The council should provide stables for horses and fix up the house
says People Before Profit Councillor Hazel de Nortúin
at the end of a short pebbledash terrace in Cherry Orchard
there were brown metal shutters over the windows and doors
But also four trailers in the front garden
In the back garden – visible through a gap in the gate – are horse’s stables
Dublin City Council owns the house, <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25246543-dublin-city-council-owner?ref=dublininquirer.com">show</a> property records. It has done since August 2018, <a href="https://www.propertypriceregister.ie/website/npsra/ppr/npsra-ppr.nsf/eStampUNID/UNID-200149ABE2F52523802582B200477DB7?OpenDocument=&ref=dublininquirer.com">and paid</a> €138,000 for it
Council managers know it’s now used as a stables
Dublin City Council should provide stables for horse owners
and renovate and re-let all of the many vacant homes in the area
“The amount of families in need of housing is crazy.”
Dublin City Council hasn’t responded to queries sent on Monday afternoon
asking what it has done to try to regain possession of the house or why it isn’t allocated to a family on the housing list
In November 2023, de Nortúin counted 35 vacant council-owned homes in Cherry Orchard and <a href="https://www.dublininquirer.com/why-are-there-so-many-boarded-up-council-houses-in-cherry-orchard/">pushed the council for an explanation</a>
Six houses in Cherry Orchard have been burned out since the start of 2022
The Department of Housing hasn’t responded to queries sent Friday
asking whether there have been changes to funding that have affected the turnaround times for vacant homes
The department funds some refurbishment of vacant social homes under its Voids Programme
But a council can’t claim back under that stream more than €11,000 on average for each of the homes it’s done up, <a href="https://www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=2023-11-14a.643&ref=dublininquirer.com">according to</a> Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien
That affects an area like Cherry Orchard more than others
he thought the dereliction and vacancy was worse than ever before
“On every second road there is an empty house,” he says
“The amount of empty properties in Cherry Orchard is unacceptable,” says Doolan
He and de Nortúin say they are contacted regularly by people on the housing list
asking why they aren’t allocating specific boarded-up homes
in overcrowded situations and in homeless accommodation
It’s also very frustrating for neighbours as it makes the area feel less safe
“It’s the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory?ref=dublininquirer.com">broken window theory</a>,” he says
referring to the idea that fixing small things contributes to an overall feeling of safety
while failing to do so contributes to disorder and encourages crime
Vacant homes in Cherry Orchard “attract negative behaviour
“There is a tradition of urban horse ownership,” she says
and the council should accommodate that need
But not in a council house which should be allocated to a family
A piece of land has been identified for stables in the Cherry Orchard Local Area Plan
Dublin City Council reports do lay out plans for  31 Croftwood Drive
The council is procuring a design team as it plans to refurbish the home and build another home in the side garden, <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25246593-report-no-1392024-of-the-aassistant-chief-executive-f-darcy-social-housing-supply-and-deliv?ref=dublininquirer.com">says a July</a> housing update
The project got planning approval in March 2022
says that one of the problems in Cherry Orchard is that some of the houses have been fire-damaged or deliberately vandalised
It means they cost more than average to refurbish
“There is no money for that because it is too expensive
it doesn’t fit the average spend on voids.”
“[Minister for Housing and Fianna Fáil TD] Darragh O’Brien is standing up saying that money is not a problem
but they won’t fund some of the projects,” she says
Indeed, the two homes at Croftwood Drive are listed as a “regeneration” project, <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25246598-housing-regeneration-list?ref=dublininquirer.com">in another</a> council report
suggesting that renovation of the vacant boarded-up property will be paid for through a different funding stream than the voids programme
There are other complicated situations too
Council staff might struggle to decide what to do when a victim of domestic violence abandons a property
because the tenant might hope to return later
But a house left empty too long can become a site for illegal dumping and get run-down
we have to find solutions to these cases.”
“One of the reasons that it takes so long to turn it around is that there is only one contractor for the area.”
The council can only contract builders it has approved
says the solution to that problem is for the council to employ its own builders including skilled tradespeople directly
“Then we can decide where to deploy them,” he says
“Cherry Orchard needs to be targeted as a matter of urgency.”
builders would want to work for the council because it would be permanent and pensionable employment
of a council home in Cherry Orchard that has been vacant for six years
In 2023, it took the council an average of 25.8 weeks to turn around a vacant home. according to a response <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25246017-public-reports-pack-07102024-1815-monthly-council-meeting-4?ref=dublininquirer.com">issued to</a> People Before Profit Councillor Conor Reddy earlier this month
That was an increase on the previous year when it took an average of 21.4 weeks
By contrast, councils in the United Kingdom took four weeks on average in 2019 to re-let an empty social home, <a href="https://www.housingagency.ie/sites/default/files/2024-08/Policy%20Insight%20Issue%203%20Asset%20Management%20Final.pdf?ref=dublininquirer.com">says a</a> Housing Agency report
In November 2023, Robert Buckle, a senior engineer with the council, <a href="https://www.dublininquirer.com/why-are-there-so-many-boarded-up-council-houses-in-cherry-orchard/">said at a</a> meeting that – at about €11,000 a home –  the Department of Housing’s contribution toward voids covered only about a quarter of the costs of the work
said his department’s emphasis was on minimal refurbishment works
It was also moving from reactive and voids-focused maintenance of social homes to more ongoing planning maintenance, <a href="https://www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=2023-11-14a.643&ref=dublininquirer.com">he said.</a>
working off the idea that councils should do more regular maintenance while homes are occupied – and if they do
they shouldn’t have to spend loads renovating between lettings
The Department of Housing didn’t respond to a query sent Monday asking what funding is still available
for council homes that do require major refurbishment between lettings
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AN BORD PLEANÁLA has granted planning permission for 708 cost rental and social homes at Cherry Orchard in Dublin 10
with construction set to begin by the end of next year
Dublin City Council and the Land Development Agency (LDA) have welcomed the news
head of property at the LDA saying the new development “will help to create a vibrant new community and add significantly to the existing community in the area”
“We now look forward to getting construction underway on what will be a high-quality housing development on land that was previously underutilised.”
who is the director of housing delivery in Dublin City Council acknowledged the support of local councillors for this scheme
“which will now deliver high-quality housing and amenities in an area that we have identified as suitable for future growth.”
The plans will allow for the construction of 547 cost rental and 161 social housing homes at Cherry Orchard Point
The development is a joint LDA and DCC project on 13 hectares of land owned by the Council
It will include both housing and commercial units and represents “Phase 1” of a wider scheme to build more than 1,100 homes in the area
internal and external community and cultural spaces
The buildings will include 28 studio apartments
The LDA will now set about making more detailed designs and hiring a main contractor
An Bord Pleanála said it would “positively contribute to compact growth and would make efficient use of an appropriately zoned greenfield/brownfield site within the urban area of Dublin City.”
It said the development would also “positively contribute to an increase in housing stock and commercial/retail floorspace”
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Families protesting outside Cherry Orchard hospital earlier this year
A group representing families of residents at Cherry Orchard Hospital has written to the Government and the HSE demanding an independent investigation into the process behind the relocation of elderly residents
68 residents and their families were told they would be moved temporarily to allow essential structural work to be carried out on the building
a HIQA inspection discovered that the floors of the unit were weakening and there was concern that residents could be injured if a floor collapsed
A subsequent fire risk assessment found residents were at great risk and a decision was taken by the HSE in late 2023 to move 68 residents in the Willow and Sycamore units to accommodation off campus
The HSE made a U-turn on that decision at the end of May this year
by which point 33 residents had been moved
19 other families had been bereaved in the intervening period since last November
Families of the residents who remained in Cherry Orchard Hospital were “delighted” by the news
but are now calling for an inquiry into how the whole process was handled
The families wrote a letter to Bernard Gloster
Minister of State at the Department of Health (Mental Health and Older People) demanding an investigation and apology
whose 96-year-old grandfather is one of the residents in Cherry Orchard
described the process as “wholly inappropriate
“We stand together with the bereaved families of Cherry Orchard Hospital
Our experience demonstrates the dangers associated with a forced move
especially for those with dementia,” she said
“We believe the assisted decision making capacity act was not adhered to from the outset
we request a full apology for all families.”
Advocacy group Care Champions has been supporting families since they got notice that residents would be moved
A spokesperson for the group said the state has “failed in its duty to uphold the human rights of these individuals
treating them as medical cases rather than people with the right to choose where they live”
“The investigation must prioritise examination of the processes used through a human rights lens,” they added
“It must examine the detrimental impact of transfer trauma
It further highlights the urgent need for an ombudsman for older persons and safeguarding legislation
“It’s not enough to say lessons were learned when the same processes are used time and again in other locations
leaving residents to pay the human cost of failed government policies.”
Care Champions also emphasised the urgency of such an inquiry “not just for Cherry Orchard families
but for the benefit of all older people in Ireland”
They added that lessons learned are meaningless if similar mistakes are repeated
independent investigation led by a three-person panel
including a geriatric specialist and a safeguarding expert
The investigation’s Terms of Reference should be co-developed with the families
and the final report must be made public in its entirety
Key areas of focus suggested by the group include “historical details and expert reports concerning the flooring issues that prompted the move”
The investigation should also examine communication practices used to inform residents and families
especially regarding the very short relocation timeframe of 12 days
The HSE and Department of Health have been contacted for comment
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Cherry Orchard Hospital celebrated the grand opening of O’Dea’s Social Club
an innovative space designed to enhance the quality of life and social engagement of residents
The ribbon-cutting ceremony was officiated by Trevor O’Callaghan
IHA Manager for Dublin South City and West and Loraine Kennedy
Head of Service for Older Persons services (HSE Dublin and Midlands)
Catering Manager and the driving force behind the project
Senior Medical Officer at Cherry Orchard Hospital
came from her vision of recreating successful residential social models from the UK
Inspired by the comfort and joy that residents experienced in pub-like settings in the UK
Louise worked tirelessly to bring this idea to life at Cherry Orchard Hospital
This interactive social club setting is based on a model that has proved successful in the UK aimed at creating a greater sense of well-being and independence
Louise worked tirelessly to bring this idea to life through the refurbishing of an existing activity space on the Cherry Orchard Hospital campus which is in a separate area from the main older person’s residential area
This ensures that residents feel they are entering a fresh and safe social environment
maintenance lead at Cherry Orchard hospital
commented on the contribution of the maintenance department and the contractors
“When this project was brought to my attention it was clear that there were many potential benefits for the residents here in Cherry Orchard
The maintenance department was delighted to be involved and happy to assist in any way that we could
I would like to sincerely acknowledge the contribution made by our maintenance staff and the contractors who kindly and willingly donated the materials
equipment and time needed to achieve this result
“There are many bespoke features that had to be crafted from scratch
and we appreciate the time and effort that everyone involved has put in.”
