A bold new version of Chekhov’s classic
Written by Andrew Whittle
Nothing has changed here for as long as anyone can remember. Until now.
A new perspective on Anton Chekhov’s classic tragicomic drama about families and what happens to them when present-day reality intrudes upon their fantasies and memories of childhood.
Madame Lubov struggles to hold her family together and save her house and beloved cherry orchard from being sold in a world that is changing faster and further than she can begin to comprehend and where the downstairs staff no longer seem to know their place.
Set in the very early years of the last century the play captures the dying moments of the Russian aristocracy before revolution would sweep them completely aside.
Running time: 2hrs 45mins (including a 20 minute interval)
PEARL SCHOMBERG
ALAN MIRREN
BEN ANDREW
LUCY SHEREE COOPER
MOA MYERSON
CASSIE BANCROFT
ELENA THOMAS
JAMES PARSONS
MARK TOPPING
DAVID HUBBALL
MELVYN RAWLINSON
ALAN MAGOR
ANDREW CRASE
Dunyasha Kozoedov
Ermolai Alexeyevitch Lopakhin
Simeon Panteleyvitch Yepihodov
Anya
Charlotta Ivanovna
Lubov Andreyevna Ranevsky
Varya
Leonid Andreyevitch Gayev
Boris Simeonov-Pishchik
Yasha Volkov
Firs
Peter Sergeyevitch Trofimov
Passer-by and Stationmaster
ANDREW WHITTLE
JASMINE ARDEN-BROWN
CARL WALKER
SALLY WALKER
FIONA FISH
CERYS LEE-JONES
PATI S BOTO & PIPPA MARGESSON
SEEDBED STUDIOS
HARRISON NICHOLLS LTD
JAMES PARSONS
WILD ERIC MEDIA LTD
Producer, Adapter, Casting
Director
Lighting and Sound Design
Stage Manager, Lighting and Sound Operative Costumes and Props
Assistant Stage Manager
Choreographer
Hair and Makeup
Set Design and Assembly
Publicity
Programme Design
Trailer Production
Production photographs by Samuel Legge
Rehearsal photographs by Alan Magor
