"The Cherry Orchard" is perhaps one of Chekhov’s most staged plays. As the last play written by the great Russian author before his premature death, "The Cherry Orchard" was first performed 120 years ago in Moscow, and since then it has been translated into dozens of languages ​​and staged in numerous countries. Chekhov described his text as a comedy, a satire on human nature and destiny. It is in fact the classic story about the illusion of love and the mistakes of youth, about lives wasted in search of an answer to the belated question "what if". You are probably wondering how the story of a noble family and servants from the early 20th century is still relevant in our times or thinking about why you should come to a Chekhov production 120 years after the premiere. Well, because although the story is a classic one, it is precisely the finesse with which Chekhov outlined his characters, the subtlety with which he renders the fragility of human nature, his eye formed by a fine observer of the human spirit that make his texts a poetry that is impossible to reproduce, but so fascinating to discover and rediscover in various interpretations.
The show in Satu Mare is, as the director himself stated, a surprise even for him, because it reinterprets the original text from the perspective of memory, this chimera that lures you, dangerous but also absolutely necessary. A concept that you value only in its absence. Because besides, what would become of us, if it weren’t for memories, in which we would last forever?