The Seagull at the Barbican review: is Cate Blanchett's performance the year's best? - 5/5 Blanchett delivers an highly skillful performance in director Thomas Ostermeier’s meta production of the Chek ...

Joined by Emma Corrin and Tom Burke, Blanchett is unmissable in this experimental take on Chekhov’s masterpiece ...

Led by a wildly over the top Cate Blanchett, leaning into all the histrionic impulses of the popular actress, Irina Arkadina, the jokes, the clowning and the putdowns come thick and fast. But there’s ...

Is this long night worth north of £200 for the best seats? Well, the play will surely return soon; but a cast like this is a rare event.