The Seagull

By Anton Chekhov
Directed by Stéphane Braunschweig
Creation



Estimated length: 2 hrs. 20 min.

7 November – 22 December

Odéon 6e

With Sharif Andoura, Jean-Baptiste Anoumon, Boutaïna El Fekkak, Denis Eyriey, Thierry Paret, Ève Pereur, Lamya Regragui Muzio, Chloé Réjon, Jules Sagot and Jean-Philippe Vidal

The plays by Chekhov, like all major texts, resonate differently in each era. Stéphane Braunschweig reworked The Seagull into an extension of Uncle Vanya, which he debuted in 2020, centred on the ecological worries of Doctor Astrov. This time, the play focuses on the young writer Treplev – a vision of the end of the world – who becomes the nerve centre of the performance. Even if other characters mock and hold her back, she continues to resonate until the final act. More than the other works by Chekhov, The Seagull brings tumultuously together passionate desires, art, love, fulfilment, and the bluntness of reality. The play makes us face this fundamental question: What can be done with our hope of happiness in a world that may potentially collapse?