Summerfolk (2026)
Drama · 2h 29m · 7/7/2026
Description
It's a hot, beautiful summer in 1905, and Russia's elite retreat to the countryside to swim, sip champagne and start affairs. When they're having this much fun, why care about anything else? But Varvara just can't shake the feeling that their holiday idyll is built on borrowed time. As the party continues, how long can they ignore the storm on the horizon? Deputy Artistic Director Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky's Edge) directs Maxim Gorky's razor-sharp portrait of class, privilege and denial, revived for 2026 in a new adaptation from Nina Raine (Consent) and Moses Raine (Donkey Heart).
Rebecca Banatvala
Sasha/Understudy Varvara Bassova
Tomas Barrett
Maxim Zimin/Understudy VlassTamika Bennett
Sonya
Pip Carter
Pavel Sergeyich Ryumin
Peter Forbes
Semyon Semyonich Dvoyetochiye
Brandon Grace
Nikolai Petrovich Zamislov
Arthur Hughes
Pyotr Ivanich Suslov
Ivan Ivashkin
Ensemble/Understudy Pavel Ryumin/Understudy Kropilkin/Understudy PustobaikaSam Jenkins-Shaw
Kropilkin/Understudy Pyotr Suslov/Understudy Sergei BassovGwyneth Keyworth
Olga Alekseyevna
Daniel Lapaine
Yakov Petrovich Shalimov
Alex Lawther
Vlass Mikhailich
Adelle Leonce
Yulia Filipovna
Doon Mackichan
KaleriaAisha-Mae McCormick
Ensemble/Understudy Sasha/Understudy Sonya
Justine Mitchell
Maria LvovnaRoisin Rae
Ensemble/Understudy Kateria/Understudy Maria Lvovna
Paul Ready
Sergei Vassilich Bassov
Sophie Rundle
Varvara Mikhailovna
Sid Sagar
Kirill Akimovich Dudakov
Richard Trinder
Pustobaika/Understudy Semyon Dvayetochiye/Understudy Yokov ShalimovEllie Turner
Ensemble/Understudy Olga Dudakova/Understudy Yulia SuslovaJoe Usher
Ensemble/Understudy Maxim Zimin/Understudy Nikolai Zamislov/Understudy Kirill DudakovRobert Hastie
DirectorNina Raine
DirectorMoses Raine
DirectorPeter McKintosh
DirectorPaul Pyant
DirectorAlexandra Faye Braithwaite
DirectorNicola T. Chang
DirectorCandida Caldicot
DirectorBryony Jarvis-Taylor
DirectorShereen Ibrahim
DirectorZoe Littleton
DirectorBethan Clark
DirectorThomas Herron
DirectorLilac Yosiphon
DirectorJoseph Bisat Marshall
DirectorMaxim Gorky
Director
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