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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.

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Author: Anton Chekhov

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Archive listings for The Seagull (2025)

Work type: Play.

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Adapted by Duncan Macmillan. Adapted by Thomas Ostermeier. Director Thomas Ostermeier. Sound Tom Gibbons. Design Magda Willi. Costume Marg Horwell. Director Jim Carnahan (CSA - casting). Director Liz Fraser (CSA - casting). Performer Cate Blanchett (Arkadina). Performer Tom Burke (Trigorin). Performer Priyanga Burford (Polina). Performer Emma Corrin (Nina). Performer Zachary Hart (Medvedenko). Performer Paul Higgins (Shamrayev). Performer Tanya Reynolds (Masha). Performer Kodi Smit-McPhee (Konstantin). Performer Jason Watkins (Sorin).

26 Feb 25 to 5 Apr 25

Barbican Centre, West End :: V371
listing details L0767413717

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