The Seagull

Tom Stoppard's Take on The Chekov Classic

Academy and Tony Award-winning British playwright Tom Stoppard's masterful adaptation of Chekov's seminal work has received much critical acclaim for its deeply emotive retelling of the Russian theatre master's wry and tender study of lives unfulfilled. Stoppard's own wit shines through whilst his prose remains faithful to Chekov's original story in Salt Lake City's The Sting & Honey Theatre Company's latest rendition.

What Is The Seagull About?

A group of well-heeled guests gather at the country house of a retired civil servant, to see a new avant-garde play that his young nephew has written. With a heavy emphasis on symbolism, the play is a disaster and is abandoned after the first act. Emotions running high after the aborted performance, and the audience discovers a tangle of love triangles, self-doubt, and a rampaging pursuit of happiness that threatens to overturn everybody's beliefs and sensibilities.