Go behind-the-scenes for A Month in the Country, led by Sophie Okonedo

The Donmar Warehouse has published a behind-the-scenes trailer for A Month in the Country, which is led by Sophie Okonedo.

Lyndsey Turner directs Brian Friel’s adaptation of Ivan Turgenev’s famed play.

Okonedo plays Natalya Petrovna, for the run, which continues to 3 October. A press night is set for 2 September.

She is joined by Thomas Arnold (as Arkady Islayev), Jessica Brindle (Katya), Susan Brown (Anna Islayeva), Rachelle Diedericks (Vera Aleksandrovna), Patrick Gibson (Aleksey Belyayev), Mark Hadfield (Herr Schaaf), Michael Hodgson (Alfanasy Bolshintsov), Jonathan Livingstone (Matvey), Alistair Petrie (Michel Rakitin), Daniel Rigby (Ignaty Shpigelsky), and Amanda Wilkin (Lizaveta Bogdanovna).

The creative team also comprises designer Leslie Travers, sound designer Max Pappenheim, lighting designer Tim Lutkin, movement director and intimacy coordinator Anna Morrissey, composer Angus MacRae and casting director Lotte Hines.