
This production is recommended for ages 12+.
Performance Dates
27 July – 16 October 2027
Run time: TBC
Includes interval
Chris Pine (Star Trek, Wonder Woman) makes his London stage debut in Simon Stone’s bold new adaptation of Chekhov’s Ivanov. Playing a strictly limited run at the Bridge Theatre, book your official tickets to Ivanov today!
Nikolai has forgotten how to be happy, if he ever was. Burned out and restless, he should be enjoying midlife: a perfect wife, a strong career, a comfortable home. But debts are mounting, his wife Anna is sick, and everything feels like it’s slipping away. Maybe a night at the Lebedevs’ party will shake off the gloom.
As Nikolai stumbles from one social disaster to another, he’s desperate to revive his passion for life. Anna gave up everything for him, even her family, yet he can’t seem to return the happiness she deserves. Nightly parties only make things worse, but staying home means facing how empty he’s become.
When change finally comes, it’s messy, absurd, and impossible to ignore, in the form of an affair. Can Nikolai save his marriage, his career, and his will to live? Or is everything destined to collapse?
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La estrella de Hollywood Chris Pine (Star Trek) irá con valentía donde nunca ha estado, ¡al escenario londinense! Pine protagonizará la audaz nueva versión de Simon Stone de Ivanov de Antón Chéjov en el Bridge Theatre el próximo verano. Stone no es ajeno al Puente, con su aclamado éxito de la crítica, The Lady From the Sea, que actualmente se proyecta en el teatro. Pero esta es la primera aparición teatral de Pine en más de una década.
Adaptada y dirigida por Simon Stone, la producción comenzará los avances el 4 de julio de 2026 y se representará hasta el 19 de septiembre de 2026. Ivanov cuenta la historia de Nikolai Ivanov, un hombre que parece tenerlo todo pero que se siente completamente perdido. Su matrimonio se está desmoronando, sus finanzas están en problemas y su pasión por la vida prácticamente ha desaparecido. Es una historia atemporal de Chéjov sobre la desilusión, el propósito y el caos silencioso del corazón humano.
22 Oct, 2025 | By Sian McBride