What’s the point of theatre? It’s the question that director Thomas Ostermeier - once the enfant terrible of German theatre, who famously said that directors over 40 should stop working, himself now 56 - reckons with in this roguish, self-referential and spectacular production of Chekhov’s play about theatre.
Oh, and it’s got a performance from Cate Blanchett that may well be the best of the year.
