The great Cate Blanchett returns to the stage in a new version of the Chekhov classic from German auteur Thomas Ostermeier ...

Cate Blanchett returns to the London stage in the critically acclaimed piece, described by WhatsOnStage’s Sarah Crompton as ...

So when Cate Blanchett rolled into town for a new adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull,” at the Barbican Theater, a little trepidation could be forgiven. But Blanchett is different.

Whichever camp you’re in, I suspect it’ll prompt a revisit to more conventional approaches to the fab four plays and that’s no bad thing. As the pointedly blue and yellow deckchairs on stage ...

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

That's how Zachary Hart (who plays Simon Medvedenko) opens Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, adapted by German director Thomas Ostermeier, at the Barbican Theatre. The Seagull is a play written by ...

Edward II (Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon) Edward II is a play beloved of students hoping to combine political protest with sexualised barbarism. That makes it an interesting choice for the ...

It received rave reviews when it opened last August at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theater. (It transfers to the Barbican Center on May 24). Marianka Swain, writing in The Daily Telegraph ...

Amid the self-flagellation of the characters - most of them moan about how miserable they are and how they’ve wasted their life - the play itself self-flagellates: speeches about how theatre is ...