Catering Manager at Cherry Orchard Hospital spoke about the driving force behind the project
“Having worked with older people with dementia for many years now
socialising in a space outside of the Community Nursing Unit
“This sense of connection inspired me to introduce this initiative and create this social space for our residents and their families.”
a long-time advocate for older persons’ services at Cherry Orchard Hospital
the club stands as a tribute to his years of dedicated care
“This club is more than just a venue – it is a celebration of the incredible resilience and spirit of our residents
O’Dea’s Social Club is open not only to Cherry Orchard Hospital residents but also offered out to residents of other HSE Community Nursing Units across the South Dublin area 
This enables broader access to this unique social experience
The project exemplifies the HSE commitment to improving the lives of older persons through innovative and person-centred care
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Beloved husband of Pauline and loving father of Yvonne
Eugene will be very sadly missed by his wife
brothers Brian and Gregory and sister Marilyn
Ballyfermot Monday 18th of November from 2-4pm
Removal on Tuesday morning the 19th of November to the Church of The Most Holy Sacrament
Cherry Orchard arriving for Funeral Mass at 11am followed by commital service in Staffords Funeral Home
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Garda&iacute; in Ballyfermot are appealing for witnesses after a house fire on Cherry Orchard Avenue yesterday
Garda&iacute; from the Clondalkin Community Engagement Area responded to a report of a fire at the property
were rescued from the house and treated in hospital for smoke inhalation
The fire is being treated as arson and is under investigation by members of the Crime South Unit based at Clondalkin Station
A full forensic and technical examination of the scene has been completed
Garda&iacute; are appealing to anyone with information relating to this incident to come forward
they&#39;d like to speak to anyone who was in the vicinity of Cherry Orchard Avenue at the time of the incident
Anyone with video footage is asked to make this available to Garda&iacute;
surrounded by her loving family and in the wonderful care of the staff in both Beaumont Hospital and St
Beloved partner of Michael and loving mother of Kirsty
Lisa will be very sadly missed by her partner
Lisa will be reposing at Staffords Funeral Home
Ballyfermot on Wednesday afternoon 27th of November from 2pm to 5pm
Cremation service will take place on Thursday the 28th of November at 2:30pm in Newlands Cross crematorium
The Crematorium Service will be streamed live via the following link
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were rescued from a house fire in Dublin overnight which is being treated as arson
The occupants of the house on Cherry Orchard Avenue in Ballyfermot were treated in hospital for smoke inhalation
Gardaí from the Clondalkin Community Engagement Area responded to a report of the fire at about 4.35am
The fire is being treated as arson and is under investigation by Crime South Unit based at Clondalkin Station
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Gardaí have urged anyone who was in the vicinity of Cherry Orchard Avenue at the time of the incident
including road users and pedestrians to contact gardaí
Sinn Féin councillor Daithí Doolan said said the attack on a family home was “totally wrong and totally unacceptable”
"This was an attack on the whole community
Those involved in this attack need to be caught and face the consequences of their actions
"I want to wish those injured in this terrible attack a full and speedy recovery
"Everyone needs to feel safe in their home
We cannot and will not allow the criminals win."
"I would appeal to a anyone with any information to please contact the Gardaí confidential line
"The Minister for Justice must ensure the Gardaí have adequate resources and personnel⁩ to thoroughly investigate this attack and bring the perpetrators to justice "
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O’KEEFFE, Angela (Angie) late of Elmdale Park, Cherry Orchard, Dublin 10 and Comfort Keepers, (Care for All), 20th September 2024, beloved mother of Paul, Tracy, Sean, Katelyn and Holly. Sadly missed by her loving sons and daughters and their Dad Johnny, brothers, sisters, grandsons Kyle, Cian, Riley and Elijah, her adopted children, extended family and friends.
The family request that people attending the funeral to wear colourful clothing to reflect Angie's personality, thank you.
(Cherry Orchard and formerly of Ballyfermot)
(Peacefully) after a short illness surrounded by his loving family in the wonderful care of the staff at Our Lady’s Hospice
Pre deceased by his parents Patrick and Bridget and brother Noel
Steo will be very sadly missed by his loving wife and soulmate Lisa
his heartbroken children Nicole and Jordan
his adored granddaughters Millie and Lacey
Ballyfermot on Monday 25th November for family and close friends only
 Removal on Tuesday morning to the Our Lady of The Assumption Church
Ballyfermot arriving for Funeral Mass at 11am followed by Burial in at Newlands Cross Cemetery
The Funeral Mass will be streamed live on Tuesday at 11am via the following link
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The cherry orchards along the east shore of Flathead Lake
contrasting sharply with the previous year's challenges
a severe January freeze led to a near-total crop failure for local cherry growers
owner of Buena Vista Orchard and board member of the Flathead Cherry Growers' Co-op
"There are buds all over the place." The unique climate around Flathead Lake
where the lake acts as a "heat sink," typically provides more stable temperatures for cherry growth
last year's extreme freeze disrupted this pattern
resulting in a drastic reduction in Johnson's yield to just 3,000 pounds
a field representative for Monson Fruit Company
commented on the weather conditions this year
"This year our winter was a little more normal and we didn't have the severe drop in temperature
as long as there is not an abrupt change."
Monson Fruit Company plays a crucial role in processing and marketing the cherries from the Flathead Cherry Growers' Co-op
The company collects 80% of the co-op's harvests
which are then sold both domestically and internationally
A new challenge for the growers this year involves navigating the impact of elevated tariffs imposed during President Donald Trump's administration
which have affected international trade dynamics
"I can't foresee how [tariffs] would help us," highlighting concerns about the tariffs' impact on sales to Canada and Mexico
The cherry harvest is expected to peak from late July into August
with orchardists preparing for a more robust season compared to the previous year
Campbell noted that last year's lack of cherries led to reduced customer visits
but this year the orchards anticipate a more active market
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CHERRY tree fans are bound to fall in love with this Medieval English town home to the world&#x27;s largest orchard
As Sakura season blossoms, more than 350,000 tourists flock to one historic UK destination, located in the <a href="https://www.thesun.ie/where/north-east/">North East,</a> each year
Alnwick&#x27;s world-famous gardens is home to a bountiful 328-strong <a href="https://www.thesun.ie/travel/10747000/kyoto-hiroshima-more-to-japan-than-tokyo/">cherry orchard</a>
The <a href="https://www.thesun.ie/where/northumberland/">Northumberland </a>castle&#x27;s display gives those of Mount Fuji and Tokyo
the gardens are washed with a sea of white as the dainty cherry tree leaves unravel
The orchard&#x27;s type of Taihaku cherry tree
is renowned for its snow-coloured flowers that can grow up to 6cm in width
What many visitors may not realise is the strange history behind Taihuka cherry trees, which had sadly become extinct in Japan.
They were reintroduced by a fellow called Captain Collingwood Ingram.
He spotted the species in a Sussex garden, which had previously been imported from Japan.
and to this day every Taihuka cherry tree in the world is related to the one from that Sussex garden
And admiring cherry trees actually has it&#x27;s own term which stems from a Japanese tradition called Hanami
The best way to do this is to gather friends or family and (if it&#x27;s allowed) have a picnic under the cream-coloured cherry branches
Part of the cherry tree&#x27;s appeal is that they only blossom for up to two weeks
The optimum time to capture their beauty is during the end of April and the beginning of May - although this time differs depending on the weather
Alnwick Garden&#x27;s has their own live webcam which covers to trees so people can witness the blossoms from home
It&#x27;s also worth keeping an eye on their social media as they make an official announcement when the flowers reach full bloom
<a href="https://www.thesun.ie/travel/10772366/lilidorei-alnwick-northumberland-holiday-park/">The Alnwick Garden </a>was made in the 1750s and redeveloped a century later
In 1996 the<a href="https://www.thesun.ie/travel/9442829/play-structure-biggest-world-lilidorei-christmas/"> Duchess of Northumberland Jane Percy</a> saw potential in the abandoned grounds and kick-started its re-birth
the 12-acre plot was opened to the public and over time the cherry orchard was planted
entrance to The Alnwick Garden starts from £16.50 and is free for up to 4 children (per adult)
tickets cost £18.50 for adults and are still free for up to 4 children (per adult)
There are plenty of other things to appreciate about the garden
The <a href="https://www.thesun.ie/travel/6741301/creepy-uk-tourist-attractions-ghosts-haunted-deaths/">infamous Poison Garden</a> contains some of the world&#x27;s most toxic plants
Visit at your own risk as guests have occasionally been known to faint while walking around the plot
The Alnwick Garden&#x27;s Grand Cascade is a magnificent fountain that stretches across the park and it is also worth visiting the otherworldly bamboo labyrinth
Alnwick has much more to offer alongside the record-breaking spring blossoms
The small <a href="https://www.thesun.ie/where/northumberland/">Northumberland </a>market town has quaint cobbled streets and historical landmarks
<a href="https://www.thesun.ie/news/10290846/where-is-alnwick-castle-and-was-harry-potter-filmed-there/">Alnwick Castle</a> - a monolithic 11th-century building - is also famous for being the set of Harry Potter and Downton Abbey
Children can even attend Broomstick training sessions where Harry took his first flying lesson in the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher&#x27;s Stone
The cherry tree orchard is also not the only world record-breaker in Alnwick
Beside The Alwnick Garden is the world&#x27;s largest wooden tree house
Held up by 16 trees this unique build has been the host of numerous weddings and events
One particular highlight is the magical Tree House Restaurant
which offers cosy £20 two-course meals with stellar views
Cherry Orchard families describe HSE&#x27;s decision to keep residents on site as a &#x27;victory&#x27;
A u-turn by the HSE on a decision to temporarily move elderly residents from Cherry Orchard Hospital
has been hailed as a “victory” by families campaigning for months against the move
68 residents and their families were informed that patients would have to be moved to allow structural work to be carried out
with families saying it has caused severe stress for patients who were used to staff and their surroundings
which has been supporting families with their campaign
received news today that the HSE was reversing its decision
“After six months of needless upheaval and distress caused to our loved ones
the HSE has today finally reversed its decision to relocate residents from Cherry Orchard Hospital,” a spokesperson for the group said
“This long-awaited victory belongs to the families who have relentlessly campaigned to keep their loved ones in a secure
They added that their hearts were with the 21 families who have lost loved ones during what they described as a “bureaucratic nightmare”
“The trauma inflicted on all and relocated residents is unconscionable
and we stand shoulder to shoulder with the bereaved families demanding a full
The original decision to move residents following a HIQA inspection in 2022 which discovered that the floors of the unit were weakening and there was concern that residents could be injured if a floor collapsed
