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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).

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 ...

Relations with Russia may be icier than ever, but mutual antipathy has never dented our love for Chekhov. To all intents and purposes the man wrote four plays, and they’re never far from our stages.

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 ...