Sparkling Chekhov production dances around frivolous lives

This English-language production of The Cherry Orchard is a whirl of motion

The Cherry Orchard performed by tg STAN. Pic: Koen Broos

The Cherry Orchard

By Anton Chekhov

O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere, Run concluded

Rating****

Reviewed by Francesca Comyn

The fourth wall is abandoned from the start. Actors double up on roles, joke with the audience and move about a minimalist set with a landscape backdrop that gradually sparkles to life.

Flemish theatre company tg STAN’s contemporary, English-language production of The Cherry Orchard is a whirl of motion that heightens the comic aspects of Chekhov’s last ...