Edinburgh Lyceum's The Seagull cast announced

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Aug 7
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Updated: Oct 15

The full cast has been announced for The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh’s reimagining of Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece The Seagull. A star cast joins Caroline Quentin on The Royal Lyceum Stage including Forbes Masson, Tallulah Greive, John Bett and Irene Allan. Find the full cast details below.

The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh The Seagull cast

Full cast announced for The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh’s reimagining of Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece The Seagull

The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh today announces the full cast for the darkly comic reimagining of Anton Chekhov’s widely loved masterpiece, The Seagull, adapted by Tony and Olivier award-nominated writer Mike Poulton (Fortune’s Fool, Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies, Imperium), and the first production to be directed by the award-winning James Brining since taking up the position as The Royal Lyceum’s artistic director (A Little Night Music, My Fair Lady, Into the Woods, (the fall of) The Master Builder).

Joining beloved stage and screen star Caroline Quentin (The Provoked Wife for Royal Shakespeare Company, Jack Absolute Flies Again for the National Theatre, Men Behaving Badly, The Life of Riley, Jonathan Creek, Strictly Come Dancing and Bridgerton for TV) is a stellar cast of recognisable talent from stage and screen.

Returning once again to The Royal Lyceum Edinburgh stage after a successful run of Gary McNair’s Jekyll and Hyde, is the renowned Forbes Masson (Only Child (BBC); The Crown (Netflix); The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing (Jamie Lloyd Productions at Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Farm Hall (Haymarket/Theatre Royal Bath/Jermyn Street) as Dr Dorn. Forbes Masson is an Associate Artist with RSC and NTS.

Also returning to the Edinburgh stage is Tallulah Greive (Anna Karenina (The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh); Coram Boy (Chichester Festival Theatre/Lowry); Boarders (Studio Lambert); My Lady Jane (Amazon Prime); Cinderella (Sony Films); Our Ladies (Sony/Sigma) as Masha.

Also announced are John Bett (Two Gentlemen of Verona, Cinderella, Accidental Death of an Anarchist (The Royal Lyceum Edinburgh); The Dock Brief (Rapture) A Woman Of No Importance (National Tour) Television credits include River City, Traces, Father Brown, Scotch and Wry (BBC) as Sorin.

Kristian Lustre (3 Winters, After Life, The Seagull (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), King Lear (Performing Arts Studio Scotland) as Yakov and Michael Dylan (Doubt (Dundee Rep Theatre); WILF (Traverse Theatre); Donny's Brain (Traverse); Outlander (Starz/ Lionsgate Plus); Shetland (BBC) as Medvendenko.

Lorn Macdonald (Dinosaur, What It Feels Like for a Girl, Outlander; Shetland,(BBC); BEATS) as Konstantin.

Steven McNicoll (Laurel and Hardy (The Royal Lyceum); Molly and Mack (CBeebies); The Nest (BBC) as Shamrayev.

Irene Allan (I’m Dissolving My Love In a Bath of Acid, The Tale of Typhoid MaryI (Play, Pie and a Pint); Naked And Unashamed (Pitlochry Festival Theatre); WILF (Traverse Theatre) as Polina and Harmony Rose-Bremner (The Years (Almeida Theatre); Fifteen-Love (World Productions / Amazon series), Hamnet (Royal Shakespeare Company) as Nina.

Dyfan Dwyfor (As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, Comedy of Errors, Hamlet, Ahasverus, Little Eagles and The Drunks for the RSC; Men Up, Steeltown Murders, Outlander, Annika, A Very English Scandal, Bang for Television) as Trigorin.

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About Edinburgh Lyceum's The Seagull

Caroline Quentin in The Seagull, Edinburgh Lyceum

Caroline Quentin takes on the pivotal role of Arkadina, a once-celebrated actress who dominates every room she enters.

Her son, the tormented young playwright Konstantin, yearns to escape her shadow, revolutionise theatre, and win the heart of Nina - a luminous young woman with dreams of the stage. But when Nina’s gaze turns to Arkadina’s lover, the celebrated writer Trigorin, egos and passions collide with truly devastating consequences.

The Seagull blends sharp-edged comedy and emotionally rich drama into a timeless story of vanity, creative hunger, and the cost of dreams.