Cate Blanchett has signed on to star in a new stage adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s play The Seagull at the Barbican in London.
The production will mark Blanchett’s first stage appearance in six years.
Blanchett will portray Arkadina in the adaptation, which is also set to star Tom Burke (The Souvenir). The production will run for six weeks from February 2025.
The production will be directed by Thomas Ostermeier who told BBC News of Blanchett’s casting: “I have known and admired Cate for many years, and to see her on stage is always a privilege.”
He added: “I am thrilled that we will make our first artistic collaboration with this production of The Seagull at the Barbican, and that London will experience this once-in-a-generation actress in one of the greatest theatrical roles of Arkadina. I’m also very pleased to be forging a new artistic relationship with Tom Burke, who will play the role of Trigorin.”
Blanchett and Burke recently worked together on Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag. Focus Features has picked up the film and has set it for a March 14, 2025 release.
The high-stakes mystery stars Blanchett and Michael Fassbender alongside Regé-Jean Page, Marisa Abela, Naomie Harris, Burke, and Pierce Brosnan. The producers are Casey Silver and Greg Jacobs. David Koepp wrote the screenplay.
Blanchett will next be seen in Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer, a seven-episode limited series for Apple TV+ The limited series will make its global debut on October 11 with the first two episodes followed by new episodes every Friday through November 15.
Written and directed by Cuarón, Disclaimer is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Renée Knight and follows journalist Catherine Ravenscroft (Blanchett), who built her reputation revealing the misdeeds and transgressions of others. When she receives a novel from an unknown author, she is horrified to realize she is now the main character in a story that exposes her darkest secrets.