Three Sisters | Globe

Three Sisters | Globe description

Written in 1900 and premiering in Moscow during 1901, Chekhov's timeless, ageless The Three Sisters appeals to every generation and every culture. It's on stage at London's only indoor candlelit theatre, the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, in a brand new adaptation of an all-time classic.

The Three Sisters plot

You'll meet three sisters, their brother and his fiancé, a teacher, a doctor, an old woman and a band of soldiers stationed near the small, remote Russian town where they live. War is raging, their world is on fire and more than anything, they want things to change for the better. Will it happen? Come along and see.

This extraordinary exploration of the power of family, misdirected love, and the considerable complexity of the human condition never grows old, a treat for everyone who likes to have their thoughts well and truly provoked, all produced in a magical setting.

The background of The Three Sisters

This is the world premiere of a fresh new translation by the acclaimed playwright Rory Mullarkey, the latest in a long string of productions proving the play's wide international appeal, more than 120 years after it was first written. It has been transformed into a full-length opera by a Hungarian composer and has been re-set in places as varied as Nigeria, Liverpool, Scotland, Yorkshire and Cuba, never failing to inspire audiences to explore their own lives.

The Three Sisters cast

The cast features Michael Abubakar as Tuzenbach, Kelvin Ade as Fedotik and Cover, Rachel Barnwell as Ensemble and Cover, Ishia Bennison as Anfisa, Natalie Klamar as Natalya Ivanovna, Richard Pyros as Vassily Solyony, Paul Ready as Aleksandr Vershinin, Shannon Tarbet as Masha, Michelle Terry as Olga, Ruby Thompson as Irina, and Stuart Thompson as Andrei.

A powerful creative team

Directed by Caroline Steinbeis (The Contingency Plan, Rutherford and Son), we have Shiv Ravheru as the assistant director. Oli Townsend is the designer and Anna Watson is the candlelight designer. Oliver Vibrans is the composer, Haruka Kuroda the fight and intimacy director, and Aline David the movement director and choreographer. The casting comes from Becky Paris.

Playing at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

21 New Globe Walk, Bankside, London, SE1 9DT GB (venue info)

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