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Cate Blanchett to return to the stage for first time in six years

Oscar-winning actor will star alongside Tom Burke in Anton Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull’

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2024

Joanna Murray-Smith’s new adaptation of Uncle Vanya reminds us Chekhov’s play is both timeless and timely

Virginia Woolf always maintained that, of all of the great writers, the British novelist Jane Austen “is the most difficult to catch in the act of greatness”.

The Conversation · Aug 2, 2024

Arena Theatre Productions brings alive Anton Chekhov‘s The Seagull

An adaptation of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov’s popular play The Seagull, produced by Bengaluru-based Arena Theatre Productions, is set to have its premiere at the Bangalore International Centre (BIC) on May 18 and May 25, at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., on both the days. 

The Hindu · May 17, 2024

Tony-winning playwright Christopher Durang dies at 75

Durang was a master of satire and black comedy who won a Tony Award for "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist with "Miss Witherspoon."

WEKU · Apr 3, 2024

‘Wokery’, ‘safe word’ and ‘forever chemical’ added to the Oxford English Dictionary

The OED’s latest update features new terms related to politics, sex, technology and the environment

The Guardian - UK · Jan 12, 2024

Poem of the week: Breadcrumbs for the Sparrows by Paul Bailey

Straightforward and subtle, these short poems confront grief and loss with deep feeling, wit and flinty concision

The Guardian - UK · Dec 25, 2023

Chekhov called The Seagull 'a comedy'. The Sydney Theatre Company seems to forget it was a tragedy, too

What is comedy?

The Conversation · Nov 27, 2023

The Seagull review – Sigrid Thornton and Toby Schmitz star in contemporary take on Chekhov

Andrew Upton’s adaptation transplants the play’s ensemble to Australia in the early 2000s, where they discover the cost of art and thwarted dreams

The Guardian - AU · Nov 26, 2023

Ronnie O'Sullivan, the Edge of Everything review: Gripping yet worrying glimpse inside a tortured mind

A new documentary follows snooker's greatest-ever player during the 2022 season

Evening Standard · Nov 20, 2023

Group Portrait in a Summer Landscape review – Chekhovian take on the Scottish referendum

An impressive ensemble makes the most of Peter Arnott’s new country house play, set during Scotland’s 2014 independence vote

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2023