Chekhov's First Play reviews
![Chekhov's First Play [Dead Centre]. Photograph by Adam Trigg.](https://www.everymanplayhouse.com/sites/default/files/styles/homepage_first_220x380/public/Chekhov%27s%20First%20Play%2C%20Dead%20Centre%2C%20PHOTOCREDIT%20ADAM%20TRIGG%20CFP_BAC-060%20%28Small%29.jpg?itok=g-t-4jVw "Chekhov's First Play [Dead Centre]. Photograph by Adam Trigg.")
★★★★★
“Dead Centre's astute, perceptive and funny dismantling of Chekhov and of theatre”
The Stage
![Chekhov's First Play [Dead Centre]. Photograph by Adam Trigg.](https://www.everymanplayhouse.com/sites/default/files/styles/homepage_first_220x380/public/Chekhov%27s%20First%20Play%2C%20Dead%20Centre%2C%20PHOTOCREDIT%20ADAM%20TRIGG%20CFP_BAC-085%20%28Small%29.jpg?itok=oe4dD0BH "Chekhov's First Play [Dead Centre]. Photograph by Adam Trigg.")
★★★★
“A dazzlingly strange reworking of Chekhov”
Time Out
![Chekhov's First Play [Dead Centre]. Photograph by Adam Trigg.](https://www.everymanplayhouse.com/sites/default/files/styles/homepage_first_220x380/public/Chekhov%27s%20First%20Play%2C%20Dead%20Centre%2C%20PHOTOCREDIT%20ADAM%20TRIGG%20CFP_BAC-010%20%28Small%29.jpg?itok=8iUpgboO "Chekhov's First Play [Dead Centre]. Photograph by Adam Trigg.")
★★★★
“Witty, inventive and original”
The Telegraph
"An essay on Chekhov, theatre and life. Deeply moving”
Süddeutsche Zeitung
![Chekhov's First Play [Dead Centre]. Photograph by Adam Trigg.](https://www.everymanplayhouse.com/sites/default/files/styles/homepage_first_220x380/public/Chekhov%27s%20First%20Play%2C%20Dead%20Centre%2C%20PHOTOCREDIT%20ADAM%20TRIGG%20CFP_BAC-044%20%28Small%29.jpg?itok=HL-sUOzd "Chekhov's First Play [Dead Centre]. Photograph by Adam Trigg.")
“A brilliant endeavour. Riveting to watch”
Irish Times
![Chekhov's First Play [Dead Centre]. Photograph by Adam Trigg.](https://www.everymanplayhouse.com/sites/default/files/styles/homepage_first_220x380/public/Chekhov%27s%20First%20Play%2C%20Dead%20Centre%2C%20PHOTOCREDIT%20ADAM%20TRIGG%20CFP_BAC-036%20%28Small%29.jpg?itok=pH3A7O1G "Chekhov's First Play [Dead Centre]. Photograph by Adam Trigg.")
“An iconoclastic and joyful version of Platonov. Returns us to the essence of theatre”
Le Monde
![Chekhov's First Play [Dead Centre]. Photograph by Adam Trigg.](https://www.everymanplayhouse.com/sites/default/files/styles/homepage_first_220x380/public/Chekhov%27s%20First%20Play%2C%20Dead%20Centre%2C%20PHOTOCREDIT%20ADAM%20TRIGG%20CFP_BAC-079%20%28Small%29.jpg?itok=HkGWMuYF "Chekhov's First Play [Dead Centre]. Photograph by Adam Trigg.")
“Compelling. Gets to the heart of Chekhov without looking or sounding remotely like him”
Financial Times
![Chekhov's First Play [Dead Centre]. Photograph by Adam Trigg.](https://www.everymanplayhouse.com/sites/default/files/styles/homepage_first_220x380/public/Chekhov%27s%20First%20Play%2C%20Dead%20Centre%2C%20PHOTOCREDIT%20ADAM%20TRIGG%20CFP_BAC-056%20%28Small%29.jpg?itok=5o1tF2-A "Chekhov's First Play [Dead Centre]. Photograph by Adam Trigg.")
Chekhov's First Play is at the Playhouse, Wed 8 May to Sat 11 May
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