Love, Art And Loss

The Shakespeare's Globe heads to a country retreat for Anton Chekov's 1895 masterpiece. Featuring a cast of characters falling in and out of love at over a country house break, this new adaptation by Caroline Steinbeis and Rory Mullarkey lends some urgency to the tale where, despite being set in the late 19th century, you'll find that secrets and desires have not changed much in this iconic melodrama.

What Is The Story Of The Seagull?

A group of well-heeled guests gather at the country house of a retired civil servant, to see a new avant-garde play that his young nephew has written. With a heavy emphasis on symbolism, the play is a disaster and is abandoned after the first act. With emotions running high after the aborted performance, we discover a tangle of love triangles amongst the characters, self-doubt and a rampaging pursuit of happiness that threatens to overturn everybody's beliefs and sensibilities.