Cate Blanchett to star in THE SEAGULL at the Barbican Theatre in London

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 8/22/24 at 9:04am

Co-starring Tom Burke, adapted and directed by Duncan Macmillan and Thomas Ostermeier,

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 8/22/24 at 9:13am

Great casting but Chekov plays are just not for me. Wonder how this will compare to Jamie Lloyd's production with Emilia Clarke. 

[inception]

Posted: 8/22/24 at 10:42am

Last Spring I saw a production of the modern adaptation by  Aaron Posner titled Stupid F-ing Bird and it was good.  But mostly don't find constant revivals of Chekov to have the same appeal as other classics such as Shakespeare which have so much more action & excitement..... yikes, sounds like I'm describing a Marvel movie.

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 8/22/24 at 12:06pm

Cate Blanchett was the only good thing about the otherwise interminable The Present a few years back. At the very least, I’m sure she’ll be stunning, but I could stand a five-year hiatus (hell, I’d take one year) from Chekhov and Shakespeare.

[Alex Kulak2]

Posted: 8/22/24 at 12:12pm

inception said: "Last Spring I saw a production of the modern adaptation by Aaron Posnertitled Stupid F-ing Bird and it was good. But mostly don't findconstant revivals of Chekov to have the same appeal as other classics such asShakespeare which have so much more action & excitement..... yikes, sounds like I'm describing a Marvel movie."

I love Stupid F-ing Bird, but when it comes to the rest of Chekhov, I just can't get into it. I respect his importance in Western Drama, but the plays themselves are just dry as bones in the desert to me. I'd love to be proven wrong someday and see a really great production, but I haven't yet.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 8/22/24 at 12:19pm

I'm there for anything that Cate Blanchett and Tom Burke decide to do on stage. She'll be divine.

("There" being a figurative phrase, I don't live in London)

[inlovewithjerryherman]

Posted: 8/22/24 at 1:00pm

Alex Kulak2 said: "inception said: "Last Spring I saw a production of the modern adaptation by Aaron Posnertitled Stupid F-ing Bird and it was good. But mostly don't findconstant revivals of Chekov to have the same appeal as other classics such asShakespeare which have so much more action & excitement..... yikes, sounds like I'm describing a Marvel movie."

I love Stupid F-ing Bird, but when it comes to the rest of Chekhov, I just can't get into it. I respect hisimportance in Western Drama, but the plays themselves are just dry as bones in the desert to me. I'd love to be proven wrong someday and see a really great production, but I haven't yet."

I so wish we could go back in time because I'd tell you to see the absolutely *brilliant* production of THE CHERRY ORCHARD that played the Goodman in Chicago a year or two ago. It was Robert Falls' final production as artistic director. Simply one of the best and most moving pieces of theatre I have ever seen.

[east side story]

Posted: 8/24/24 at 10:23am

Looks like another trip across the Atlantic will be in my future this winter.