The production, stars Kenneth Branagh as Lopakhin, Helen Hunt as Madame Ranyevskaya and Bill Pullman as Gaev, alongside Chumisa Dornford-May as Anya, Alfred Enoch as Trofimov, Esther Smith as Varya and Sophie Stone as Sharlotta.

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has released production images for The Cherry Orchard, in a version by Olivier Award-winning playwright Laura Wade from the play by Anton Chekhov, directed by RSC Co-Artistic Director Tamara Harvey.

The production, which opened on the 21 July stars Kenneth Branagh as Lopakhin, Helen Hunt as Madame Ranyevskaya and Bill Pullman as Gaev, alongside Chumisa Dornford-May as Anya, Alfred Enoch as Trofimov, Esther Smith as Varya and Sophie Stone as Sharlotta.

The Cherry Orchard production Images. Image Credit: The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)

This new version of Chekhov’s final play sees Laura Wade reunited with Tamara Harvey following their critically acclaimed production of The Constant Wife, which premiered in the Swan Theatre last summer, and the Olivier Award-winning Home, I’m Darling.

The Cherry Orchard runs in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon until Saturday 29 August.

Ranyevskaya and Lopakhin are giants at war over a cherished estate. Madame Ranyevskaya returns from five years in Paris to find her house crumbling under the weight of debt and memory and her beloved cherry orchard under threat. Attempting to mend her extravagance, Lopakhin, the son of a serf, insists that the family must sell it off.

Beyond the orchard, people are starving and the aristocracy is in decline. As auction day approaches the household begins to panic. In this collision of past and future, it’s dangerous to stand still when the world demands change.

The full company comprises: Rob Alexander-Adams (Passer By), Kenneth Branagh (Lopakhin), Chumisa Dornford-May (Anya), Michael Elwyn (Firs), Alfred Enoch (Trofimov), Amber Gadd (Dunyasha), Guy Henry (Pishchik), Helen Hunt (Ranyevskaya), Erin Siobhan Hutching (Ensemble), Julian Moore-Cook (Yasha), Bill Pullman (Gaev), Andy Rush (Yepikhodov), Esther Smith (Varya) and Sophie Stone (Sharlotta).

Joining Tamara Harvey and Laura Wade on the creative team are Set & Costume Designer, Anna Fleischle; Lighting Designer, Aideen Malone; Composer, Laura Rossi; Sound Designer, Claire Windsor; Movement Director, Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster; Fight Director, Alex Payne; Musical Director, Tomek Pieczora and Casting Director, Charlotte Sutton CDG.

Tickets can be bought: https://www.rsc.org.uk/the-cherry-orchard/

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