London's National Theatre has revealed full casting for Nina Raine and Moses Raine’s new version of Maxim Gorky’s Summerfolk.

Directed by Deputy Artistic Director Robert Hastie, the satirical play is a razor-sharp portrait of class, privilege, and denial that will play the Olivier March 6–April 29. Opening night is set for March 17.

Set in the summer of 1905, Russia’s elite have retreated to the countryside to swim, sip champagne, and start affairs. 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?

The production will star Rebecca Banatvala as Sasha, Thomas Barrett as Maxim Zimin, Tamika Bennett as Sonya, Pip Carter as Pavel Sergeyich Ryumin, Peter Forbes as Semyon Semyonich Dvoyetochiye, Brandon Grace as Nikolai Petrovich Zamislov, Arthur Hughes as Pyotr Ivanich Suslov, Sam Jenkins-Shaw as Kropilkin, Gwyneth Keyworth as Olga Alekseyevna, Daniel Lapaine as Yakov Petrovich Shalimov, Alex Lawther as Vlass Mikhailich, Adelle Leonce as Yulia Filipovna, Doon Mackichan as Kaleria, Justine Mitchell as Maria Lvovna, Paul Ready as Sergei Vassilich Bassov, Sophie Rundle as Varvara Mikhailovna, Sid Sagar as Kirill Akimovich Dudakov, and Richard Trinder as Pustobaika.

Ivan Ivashkin, Aisha-Mae McCormick, Roisin Rae, Ellie Turner, and Joe Usher will serve as the productions ensemble.

Hastie will be joined in the creative team by set and costume designer Peter McKintosh, lighting designer Paul Pyant, sound designer Alexandra Faye Braithwaite, composer Nicola T. Chang, movement director Thomas Herron, music director Candida Caldicot, casting director Bryony Jarvis-Taylor, voice coaches Shereen Ibrahim and Zoe Littleton, associate set designer Joseph Bisat Marshall, and BSL and staff director Lilac Yosiphon.

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