Der Kirschgarten
By anton chekhov with texts by Dawn King
Look, Mummy, your wonderful orchard! Smell that air.
It’s sweet. It’s getting warmer already. The birds are singing.
A multimedia theatrical experiment encompassing live film, radio play, video installation, performance, and concert, this production made the trees the protagonists of Chekhov’s classic play.
Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg. Premiere 26 November 2022
Director: Katie Mitchell
Photos: Stephen Cummiskey
“How do you put nature on stage? It’s a question that Mitchell and her collaborators grapple with, creating an experiment that asks us to reconsider our own ideas about the natural world we so often take for granted. ★★★★ ”
“Plump fruit, winter frost flakes: Finally, the titular cherry orchard is really the protagonist, while the people mainly contribute to the idyll with used beer cans. Because Katie Mitchell turns the Chekhov classic into a consistent evening about our destruction of nature.”