Daugavpils Theatre Guest Performance

20+
In Russian, with some scenes in Latvian (subtitles in Latvian)

3 hours 15 minutes (in three acts with two intermissions)

Smoking onstage!

The performance combines the two of "The Seagulls - by Anton Chekhov and Boris Akunin. The first part of the performance will reconstruct the events of the well-known classic work, while the continuation will feature a production of Boris Akunin's play, which will search for the possible cause of Konstantin Treplev's death.

"The Seagull" is a play full of mysteries, which Chekhov called a comedy. It is about the seemingly peaceful life of people of art by the "magic lake", which turns out to be full of irony, suffering, and loneliness. It is about dreams and longings that dissolve again and again like waves against a rock. It'is a series of events that leads one of the characters to a tragic end.

Who is to blame for the death of Konstantin Treplev? Each of the characters in “The Seagull” has had both a motive and an opportunity. However, no situation is unambiguous. The viewer will be offered six interpretation options, which will include not only further developments of the events, but also variations of the past. The characters will return to the recent past again and again, revealing each possible motive and ever new facets of Chekhov’s characters. And in the end, everyone will be able to draw their own conclusions.

Director: Oļegs Šapošņikovs

Costume Designer, Set Designer: Inga Bermaka

Lighting Designer: Sergejs Vasiļjevs

Video Designer: Gatis Timofejevs

Cast: Aleksandrs Komarovs, Zanda Mankopa, Vladislavs Vasiļjevs, Marģers Eglinskis, Vanda Gibovska, Viktors Jancevičs, Irina Kešiševa, Jūlija Ļaha, Mihails Samodahovs, Oļegs Šapošņikovs, Maksims Terļeckis, Raimonds Paegle, Jevgeņijs Mihailovs, Artjoms Afanasjevs

Opening - on October, 15, 2021, the premiere of the updated version - on March, 7, 2025.

Subtitles

Subtitles in Latvian are provided in the mobile application “Theatre Subtitles”.