Ivanov

Chris Pine makes his London stage debut in this bold new production.

Simon Stone's production transposes Chekhov's comic drama into the present day. It follows Nikolai, a man approaching middle age who seems to have lost his sense of contentment despite a settled marriage and a successful career. Mounting debts, his wife's unexplained illnesses and a growing feeling that the world is falling apart all weigh on him, and the evening centres on a party he is due to attend.

Chris Pine, making his London stage debut, appears in the cast. The creative team is the same one behind Stone's earlier production of The Lady from the Sea, and the staging concentrates on the relationships between the characters and the tensions within a comedy that turns sour.

The title should not be confused with Ivanov, the French pop group formed in 1989, which has no connection with this theatre production.