Chekhov's celebrated masterpiece is given vibrant new life in this dynamic new version by Olivier award-winning playwright Simon Stephens. Switching effortlessly between the ridiculous and the profound forensically examines the transcendence and destructiveness of love. The burbaning need to create art and how harshly that need can be crushed permeates throughout the play. Simon Stephen's new adaption of received its premiere at the Lyric Hammersmith, London on 3 October 2017.