Help us hit 500 members by the end of October Become a member★★★★☆This adaption of a classic Georgian novel ups the humour, but leaves an English-speaking audience befuddled. Davit Kldiashvili’s 1897 novel Samanishvili’s Stepmother is a Georgian classic, taught in almost every school and turned into a notable film by Georgian director Eldar Shengalaia. The performance opens upon the funeral of Platon Samanishvili’s mother — not long after, Platon learns his father, the wealthy Bekina Samanishvili, intends to remarry. Overall, there is much to appreciate in Kashia’s adaptation of this Georgian classic. Samanishvili’s Stepmother was recently staged at the Nodar Dumbadze Professional Youth Theatre as part of the 2025 Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre.