Donmar Warehouse, LondonNina Hoss stars in a kookily immersive production but the devastating hammer blow of the Russian tragicomedy is not lost in translation It is initially hard to fathom where Benedict Andrews' conspicuously kooky take on Anton Chekhov's final drama is going. Actors come on looking like modern-day eccentrics and festivalgoers rather than Russian aristocrats of an ancient regime giving way to the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PM on May 3, 2024