THE SEAGULL

Adaptation by Mike Poulton after Anton Chekhov

Co-Set Designer and Associate Costume Designer

The Royal Lyceum Edinburgh 2025

Above all else, the visual design is deeply impressive. This production of ‘The Seagull’ is shaped by a beautifully cohesive set (by Colin Richmond and Anna Kelsey) and costuming (by Madeleine Boyd) design that brings the pity, power, and envy of Chekhovov’s complex characters to life. Muted tones are punctuated by bright contrasts that allow character’s juxtapositions with one another to burst from the stage. Beautiful set pieces like Constantine’s beautifully tragic mock-theatre, and a stunning dinner table giving nods to rural Scottish estates move seamlessly into new points in time, and make for gorgeous transitions where lighting subtly mesmerises the audience.

Molly Knox - The Spy in the Stalls ***

Director:  James Brining

Co - Set Designers: Colin Richmond and Anna Kelsey

Costume Designer: Madeleine Boyd

Movement and Intimacy Director: EJ Boyle

Lighting Designer: Lizzie Powell

Composer and Sound Designer: Michael John McCarthy

Photographer: Mihaela Bodlovic