Summerfolk Tickets

About Summerfolk

A summer of pleasure. A storm on the horizon.

It’s 1905, and Russia’s privileged elite retreat to the countryside to swim, sip champagne, and flirt their way through long, golden days. But as they revel in leisure and luxury, Varvara senses that their blissful escape is built on borrowed time.

As the heat intensifies, so too does the unease — and the party begins to unravel in Gorky’s timeless satire on denial, complacency, and impending social change.

Summerfolk marks a major revival of Gorky’s classic play in a bold new adaptation that speaks powerfully to our own turbulent age.

Don’t miss this dazzling and unsettling revival of Summerfolk — a story of indulgence, unrest and the gathering storm.

Summerfolk runs from 6 March – 29 April 2026 at the Olivier Theatre at the National Theatre.

Who is in the cast of Summerfolk?

Rebecca Banatvala as Sasha, Thomas Barrett as Maxim Zimin, Tamika Bennett as Sonya,  Pip Carter as Pavel Sergeyich Ryumin, Peter Forbes as Semyon Semyonich Dvoyetochiye, Brandon Grace as Nikolai Petrovich Zamislov, Arthur Hughesas Pyotr Ivanich Suslov, Sam Jenkins-Shaw as Kropilkin, Gwyneth Keyworth as Olga Alekseyevna, Daniel Lapaine as Yakov Petrovich Shalimov, Alex Lawther as Vlass  Mikhailich, Adelle Leonce as Yulia Filipovna, Doon Mackichan as Kaleria, Justine Mitchell as Maria Lvovna, Paul Ready as Sergei Vassilich Bassov, Sophie Rundle as Varvara Mikhailovna,  Sid Sagar as Kirill Akimovich Dudakov and Richard Trinder as Pustobaika.

With Ivan Ivashkin, Aisha-Mae McCormick, Roisin Rae, Ellie Turner and Joe Usher making up the ensemble.

Who are the creative team of Summerfolk?

• By Maxim Gorky
• Adapted by Nina Raine and Moses Raine
• Directed by Robert Hastie
• Set and costume design by Peter McKintosh
• Lighting design by Paul Pyant
• Sound design by Alexandra Faye Braithwaite
• Composer Nicola T. Chang
• Movement direction by Thomas Herron
• Casting by Bryony Jarvis-Taylor CDG
• Associate set design by Joseph Bisat Marshall
• Staff direction by Lilac Yosiphon