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Dee Jefferson

The Seagull review – Sigrid Thornton and Toby Schmitz star in contemporary take on Chekhov

Toby Schmitz Prudence Upton Andrew Upton Anton Chekhov Megan Wilding Sean OShea Australia Sydney Theatre Company
Harry Greenwood and Mabel Li as Nina and Constantine
Harry Greenwood and Mabel Li as Nina and Constantine in Andrew Upton’s adaptation of Chekhov’s The Seagull, directed by Imara Savage. Photograph: Prudence Upton

It starts with a fed-up girl in a goth black dress, cigarettes stashed in her bra, perched on an outdoor stage surrounded by Marshall amps, as a young man takes a piss in the long, yellow-dry grass. “What’s with all the black?” he asks her as he finishes up. “I’m in mourning for my life,” she replies, squaring up to the barrel of a rifle mounted on the makeshift stage.

Megan Wilding and Arka Das in Sydney Theatre Company’s 2023 production of The Seagull
Megan Wilding as Masha and Arka Das as Simon. Photograph: Prudence Upton
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