Anna Karenina

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A Wick Theatre Company production

Anna Karenina

adapted by

Helen Edmondson

from the Tolstoy classic novel

Directed by Diane Robinson

‘I am very, very good at pretending, at playing the wife and mother.
I will not go on like this anymore.
I am alive and God has made me so that I need to love and live’

Anna is beautiful, wealthy and very admired, but she is empty – until a chance meeting throws her into emotional turmoil and a scandalous affair. Interwoven with this tale of destructive love is the story of Levin, an idealistic man trying to find meaning in life and a self-portrait of Tolstoy himself.

Set against the background of the snow-swept Russian Steppes, Anna Karenina is an epic story of love and loss. From the bustle of a Moscow train station to the swish of a high society ballroom, we are taken on a monumental journey, rich with vibrant characters, packed with stirring events and brimful of heartfelt passion.

This wonderful, very physical adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s classic, with an original score, is a vibrant and very moving study on the nature of love and destiny, of duty and of betrayal. Originally written for Shared Experience, it won the Time Out Award for outstanding Theatrical Event when it was first produced.