One More Seagull

‘Konstantin Gavrilovich shot himself.’

 

With that final gunshot, The Seagull by Anton Chekhov came to an end. Then, the curtain fell and the audience applauded enthusiastically, celebrating the performance of those young actors and actresses, set and costume designers, technicians and producers, who had just graduated from drama school.

 

As Konstantin Gavrilovich, they carried both expectations and anxieties towards their future as artists – would they find themselves in the spotlight at the forefront of new theatre forms or, on the other hand, would their artistic ambitions slowly fade away, fall on the fringes of stage?

 

Twenty years later, Miguel Fragata – one of those young actors – embarks on a journey to discover the fate of his colleagues and to uncover what became of his former classmates. Between the blurred lines of fiction and reality, Miguel tries to piece together their lives, imagining the sequel to the fourth act of Chekhov’s text. One More Seagull now emerges from this territory, where the stories of these artists and characters intertwine long after the curtain falls and the ‘end’ word is written.

available for touring

Upcoming dates

  • 17 January 2026,
    Centro Cultural de Lagos (PT)
  • 31 January 2026,
    Teatro-Cine de Torres Vedras (PT)
  • 7 February 2026,
    Teatro Ribeiro Conceição, Lamego (PT)
  • 13 March 2026,
    Teatro Viriato, Viseu (PT)
  • 27 March 2026,
    Auditório Municipal do Fórum Cultural do Seixal (PT)

Director and Interpretation Miguel Fragata
Text Inês Barahona e Miguel Fragata,
with excerpts from The Seagull, by Anton Chekhov, translated by Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão
Assistant Director Beatriz Brito
Stage Design Fernando Ribeiro
Music Hélder Gonçalves
except Love Will Tear Us Apart (Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Summer), interpreted by
Hélder Gonçalves
Light Design Rui Monteiro
Costumes José António Tenente
Sound Design Nelson Carvalho and Tiago Correia
Technical direction and e Light Operation Luís Silva
Communication Mafalda Guedes Vaz
Executive Production Luna Rebelo e Sofia Bernardo
Production Formiga Atómica
Co-production CCB – Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon, PT), CAAA – Centro para os Assuntos da Arte e Arquitectura (Guimarães, PT), Centro Cultural de Lagos (Lagos, PT), Teatro Municipal Constantino Nery (Matosinhos, PT), Teatro Sá da Bandeira de Santarém (PT), Teatro Ribeiro Conceição (Lamego, PT), RTP – Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (PT), Théâtre du Point du Jour (Lyon, FR)
Partnerships Centro de Estudos de Teatro (CET) da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa (FLUL) (Lisbon, PT), Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espectáculo (ESMAE) / Teatro Helena Sá e Costa (THSC) (Porto, PT), Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência (MUHNAC) -Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, PT)
Acknowledgments Pedro Andrade, Ivo Meco, Anabela Almeida, Catarina Requeijo, João Moreira da Silva, João Sousa, Teresa Gentil, Vasco Barroso