THE CHERRY ORCHARD

BY ANTON CHEKHOV, IN A VERSION BY BENEDICT ANDREWS
26TH APRIL - 22ND JUNE 2024

Can anyone persuade Ranevskaya and her aristocratic household that the world is changing, and they must too?

Following internationally acclaimed productions of The Seagull (Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) and Three Sisters (Young Vic, London), director Benedict Andrews has a reputation as one of the world’s leading interpreters of Chekhov. 

For the Donmar Warehouse he stages the great writer’s final play. It’s a work that predicted and captured the end of an era, but is timeless in its humanity, prescience, humour and pathos. The Cherry Orchard is Chekhov’s masterpiece.

Making her London debut as Ranevskaya is Nina Hoss, one of Germany’s most celebrated stage and screen actors, best known to UK audiences for her roles in Homeland and Tár. The cast also includes two-time BAFTA award winner Adeel Akhtar (Sherwood, Murdered by My Father) returning to the London stage for the first time since 2015.

★★★★★ “Benedict Andrews hits Chekhov gold again with this endlessly imaginative, boundlessly yearning revival… you wish it would last forever.” Time Out

★★★★★ “Revelatory… utterly captivating.” Evening Standard


This production was generously supported by our Season Supporter, Charles Holloway

We are grateful to Cockayne – Grants for the Arts: a donor advised fund held at The London Community Foundation, and the Royal Victoria Hall Foundation for their support of this production.

CAST

Adeel Akhtar Ermolai Lopakhin
Sarah Amankwah Charlotta
Nathan Armarkwei Laryea Yahsa
David Ganly Boris Simeonov-Pishchik
Michael Gould Gaev
Éanna Hardwicke Semyon Epikhodov
Nina Hoss Liobov Ranevskaya
Daniel Monks Pyotr Trofimov
Marli Sui Varya
Sadie Overall Anya
Posy Sterling Dunyasha
June Watson Firs

 

CREATIVE TEAM

Writer Anton Chekhov
Director Benedict Andrews
Designer Magda Willi
Costume Designer Merle Hensel
Lighting Designer James Farncombe
Sound Designer Dan Balfour
Musical Director Zac Gvi
Composer May Kershaw
Voice Coach William Conacher
Illusions Consultant John Bulleid
Assistant Director Neetu Singh
Casting Director Anna Cooper CDG - for the Donmar Warehouse

Photography by Johan Persson