The Barbican’s star-studded The Seagull is an utterly engrossing update of Chekov - 4/5 Cate Blanchett stars in a three-hour production of the classic play that’s languid, thoughtful, and often hilari ...

Blanchett delivers an highly skillful performance in director Thomas Ostermeier’s meta production of the Chekhov class ...

London's West End theatres are enjoying record ticket sales and drawing millions of pounds of investment as a pandemic-era ...

Read our review of *The Seagull*, starring Cate Blanchett, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Emma Corrin and Tom Burke, now in performances at the Barbican to 5 April. Read more theatre reviews on LondonTheatre.co.uk ...

Not that Blanchett needs much support. She has plenty of previous in our theatres, and as a famous actress she’s well suited to her role of Arkadina, a famous Russian actress. With her ...

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 ...

Initial casting has been announced for the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Fiddler on the Roof – which is set to ...

DUNCAN Macmillan and Thomas Ostermeier’s modern take on Chekhov’s The Seagull is a joy from start to finish. The stellar ensemble cast’s truthful performances breathe new life into the characters.

estate should note that the film star doesn’t make conventional theatre choices. Whether it’s Susan Traherne, the wartime secret agent falling apart in David Hare’s Plenty, or When We Have ...

What’s the point of theatre? It’s the question that director Thomas Ostermeier - once the enfant terrible of German theatre, who famously said that directors over 40 should stop working ...