Ivanov Tickets at the Bridge Theatre
Ivanov was due to play the Bridge Theatre, beside Tower Bridge, from 27 July to 16 October 2027, with Chris Pine as Nikolai Ivanov in his London stage debut. In September 2026 the production stopped selling tickets, and no new dates or theatre have been announced, so there is nothing to book yet.
Ages 12 and up
A play at the Bridge Theatre, near London BridgeBooking to 16 October 2027
Why Isn't Ivanov on Sale?
Trafalgar Entertainment bought the Bridge Theatre in 2026. In September the production stopped selling tickets for its summer 2027 run, and Trafalgar said it is looking at other ways to present the show. Nothing more has been announced since: no reason, no new theatre and no new dates.
It is the second time the dates have moved. Ivanov was first announced for summer 2026 and was put back a year in February 2026, because of scheduling problems with Chris Pine.
Bought tickets already? The Bridge will be in touch with ticket holders about their bookings.
Who's Ivanov For?
Anyone who wants to see a film star on stage. Chris Pine has not acted on a London stage before.
Anyone who saw The Oresteia or The Lady from the Sea at the Bridge. Simon Stone directed both.
Anyone drawn to a play about burnout. Chekhov wrote Ivanov in 1887 as a man who cannot explain why nothing appeals to him any more.
Not for you if you want period Chekhov. This is a new text in a modern setting.
What's Ivanov About?
Nikolai Ivanov is in his thirties, deep in debt, and married to Anna, who left her family and her religion behind for him and is now seriously ill. He has everything he is supposed to want and no appetite for any of it, and he cannot say why. Most evenings he is out at the Lebedevs' rather than at home, and he falls into an affair with a much younger woman.
Ivanov was Chekhov's first full-length play, written in 1887, and it sits outside the four he is known for: The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. You do not need to have read it, and reading it will not tell you where this version goes.
About Simon Stone's Ivanov
Simon Stone works almost entirely on classical texts and rewrites rather than translates them, as he did with Yerma at the Young Vic and with Medea and Phaedra. Chekhov's plot and characters survive; the period does not.
Most of his Lady from the Sea team is back with him: Lizzie Clachan on set, Mel Page on costume, Stefan Gregory on composition and sound, Nick Schlieper on lighting.
On casting Chris Pine, Stone said: "After admiring Chris from afar for a long time it was a delight to discover that not only is he a thespian from way back but he's uniquely sensitive and brilliantly intelligent too."
Hear First When Ivanov Returns
Wherever and whenever it plays, we will email you the moment tickets are on sale.
FAQs
Not officially. Sales are paused while the theatre's new owner works out what to do with it.
It was due at the Bridge Theatre, 3 Potters Fields Park, beside Tower Bridge. No other theatre has been confirmed.
A landowner in his thirties with a good marriage, a successful career and a mountain of debt, who has lost all appetite for living. His wife is seriously ill, he cannot bear to stay at home, and he starts an affair with a much younger woman.
A rewrite. Simon Stone writes his own text after Chekhov and sets it in the present day, keeping the plot and the people.
No. Ivanov is staged far less often than the four plays Chekhov is known for, and reading it beforehand will not tell you where this version goes.
It was his first full-length one, and it is not one of the four he is known for. Those are The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard.
Chris Pine plays the title role. He is the only actor announced so far.
Tickets
Ivanov is not on sale at the moment. When it is, our pricing is all-in, so the price you see is what you pay. For anything else, ring us on 020 7193 9050.
Seating plan
Dates & tickets
Where Ivanov Was Due to Play
The run was planned for the Bridge Theatre, at 3 Potters Fields Park, London SE1 2SG, on the river between Tower Bridge and City Hall. London Bridge station is a ten minute walk. The building, its bars and how to get there are in our Bridge Theatre guide.
Address
3 Potters Fields Park, London SE1 2SG
Nearest Tube
London Bridge
Ivanov Cast
Chris Pine plays Nikolai Ivanov. The rest of the company has not been announced. Casting is by Jessica Ronane CDG.
Chris Pine trained at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, after a year at the University of Leeds. He played The Atheist in New York in 2006 and Fat Pig at the Geffen Playhouse, did two seasons at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle award for lead performance in The Lieutenant of Inishmore at the Mark Taper Forum in 2010. All of that was in America. Ivanov would be his first stage role in London.
On screen he is the Star Trek reboot trilogy, Wonder Woman, Hell or High Water, Don't Worry Darling, and Poolman, which he also directed.
Creative team
Written and directed by Simon Stone, after Anton Chekhov. Produced by Wouter van Ransbeek. Set by Lizzie Clachan. Costume by Mel Page. Composition and sound by Stefan Gregory. Lighting by Nick Schlieper. Casting by Jessica Ronane CDG.
Clachan, Page, Gregory and Schlieper all worked on The Lady from the Sea with Stone at the Bridge.
Ivanov Reviews
Ivanov has not been performed, so there are no reviews. Any rating you find for Ivanov now belongs to a different production.
Simon Stone's first production at the Bridge split the national critics. The Lady from the Sea took four stars from the Guardian and two from the Independent, and the two were arguing about the same thing: how far he moves a play from the one it started as. Expect Ivanov to be judged on that as well.