National Theatre at Home: Summerfolk (2026)

A scorching, sun-drenched summer in 1905 finds Russia’s upper class escaping to lavish country estates, where days dissolve into champagne, flirtations, and lazy swims. When pleasure is this intoxicating, why worry about anything else? Yet Varvara can’t escape the creeping dread that their gilded holiday is a fleeting illusion. As the revelry rages on, how long can they block out the gathering storm? Deputy Artistic Director Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky's Edge) brings Maxim Gorky’s scathing exploration of class, luxury, and willful blindness to life in a sharp new adaptation by Nina Raine (Consent) and Moses Raine (Donkey Heart), returning for a 2026 revival.