![]() ![]() She is a memorable figure, dressed in black, hunched over herself, who declares: “I’m in mourning for my life”. Meanwhile, Masha (Sophie Wu) yearns for Konstantin. Nina is soon in thrall to Trigorin, who basks in her adulation. Konstantin is besotted with Nina (Emilia Clarke), their neighbour and an aspiring actress. She is accompanied by her latest beau, Trigorin (Tom Rhys Harries) a successful novelist. ![]() It opens with Arkadina (Indira Varma), a famous stage actress, mocking her son Konstantin’s for his self-penned play. ![]() When not in a scene they turn their back on us. Some may miss the accoutrements of a lavish staging but I loved seeing the actors’ craft as they inhabit their characters, using only voice and their bodies. The family’s inertia – when not enlivened by love – is brought into sharp relief. ![]() Played out on Soutra Gilmour’s plain chipboard set, the barefoot characters sit on plastic chairs as if in a waiting room or, indeed, a rehearsal space, and speak through head-mics. I suspect Jamie Lloyd’s radically stripped back production will divide audiences. Photo: Marc BrennerĪNYA Reiss’s brilliant adaptation of The Seagull gives Chekhov’s classic a contemporary edge and draws out the characters’ unrequited love for one another. ![]()
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