Chekhov is one of the great playwrights and there have been a number of his plays revived and reimagined recently on London’s West End.
Last year we caught the radical one-man Vanya starring Andrew Scott; the year before we reviewed a minimalist The Seagull, starring Emilia Clarke.
Opening this week at The Donmar Warehouse is a bold, contemporary take on The Cherry Orchard – this is a radical new version by director Benedict Andrews.
It’s not trying to be traditional: actors use their own accents; wear modern (and quite awful) dress; nothing here looks, feels or sounds naturalistic.