The Seagull

Winner of the English and Scottish Literature Play Award

Chekhov’s unparalleled exploration of art, ambition and generational tensions. ‘The Seagull’ straddles both heartbreak and humour as the foreground to navigating human creativity and connection. 

As old actress Arkadina, her author lover Trigorin, and playwright son Konstantin visit a family estate, words become weapons and thoughts become currency. Konstantin is haunted by his endeavours to radicalise the ways that stories are told in the theatre, and finds himself spiralling after his love, the young actress Nina, runs away with Trigorin. Chekhov’s heartbreaking, funny and ever-relevant drama epitomises the consequences of ego, ambition and creative idealism into an ornate case-study on the nature of human relationships.

Please consider donating to our partner charity, Conscious Edinburgh, a registered mental health charity run by students, for students, providing both support and education about mental health. In our collaboration with them, we are implementing a couple of different welfare initiatives, and will be raising money for Conscious through QR codes at each of our performances. By partnering with Conscious, we hope to spread their charity’s mission as well as treat the sensitive nature of this production with the utmost care. Link