The Cherry Orchard

John Byrne's The Cherry Orchard

With another brilliant piece of work, John Byrne shows (again!) exactly why he is so renowned on the Scottish arts scene.

Byrne (The Slab Boys, Tutti Frutti), crafted an exceptional version of Uncle Vanya (reworked and retitled as Uncle Varick) for the Lyceum a few years back. His love affair with Chekhov now resumes with this brand new adaptation of the Russian master’s classic political comedy The Cherry Orchard.

Relocated to northern Scotland in the late 1970s, Byrne’s retelling nonetheless retains the central story of a once-grand family brought low by the changes of time and tide.

The Ramsey-Mackays are not used to struggle, but as their debts mount and the vultures begin to circle, they must face losing their ancestral home and the cherry orchard that goes with it.

An up-and-coming young investor, Malky McCraken, is sniffing around and determined to make his name in business. But while his main target is the family estate, the charms of the family’s adopted daughter Mhairi may yet be enough to distract him...

Director Tony Cownie (Copenhagen, Mary Rose, Vanity Fair) brings his expert comic touch to this new play from one of Scotland’s finest writers.

Visit www.lyceum.org.uk/cherry to find out more.

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