By Demetrios Matheou While Anton Chekhov always thought of The Seagull as a comedy ... point at all — when the world is falling apart. Blanchett’s diva certainly arrives with a bang.

“I know that’s not what you expected,” says Zachary Hart’s Simon as he dismounts from his quad bike. Neither did I expect him ...

So when Cate Blanchett rolled into town for a new adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull,” at the Barbican Theater, a little trepidation could be forgiven. But Blanchett is different.

Cate Blanchett (Arkadina) in The Seagull (Marc Brenner) You keep thinking, as all the characters face their reckoning, that the carapace will crack, but it never does. Even as she begs her lover ...

EXCLUSIVE: The London Barbican Theatre’s scintillating production of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, boasting an all-star ensemble led by Cate Blanchett, Tom Burke and Emma Corrin and directed by ...

Oscar-winning actor Cate Blanchett is returning to the London stage, taking on the role of Arkadina in Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull.” The production will run for six weeks at London’s ...

Now Ostermeier is back, to take on Chekhov rather than Ibsen, and with an even bigger name as his star attraction: Cate Blanchett, who absolutely blazes through the role of hollow and self ...

Cate Blanchett’s three decades-long Hollywood ... which follows a theater run in Chekhov’s The Seagull in London. Ahead of The Fever release, Blanchett told the publication she was “serious ...

Cate Blanchett is surprising fans by revealing ... on the West End in a new production of Anton Chekov’s “The Seagull.” ...

While Anton Chekhov always thought of The Seagull as a comedy ... the actress Irina Arkadina (Cate Blanchett). Arkadina, of course, is only in love with herself. On the sidelines, the local ...

Oh, and it’s got a performance from Cate Blanchett that may well be the ... it becomes a punch up between The Seagull done traditionally and done as contemporary theatre, sliding between the ...