A house, a history, a reckoning.
Chekhov’s masterpiece comes to St. Ann’s Warehouse after a sold out run at London’s Donmar Warehouse in a new version written and directed by Benedict Andrews (A Streetcar Named Desire at St. Ann’s in 2016). The tension between the past and future, the personal and the political, is explored with urgency and passion as a family grapples with the inevitable forces of change. Anchored by Nina Hoss (Homeland, Returning to Reims at St. Ann’s) and two-time BAFTA winner Adeel Akhtar, audiences get up close to an extraordinary international ensemble cast of spontaneous, immediate performances.
“An endlessly imaginative, boundlessly yearning revival. You wish it would last forever.”
—TIME OUT
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“Revelatory. Hits the play’s poles of tragedy and comedy with devastating accuracy. A bold, brilliant distillation of Chekhov, and utterly captivating."
—THE EVENING STANDARD
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“Hoss and Akhtar are tremendous... Benedict Andrews brings Chekhov bang up to date””
—THE GUARDIAN
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Meet THE CHERRY ORCHARD cast
“It has a certain urgency, which I feel we all can relate to.”
The Cherry Orchard cast takes us through their process of finding the joy and tragedy in Chekhov’s last work.
Director Benedict Andrews on reimagining THE CHERRY ORCHARD
“By us putting the audience all the way around, there’s an openness to it.”
Director Benedict Andrews, previously at St. Ann’s Warehouse with A Streetcar Named Desire, discusses staging Chekhov and his final masterpiece.
Running time is 2 hours and 45 minutes with one intermission.
Please be advised that the production features haze, cigarettes, vaping, and a non-firing replica firearm. No one under 5 is permitted in the theater.
POST-SHOW TALKBACK: APRIL 1
Following the April 1 performance, please join us for a talkback with adaptor and director Benedict Andrews
and members of the cast of The Cherry Orchard. Buy tickets >
A limited number of student tickets are available for performances of The Cherry Orchard on Tuesday-Wednesday performances and Sunday evenings, subject to availability. Guests can purchase two tickets per production, and a valid student ID will be required at pick-up from the box office.
To purchase, select a regular price ticket (black dots on the seating map), choose a student ticket type on the next screen, and enter the promo code SAWSTUDENT. If no discount applies after following these steps, we have run out of student tickets for the performance you have selected. Student tickets are $39 (including a $4 fee). All student ticket sales are final, and there are no refunds or exchanges. If you have bought a student ticket and won’t be able to use it, please contact us at [email protected] to release it. Guests who do not have a valid student ID when picking up will be required to pay the difference in cost for a full price ticket or forfeit the seats.
Production Support
The St. Ann’s Warehouse production of The Cherry Orchard is made possible through the generous support of:
Emilia Sherifova
Roberta Garza
We also gratefully acknowledge the following Donmar supporters for their contributions to this production:
Charles Holloway OBE, Donmar Season Supporter
Charles J. Burdick, Simon & Jane Davis, Liesel Simmons, and Klaus Umek
Cockayne – Grants for the Arts
The London Community Foundation