Special offer for Kennington Association members
Support your Local Theatre (and get a bargain) by seeing: “The Cherry Orchard” by Anton Chekhov
GREY SWAN is proud to announce the UK première of a new literal translation of Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece The Cherry Orchard at the White Bear Theatre, opening on 3 February 2011.
In a world on the edge of change, a family struggles to come to terms with the threatened sale of their home - their Cherry Flower Estate.
After five years away Ranyévskaya has returned from Paris penniless. Her family dream of planned marriages, bank loans and asking distant relatives for financial help to save their estate, while a local friend and businessman proposes cutting down the orchard to build luxury villas and holiday homes.
Dreams are formed, new futures are drawn up and love and friendship offered, while the auction date moves ever closer.
In the 100th year since the play was performed in London and following on from 150th Anniversary of Anton Chekhov’s birth, Grey Swan brings together an ensemble company to explore a new and poetic literal translation of his final masterpiece.
The production is directed by Timothy Stubbs Hughes, who trained as an actor at Manchester School of Theatre (1987-90) and completed his Master of Arts in Theatre Direction at Goldsmiths College (1994-96). In November 1991, he spent two-weeks in Nottingham as part of an International Workshop with the Russian Theatre Director and theatre-maker Genrietta Yanovskaya, where she “instilled a sense of the scope, resonance and vision of Chekhov’s words, and highlighted a process that simply was about the actor existing on stage in front of an audience”.
Performance Dates:
2–26 February 2011
Tuesday – Saturday at 7.30pm, Sundays at 6.00pm
Tickets: £13 (£10 Conc.)
Box Office: 020 7793 9193
White Bear Theatre
138 Kennington Park Road
SE11 4DJ
SPECIAL OFFER
The White Bear Theatre Club is offering ‘Concession Rate’ (£10) seats for this brilliant production.
To book call 020 7793 9193 and quote ‘Kennington Association Offer’.
The White Bear now has it’s own Exclusive Lounge Area where patrons can sit and enjoy a drink and a chat before the show. The theatre itself is fully air conditioned.
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