The Seagull at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is Anton Chekhov's twentieth-century classic, set in a house by a lake and following an actress, her lover, her playwright son and an aspiring performer. What begins as a play within a play develops into a story about art, ego and love, with the evening unfolding to focus on what remains when the curtain falls.

Caroline Steinbeis directs and Rory Mullarkey translates the work, which is Chekhov's first of four major plays inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet. The production returns to the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse after Three Sisters.

This play features suicide and animal cruelty, with references to child bereavement, while children under three do not require a ticket. No exchanges or refunds are available after purchase. For access information, please contact the Box Office.

Details written from the information supplied by the event organiser.