‘Chess the Musical’ Is Coming to Australia If You Can’t Stop Dreaming About Queens and Pawns – Concrete Playground

Prior to 2020, if someone told you that Chess the Musical was a very real thing that definitely exists, you could’ve been forgiven for being a little perplexed. But it does and, with everyone obsessed with the chess-focused Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit over the past few months, it’s hitting Australia’s stages in 2021.

Chess the Musical actually dates back decades, first hitting London’s West End in 1986. In line with that era, it’s set against the background of the Cold War. Here, Soviet and American forces both try to use an international chess championship for political gain, and manipulate the outcome. The tale that also involves a love triangle, between Hungarian-born refugee Florence Vasse and two chess grandmasters.

If you…