Big Trouble In Little Yalta

By Neil Salvage

Theatre World Premiere in Kansas City

We are delighted to announce "Big Trouble In Little Yalta" opened at Just Off Broadway Theatre in Kansas City, MO on July 4 2024 to a standing ovation. We are now planning our UK Tour for 2025.
The cast is Nicholas Collett as Stalin, Bob Paisley as Roosevelt and Neil Salvage as Churchill.

"It is not often an audience gets the chance to participate in the developmental process of making significant art that also qualifies as fun. BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE YALTA by Neil Salvage may be that rare opportunity when parody, satire, and history can come together...sometimes goofy, always fun" Al Portner BROADWAY WORLD

An uproarious, satirical comedy about power, leadership and games. It features Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, some hapless musicians and examines the ridiculous and horrifying consequences faced by the world when leaders infantilized by character deficiencies and too much power are driving the bus!

Our three monsters meet in a palace in the Crimea to determine the fate of the world as the war is coming to its conclusion - but they are distracted from their task by drinking games, jokes, Walt Disney, Myrna Loy, William Tell, a telephone flex and an accident with a Kalashnikov. As they spin out of control an anxious world awaits the results of their deliberations. Will they succeed in drawing up Europe’s agenda before the evening deadline? Why has General De Gaulle gone missing? And what is in Roosevelt’s briefcase?

What the audience said

"Very funny insight into history"
"I thought it was a delight to see these real-life characters portrayed in a satirical and fun way"
"I loved it. I thought it was hilarious and beautifully grounded"
"Witty and intelligent"
"Great mixture of slapstick and serious content"
"The actors were fabulous, the musicians were excellent"
"These guys managed to capture in a minute the humanity of the characters making decisions which is almost always about the fact that everybody rises to the level of their incompetence"
"Wonderful - it needs to be on Broadway"

Feature Film

Oyster Creatives are collaborating with our sister company Cabana Films in Adelaide and we have been developing the expanded feature film version of Neil’s farcical international political fantasy play “Big Trouble in Little Yalta” which will be directed by Adam Gerard.