About the Show

For the first time in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, experience Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters.

For the first time ever, experience Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. This new translation by Rory Mullarkey delves into family legacy, unrequited love, and the human condition.

Set in a remote town, the story follows three sisters, their brother, his fiancée, and various locals and soldiers as their world unravels and they yearn for change. This world premiere highlights Chekhov's profound impact, presented alongside Shakespeare, and is directed by Caroline Steinbeis, known for The Contingency Plan and Rutherford and Son.

Critic Reviews (7)

"Chekhov's miniature domestic epic is exquisitely staged"
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"The emphasis on comedy...makes the remorseless slide into tragedy all the more wrenching"
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"ultimately feels like a relatively minor production of the play"
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“Sparkling, dark humour”
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"...playing too much to the head rather than the heart"
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"...could have been an overreach or an uncomfortable shoehorning"
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"All 13 players uniformly inhabit their respective characters like second skins"
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