National Theatre at Home: Summerfolk

Overview

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).

Cast

Rebecca Banatvala

Sasha/Understudy Varvara Bassova

Tomas Barrett

Maxim Zimin/Understudy Vlass

Tamika 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 Pustobaika

Sam Jenkins-Shaw

Kropilkin/Understudy Pyotr Suslov/Understudy Sergei Bassov

Gwyneth Keyworth

Olga Alekseyevna

Daniel Lapaine

Yakov Petrovich Shalimov

Alex Lawther

Vlass Mikhailich