Release Date

07 Jul, 2026

Runtime

02:29: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

A summer of pleasure. A storm on the horizon.

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).

Original Title

National Theatre at Home: Summerfolk

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Actors

Rebecca Banatvala

Tomas Barrett

Tamika Bennett

Pip Carter

Peter Forbes

Brandon Grace

Arthur Hughes

Иван Ивашкин

Sam Jenkins-Shaw

Gwyneth Keyworth

Daniel Lapaine

Alex Lawther

Adelle Leonce

Doon Mackichan

Aisha-Mae McCormick

Justine Mitchell

Roisin Rae

Paul Ready

Sophie Rundle

Sid Sagar

Richard Trinder

Crew

Robert Hastie

Nina Raine

Moses Raine

Peter McKintosh

Peter McKintosh

Paul Pyant

Alexandra Faye Braithwaite

Nicola T. Chang

Candida Caldicot

Bryony Jarvis-Taylor

Shereen Ibrahim

Zoe Littleton

Bethan Clark

Thomas Herron