![]() ![]() But it never stops fascinating and in the scenes that work best, this show is brave, compelling and powerful: when Konstantin’s actor mother, Arkadina, tells him he is a “nobody” when she begs her lover, Trigorin, to stay with her when Nina and Trigorin simply sit and stare into each other’s eyes at the back of the stage, while a scene occurs at the front.Ĭlarke is the biggest commercial star and convinces opposite Tom Rhys Harries’s Adonis-like Trigorin but the larger performance comes from Indira Varma as the highly strung mother, who seems the most alive character on stage. Is it all concept and no solid effects? Sometimes it does feel like we are watching The Seagull With Zombies – mannered, frustrating, both too drawn and drawled out. Were it not so smoothly staged, this might be a rehearsal read-through or scratch night – or even a drama-school experiment. Photograph: Marc BrennerĪfter the interval, the walls are partly removed as if the few traditional theatrical elements that feature are slowly deconstructing around the actors. Sometimes they sound dreamy or drunk … l to r, Indira Varma (Arkadina), Tom Rhys Harries (Trigorin), Jason Barnett (Shamrayev) and Sara Powell (Polina). ![]()
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