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The Seagull – Stage Russia – Satirikon Theatre, Moscow

Pushkin House, London ****
(filmed and recorded before a live audience at Satirikon Theatre, Moscow)

© Ekaterina Tsvetkova, Satirikon company, ensemble of the highest order, Act 2

© Ekaterina Tsvetkova, Satirikon company, ensemble of the highest order, Act 2

What extraordinary actors the Russians produce and what a revelation is this newly filmed version by Moscow’s Satirikon Theatre uncomfortable, disturbing, unsettling though it also is. Continue reading