After a longer stay in Paris, Lyubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya returns to her heavily indebted family estate in Russia. The only way to avert undoubted ruin would be to sell off the centuries-old cherry orchard, which could be offered for sale as building land. Incapable of adapting to the constraints of the present, she fails to battle certain bankruptcy. The merchant and former serf Lopakhin finally purchases both the estate and the cherry orchard.
Together with Serbian actors and members of the Lucerne Ensemble, a Serbian production team will interpret Anton Chekhov's ‹The Cherry Orchard›, which mirrors numerous facets of social change, from a modern day perspective. All of Chekhov's figures have one thing in common: They have realised that the prevailing social system has survived and that fundamental reforms are necessary. What is left of the concept of social utopia which once existed? Present debates about the limits of growth and alternatives to the current economic system show just how controversial and innovative Chekhov's analysis of society remains.
Predrag Štrbac (*1970) is one of the most innovative and best known directors from Serbia. Since 1998, he has worked, amongst other places, at the BITEF Theatre in Belgrade, the National Theatre in Banja Luka and the Bosnian National Theatre in Zenica. He has also been the resident director of the Serbian National Theatre Novi Sad since 2003.
Production: Predrag Štrbac
Stage: Vesna Štrbac
Costumes: Dragica Lausević
Light: Peter Weiss
Artistic collaboration: Marija Karaklajić
Dramaturgy: Carolin Losch
CHF 80.- / 65.- / 50.- / 25.-
