Trudie Styler to Star in The Seagull with Her Daughter at Culture Project Master Class

Trudie Styler will star with her daughter Mickey Sumner in a master class of Thomas Kilroy’s adaptation of Chekhov’s The Seagull at Culture Project. Audience members will observe the rehearsal process of director Max Stafford-Clark. In addition to Styler and Sumner, the cast includes Stafford-Clark’s wife Stella Feehily and a cast of Irish and Irish-American actors. The master class will run from April 23 through May 11.

Anton Chekhov’s original 1895 play-within-a-play The Seagull is the story of life in rural Russia during the 19th century. Thomas Kilroy’s adaptation of The Seagull sets the play in Ireland. Following the performance, Stafford-Clark will hold a question and answer session with the audience.

Styler has appeared in A Dish of Tea With Dr. Johnson in the West End. Her film and TV credits include Snatch, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Friends. She is the wife of musician Sting.

Stafford-Clark served as the artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre from 1979 to 1993. He directed Serious Money on Broadway. His other directing credits include Top Girls, A Dish of Tea With Dr. Johnson, Dreams of Violence and The Overwhelming.