A separate fire risk assessment found residents were at great risk and a decision was taken by the HSE to move 68 residents in the Willow and Sycamore units to accommodation off the campus
who has been at the forefront of the campaign advocating for her grandfather (96)
told the Irish Independent that she was “delighted” with news of the u-turn
“We’re deeply saddened that 21 lives were lost during this process and there was enormous stress for all residents and families which could have been avoided,” she added
“We’re also thinking of the residents who have transferred and are unhappy
we feel this is a victorious day for older people’s rights in Ireland
“This shows that older people’s rights are equally as important as everyone else’s
and that people do not give up their rights at the door of nursing homes or hospitals
and we will continue to ensure that our negotiations with the HSE regarding the on-site option are suitable for all residents
and that an agreement in a person-centred manner is facilitated
“We thank all the support we’ve had from our local community
and from the media outlets that have supported our campaign
“Today we rejoice that our loved ones will stay with their designated care team and have achieved continuity of care for them,” she added
A LATE winner from club stalwart Sean Ward secured a 3-2 victory for Templeogue over Cherry Orchard on Sunday in Leinster Senior League 1a
Templeogue started the game excellently and went in 1-0 up at the break thanks to a goal from striker Conor McCrea
The start of the second half saw the windy conditions begin to influence proceedings as the match became quite scrappy
Cherry Orchard used this to their advantage in their search for an equaliser and they found parity through a brilliant 20-yard strike from their number 11 Dunne
The goal acted as a wake up call to Templeogue who began to apply pressure themselves on their opponents goal
Keith Corrigan put Templeogue back in front from the penalty spot
but their lead was short lived as Cherry Orchard equalised from a corner after an unfortunate own goal
Templeogue put four players up front and that gamble paid off as Mark Fabian delivered a brilliant corner to the back post and it was met by the head of club legend Sean Ward who nodded past the Cherry Orchard keeper to win the game for his side in the 94th minute
The result sees Templeogue pick up their second win of the season
having suffered a draw and a loss in the other two games
They host high flying Hartstown Huntstown FC next
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The children’s old nursery is a rectangle of floor
empty save for an enormous rust-colored Persian carpet
An even bigger expanse of that same carpet masks one long wall
The effect is warm if not quite cozy — the space is a little too abstract for total comfort
The only hint of a cherry tree is a single geometrical white blossom
at the center of the carpet’s pattern on both the wall and the floor
When Lyubov Ranevskaya enters — in billowy rust trousers and a silk blouse covered in white and pink blooms
a manifestation of the flowering trees — she kneels and puts her hand to the woven image
“The orchard is exactly the same as it was then
How much you think Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard has changed in the production now at St
Ann’s Warehouse — a warehouse-to-warehouse transfer
coming from London’s Donmar — might depend on how much intimacy you already feel with the play
the extent to which its characters and its moment-to-moment flow of action are already accompanying you in detail as you settle in among the rugs
Director Benedict Andrews has adapted the text with a heavy
push toward contemporary British rhythms and mores
and the ensemble gets the street-clothes-with-a-nod-to-character treatment
Their resting positions are seats in the audience
where each actor returns when not in a scene
you might mistake plenty of them for ticket-buying Brooklynites
romantic soul and cash-poor aristocratic matriarch of Chekhov’s doomed country estate
in joggers and a tired old T-shirt featuring a cat in Groucho glasses
and sockless loafers of a man with money who’s trying to decide how much to perform his wealth
Ranevskaya’s 17-year-old daughter Anya’s (Sadie Soverall) fuzzy sweater has cherries on it
The not-quite-still-a-boy she’s got her eye on
the radically minded “eternal student” Pyotr Trofimov (Daniel Monks)
wears glasses and flannel and goes barefoot
but one truth of the trend emerges: In both its purer and its more affected forms
directorial minimalism forces an audience to listen to a play
and whereas Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset ultimately reveals itself as not exactly worth the fuss
Chekhov’s final great play — even peppered as it is here with horseshits and fuckwits — swings straight into the sternum like the spiritual wrecking ball it is
Andrews and his actors find Chekhov by abandoning the paraphernalia of the writer’s universe and groping
While it may not be entirely beginner-friendly
this Cherry Orchard is in fact deeply faithful to each unfolding beat of the 1904 play
which Chekhov famously insisted was a comedy
despite the absolute emotional kneecapping it delivers
seeking out the funny and the weird right alongside the painful and pathetic
The Cherry Orchard premiered the same year Chekhov died
Ask any Russian and they’ll tell you it is
and within its folds live characters who stretch from mere provincial quirkiness toward the existential absurd
with his constantly squeaking shoes and the pistol he carries around in his pocket
“can’t decide whether to drink my coffee or blow my brains out.” The total wild card Charlotta Ivanovna (Sarah Amankwah
fully embracing the role’s Everest of oddity) was raised by carnies and has no birth certificate
Why do I even exist?” she asks a mute cosmos between the magic tricks she performs for the gentry
People like this have begun the walk toward Beckett and Ionesco
but Chekhov can still sense worlds crumbling and see clowns meandering haplessly through the waste
a distant sound rings out across the sky,” reads Andrews’s version of the play’s most famous stage direction
“Like a string snapping in the ether.” We may still struggle to dissociate Chekhov from oversimplified ideas of the real — from couches and curtains and birches and believable falling snow — but the plays themselves transcend it
That breaking string is happening in the souls of a family
in an entire social order about to come crashing down
Andrews clearly sees parallels in the present, though it’s hard to believe that our current aristocracy — devoid of poetry and nuance, heirs not of Ranevskaya and Gaev but of Lopakhin, the businessman intent on chopping down their orchard and subdividing the land for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacha">dachas</a> — is headed all that gently or swiftly into that good night
But these familiar monsters loom in Chekhov too
especially in a speech that Trofimov gives
a building tidal wave of rage against the powerful architects of the world’s misery
Andrews goes all the way there in his adaptation
as Monks drives himself almost to tears ranting about everything from immigration and deportation to “education
and employment” to — the audience cheers — “so-called government efficiency.” Is it too easy
Perhaps a bit — but this is who Chekhov’s fierce
the sad self-delusions of the character are equally present
“We’re above love,” he insists to her and to her mother
but both women can see right through him and so can we
Poor boy — so determined to cure the world
The flow of Andrews’s stage action is so casual and intentionally unrooted that the show absolutely must depend on the heat and hurt generated by the connections between its actors
smiling bewilderment without ever disintegrating into ditziness — makes a mature
heartsore Gaev is a gem (in a perfectly modernized gesture
Andrews has the teenagers of the play cringe and squeal “Uncle
pleeeeeeease” whenever he starts to babble
and the shrinking effect on him is funny and pitiful all at once)
the ancient servant who regrets the freeing of the serfs and who alternates between dignified paeans to the old days and mumbling streams of profanities
And Akhtar digs deep into Lopakhin’s gnawing class anxiety: He’s always itchy
The Brits have access to some tools to show social distinction that we lack — or think we do — and it’s immediately telling when
Lopakhin and the servant Dunyasha (Posy Sterling) chat with each other in broad matching accents
That’s the character’s tragedy right there — though I wished Andrews had made more out of his relationship with Ranevskaya’s adopted ward
Lopakhin and Varya are pushed together throughout the play
will never be able to break through the part of Lopakhin that still idolizes the very nobility that oppressed his family for generations
Andrews takes the character’s lifelong obsession with Ranevskaya to an explicit place — too explicit — but doesn’t give Varya’s story equal weight or interest
but the riches to be gained in such a plainspoken
As are — and this is where I feel Chekhov cracking a smile — its eccentricities
a child (Kagani Paul Moonlight X Byler Jackson) enters the stage and starts to sing a song
but the effect is totally destabilizing — at once hypnotic
He’s playing a character that does exist in The Cherry Orchard
and who does indeed wander onto the stage and recite poetry
we’re invited both to listen closely and to see anew
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Volume 8 - 2024 | <a class="ArticleLayoutHeader__info__doi" href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1423511">https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1423511</a>
Sweet cherry (Prunus avium) production relies on modern growing practices like polytunnel coverings to improve yields but this may interrupt arthropod-mediated ecosystem services
The distribution of beneficial arthropods (natural enemies and flower visitors) and the ecosystem services they provide may be affected under polytunnel systems
Across 10 commercial cherry orchards grown in polytunnels
we explored how wildflower strips mitigated edge effects on beneficial arthropods and pest regulation and pollination services
we established a standard wildflower strip (SWS; single cut at the end of the season) and an actively managed wildflower strip (AMWS; regularly cut at 20&#x2009;cm height) between tree rows and compared this to a conventional control strip (CS)
We recorded natural enemies in alleyways and cherry trees post-cherry anthesis (flowering) and flower visitors during and post-cherry anthesis at different distances from the orchard edge (2017&#x2013;2019)
we deployed insect prey bait cards in trees to measure pest regulation services and recorded fruit quality (2017&#x2013;2019) and fruit set (2018&#x2013;2019) to measure pollination services
Distance from the orchard edge did not affect natural enemy density or diversity in any year or under any alleyway treatment
but pest regulation services decreased towards orchard centres with CS (by 33.0% reduction)
Flower visitor density (&#x02212;34% individuals) and diversity declined with distance from the edge during cherry anthesis
marginal negative edge effects were observed for flower visitor density and diversity and behaviour
fruit set decreased towards the orchard centre while fruit quality increased
Our results suggest that wildflower strips are an effective tool to mitigate edge effects on pest regulation services but have limited effects on flower visitors and pollination
We showed that natural enemies and flower visitors provide critical ecosystem services in cherry and are influenced by floral resources provided in polytunnels
the extent to which sown wildflowers can support and maintain an even distribution of beneficial arthropods and the ecosystem services they deliver throughout cherry orchards under polytunnel systems mitigating possible edge effects remains unknown
To understand the benefits and limitations of polytunnels on arthropod-mediated ecosystem services and provide growers with effective IPPM guidelines
this study combines and reanalyses data from these studies
we investigate whether perennial native wildflower strips established in the alleyways of UK sweet cherry orchards under polytunnels can specifically mitigate possible edge effects
Our study tested whether edge effects changed (i) natural enemy and flower visitor density
and (ii) their respective ecosystem services
pest regulation and pollination services (i.e.
