What follows is an exploration of fame, love, happiness, and the meaning of art. From the first line, The Seagull invites the audience in and forces us to reflect. The production is strikingly ...

In German director Thomas Ostermeier’s engrossing update of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, moody aspiring ... It probes the relationship between art, obsession and self-deception, poring over ...

the funniest Seagull I’ve ever seen – to philosophical exploration of generational tension, financial hardship, social change, gendered double standards around ageing, and whether art can make a ...

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).

So when Cate Blanchett rolled into town for a new adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull,” at the Barbican Theater, a little trepidation could be forgiven. But Blanchett is different.

Time has added a new layer of complexity — repetition can render even the most radical art as lifeless as a stuffed seagull. Ostermeier takes up the baton, constantly undercutting his own show ...

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 ...

“Who wants a bit of Chekhov, then?” asks Zachary Hart cheekily, after arriving on the Barbican stage on a quad bike and before taking up an electric guitar to play Billy Bragg’s “The Milkman of Human ...

Wildlife rescuers in Sussex managed to save a pigeon from being swallowed whole by a seagull. The pigeon, who is now affectionately known as a "squeaker," had a narrow escape from the beak of a ...

Called “L’Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs,” it ran from April to October 1925, attracted 16 million people, and was a celebration of Modernism and Art Deco design. It occupied ...

A seagull rescued from a trash can in Britain has made a remarkable 1800-mile journey to a beach - in Morocco. The Lesser Black-Backed gull, named Gulliver, was first discovered last May after a ...

A seagull rescued from a rubbish bin in Paisley has been spotted enjoying life on a beach 1,800 miles away in Morocco after being nursed back to health. Gulliver, a Lesser Black-Backed Gull, was found ...