The Seagull Kezia Niman 15/06/2018 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 Nicholas Potter 17/05/2018 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...
Three Sisters Leslie Gordon 15/02/2018 Sarah Ruhl, the funny, sensitive somewhat absurdist playwright of our time, interpreting Anton Chekhov, the grandfather of it all-- what a treat. In h...
The Cherry Orchard Marine Furet 20/10/2017 Gary Owen’s new vision of The Cherry Orchard brilliantly translates Chekhov’s portrayal of pre-revolutionary Russia into a bittersweet evocation of in...
The Seagull Hannah Connell 13/10/2017 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...
The Cherry Orchard Munotida Chinyanga 26/02/2017 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...
Young Chekhov Owen Davies 04/08/2016 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...
Uncle Vanya Sam Pengelly 14/02/2016 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 ...
The Seagull Patrick Armstrong 26/06/2015 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...
The Cherry Orchard Rivka Jacobson 18/10/2014 Katie Mitchell’s production of The Cherry Orchard embraces melancholy, alienation and erratic-neurotic characters, who behave and talk as if they had ...