fruit set and quality) and (iii) to what extent any edge effects could be mitigated through the use of sown wildflower strips
Three alleyways per orchard (<a href="#SM1">Supplementary Figures 1</a><a href="#SM1">G&#x2013;I</a>) containing a row with the cultivar Kordia were selected and two randomly received a wildflower treatment, while the third functioned as a control (<a href="#ref45">Mateos-Fierro et al., 2021</a>, <a href="#ref48">2023</a>):
Conventionally managed alleyways cut regularly (once/twice per month) to a height of 10&#x2009;cm from May to September and 8&#x2009;cm in late September
Cut annually in late September to a height of 8&#x2009;cm
Cut regularly (twice/three times per month) to a height of 20&#x2009;cm from May to September and 8&#x2009;cm in late September
The alleyway treatment AMWS was introduced to enhance grower uptake since there may be additional benefits of this novel approach, such as minimising the inconvenience of tall vegetation in the alleyways, thus facilitating worker movement. The height of 20&#x2009;cm was chosen because the wildflowers in the mix can still bloom at that height (<a href="#ref45">Mateos-Fierro et al., 2021</a>, <a href="#ref48">2023</a>)
Distance between alleyway treatments ranged from 26 to 48&#x2009;m (37.9&#x2009;m&#x2009;&#x000B1;&#x2009;7.0), depending on Kordia row location within the orchards. To standardise among orchards, a 95&#x2009;m alleyway length was established, from the first tree (orchard edge) towards the centre (<a href="#fig1">Figure 1</a>)
To investigate edge effects in the orchard
alleyways were divided into five 19&#x2009;m sections with three subsections each
but the last section was a buffer and not assessed (76&#x2013;95&#x2009;m)
As five of the 30 alleyways measured 95&#x2009;m
we did not include subsections 9&#x2013;12 in the analyses for those five alleyways
Subsection 8 was the middle of the alleyway (i.e.
centre of the orchard at 47.5&#x2009;m) and from that point
sections would become closer to the other edge
Here, we present a summary of the methodology for natural enemy assessments and pest regulation services. For full details see <a href="#ref45">Mateos-Fierro et al. (2021)</a>
In cherry trees, assessments were done twice monthly in 2017 and once monthly in 2018 and 2019, from May&#x2013;October, May&#x2013;October and May&#x2013;August, respectively. Density and diversity were recorded with 2-min observations followed by beat sampling over ~1&#x2009;m2, tapping five branches with a stick while holding a 45&#x2009;&#x000D7;&#x2009;35&#x2009;&#x000D7;&#x2009;2.5&#x2009;cm tray underneath the middle tree in each of the four sections (<a href="#fig1">Figure 1</a>)
All predators from both assessments were identified to family but parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera) were not identified further
Natural enemies were grouped into eight taxa (1) Coleoptera (beetles)
(7) Anystidae (whirligig mites) and (8) parasitoid wasps
Other recorded taxa with low density were not included [e.g.
Here, we present a summary of the methodology on flower visitor assessments and pollination services. For full details see <a href="#ref48">Mateos-Fierro et al. (2023)</a>. Methodologies on flower visitor behaviour and fruit quality parameters not included in <a href="#ref48">Mateos-Fierro et al. (2023)</a> are detailed in full
Flower visitor density and diversity were recorded within each of the 12 &#x000D7; 6.3&#x2009;m subsections (<a href="#fig1">Figure 1</a>) during 16-min walking transect surveys along the alleyways during cherry anthesis and post-cherry anthesis between 2017 and 2019. Two transect surveys were done per visit in 2017, and one in 2018 and 2019 in April&#x2013;May during cherry anthesis (stages 59&#x2013;69 BBCH scale; <a href="#ref20">Fad&#x000F3;n et al., 2015</a>)
with a minimum of six visits to each orchard (all three alleyway treatments) per year
transect surveys were done monthly in 2017
June&#x2013;September and May&#x2013;August
Surveys were done when the temperature was higher than 8&#x000B0;C
All flower visitors were identified to species (or genus) when possible or caught for identification in the laboratory. Flower visitor behaviour was categorised into (i) visiting cherry flower (during cherry anthesis), (ii) visiting (extrafloral leaf) nectary (post-cherry anthesis; nectaries were not present earlier), (iii) visiting wildflower, (iv) flying, and (v) resting (<a href="#SM1">Supplementary Figures 2</a><a href="#SM1">C&#x2013;G</a>)
Flower visitors were grouped into five taxa (1) honeybees
(2) buff-tailed bumblebees (during cherry anthesis)
All buff-tailed bumblebee workers during cherry anthesis were considered commercially managed
A mean firmness value was calculated for each cherry by measuring two perpendicular sides
seeds were extracted with a stainless-steel cherry pitter and the cherry flesh was dried in an industrial oven at 65&#x000B0;C for 48&#x2009;h
Temperature, humidity and wind speed (which could affect beneficial arthropods and their ecosystem services) were recorded using a Kestrel weather monitor (Kestrel 3500) to investigate their variation along the alleyways. Environmental factors were measured in the middle of each of the four sections (<a href="#fig1">Figure 1</a>) for each assessment conducted (including both natural enemy and flower visitor assessments) at ~1.5&#x2009;m above the ground
an extra measurement was taken at the edge of the polytunnel (0&#x2009;m)
We recorded a total of 6,823 natural enemies in alleyways and 7,573 in cherry trees within 21 families plus parasitoid wasps distributed along the four sections between 2017 and 2019 (<a href="#SM1">Supplementary Table 5</a>)
the density of parasitoid wasps in SWS (Z&#x2009;=&#x2009;2.33
p&#x2009;=&#x2009;0.02) and Hemiptera in AMWS (Z&#x2009;=&#x2009;4.33
p&#x2009;&#x0003C;&#x2009;0.001) increased by 101.9 and 25.0%
p&#x2009;&#x0003C;&#x2009;0.01) and Opiliones (Z&#x2009;=&#x2009;8.29
p&#x2009;&#x0003C;&#x2009;0.001) density increased towards the orchard centre by 66.7 and 221.4%
Density of most taxa in AMWS also increased in 2018
including Hemiptera (Z&#x2009;=&#x2009;6.29
p&#x2009;=&#x2009;&#x0003C;0.001) and parasitoid wasps (Z&#x2009;=&#x2009;2.87
but Neuroptera density decreased towards the orchard centre by 58.3% (Z&#x2009;=&#x2009;&#x02212;5.75
Predicted density (mean number of individuals) of the natural enemy taxa which were significantly affected by distance from the orchard edge in at least one alleyway treatment including (A) Neuroptera in 2018
(D) Opiliones in 2018 and parasitoid wasps in (E) 2017 and (F) 2018 from surveys in alleyways according to alleyway treatment and distance (m) from the orchard edge towards the orchard centre
Regression lines fitted on GLMER.NB with 95% confidence intervals (shadows)
As in alleyways, the total natural enemy density (mean individuals per ~1&#x2009;m2 of cherry tree), family richness and Shannon diversity in cherry trees were not significantly affected by distance from the edge (<a href="#SM1">Supplementary Figure 4</a>; <a href="#SM1">Supplementary Table 2</a>). However, the response of some taxa significantly varied across treatments and years (<a href="#fig3">Figure 3</a>; <a href="#SM1">Supplementary Table 2</a>)
Hemiptera density decreased towards the orchard centre by 77.1% in 2019 (Z =&#x2009;&#x02212;7.75
Cherry trees adjacent to SWS had 46.4% fewer Hemiptera towards the orchard centre in 2017 (Z&#x2009;=&#x2009;&#x02212;2.20
p&#x2009;=&#x2009;0.03) and 61.9% of Araneae (Z&#x2009;=&#x2009;&#x02212;2.02
p&#x2009;=&#x2009;0.04) and 46.7% of Opiliones (Z&#x2009;=&#x2009;&#x02212;6.18
p&#x2009;&#x0003C;&#x2009;0.001) in 2019 but Hemiptera density in 2019 increased from the orchard edge by 33.3% (Z&#x2009;=&#x2009;2.79
the density of some taxa increased towards the orchard centre
p&#x2009;=&#x2009;0.02) and parasitoid wasps (Z&#x2009;=&#x2009;2.73
p&#x2009;&#x0003C;&#x2009;0.01) in 2018 and Syrphidae in 2019 (Z&#x2009;=&#x2009;9.53
although Opiliones density in 2019 decreased by 83.7% (Z&#x2009;=&#x2009;&#x02212;2.17
Predicted density (mean number of individuals) of the natural enemy taxa which were significantly affected by distance from the orchard edge in at least one alleyway treatment including (A) Syrphidae in 2019
(F) Anystidae in 2018 and (G) parasitoid wasps in 2018 from surveys in cherry trees according to alleyway treatment and distance (m) from the orchard edge towards the orchard centre
Across all three alleyway treatments combined, there was not a significant edge effect on depletion (Z&#x2009;=&#x2009;&#x02212;1.12, p&#x2009;=&#x2009;0.27). Specifically, however, edge effects on depletion were significant on the bait cards deployed in cherry trees adjacent to CS (Z&#x2009;=&#x2009;&#x02212;2.06, p&#x2009;=&#x2009;0.04; <a href="#SM1">Supplementary Table 2</a>) with a 33.0% decrease in aphids depleted towards the orchard centre (<a href="#fig4">Figure 4</a>)
trees next to both AMWS and SWS had an equivalent depletion throughout the cherry tree rows
Predicted mean percentage of dead Acyrthosiphon pisum aphids depleted from bait cards deployed in cherry trees according to alleyway treatment and distance (m) from the orchard edge towards the orchard centre
Regression lines fitted on GLMER with binomial distribution with 95% confidence intervals (shadows)
We recorded a total of 14,677 flower visitors during cherry anthesis and 4,818 post-cherry anthesis comprising 91 species along the alleyways and across all five behaviours between 2017 and 2019 (<a href="#SM1">Supplementary Tables 6</a>, <a href="#SM1">7</a>)
During cherry anthesis 9,179 flower visitors were recorded visiting cherry flowers (honeybees: 4,767
3,955 flying and 1,314 resting; post cherry anthesis 992 visiting nectaries
Predicted density (mean number of individuals) of the cherry flower visitor taxa which were significantly affected by distance from the orchard edge in at least one alleyway treatment including honeybees in (A) 2017
(G) solitary bees in 2018 and hoverflies in (H) 2017 and (I) 2019 from surveys during cherry anthesis according to alleyway treatment and distance (m) from the orchard edge towards the orchard centre
Predicted density (mean number of individuals) of the wildflower visitor taxa which were significantly affected by distance from the orchard edge in at least one alleyway treatment including honeybees in (A) 2017 and (B) 2018
(C) solitary bees in 2018 and (D) hoverflies in 2017 from surveys post-cherry anthesis according to alleyway treatment and distance (m) from the orchard edge towards the orchard centre
Regression lines fitted on GLMER.NB with 95% confidence intervals (shadows); no confidence intervals are shown for honeybees in 2017 due to the low number of individuals
Fruit set decreased towards the orchard centre in both years under all alleyway treatments, but only significantly in 2018 with CS (Z&#x2009;=&#x2009;&#x02212;4.77, p &#x0003C;&#x2009;0.001) by 11.0% and SWS (Z&#x2009;=&#x2009;&#x02212;5.75, p&#x2009;&#x0003C;&#x2009;0.001) by 10.2% and in 2019 in CS by 5.6% (Z&#x2009;=&#x2009;&#x02212;3.23, p&#x2009;&#x0003C;&#x2009;0.01; <a href="#fig7">Figure 7</a>; <a href="#SM1">Supplementary Table 4</a>)
The decrease in fruit set was supported by the interaction between cherry flower visitor density
fruit set significantly decreased towards the orchard centre in each alleyway treatment according to flower visitor density (CS: Z&#x2009;=&#x2009;&#x02212;2.76
