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DO3 | 20230219 | 20241006 (R3) | Anton Chekhov's classic stage play about art and love in a new version by Katherine Tozer with music composed by John Chambers. Irene loves Boris. Boris loves Nina. Stan loves Nina too but hates Irene and Boris. Martha loves Stan but married Simon. Peter loves booze and fags. Let battle commence. Irene - Emma Fielding Stan - Mark Quartley Peter - Dominic Coleman Nina - Erin Doherty Boris - Joel MacCormack Eugene - Danny Sapani Paulie - Nina Wadia Ian - Paul Rider Martha - Chlo뀀 Sommer Simon/Jacob - Tom Kiteley Sound Design by Peter Ringrose Directed by Toby Swift The Seagull is the latest collaboration between actor/writer Katherine Tozer and composer John Chambers, whose version of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard premiered on BBC Radio 3 in 2018. They also work together for PALIMPSEST, the innovative multimedia theatre company. Chekhov's theatre play was written in 1895, and is regarded as one of his four major works for the stage, despite a famously disastrous first production in St Petersburg. Two years later it was revived by the groundbreaking Moscow Art Theatre, where it was greeted with unanimous acclaim. Chekhov's celebrated stage play grapples with art and love. A new version with music. Martha - Chloë Sommer The Seagull is a collaboration between actor/writer Katherine Tozer and composer John Chambers whose versions of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard and Ivanov were premiered on BBC Radio 3 in 2018 and in September 2024 respectively. They also work together for PALIMPSEST, the innovative multi-media theatre company. Chekhov's theatre play was written in 1895, and is regarded as one of his four major works for the stage, despite a famously disastrous first production in St Petersburg. Two years later it was revived by the ground breaking Moscow Art Theatre where it was greeted with unanimous acclaim. Chekhov's masterpiece in a new version by Katherine Tozer and composer John Chambers. Four artists at different stages of their careers compete for love and adulation. |
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DO3DO3 | 20100131 | 20140608 (R3) | THE SEAGULL Siobhan Redmond and Paul Higgins head a cast of leading Scottish actors in this new production of Chekhov's classic drama. In part a tragic play about eternally unhappy people, Chekhov has always surprised his audiences by viewing it as a comedy, poking fun at human folly. All the characters are dissatisfied with their lives. Some desire love. Some yearn for success. Some crave artistic genius. But no one ever seems to attain happiness. When famous actress Irina Arkadina arrives to spend the summer on her brother Sorin's country estate, tempers inevitably get frayed. Adapted for radio by Stuart Paterson from the first ever English translation by George Calderon. Arkadina....Siobhan Redmond Trigorin....Paul Higgins Konstantin....Robin Laing Sorin....Sean Scanlan Nina....Ashley Smith Shamrayev....Lewis Howden Polina....Daniela Nardini Masha....Meg Fraser Dorn....Finlay Welsh Medvedenko....Tom Freeman Director - Dominic Hill. Siobhan Redmond and Paul Higgins star in a new production of Chekhov's classic drama. Arkadina......... Siobhan Redmond Trigorin......... Paul Higgins Konstantin ........ Robin Laing Sorin............. Sean Scanlan Nina .............. Ashley Smith Shamrayev......... . Lewis Howden Polina........... Daniela Nardini Masha .............. Meg Fraser Dorn............. Finlay Welsh Medvedenko ........... Tom Freeman Arkadina.... Siobhan Redmond Trigorin.... Paul Higgins Konstantin.... Robin Laing Sorin.... Sean Scanlan Nina.... Ashley Smith Shamrayev.... Lewis Howden Polina.... Daniela Nardini Masha.... Meg Fraser Dorn.... Finlay Welsh Medvedenko.... Tom Freeman First broadcast in January 2010. Siobhan Redmond and Paul Higgins head a Scottish cast in Chekhov's classic drama. |