Seagull (2002)

You will see gloomy ruins on the stage and prethunderstorm sky in the background. “The Seagull” is considered to be the most ruthless and mysterious of all Chekhov’s plays. Here people do not listen to each other. They brawl, fall in love and duel. Each of them is conceited, selfish and peddling. Each of them strives for glory. It is impossible to figure out who is talented and who is not. But what if all of them are mediocre people and so are their lives?

“The Seagull” directed by Pavel Safonov is lavish with humour and that makes the tragic aftertaste not so depressing. Rapture and dazzling, ravishing harmony remain when the curtain falls.

Main Stage

Premiere was on 3 May 2002

Characters & Cast:

Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina Lyudmila Maksakova
Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplev Vladimir Epifantsev
Pyotr Nikolaevich Sorin Yury Yakovlev
Alexander Grave
Evgeny Karelskih
Nina Mikhaylovna Zarechnaya Anna Khodush
Boris Alekseevich Trigorin Sergey Makovetskiy
Evgeny Sergeevich Dorn Vyacheslav Shalevich
Artur Ivanov
Ilya Afanasyevich Shamraev Andrei Zaretskiy
Polina Andreevna Olga Tumaikina
Alexandra Streltsina
Masha Maria Shastina
Semyon Semyonovich Medvedenko Victor Dobronravov
Artur Ivanov
Spartak Sumchenko

Crew:

Director Pavel Safonov
Author of the stage design idea Vladimir Epifantsev
Set designer Maxim Obrezkov
Costumes Tatyana Zotova
Marina Savchuk
Make-up artist Olga Kalyavina
Lighting designer Vladimir Amelin
Music Vladimir Maevskiy
Звукорежиссер Андрей Рыбников