p&#x2009;=&#x2009;0.01; SWS: Z&#x2009;=&#x2009;&#x02212;3.40
p&#x2009;&#x0003C;&#x2009;0.01; AMWS: Z&#x2009;=&#x2009;&#x02212;2.48
Predicted percentage of fruit set (%) in (A) 2018 and (B) 2019 according to alleyway treatment and distance (m) from the orchard edge towards the orchard centre
Overall, all cherry quality parameters tended to increase towards the orchard centre, but only a number of them increased significantly, including in 2017 mass in CS, mass, height, width and length in AMWS and dry matter in all three alleyway treatments (<a href="#fig8">Figure 8</a>; <a href="#SM1">Supplementary Table 4</a>)
p&#x2009;=&#x2009;0.03) and AMWS (T&#x2009;=&#x2009;1.99
p&#x2009;=&#x2009;0.04) and dry matter in CS (T&#x2009;=&#x2009;2.19
and in 2019 width in SWS (T&#x2009;=&#x2009;2.61
p&#x2009;&#x0003C;&#x2009;0.01) also significantly increased towards the orchard centre
the overall increase in fruit quality parameters towards the orchard centres was not supported by the interaction between cherry flower visitor density and alleyway treatment; fruit quality remained constant along the tree rows (data not shown)
Predicted mean of the fruit quality parameters which were significantly affected by distance from the orchard edge in at least one alleyway treatment including fresh mass (g) in (A) 2017 and (B) 2018
(G) length (mm) in 2017 and dry matter (g) in (H) 2017 and (I) 2018 according to alleyway treatment and distance (m) from the orchard edge towards the orchard centre
Regression lines fitted on LMERs with 95% confidence intervals (shadows)
Environmental factors varied between years (except wind speed between 2017 and 2019) although the trend of each environmental factor was similar throughout the study (<a href="#SM1">Supplementary Figure 7</a>; <a href="#SM1">Supplementary Table 8</a>). Environmental factors remained constant within the polytunnels (from 10 to 67&#x2009;m) being only significantly different from measurements taken at the orchard edge (at 0&#x2009;m; <a href="#SM1">Supplementary Table 9</a>)
temperature increased in the polytunnels by ~1&#x000B0;C
factors which decreased by ~1.5% and&#x2009;~&#x2009;0.5&#x2009;m/s
Edge effects are an important factor in sweet cherry production under polytunnel systems because they influence the distribution and behaviour of beneficial arthropods
and therefore the ecosystem services they deliver
ultimately influencing sustainable food production
Although beneficial arthropod distribution varied among taxa
no studies have investigated how to minimise edge effects
Our study demonstrates wildflower strips established along orchard alleyways support pest regulation services throughout the season and polytunnels
but edge effects were still observed for pollination services
family richness and Shannon diversity were similar in the orchard centre in all three alleyway treatments with mean values of ~1.7 and&#x2009;~&#x2009;0.5
this did not result in a reduction in diversity spill-over into the trees from either of the wildflower treatments
Our first sampling point for natural enemies within the orchards was located at 9.5&#x2009;m from the orchard edge but we started measuring pest regulation services at 5&#x2009;m
is it unlikely that this may have resulted in potential edge effects occurring within the first 5&#x2009;m not being recorded
indicating better cherries were produced farther from the orchard edges
We investigated the influence of edge effects on natural enemies and flower visitors and the ecosystem services they provide in sweet cherry under polytunnels and how edge effects on these arthropods and ecosystem services could be mitigated with wildflower strips established along tree rows
Wildflower strips (SWS and AWMS) are an effective intervention that can support natural enemies and pest regulation services reducing edge effects along tree rows
Wildflower strips facilitated an even distribution of flower visitors along rows and mitigated to some extent edge effects on fruit set and quality
pollinator management approaches (other than managed pollinators alone) need to be applied by growers because pollinating insects are essential for yields and maximising fruit quality
growers will benefit from establishing wildflowers in orchard alleyways
which can be actively managed to a height of 20&#x2009;cm
this would develop more efficient IPPM practices to support a more sustainable and resilient sweet cherry production system
The raw data supporting the conclusions of this article are available by the authors, without undue reservation, on GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/ZeusMF/Edge_Effects_Mateos-Fierro">https://github.com/ZeusMF/Edge_Effects_Mateos-Fierro</a>
The author(s) declare that financial support was received for the research
This project was funded by Waitrose &#x00026; Partners
While publication of this article was funded in part by Purdue University Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund
This manuscript is part of ZM-F&#x2019;s PhD thesis (<a href="#ref44">Mateos-Fierro, 2020</a>)
We would like to thank Kristen Hunter and James Rowland for their help collecting data and the growers for allowing us to use their orchards and managing the wildflower strips
We also thank the reviewers for their comments and suggestions to improve our manuscript
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in which Hoss gets to be at the center of one of the greatest closing scenes in recent memory
Hoss holds a small audience rapt with a song
in the process gradually revealing her true identity in devastating fashion
She’d been a rising star in her native Germany for some time
but Phoenix put her on the international map
As did a run as a beloved—and then bitterly mourned—spy on the American series Homeland
peripatetic career of a true journeywoman actor
and countries in a variety of compelling projects
Her latest is a starring role in a new adaptation of playwright Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard
which played to raves in London in 2024 and recently opened at St
the alternately shrewd and swooning matriarch of a fading aristocratic clan facing the sale of their formerly grand dacha and its attendant orchard
director Benedict Andrews has made the audience a part of the show
The house lights remain on throughout the performance
It makes for an intimate night at the theater
one in which regular modern-day people seem to blend in with bored and melancholy gentry from a faraway time and place
I ask Hoss if there was any trepidation about Andrews’s concept when he first presented it to her
“I think he wasn’t sure if we would all be up for really sitting in the audience watching the show every night and every matinee
and just being part of it the whole time,” Hoss says
“Luckily enough we were all up for it from the get-go
Normally you go to rehearsal because it’s your scene
and then you have a little break and then you come on again
But in this case we were all in the room the whole time
With that we learned what our language would be onstage.”
one that brings Chekhov’s tragicomic depiction of shifting class structures into contemporary sociopolitical relevance
But the production doesn’t go hard on drawing those connections
“It’s such good writing that you don’t even have to stress it.” The primary focus of the production is
“All of us are very aware of what’s going on in the world right now
and we know that if our character says certain things
You can also just have a very entertaining
escapist evening with Chekhov and fall into another family’s problems and just enjoy that
This Cherry Orchard also resists the temptation to turn it all into screed about spoiled rich people or to heavily indicate toward a coming revolution
which is in keeping with the spirit of the original text
“He came from a very poor background but made it into the middle class
And he found something lovable and likable in all of them
where it’s much more political—Children of the Sun
where you feel the revolution is just knocking on the door and you think
There will be a guillotine or something bad will happen once they leave the stage
He acknowledges that change is always happening
earnest approach to a classic text was a refreshing change of pace for Hoss
who comes from a more avant-garde theater tradition
“The German theater world is a very experimental one,” Hoss notes
Can’t we just go back to telling the story and not having this big concept on top of it all?” she says with a laugh
truly appreciate about the British and American theater.”
Ranevskaya is one of the great female stage roles
one that many young actors hope to play someday
But Hoss says she doesn’t plan her career with such goalposts in mind
‘If I don’t play this I won’t be a fulfilled actress.’ I had one in the back of my head
When she’s not taking Chekhov shows on tour
Hoss relishes in the relatively open borders of the European film scene
Specific nationality does not close off opportunity the way it maybe once did
“The part always has to have a certain background
“But I feel that’s more and more negligible
we all come from somewhere and we’re all in this together
I feel that less and less do people need this explanation of why someone has an accent
That definitely opens up more possibilities
Sometimes an American production will even come calling
as it did with Todd Field’s 2022 masterpiece Tár
in which Hoss plays the calm if beleaguered wife of a genius conductor played by Cate Blanchett
which led to a satisfying melding of working styles
“It’s no secret that Americans know how to do film,” Hoss says
which is invigorating…to see how the Germans had to get on board with that
I don’t know if that’s particularly German
but to get a team as excited as you are is
I just enjoyed how everyone gave it their all
To do that and then go home and be in your own four walls in Berlin was an interesting experience.”
Hoss says she doesn’t have a method for manifesting such varied and worthwhile work
“I just try to always follow my gut feeling,” she says
I meet the right people in the right moment…
I had never really set my eyes on playing in London
because I enjoyed it so much.” Now she’s in New York for a few months and has a film adaptation of Hedda Gabler from American director Nia DaCosta coming up later in the year
“It’s just packing your suitcase,” she says of this pleasantly nomadic life
“I get rid of some stuff I don’t need anymore and am on my way with the bag.” Much like Ranevskaya and her family at the end of the play—bags packed and heading off into the unknown
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a new version of Anton Chekhov&#x27;s 1094 drama adapted and directed by Benedict Andrews at St
But Andrews’ production isn’t so much a definitive take on the Russian master’s world as it is the director’s own creation
a Cherry Orchard full of indie music where everyone dresses a little bohemian
This is not necessarily a bad thing — Andrews’s Cherry Orchard is cohesive within its own bubble
and while some blocking feels a little aimless
the cast is tight and in tune with one another
Stripping down Chekhov is an attractive proposition
putting each cast member on equal footing works well
The actors draw from a bucket each night to determine where they will sit in the theatre
and their mingling with the audience members keeps the near-3-hour show moving at a nice pace
(Some audience members are game to participate in the cast’s antics; others are more hesitant to become a bookcase.)
