Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre: The Cherry Orchard

The epitome of measured elegance, Ranevskaya returns to her estate when she learns her beloved orchard is to be sold to pay off debt. Haunted by the all-too-real presence of her dead son, she and her family entourage fail to recognise their plight, living in denial, while the world they know succumbs to the tide of transformation.

Respected director Vladimir Mirzoev presents plays that strike a chord with our times. While The Cherry Orchard embodies the spirit of Russia at the turn of the 20th century, his contemporary version conveys societal collapse recognisable in more recent events. Symbolic, mournful and musical, it includes brilliant performances by this Moscow company, including popular film and theatre actor Aleksander Petrov, their characters standing tall in the shadow of fate.

Russian screen and stage star Victoria Isakova is aristocrat Lyubov Ranevskaya in an enigmatic and seductive production of Chekhov’s majestic portrait of a nation facing revolutionary change.

The epitome of measured elegance, Ranevskaya returns to her estate when she learns her beloved orchard is to be sold to pay off debt. Haunted by the all-too-real presence of her dead son, she and her family entourage fail to recognise their plight, living in denial, while the world they know succumbs to the tide of transformation.

Respected director Vladimir Mirzoev presents plays that strike a chord with our times. While The Cherry Orchard embodies the spirit of Russia at the turn of the 20th century, his contemporary version conveys societal collapse recognisable in more recent events. Symbolic, mournful and musical, it includes brilliant performances by this Moscow company, including popular film and theatre actor Aleksander Petrov, their characters standing tall in the shadow of fate.

Creative team
Anton Chekhov Author
Vladimir Mirzoev Director
Alexander Lisyansky Set Design
Alla Kozhenkova Costumes

With
Victoria Isakova
Alexander Petrov
Natalia Reva-Ryadinskaya
Taisiya Vilkova
Andrey Sukhov
Vera Voronkova
Mikhail Zhigalov
Sergey Miller
Anastasia Mitrazhik
Artem Yeshkin
Alexander Dmitriev
Oleg Pishnenko

Duration: 2 hours 50 mins, including an interval
Age guidance 14+

Performed in Russian with English surtitles.

See also:

8 – 9 February: Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre: The Good Person of Szechwan

9 February: Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre: Mother’s Field