Thanks to Blanchett’s charismatic turn as a fading actress, this new Chekhov adaptation in London hangs together in spite of Thomas Ostermeier’s antics. By Houman Barekat Reporting from London ...

That's how Zachary Hart (who plays Simon Medvedenko) opens Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, adapted by German director Thomas Ostermeier, at the Barbican Theatre. The Seagull is a play written by ...

Cate Blanchett, Tom Burke, Jason Watkins, Emma Corrin, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tanya Reynolds, Paul Bazeley, Paul Higgins, Priyanga Burford, Zachary Hart. There has been no shortage of A-list actors on ...

Last night, director Thomas Ostermeier’s production of The Seagull, which he adapts from Chekhov alongside Duncan Macmillan, celebrated its official opening at the Barbican Theatre. Cate Blanchett ...

Cate Blanchett is back on the London stage for the first time in six years, playing the feted, self-absorbed, glamorous actress Arkadina in Chekhov’s first theatrical masterpiece The Seagull (1896).

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Move over Tom Hiddleston. He may have some cool moves (as demonstrated in the West End’s current Much Ado ...

After a string of theatrical duds, misfires and howlers involving Hollywood heavyweights Sigourney Weaver, Rami Malek and Brie Larson, Cate Blanchett was the latest star of the big screen to have ...

A solo traveller claims she may well have stumbled upon the "prettiest village in the UK" as she compared its cobbled streets and crystal-clear waters to those you'd expect to find in Greece.

A CELEBRATED artist is proving that age and challenges do not limit creativity after he contributed his talents to a spring sculpture trail set to launch this week. Despite being 96 years old and ...

Read our review of The Seagull, starring Cate Blanchett, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Emma Corrin and Tom Burke, now in performances at the Barbican to 5 April. How do you feel about those trendy contemporary ...

The artwork, created by Singaporean artist Lakshmi Mohanbabu in collaboration with tech company NuStar and NTU Singapore, has been deployed 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) beneath the sea. Singapore has ...