HER STAGE FESTIVAL: Three Sisters

THREE SISTERS

ADAPTATION OF ANTON CHEKHOV

A bold modern adaptation of Chekhov’s classic play, reimagined through female voices, memory and inner resistance.

At the edge of time, in the last fragile years of the Russian Empire, three sisters dream of Moscow as if it were a promised land. Around them, history is quietly preparing its storms: revolutions, war, collapse. But before the world breaks, their own lives begin to break first — through waiting, lost love, family duty, and choices they are never fully allowed to make...

More than a century later, their longing still feels painfully familiar. In times of global change, women’s lives often become especially vulnerable — caught between private dreams, social expectations, instability, and the lack of real choices.

Told by four actresses, Three Sisters places the female characters at the centre of the stage — their dreams, hopes, disappointments and invisible inner battles.

This adaptation opens Chekhov’s world through a contemporary female gaze — intimate, emotional and visually symbolic.

A story of waiting.
Of choices not made.
Of dreams that keep people alive.

Presented as part of HER STAGE Summer Festival.

Dates: 5 & 6 August 2026
Venue: Theatre De SLOOT — Main Hall, Amsterdam

Concept and direction: Juliana Berezhnaya
Performed by TEATR FORMA actresses: Eleonora Shafran, Anna Hulchenko, Elina Timashevskaia, Julia Hlavacova
Duration: 90 minutes
Language: Russian with English surtitles
Age: 16+