best known satire of acclaimed Ukrainian playwright Nikolai Gogol – at Mike's Badhuistheater.

All ticket sales and donations will go to https://razomforukraine.org/

Synopsis

The play is a comedy of errors, satirizing human greed, stupidity, and the extensive political corruption of the Russian Colonial Empire, of which Ukraine was a part in 1830 . The corrupt officials of a small town, headed by the Mayor, react with panic to the news that an undercover inspector will soon be arriving in their town to investigate them. - To Be Continued -