Available for UK and international touring in 2017.
"Perhaps it’s all rather beyond me, perhaps I’ve gone mad, but I liked the play."
Seagulls. Based on The Seagull by Anton Chekhov.
http://www.volcanotheatre.co.uk/whats-on/seagulls
An impossibly sad, unreasonably funny and ludicrously inventive version of a temperamental Russian classic.
A young girl has lived all her life by a lake. Like a seagull, she loves the lake, and she’s happy and free like a seagull. But a man happens to come along and wrecks her life for want of anything better to do.
Chekhov's first spectacular flop, The Seagull, abounds in suicidal moods, pessimistic utterances, unhappy love affairs and broken dreams. Volcano’s SEAGULLS is for everyone who has felt the agony of ordinariness or laughed uncontrollably at the bitter disappointment of it all.
Directed by PAUL DAVIES
Design CAMILLA CLARKE
Movement Director CATHERINE BENNETT
Lighting Design BEN STIMPSON
Set Construction EIFION PORTER
Photos by ERIN RICKARD
Cast
GETHIN ALDERMAN
CHRISTOPHER ELSON
NEAL McWILLIAMS
MAIRI PHILLIPS
JOANNA SIMPKINS
Age suitability guidance: 14+ (contains some swearing and nudity).
Audience comments:
"@VolcanoUK It's rare to live in London and feel like you are missing out on seeing theatre but The Seagull at Bunker sounds amazing”
@1HarrisonRose
"Go see #Seagulls @VolcanoUK. I'm in creative awe after watching last nights performance. Beautiful, bold and brave."
@little_llew
"Back from @VolcanoUK's Seagulls. Bold. Audacious. Riveting. Explosive. Exuberant. Watch if you can. Great theatre."
@ZGoodacre
"#Seagulls by @VolcanoUK - Best. Duel. Ever. 'tis how I shall now settle all arguments. GREAT version of a play I've always hated before!"
@Hunymwadu