Cate Blanchett and Tom Burke in The Seagull at The Barbican

Chekhov's masterpiece has been adapted by Duncan Macmillan and Thomas Ostermeier, who will also direct the six week run at the London arts centre.

Running in February 2025, there will be more than 100 tickets priced at £20 for every performance - get further details by signing up at www.theseagullplay.co.uk

Tom Burke is perhaps best known for appearing in The Musketeers and playing detective Cormoran Strike while Blanchett has starred in a string of movie hits including Lord of the Rings and Robin Hood.

Cate Blanchett will appear in The Seagull at The Barbican for a six week run from February 2025 (Image: Steven Chee)

She last appeared on the London stage in 2019 at the National Theatre, and has recently completed filming on Steven Soderbergh's Black Bag with Burke.

Ostermeier, who previously directed the West End hit An Enemy of the People with Matt Smith, said: "I have known and admired Cate for many years, and to see her on stage is always a privilege. I am thrilled that we will make our first artistic collaboration with this production of The Seagull at the Barbican, and that London will experience this once in a generation actress in one of the greatest theatrical roles of Arkadina.

"I’m also very pleased to be forging a new artistic relationship with Tom Burke, who will play the role of Trigorin."

Chekhov's play dramatises the unrequited love, and unfulfilled potential of a group of artists who meet at a country estate, including story writer Trigorin played by Burke, and his lover, the famous actress Arkadina played by Blanchett.