The Cherry Orchard – Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon

NEWS: Further casting Announced for West End Production of The Cherry Orchard

The revival of Anton Chekhov’s play will run at the Harold Pinter Theatre from the 3rd October until the 9th January. Further casting has now been confirmed for Ian Rickson's upcoming production of Checkov's play, adapted for this production by Conor McPherson. Joining the previously announced Kristin Scott Thomas  (Electra, Slow Horses, Four Weddings and…

Stan’s Cafe: River Tours THE AVON | Touring Warks, Worcs, Bham inc RSC

Midlands-based theatre company Stan’s Cafe have announced the dates for their latest production, River Tours: The Avon - with performances across Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Birmingham (1-16 Aug 2026), including a visit to the Royal Shakespeare Company, in Stratford-upon-Avon. The poetic production floats visitors through centuries of history, folklore and wildlife, from the River Avon’s source in Northamptonshire to its union with the Rive…

The Cherry Orchard – Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon

There is a temptation with The Cherry Orchard to treat it as a museum piece: a wistful farewell to a vanished aristocratic world wrapped in reverential melancholy. Laura Wade’s ambitious new version, directed by Tamara Harvey for the Royal Shakespeare Company, refuses to preserve Chekhov in aspic. It brings freshness and immediacy to one of theatre’s greatest farewell plays, though its determination to find contemporary clarity occasionally come…

The Cherry Orchard at the RSC ★★★

The world is changing. The old order is crumbling and unsustainable; change is required. Everybody knows it; it hangs over everything. Can those with the power dare to do what needs to be done? Are we a fly on the wall at a meeting of the cabinet of the latest UK prime minister? No, we’re on a country estate in Russia, circa 1904, a little before the Russian Revolution.Across Russia, the aristocracy is in decline, and people are starving. Madame…