Applying a fresh lick of paint to any Old Master is a tall order. Taller still when the Old Master is rejuvenated again and again, necessitating origi...
Uncle Vanya follows the life of a family in rural Russia and shows how its members are disconnected from each other. A great void has been left by the...
Sarah Ruhl, the funny, sensitive somewhat absurdist playwright of our time, interpreting Anton Chekhov, the grandfather of it all-- what a treat. In h...
Gary Owen’s new vision of The Cherry Orchard brilliantly translates Chekhov’s portrayal of pre-revolutionary Russia into a bittersweet evocation of in...
Simon Stephens’s new version of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull is a vivid exploration of the depths of passion and of the forgotten moments in between. T...
Chekhovs’ The Cherry Orchard follows the story of Madame Ranevsky who has returned home to her family estate, which holds a cherry orchard in their ga...
At the Olivier Theatre on the South Bank it is now possible – if you have the stamina - to see, on one day, the first three plays written by the great...
I read an interesting article a while ago in which the exciting director, Robert Icke, discussed theatre’s challenge to compete with TV shows such as ...
Chekhov’s fin-de-siècle drama, The Seagull (1895), a play that explores artistic, social, and familial conflicts, is given fresh life and relevance in...
Katie Mitchell’s production of The Cherry Orchard embraces melancholy, alienation and erratic-neurotic characters, who behave and talk as if they had ...
