Anna Karenina Rehearsals I Production

Delve behind the scenes in the Lyceum rehearsal space to meet the cast and learn about what makes this adaptation so different...
Anna Karenina
13 May 2023 to 3 June 2023
By Lesley Hart after Leo Tolstoy
Directed by Polina Kalinina
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Tolstoy’s masterpiece reimagined for The Lyceum stage. A heartbreaking story of relationships, marriage, and betrayal, Lesley Hart’s boldly theatrical adaptation brings the language bang up to date, while Polina Kalinina’s direction sweeps you up in the breathtaking pace of the story and places no limits on opulence, decadence and, above all, passion.
When her brother’s affair is discovered, Anna Karenina crosses the country by train to help save his marriage. But on her arrival at the station, a charged encounter with a dazzling young cavalry officer sends Anna on a course of action that could destroy her own marriage and tear her life apart.
Meanwhile, rejected by his beloved, Kostya Levin vows never to marry. As Anna opens herself up to love, Kostya tries in vain to shut himself off from it. Kindred spirits, Anna and Kostya are torn between desire and duty, sexual and parental love, self and society - and they won’t live a lie.
In a world of fakery, public shaming and patriarchal oppression, they are compelled to live truly - or not at all.
A Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh and Bristol Old Vic co-production.
Videography: Stuart Armitt
Creative Team
Writer Lesley Hart after Leo Tolstoy
Director Polina Kalinina
Designer Emma Bailey
Casting Directors Simone Pereira Hind & Anna Dawson
Lighting Designer Mark Henderson
Sound Designer Xana
Movement Director Vicki Manderson
Intimacy Director Adelaide Waldrop
Assistant Director Debi Pirie
Company Stage Manager Katy Steele
Deputy Stage Manager Claire Williamson
Assistant Stage Manager Francesca Fenech
Costume Supervisor Sophie Ferguson
Cast
Robert Akodoto Vronsky
Lindsey Campbell Anna Karenina
Tallulah Greive Kitty
Jamie Marie Leary Dolly
Stephen McCole Karenin
Angus Miller Stiva
Ray Sesay Levin
Young Company
Noah Osmani, Robbie Scott, Ayanda Vilakazi Seryozha