Three Sisters
For the first time ever in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, experience a ★★★★★ ‘entertaining and profound’ (The Telegraph) production of Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters, a masterful study of family legacy, misdirected love and the human condition. This is the world premiere of a ★★★★ ‘vivid new translation’ (The Stage) by playwright Rory Mullarkey.
‘Everything’s fine. It is.’
Three Sisters. Their brother, and his fiancé. The teacher, the doctor, the old woman, and the soldiers stationed nearby. A small town, in the middle of nowhere.
Their world is going up in flames, one minute at a time. But can they create the change they’re longing for?
One of the most influential literary artists of his time, this season Anton Chekhov shares the stage with Shakespeare as we explore the transformative impact they both continue to have on how we think and feel about the world. Caroline Steinbeis (The Contingency Plan, Rutherford and Son, Sheffield Crucible) returns to the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse to direct this twentieth century classic.
‘In two hundred, three hundred years, life on Earth will be unimaginably wonderful, amazing! Human beings need that kind of life, and if it doesn’t exist yet, we need to feel it in the air, wait for it, dream about it, get ready for it.’
The play contains references to suicide and war and strong language. The production also features a prop gun, gun shots, masks, flashing lights, loud noises and non-consensual touching. Please contact the ticketing team on 020 7401 9919 or [email protected] if you would like further details on the play’s content.
DETAILS
TICKETS
All other performances (Seated) £75 – £25
Standing £10, £5
This event is on-site in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Running time 2 hours 50 minutes, including interval
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Photography: Phil Fisk
Art Direction: Kim Garrity and Studio Doug
This production is supported by The Radcliffe Trust
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Reviews
★★★★★
‘All versions should be measured against this wonderful production’
THE TELEGRAPH
★★★★
‘Riveting. Passionate. Terrific.’
EVENING STANDARD
★★★★
‘Bewitchingly tender and amusing’
THE TIMES
★★★★
‘Sparkling… profound, playful’
THE STAGE
★★★★
‘Impressive… lucid’
WHATSONSTAGE
★★★★
‘Darkly comic, lightly absurd’
TIME OUT
★★★★
‘A pitch-perfect accomplishment’
BROADWAY WORLD
★★★★
‘Exquisitely staged’
LONDON THEATRE
Photos & Videos
THE COMPANY
Cello
Maddie Cutter
Musical Director/Percussion/Cimbalom
Rob Millett
Trumpet/Woodwinds
Sarah Field
Violin/Domra
Gabriela Opacka-Boccadoro
Assistant Director
Shiv Rabheru
Candlelight Designer
Anna Watson
Casting Director
Becky Paris CDG
Composer
Oliver Vibrans
Costume Supervisor
Laura Rushton
Designer
Oli Townsend
Director
Caroline Steinbeis
Fight & Intimacy Director
Haruka Kuroda
Globe Associate - Movement
Glynn MacDonald
Movement Director & Choreographer
Aline David
Rehearsal Music Director
Carmel Smickersgill
Translator
Rory Mullarkey
Voice Coach
Annemette Verspeak
Wellbeing Lead
Wellbeing in the Arts
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