NEWS: Full Casting Announced For The Donmar Warehouse’s Production of The Cherry Orchard

The production will run at the Donmar Warehouse from the 26th April and will run until the 22nd June.

The Donmar Warehouse has announced the full casting for its upcoming production of Chekhov’s play, which will have its official opening on the 2nd May.

Joining the previously announced Nina Hoss (Liubov Ranevskaya), and Adeel Akhtar (Ermolai Lopakhin), are Sarah Amankwah (Charlotta), Nathan Armarkwei Laryea (Yasha), David Ganly (Boris Simeonov-Pishchik), Michael Gould (Gaev), Éanna Hardwicke (Semyon Epikhodov), Daniel Monks (Pyotr Trofimov), Marli Siu (Varya), Sadie Soverall (Anya), Posy Sterling (Dunyasha), and June Watson (Firs).

This new version of the play has been adapted and directed by  Benedict Andrews. 

Can anyone persuade Ranevskaya and her aristocratic household that the world is changing, and they must too?

Following internationally acclaimed productions of The Seagull (Belvoir St Theater, Sydney) and Three Sisters (Young Vic, London), director Benedict Andrews has a reputation as one of the world’s leading interpreters of Chekhov. 

The production’s creative team includes: Designer: Magda Willi; Costume Designer: Merle Hensel; Lighting Designer: James Farncombe; Sound Designer: Dan Balfour; Composer: May Kershaw of Black Country, New Road; Voice Coach: William Conacher; Assistant Director: Neetu Singh and  Casting Director: Anna Cooper CDG.