The Seagull

“Gods, the way these people behave.”

Written by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Josh Hopton-Stewart

4-14 September, 2024

The Play

A group of artists spends their summer stranded on a remote, lake-side estate where love, intrigue and creative egos run amok. Away from the hubbub of big city life, the isolation and boredom of their rural getaway quickly becomes claustrophobic, with romantic and creative tensions bubbling to the surface. With nowhere else to turn, they turn on each other (and the poor staff who are definitely not paid enough to deal with their shit).

The Cast

Kostantin Treplev - Zachary Klein
Nina Zarietchnaya - Tess Lavanda
Irina Arkadina - Sarah-Beth Brown
Boris Trigorin - Jimmy Sutcliffe
Masha Shamraeff - Lucy Bowden
Simon Medviedenko - Sean Farrell
Polina Shamraeff - Aroha Te Whata
Elijah Shamraeff - Tom Kereama
Eugene Dorn - Chris O’Grady
Petra Sorin - Julia Harris
Jacob - Finlay Morris

The Crew

Director - Josh Hopton-Stewart
Production manager - Julie Anne Garnons-Williams
Stage Manager - George Kenward Parker
Costume design - Meredith Dooley & Katie Knight
Set design - Josh Hopton-Stewart
Set build coordinator - Sam Perry
Lighting design - Mike Slater
Lighting operator - Emma Bell
Prompt - Lydia Verschaffelt
Publicity photographer - Lydia Harris
Audition coordinator - Shannon Tubman
Casting - Jayne Grace, Josh Hopton-Stewart, Lydia Harris