The problem is the meaning of class in The Cherry Orchard and its apparent lack of meaning in Andrews’ adaptation
The Cherry Orchard sees characters of different social stations crossing paths on the titular estate
and their interactions represent the brave new world of turn-of-the-century Russia
weighs each cross-class relationship the same; perhaps accents distinguish servants from aristocrats
but if Liubov Ranveskaya (Nina Hoss)’s flirtation with the money-hungry Lopakhin (Adeel Akhtar) is the same as that with the socialist student Pyotr Trofimov (Daniel Monks)
The best note in The Cherry Orchard is Hoss’s decision to play the auction reveal like a Greek tragedy
with blood and weeping rivaling that of her remembrances of her drowned soon Grisha
Theatregoers have long debated the classification of Chekhov’s play as a comedy or a tragedy and undoubtedly still will; so
Chekhov’s final play follows Liubov Ranevskaya (Hoss)
a flighty aristocrat returning from Paris to her native Russia and her family’s beloved estate and cherry orchard — now about to be sold at auction to pay the family’s debts
Her brother Leonid (Michael Gould) tries to come up with the money to save the family home
while her daughter Varya (Marli Siu) hopes divine providence will save them
Liubov’s younger daughter Anya (Sadie Soverall) believes the sale will allow her to start a new life
whether with her mother or with Trofimov (Monks)
the former tutor of her deceased younger brother
who climbed the social ladder from peasant to businessman
and the orchard&#x27;s workers that if they don’t come up with enough money soon
the cherry orchard will be sold and destroyed
The Cherry Orchard has a runtime of almost 3 hours
You may be asked to interact with the actors and briefly participate in the show
The production uses fog and smoke and features loud
The Cherry Orchard depicts the consumption of alcohol and references the death of a child
The Cherry Orchard has an audience approval rating of 79% on the review aggregator Show-Score
<a href="https://www.show-score.com/off-broadway-shows/the-cherry-orchard">Read more audience reviews of The Cherry Orchard on Show-Score.</a>
Though Hoss is the most recognizable face of The Cherry Orchard
the large ensemble piece includes comedic highlights from Posy Sterling
<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/43137-the-cherry-orchard">Learn more and get The Cherry Orchard tickets on New York Theatre Guide. The Cherry Orchard is at St. Ann’s Warehouse through April 27.</a>
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★☆☆☆☆ Adapter-director Benedict Andrews offers a questionable new take on the classic
What could Anton Chekhov have ever done to playwright-director Benedict Andrews that would have prompted the latter to go after the former&#8217;s beloved The Cherry Tree with such an unforgiving adapter’s cudgel
Here we have another adaption—announced as “a new version”—of a classic being modernized for a contemporary audience
and in the process does what too many of today’s new-versioners do: insert obscenities as if grinding pepper over the proceedings
when the capital C-word—which would indicate the Chekhov word
words—is too often belittled with the result that the (original) playwright’s acknowledgment of class distinction is obliterated
everyone is on the same plain and plane and often sprawled on the floor
Even Firs is twice asked to utter the word “f***wit,” the second time in the production’s final throes when Karl Johnson is alone on stage and giving the only performance in the nearly three-hour “new version” that is genuinely moving
The other travesties committed throughout—vaping the least of it—are too many to itemize but include a three-person
dance-till-you-look-drugged party that Liubov Ranevskaya Andreevna (Nina Hoss) throws
There’s the lollipop that brother Leonid Gaev Adreevich (Michael Gould) sucks between curses for a while
There’s the mic the band brings along and into which Yermolai Lopakhin (Adeel Akhtar) bellows when he’s announcing he’s purchased Ranevskaya’s estate
an acquisition he apparently thinks frees him to jump her bones
her long-awaited return after five years in Paris
the above should give an adequate idea of the silliness transpiring
And although the actors don’t seem to be shying away from anything director Andrews is asking them to do—they are committedly immersing themselves deeply into the demands on them—their dignity as actors in addition to the dignity of the characters they’re playing is severely compromised
Only a brief look at their bios indicates they deserve better
Gould may already be well known to ticket buyers and therefore expecting more from them other than the drudging they’re getting
can’t be held responsible for the humilities to which they’re exposed
foremost of them Sarah Amankwah as magician and Ranevskaya hanger-on
and Sarah Slimani as Yasha aren’t severely embarrassed in the overall mêlée
one of the Andrews concepts is having the actors seated with the audience
always in the front rows of the four sides
It may very well be that the adaptor-director intends this as a metaphor
Perhaps the seating plan is a reminder that as the world turns
Andrews arranges that a few ticket buyers are truly in the cock-eyed world he’s fabricated—where
the only scenery that designer Magda Willi provides is a large geometric-patterned rug on the floor and a  matching one on a wall
One surprised woman at the performance I attended was pulled into the action to represent a bookcase
She acquiesced politely and then stood awkwardly
as ticket buyers usually do when things of this forced notion turn them into involuntary volunteers
When the first half ended and the intermission started
an audience member seated near me edged by
Tchaikovsky?” It was a stunning rhetorical query
to which the answer couldn’t be more obvious: No
The Cherry Orchard opened February 20, 2025, at St. Ann&#8217;s Warehouse and runs through April 2. Tickets and information: <a href="https://stannswarehouse.org/show/the-cherry-orchard/">stannswarehouse.org</a>
David Finkle is a freelance journalist specializing in the arts and politics. He has reviewed theater for several decades, for publications including The Village Voice and Theatermania.com, where for 12 years he was chief drama critic. He is also currently chief drama critic at The Clyde Fitch Report. For an archive of older reviews, go <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/david-finkle">here</a>.  Email: <a href="mailto:david@nystagereview.com">david@nystagereview.com</a>
Legendary French actress Isabelle Huppert is in Shanghai presenting the French production of Anton Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard (La Cerisaie) from April 11 to 13
Huppert and co-star Adama Diop met with the media at Shanghai Culture Square on April 8
which is the last play of Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)
has been translated into many languages and presented in theaters all over the world since its premiere in Moscow in 1904
The French production was directed by Portuguese director Tiago Rodrigues
2021 as the opening show of the renowned 75th Festival D'Avignon
who returns to the family estate after living in Paris for years
The cherry orchard where she and her brother grew up is now about to be sold because of debt
"The theme of the play is the changing times
maybe it just disguises the theme as 'the end'," Rodrigues used to say
"We have this impression because it is not always a smooth road before the torrent of the times
and it often takes a large number of victims with it."
Chekhov's masterpiece explores universal feelings shared by all human beings
The cherry orchard in the play is a philosophical and metaphorical existence
Huppert made her first performance at Shanghai Culture Square
doing a reading of Marguerite Duras in 2017
"Audiences in Shanghai welcomed me passionately
I felt their enthusiasm and am very happy to return," said the French actress
Earlier this year Huppert participated in a Chinese reality TV show as a guest mentor
and she said that she hoped to have more opportunities working in China
Huppert has seen quite a lot of films by Chinese directors
and named a few that she particularly liked
She also named the movie Her Story by Shao Yihui
expressing her concerns for the subject of women existence
The Cherry Orchard was shown in Macao before the show in Shanghai
It will also be performed in Beijing and Nanjing of Jiangsu province
Benedict Andrews presents his stripped-down production at St
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The actors sit among the audience in writer-director Benedict Andrews’s new adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s tragic comedy <a href="https://www.theatermania.com/shows/new-york-city-theater/the-cherry-orchard_1764024/">The Cherry Orchard</a>
Originally produced at London’s Donmar Warehouse
We sit in the round with only a bright orange carpet on the floor between us
like we’re in a supersize Quaker meeting (or
an AA meeting) and wait for the spirit to move someone to speak
do speak directly to the hopes and fears of those of us living in 2025
a time when we still haven’t discovered how to properly balance dynamism with stability
That resonance is always apparent with The Cherry Orchard
but Andrews makes it more explicit here with contemporary language and costumes
but it does provide a platform for several haunting performances
The titular orchard has been the country seat of a wealthy Russian family for generations
but rapid technological and social progress (including the 1861 emancipation of the serfs)
coupled with dithering mismanagement on the part of the spendthrift family
Liubov Ranevskaya (Nina Hoss) has returned home from Paris ahead of the bank auction
Rising local businessman Yermolai Lopakhin (Adeel Akhtar) has an idea to pay off the debt by chopping down the orchard and dividing the land into vacation rentals for the urban middle class
But Ranevskaya and her billiards-obsessed brother
They still think they can rescue the house the old way
by relying on the generosity of a rich aunt in Yaroslavl or
marrying off Ranevskaya’s adopted daughter
Reality only fully dawns on them when Lopakhin buys the orchard at auction—certainly a smarter investment than marriage into this family
I’ve always felt a certain admiration for Lopakhin
a man who has risen by his own cunning to purchase the estate on which his ancestors were enslaved
When he returns to the estate following the auction
but this Lopakhin is much closer to a football ultra who has just managed to knock out a French policeman
Bleeding from the head after Varya accidentally whacks him with a cue stick
he baptizes his wound in vodka as he stumbles through the audience slurring
Akhtar seems to encapsulate the entire pathology of the West
the central siblings suffer from chronic complacency
Hoss’s flighty Ranevskaya feels not entirely there
her elegant continental accent suggesting just how long she has been away
Designer Merle Hensel costumes Gaev like he’s about to attend a Sublime concert circa 1997
revealing a man who has never quite progressed beyond his youth—a feeling Gould supports with the enervating performance of a supercilious man child
Daniel Monks is a standout as the radical student Trofimov
fired up like he’s ready to go on tour with Bernie and AOC
“We’re being held hostage by proto-fascist tech oligarchy while they amass obscene wealth
so they can fly off to Mars leaving us on a dead planet,” he snarls
radiating genuine rage as the Brooklyn audience cheers
If you suspect that these words aren’t in Chekhov’s original script
Andrews has taken the liberty of inserting modern references so audiences in 2025 might feel the stakes in the same way a Moscow audience might have felt them in 1904
just one year out from revolution and 13 years away from an even bigger one
something newly converted Trofimov voters might want to think about
It raises our blood pressure and the tension
but not nearly as effectively as May Kershaw’s original compositions
which undergird the climatic second half with the steady rhythm of an electric guitar
while sound designer Brendan Aanes makes us hear the chainsaws outside
no-frills staging emphasizes the performances without the obstruction of major set pieces (one man in the audience is conscripted to play a bookcase)
It makes a late scenic transition particularly arresting
when the carpet that constitutes the bulk of Magda Willi’s set is ripped up and the actors are left exposed under harsh florescence (lighting by James Farncombe) in the demolition site that is the only remaining physical evidence of this family’s power
Meant to be a comedy but regularly played as a tragedy before a well-heeled theatergoing audience (Andrews competently splits the difference here)
