National Theatre at Home: Summerfolk

The story

It's a hot, beautiful summer in 1905, and Russia's elite retreat to the countryside to swim, sip champagne and start affairs. When they're having this much fun, why care about anything else? But Varvara just can't shake the feeling that their holiday idyll is built on borrowed time. As the party continues, how long can they ignore the storm on the horizon? Deputy Artistic Director Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky's Edge) directs Maxim Gorky's razor-sharp portrait of class, privilege and denial, revived for 2026 in a new adaptation from Nina Raine (Consent) and Moses Raine (Donkey Heart).

Cast

R Rebecca BanatvalaSasha/Understudy Varvara Bassova T Tomas BarrettMaxim Zimin/Understudy Vlass T Tamika BennettSonya P Pip CarterPavel Sergeyich Ryumin P Peter ForbesSemyon Semyonich Dvoyetochiye B Brandon GraceNikolai Petrovich Zamislov A Arthur HughesPyotr Ivanich Suslov I Ivan IvashkinEnsemble/Understudy Pavel Ryumin/Understudy Kropilkin/Understudy Pustobaika S Sam Jenkins-ShawKropilkin/Understudy Pyotr Suslov/Understudy Sergei Bassov G Gwyneth KeyworthOlga Alekseyevna D Daniel LapaineYakov Petrovich Shalimov A Alex LawtherVlass Mikhailich

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A Adelle LeonceYulia Filipovna D Doon MackichanKaleria A Aisha-Mae McCormickEnsemble/Understudy Sasha/Understudy Sonya J Justine MitchellMaria Lvovna R Roisin RaeEnsemble/Understudy Kateria/Understudy Maria Lvovna P Paul ReadySergei Vassilich Bassov S Sophie RundleVarvara Mikhailovna S Sid SagarKirill Akimovich Dudakov R Richard TrinderPustobaika/Understudy Semyon Dvayetochiye/Understudy Yokov Shalimov E Ellie TurnerEnsemble/Understudy Olga Dudakova/Understudy Yulia Suslova J Joe UsherEnsemble/Understudy Maxim Zimin/Understudy Nikolai Zamislov/Understudy Kirill Dudakov