Details

Written in 1896 this is a comic play of aspiration and failure. On a summer's day in a makeshift theatre by a lake, a bold new play is to be performed. It is the work of a young, would-be playwright, Konstantin, who is searching for a new, more authentic dramatic form. The play stars his beautiful muse and neighbour, Nina. The assembled family audience includes his actress mother, Arkadina, who has just arrived from Moscow with the famous novelist, Trigorin. What happens during, and in the days immediately after, this play's first performance will change not just the course of the summer, but the lives of everyone involved, for ever after. This masterly meditation on love and art is both comic and tragic, and marks the birth of the modern stage.

Cast/Performers

Emilia Clarke (Nina), Tom Rhys Harries (Trigorin), Daniel Monks (Konstantin), Indira Varma (Arkadina), Sophie Wu (Masha), Jason Barnett (Shamrayev), Robert Glenister (Sorin), Mika Onyx Johnson (Medvedenko), Gerald Kyd (Dorn), Sara Powell (Polina), Katie Buchholz, Tina Harris, Joseph Langdon, David Lee-Jones

Creatives/Company

Author: Anton Chekhov
Adapted by: Anya Reiss
Producer(s): ATG Productions, Gavin Kalin Productions, Glass Half Full Productions, Wessex Grove (in association with Rupert Gavin / Mallory Factor)
Director(s): Jamie Lloyd, Stuart Burt (CDG - casting)
Design: Soutra Gilmour
Lighting: Jackie Shemesh
Sound: George Dennis
Costume: Anna Joseph