The Cherry Orchard is an evergreen reminder that change will come
The musical opens at the Imperial Theatre on April 10
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<a href="/en/what-to-see-in-paris/theater/guides/323531-our-must-see-plays-in-paris" data-id="323531"> Our must-see plays in Paris</a>Attention theater lovers! Here's a selection of our favorites from this year's Paris theater season. <a href="/en/what-to-see-in-paris/theater/guides/323531-our-must-see-plays-in-paris">[Read more]</a>
Lyubov returns from <a href="/en/news/in-paris/articles/229644-info-metro-rer-trains-closures-works-and-demonstrations-in-paris-this" target="_blank">Paris</a> to find her home on the brink of collapse
symbol of an aristocracy frozen in its memories
is threatened by the necessity of a sale that no one wants to face
the son of a former muzhik and now a merchant
embodies the political ideals of a generation in search of renewal
Between attachment to the past and the need for change
the play captures that suspended moment when everything turns upside down
when intimate history meets collective history
This production is aimed at those who love theater where the intimate and the political come together
working on La Cerisaie as a theater of memory
places this testamentary play within a contemporary reflection on social change and family inheritance
faithful to Chekhov's naturalism while sublimating his melancholy
promises a sensitive and profoundly human reading of this masterpiece
<a href="/en/what-to-see-in-paris/theater/guides/315237-our-reviews-of-shows-and-plays-to-discover-in-paris" data-id="315237"> Our reviews of shows and plays to discover in Paris</a>Fancy going to see a play or show in Paris or the Ile-de-France region, but don't know which one to choose? Our reviews of current plays and shows are here to advise you! <a href="/en/what-to-see-in-paris/theater/guides/315237-our-reviews-of-shows-and-plays-to-discover-in-paris">[Read more]</a>
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Premiering in 2021 at the Salle Richelieu, this staging has already won over audiences with its elegance and dramaturgical intelligence. Having explored <a href="/en/what-to-see-in-paris/theater/guides/315027-moliere-s-plays-currently-on-view-in-paris" target="_blank">Molière</a>, Goldoni and <a href="/en/what-to-see-in-paris/theater/articles/134195-juste-la-fin-du-monde-jean-luc-lagarce-s-play-starring-vincent-dedienne-our-review" target="_blank">Lagarce</a>
Clément Hervieu-Léger is now tackling a work that is particularly close to his heart
highlighting the contradictions and raw emotion running through each character
At once a social fresco and an intimate drama
La Cerisaie finds a timeless resonance under Clément Hervieu-Léger 's direction
carried by the Comédie-Française troupe in all its finesse and depth
This article is based on information available online; we have not yet seen the show or the staging mentioned
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The Donmar Warehouse’s acclaimed production of <a href="https://www.westendtheatre.com/207443/shows/the-cherry-orchard-tickets/">The Cherry Orchard</a> will transfer to New York in March 2025
this fresh adaptation of Chekhov’s classic masterpiece will play a limited run at St
Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn from 26 March to 20 April 2025
five-star run at the Donmar Warehouse in London
Jack Ryan) and Adeel Akhtar (The Night Manager
The Dictator) will reprise their roles from the London production
bringing back the powerful performances that had critics raving
TimeOut described it as &#8220;an endlessly imaginative
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Nina Hoss is an award winning German stage and film actress
UK audiences may recognise her for her roles in the American TV series Homeland
Adeel Akhtar is known for  for the TV roles The Night Manager
The creative team includes set design by Magda Willi and costumes by Merle Hensel
The Cherry Orchard runs 26 March 2025 until 20 April 2025 at St
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The BAFTA winner stars with Nina Hoss in this new production from London&#8217;s Donmar Warehouse
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A<a href="https://www.theatermania.com/stage-names/adeel-akhtar/">deel Akhtar</a> has built a career defined by versatility
seamlessly moving between gripping drama and sharp comedy on stage and screen
Known for his BAFTA-winning turn in Murdered by My Father and his roles in Four Lions
Akhtar has consistently brought depth and humanity to his characters
and the thrill of returning to theater after years away
This conversation has been condensed and edited for clarity
and that being a motivating factor for getting into theater
I didn&#8217;t want to do a drama school in the UK
which seemed more like the type of thing I wanted to be doing
and it was a distant dream about playing at St
Benedict&#8217;s adaptation and contemporizing some of the language made it so approachable
You&#8217;ve got a Bonnie &#8220;Prince&#8221; Billy song going on
You&#8217;re being drawn into the beauty of Chekhov&#8217;s writing
there are piercing moments that bring you into the present tense
There&#8217;s something about somebody who&#8217;s dedicated a lot of their life to theater
They know what to stress out about or what not to stress out about
Fergus O&#x27;Dowd TD and Sinn Féin councillor Daithí Doolan joined the outside the HSE offices alongside family members of residents in Cherry Orchard Hospital
The group representing families of residents being moved temporarily from Cherry Orchard Hospital
has called for  “urgent action” from the CEO of the Health Service Executive (HSE) to address their concerns
68 residents and their families were told patients would have to be moved temporarily to allow structural work to be carried out
19 other families have since been bereaved
Thomas McGennis at the protest outside the HSE with a picture of his mother Catherine
Families pleaded with the HSE to keep residents in Cherry Orchard Hospital because some of them have dementia and were familiar with the staff and their surroundings
Speaking at a protest outside the HSE Offices at Dr Steevens’ Hospital
Maria Stynes read from a letter addressed to Bernard Gloster
is one of the residents who remains in Cherry Orchard Hospital where he has been there for the past year
have tried to communicate concerns and resolve the issues,” she said
“At this time families feel bullied and disrespected and no longer feel comfortable negotiating our loved one’s care and needs and wishes further with the current team in place.”
She added that families of the residents at Cherry Orchard are “deeply concerned” about the impact of recent transfers
“We believe these transfers were coercive and caused undue stress and trauma to the residents and their families,” she said
The three key asks from the group are to keep the remaining residents on-site at Cherry Orchard in the completed and safe rooms within the Willow East building
They also ask that the HSE carry out a comprehensive
independent investigation into the human rights implications of the process and transfer employed by the public health body
they ask to work “directly” with him to ensure a satisfactory solution for the remaining residents and appropriate recognition for the bereaved families
the granddaughter of a woman who died following the transfer from Cherry Orchard
spoke today at the protest on their experience
Concerned families have been protesting against moving residents from Cherry Orchard Hospital
Marthagh Murtagh was 94 years of age and had been in Cherry Orchard Hospital for six years
“She was the most caring and reliable person you could ever meet in your life
and she didn’t deserve to be treated the way she was,” Michelle said
she got a bill for €127 for the transfer to the new nursing home and there was “no empathy” from the HSE
Advocacy group Care Champions has been supporting families since they got notice that residents would be moved and were at the protest outside the HSE offices today
Spokesperson Majella Beattie told the Irish Independent: “We are urging Mr Gloster to directly address the families’ concerns and ensure the voice of the residents is finally heard and heeded by the HSE
“Care Champions believes the HSE has prioritised a purely medical viewpoint
neglecting the residents’ ability to participate in decisions about their care
“We believe the current process disrespects the Assisted Decision Making legislation and lacks transparency
“This has caused unnecessary grief and trauma for families who have already lost loved ones in distressing and unfamiliar environments
“We hope that Mr Gloster will respond favourably to the three asks the families will present today.”
Emily Xu Hall's musical adaptation will be part of Prospect Musicals' IGNITE series
Tony winner <a data-crosslink href="https://playbill.com/person/katrina-lenk-vault-0000047722">Katrina Lenk</a> will star in a concert performance of&nbsp;Emily Xu Hall's musical adaptation of <a data-crosslink href="https://playbill.com/person/anton-chekhov-vault-0000012821">Anton Chekhov</a>'s&nbsp;The Cherry Orchard
held April 2 as part of Prospect Musicals' IGNITE concert series at Baruch Performing Arts Center
Click <a href="https://www.prospectmusicals.org/cherry-orchard-in-concert" target="_blank">here</a> for tickets.&nbsp;
Gail Kriegel's new play follows a family affected by mental illness
The Tony-winning Best Musical continues at the Walter Kerr Theatre
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Neumann is the Tony nominated choreographer behind Hadestown and Swept Away
one Tony winner is playing the trumpet while the other is channeling Madame Rose
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Nina Hoss and Adeel Akhtar head the company
St. Ann&#8217;s Warehouse has announced full casting for its transfer of the Donmar Warehouse&#8217;s 2024 revival of Chekhov&#8217;s <a href="https://www.theatermania.com/shows/new-york-city-theater/the-cherry-orchard_1764024/">The Cherry Orchard</a>
In addition to Hoss and Akhtar reprising their performances as Ranevskaya and Lopakhin
the New York company will feature Donmar cast members Sarah Amankwah as Charlotta
David Ganly as Boris Simeonov-Pishchik Borisovich
Éanna Hardwicke as Semyon Yepikhodov Panteleevich
with Karl Johnson and Sarah Slimani joining as Firs and Yasha
The creative team is Benedict Andrews (Director and Adaptor)
and Miguel Figueiredo (Associate Lighting Designer)
The in-the-round production runs March 26-April 27
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On Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025, as a part of Prospect Musicals' IGNITE concert series, the American Theatre Wing <a target=newwinddow href=/people/Jonathan-Larson/>Jonathan Larson</a> Award Winner <a target=newwinddow href=/people/Emily-Gardner-Xu-Hall/>Emily Xu Hall</a> will present a concert performance of her new musical adaptation of Chekhov's CHERRY ORCHARD, starring Tony Award winner <a target=newwinddow href=/people/Katrina-Lenk/>Katrina Lenk</a>
Lenk won a Grammy, an Emmy, and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as Dina in the 2017 Broadway production of The Band's Visit. She also pioneered the gender-swapped role of Bobbie in the 2022 Broadway revival of <a target=newwinddow href=/people/Stephen-Sondheim/>Stephen Sondheim</a>'s Company which won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
The show has been developed at NYU Grad Acting Alumni Association's Studio Tisch, American Music Theatre Project at <a target=newwinddow href=/people/Northwestern-University/>Northwestern University</a>
Zachary Longstreet is production consultant
When the sudden drowning of her son destroys life as she knew it
she learns that their house is going to be sold and summons the courage to return
where she finds her daughter and stepdaughter
who have had to grow up much too fast in her absence
Lyuba's daughter Anya is becoming a revolutionary
the less inclined she is to do what society would prefer
who she thinks is in too deep with a man who reminds her of her traumatic past
Now that the house has fallen into repossession
will this family of three difficult women be able to heal their grief over the lost boy
Can they hope for a future in this house that has been so full of love
Inside a one-room apartment on the outskirts of Seoul, Oliver lives a happily quiet life listening to jazz records and caring for his favorite plant. But what else is there to do when you’re a HelperBot 3, a robot that has long been retired and considered obsolete? When his fellow HelperBot neighbor Claire asks to borrow his charger, what starts as an awkward encounter leads to a unique friendship, a surprising adventure, and maybe even...love?
