Chris pineand makes his london stage debut in this bold new production. Nikolai has forgotten how to be happy. Or was he ever? Is it just burnout? Heaposs married to the perfect woman, heaposs had a successful career he should be heading into mid life feeling confident and settled. Sure, thereaposs some debts piling up, and his wife has been laid low with unexplained illnesses recently but theyaposve jumped bigger hurdles before. What exactly is gnawing at him? Why does the world feel like itaposs falling apart? Maybe he just needs to shake it off. Thereaposs a party at the lebedevs tonight! Can nikolai save his marriage, his will to live, and his career all at once? Or was it always destined to go tits up? Simon stoneand brings chekhovaposs keenly observed comic drama hurtling into the contemporary world, joined by the same creative team that brought the fantastically original, gripping and magnificentandrdquo the guardian the lady from the sea to life.