National Theatre at Home: Summerfolk
07/07/2026
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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
Adelle Leonce
Yulia Filipovna
Doon Mackichan
Kaleria
Aisha-Mae McCormick
Ensemble/Understudy Sasha/Understudy Sonya
Justine Mitchell
Maria Lvovna
Roisin Rae
Ensemble/Understudy Kateria/Understudy Maria Lvovna
Paul Ready
Sergei Vassilich Bassov
Sophie Rundle
Varvara Mikhailovna
Sid Sagar
Kirill Akimovich Dudakov
Richard Trinder
Pustobaika/Understudy Semyon Dvayetochiye/Understudy Yokov Shalimov
Ellie Turner
Ensemble/Understudy Olga Dudakova/Understudy Yulia Suslova
Joe Usher
Ensemble/Understudy Maxim Zimin/Understudy Nikolai Zamislov/Understudy Kirill Dudakov
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