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We have no happiness and it doesn't exist, we only desire it. 1901. Moscow. In a drawing room, on a summer day, three sisters look for a new start. Olga, the eldest. Masha, the middle child. Irina, the youngest. 2019. London. In a drawing room, on a summer day, three sisters look for a new start. Olga, the eldest. Masha, the middle child. Irina, the youngest. In a rural backwater, three sisters dream of a better life and of returning to the Moscow of their childhood. Irina longs for purpose, Masha for passion and Olga for some peace. Set across four life-defining years, Chekhov's tragicomic masterpiece explores the hopes, loves and sacrifices of three brilliant young women and the people they encounter. When society is falling apart at the seams, can people still go on living, loving and laughing? Seven-time Offie-Nominated Arrows & Traps Theatre bring a contemporary sensibility and a bold, energetic new staging to this riveting and beloved classic.

Cast/Performers

Susan Baskerville (Anfisa), Cornelia Baumann (Olga), Claire Bowman (Masha), Freddie Cambanakis (Rode), Ashley Cavender (Fedotik), Victoria Llewellyn (Irina), Stephen MacNeice (Kulygin), Conor Moss (Tuzenbach), Spencer Lee Osborne (Andrei), Pearce Sampson (Solyony), Allan Stirland (Ferapont), Hannah Victory (Natasha), Andrew Wickes (Chebutykin), Toby Wynn-Davies (Vershinin)

Creatives/Company

Author: Anton Chekhov
Adapted by: Ross McGregor
Company: Arrows & Traps Theatre
Director(s): Ross McGregor, Beatrice Vincent (assistant), Will Pinchin (movement director)
Lighting: Ben Jacobs
Musical Director: Elliot Clay
Sound: Alistair Lax