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Three women stand barefoot in a field of dirt. They wear three different coloured robes: blue, black and white. Behind them, an empty chair is ominously present.
Three women stand barefoot in a field of dirt. They wear three different coloured robes: blue, black and white. Behind them, an empty chair is ominously present.

Three Sisters

By Anton Chekhov, In a Version by Cordelia Lynn, Directed by Rebecca Frecknall

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6 Apr — 1 Jun 2019

Do you ever wonder what would happen if we could live our lives all over again but be fully conscious of it the second time? 

I bet we’d try to do everything differently, or at least would know to create a different world for ourselves.

In a room in a house in a provincial town, three sisters wait for their lives to begin.
Olga, the eldest. Masha, the middle child. Irina, the youngest.

The clock strikes. A candle is lit.
The clock stops. Something catches fire.
The clock strikes. They wake up.

Following her critically acclaimed production of Summer and Smoke (winner Best Revival at the 2019 Olivier Awards), Almeida Associate Director Rebecca Frecknall directs Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters, in a new adaptation by Cordelia Lynn (One For Sorrow, Lela & Co).

Cast includes Patsy Ferran (Summer and Smoke, winner Best Actress at the 2019 Olivier Awards), Pearl Chanda (Ink) and Ria Zmitrowicz (Dance Nation).

Photograph by Nadav Kander
Rehearsal photography by Marc Brenner

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CAST & CREATIVES

Adaptation Cordelia Lynn
Direction Rebecca Frecknall
Design Hildegard Bechtler
Light Jack Knowles
Sound George Dennis
Composition Angus MacRae
Casting Julia Horan CDG
Costume Supervision Laura Hunt
Prop Supervision Lizzie Frankl
Resident Director Ebenezer Bamgboye
Associate Lighting Designer Jamie Platt

Cast
Pearl Chanda
Lois Chimimba
Alexander Eliot
Patsy Ferran
Annie Firbank
Elliot Levey
Eric MacLennan
Peter McDonald
Freddie Meredith
Sonny Poon Tip
Shubham Saraf
Akshay Sharan
Alan Williams
Ria Zmitrowicz