Aurélie Van Den Daele Stages Chekhov's 'The Cherry Orchard' at La Tempête

Director Aurélie Van Den Daele, a regular at the Cartoucherie, stages Anton Chekhov's final play 'The Cherry Orchard' (published 1904) at La Tempête. The production aims to explore themes of memory, class struggle, and societal upheaval through a contemporary lens. Van Den Daele assembles a cast of ten actors to portray characters like the former serf Lopakhin and the grieving, debt-ridden Lioubov. The staging seeks to break the fourth wall, inviting the audience into a ritual celebration that blurs inside and outside. The play questions whether one must liquidate the past (the cherry orchard) to build a new future. The production is set for spring, with performances at La Tempête.