IVANOV

About the show

Nikolai has forgotten how to be happy. Married to the perfect woman with a successful career, he should be heading into mid-life feeling confident and settled. Yet debts pile up, his wife has been ill, and the world feels like it's falling apart. As he tumbles from misstep to faux-pas, Nikolai tries to resuscitate his lust for life. His wife Anna sacrificed everything to marry him — her conservative parents even disowned her because of his political leanings. Something needs to change. Except when change comes it's in the absurd, undignified form life often presents: an affair. Simon Stone brings Chekhov's keenly observed comic drama hurtling into the contemporary world, starring Chris Pine in his London stage debut.