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The cherry orchard

Simon McBurney, Internationaal Theater Amsterdam

The celebrated British director Simon McBurney is working with the Internationaal Theater Amsterdam ensemble for the first time. He is tackling The Cherry Orchard, Anton Chekhov’s last play – about the painful demise of people living in illusions of the past. Madame Ranevskaya (Chris Nietvelt) returns to her ancestral estate in the Russian provinces. But the world has changed. The family has huge debts and businessman Lopakhin (Gijs Scholten van Aschat) sees only one solution with which he can drag the family into the new era. McBurney – his work has regularly been performed in the Netherlands since his Dutch debut at the Holland Festival in 2007 – directs a story full of yearning, capitalist interests and missed opportunities, and perhaps with Chekhov’s most loved characters.

dates

Wed June 12 2019 4:00 PM

Thu June 13 2019 10:00 PM

Fri June 14 2019 10:00 PM

Sat June 15 2019 10:00 PM

Sun June 16 2019 6:00 PM

Wed June 19 2019 10:00 PM

Thu June 20 2019 10:00 PM

Fri June 21 2019 10:00 PM

Sat June 22 2019 10:00 PM

Sun June 23 2019 6:00 PM

information

  • Dutch

  • Duration of performance unknown (inclusief 1 pauze)

After having stayed in Paris for several years, the widow Ranevskaya returns to her family home in Russia. She encounters a changed world. The family’s debts have become so immense that the house

After having stayed in Paris for several years, the widow Ranevskaya returns to her family home in Russia. She encounters a changed world. The family’s debts have become so immense that the house

and estate will have to be auctioned. Businessman Lopakhin sees a way out. He proposes to cut down the cherry orchard and use the land to build summer cottages on, which can be rented out.

Chekhov’s final play portrays the painful demise of people who live in the illusion of their past life and do not understand modern times. The cherry orchard has become unprofitable over time. They used to make jam from the cherries. But even old manservant Firs, who worked on the estate all his life, has forgotten the recipe by now.

The future belongs to capitalists and fast money. In The cherry orchard, the roles are literally reversed. Lopakhin buys the house where his father once worked as a servant. The man who used to be without possessions has become the owner. Ranevskaya still has land, but no money. She is unable to change her way of thinking.

The detailed portrait of people living in futile yearning for something that no longer exists has made The cherry orchard one of the most beloved plays of the global repertoire. Internationally renowned English director Simon McBurney directs the ensemble.

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credits

by Anton Chekhov direction Simon McBurney cast Janni Goslinga, Eva Heijnen, Robert de Hoog, Emma Josten, Hugo Koolschijn, Achraf Koutet, Ruurt de Maesschalck, Majd Mardo, Chris Nietvelt, Gijs Scholten van Aschat, Bart Slegers, Harriët Stroet, Steven van Watermeulen, Bøyd van den Bogert, Benjamin Daalder adaptation Robert Icke dramaturgy, direction Peter Van Kraaij translation Peter Van Kraaij scenography Mirjam Buether lighting design Paule Constable sound Pete Malkin video Will Duke costumes Fauve Ryckebusch producer Joachim Fleury technique Wolf-Götz Schwörer communication Selman Aqiqi production Internationaal Theater Amsterdam coproduction Holland Festival, Barbican Centre, Printemps des Comédiens Montpellier

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