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</a>Having lived in Cherry Orchard all his life, Brendan Cummins understands the area better than most. There were disturbing scenes in the estate in Ballyfermot, west Dublin, on Monday night when joyriders rammed a Garda car as onlookers whooped and jeered. The incident was videoed and the footage went viral on social media.
Cummins says there has been a spike in joyriding locally for about eight months, adding that the community’s “tolerance for it is probably higher than it should be”. However, while scenes like those witnessed on Monday night “haven’t happened since the 1990s”, the youth worker does not believe there is suddenly a crisis in the in area.
“The cycle of a certain type of [anti social] behaviour coming and going; that’s been happening for 30 years,” he says. “So we have to ask ourselves if the responses of the last 30 years are working. We might be putting plasters over these problems but how do we get in and try something different to address the behaviour properly?”
“Starting off, that could mean there is no gas and electricity in the house, so you go get it for them,” he says of the acute needs some families experience. While providing such basic services could be seen as “enabling” some parents to take drugs, it also means children can live in a house with gas and electricity, says Cummins. And that means one parent “doesn’t have to go out and rob” to replace the money the other parent has just used “to smoke crack”.
He says while food and fuel poverty are “sexy” causes at present, the “in the now” needs of families below the breadline never change. Cummins adds that other State agencies may be reviewing a family because “little Johnny has just missed 25 days of school”. But he believes an intensive and local response team may be better placed to understand why the child is absent so often and to meet those “in the now” challenges to remedy the situation.
“Johnny might not be going to school because he’s afraid to leave Mammy at home because Daddy is battering her. So you have to find out what’s the reason for this, and how do we support you.”
Providing a key worker to go shopping with the mother while the child is in school could, Cummins says, reassure the child it is safe for them to go to school and also ensure there is food in the house. He says these types of interventions are needed to address the acute anti-social behaviour witnessed last Monday night rather than defaulting to the expectation gardaí should be the primary response agency.
The “band aid” approach Cummins refers to has already been applied in recent days to the events in Cherry Orchard. The Garda Public Order Unit has been put on standby, ready to be deployed if required. A visit to the area by Minister for Justice Helen McEntee is planned while Garda Commissioner Drew Harris is also expected in Cherry Orchard in th ecoming days.
In a more immediate and direct wave of action, a series of Garda searches at six properties in Ballyfermot were carried out on Wednesday evening and items, including phones, were seized. Gardaí believe they have identified those involved in the disturbance on Monday – aged from their mid-teens to early 20s – when three stolen vehicles were raced around the streets. However, no arrests have been made to date.
Garda sources say morale in the Dublin Metropolitan Region West division, which includes Cherry Orchard, is “very low”. They are concerned at the level of resources available, pointing out that at times the same patrol car is shared by Clondalkin and Ballyfermot Garda stations.
One source says the drivers of the first three patrol cars to arrive on the scene on Monday had not undergone advanced driver training and so were not permitted to use their blue lights and sirens while moving.
However, as one source explains, when a Garda car is stopped, even gardaí who do not have advanced driver training are permitted to activate the blue lights. He points out that when the car that was rammed arrived on the scene, its blue lights were off. They were briefly activated when the car was stopped and being rammed before being turned off again as the gardaí in the car withdrew.
“So in that dangerous situation, because of the level of oversight we have now, the driver was thinking they had to make sure they complied with the rules or they’d be investigated,” he said.
Gardaí eventually arrived in other vehicles and they were members of specialist units – some of them armed – from other parts of west Dublin who had responded to the calls for back-up.
Another Garda source says some of the gardaí who first arrived on the scene had only recently graduated from the Garda College in Templemore, Co Tipperary.
He says an increasing number of gardaí are now reviewing their decision to join the force and are resigning after becoming acquainted with the pressures of the job, the lack of resources available and the increasing levels of administration now involved in policing.
Garda members familiar with policing in west Dublin confirmed 15 members of the force working there had resigned since early 2020. One said such resignations were “unthinkable even a few years ago” and reflected poorly on the force.
The Garda Representative Association says Ballyfermot Garda station has been closed for taking in prisoners since March 2020. One Garda source says this represents a “creeping downgrading” of the station as any arrests made in the area mean prisoners have to be taken to a station away from Ballyfermot, which takes policing resources off the streets.
Gardaí involved in an ongoing investigation into the theft of Japanese cars in west Dublin, which are proving popular with joyriders, believe the six suspects for last Monday’s scenes have been involved in those thefts and the resulting joyriding and burning out of the vehicles used.
That wider inquiry has already resulted in criminal charges for seven suspects and three of them have been remanded in custody for breaching bail conditions. However, there are some concerns in the Garda that the spotlight on Cherry Orchard’s joyriding may spur on, rather than deter, some of those involved.
Conor Lally is Security and Crime Editor of The Irish Times
will lead the cast of the French play &quot;La Cerisaie&quot; (The Cherry Orchard) when it premieres in the city at Shanghai Culture Square on April 11-13
which opened the 75th Avignon Theater Festival in 2021
combines Russian playwright Anton Chekhov&#39;s characteristic tragicomedy with modern theatrical energy
This version of &quot;The Cherry Orchard&quot; was the opening play of the 75th Avignon Theater Festival in 2021
The play is presented by Portuguese director Tiago Rodrigues
the artistic director of the Avignon Theater Festival
with the plot serving as a magnifying glass over our world in all of its diversity
an elusive woman who comes home as her family estate is going to be sold to pay off debts
 She is concerned about the uncertain future of her property during a period when Western society was weaning toward capitalism
&quot;This is a work that can be performed again and again
and it can resonate with the present era even a hundred years later,&quot; Huppert said
Many audiences consider &quot;The Cherry Orchard&quot; to be a tragedy
although Huppert said that she wanted to depict Lyuba&#39;s light and cheerful moments
&quot;This is not to make the character superficial
but to capture the process of Lyuba&#39;s emotional changes and explore the depth of the character,&quot; she said
The play can continue to link with the new era since Chekhov&#39;s Cherry Orchard can be read as an imaginative metaphor for property
The characters in The Cherry Orchard represent a wide range of emotions and recollections for various audiences
In this version of &quot;The Cherry Orchard,&quot; three horizontal rails run through the stage
 The silver steel frame glides freely on the rails as if to demonstrate that the story is only a stop on the journey of time
which are neatly arranged before being piled up in a mess to signify the end of the Cherry Orchard as the trees are cut down
&quot;This version is created with a non-realistic approach
which aroused my interest,&quot; Huppert said
 &quot;Each character does not have a clear ending
and the complexity of human nature is brilliantly portrayed.&quot;
Three horizontal rails cut through the stage
Huppert last visited the city in 2017 for a script-reading activity
 She admires Chinese film directors such as Jia Zhangke
 Huppert also praised young director Shao Yihui&#39;s feminist film &quot;Her Story.&quot;
&quot;I hope to have more opportunities to collaborate with Chinese filmmakers in the future,&quot; she said
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says the board already has members who know Cherry Orchard and its needs well
A new board <a href="https://www.gov.ie/ga/preasraitis/6dbbc-minister-mcentee-and-minister-browne-announce-new-cherry-orchard-implementation-board/?ref=dublininquirer.com">set up to</a> “implement and co-ordinate supports for the Cherry Orchard community” needs more on-the-ground local representation
The Cherry Orchard Implementation Board was announced in November, and held its first meeting <a href="https://www.dublincity.ie/news/first-meeting-cherry-orchard-implementation-board?ref=dublininquirer.com">earlier this month</a>
“We welcome the establishment of the implementation group,” Sinn Féin Councillor Daithí Doolan said on Wednesday 17 May at a meeting of the council’s South Central Area Committee
“But I was wondering if it’s possible to review the membership and ensure that there’s residents represented on it
and that there’s elected reps as well,” said Doolan
“The plan needs to be drafted in full consultation with the community
not a plan drafted on behalf of the community,” he said
said People Before Profit Councillor Hazel de Nortúin
“I wish the Cherry Orchard Implementation Board the best and I have no doubt they’re going to u-turn and come back because it’s going to be nothing without the feed-in around the table with the people on the ground.”
I’m literally going to be stepping away from it at that stage,” said de Nortúin
The board was set up by the Department and Minister of Justice
“The constitution of the board is a matter for the minister,” he said
But “these are not people who just landed in … they are people on the ground who are actually working within the Cherry Orchard community”
Cherry Orchard is one of the most deprived parts of Dublin city, according to the Pobal deprivation index. For years, local councillors and organisations <a href="https://www.dublininquirer.com/cherry-orchard-needs-more-social-supports-before-more-housing-says-council-official/">have been calling for more social supports</a> and <a href="https://www.dublininquirer.com/council-briefs-weaver-square-allotments-plans-for-cherry-orchard-and-traffic-in-rathmines/">infrastructure</a> for the area
is a partner at accounting firm Grant Thornton
“I come from a working-class environment,” he said
a government press release said the new implementation board Foster is now chairing “is intended to build and expand on the work of” the old development group he used to chair
“They needed somebody with a bit of experience chairing a board and understanding the intricacies of Dublin City Council
which are the main stakeholder from a capital infrastructure perspective
“I do a lot of work with a whole range of government departments
so I understand the nuances and the subtleties of how the whole system operates,” Foster said
“I don’t get anything out of this remuneratively other than
so it’s very hard to turn down a request by a minister.”
according to a 17 May email from Dublin City Council director of services Derek Kelly
the board is to include Kelly himself and:
“All of the people on the board are people who are actually working in the area,” Foster said
specifically mentioning O’Connor and Goggin as “people on the ground who are actually working in the Cherry Orchard community”
At last Wednesday’s meeting of the South Central Area Committee
councillors said they weren’t satisfied with the composition of the board
an independent councillor representing Ballyfermot-Drimnagh
said she questioned the inclusion of Foster
“I’m not sure what they can bring to this board,” Nicoullaud said
In response to a query about this sent to James Curley at Astogo Holdings
He attended both Primary and Secondary school in Ballyfermot
He has a close network of family and friends still living in the area.”
“Jim and his companies are supporters of several enterprises and care organisations in the area
Jim has much to bring to the Cherry Orchard Implementation Board,” Mark Curley said
said she has always favoured including senior decision-makers on the new implementation board
like people in positions that can make decisions
whatever – and that’s what they have at the minute,” she said
“But the problem I see that they got wrong is that they don’t have the outreach
on-the-ground organisations that have been dealing with this for years,” she said
An <a href="https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/e2018-minister-for-justice-simon-harris-updates-government-on-cherry-orchard-implementation-board/?ref=dublininquirer.com">April government press release</a> said that “a local community representative” would join the board “in due course”
It would be hard to choose that local community representative
at Wednesday’s South Central Area Committee
“The intention is to have a resident representative on that group
but I believe there’s a level of capacity building that needs to be done in advance of inviting somebody to join,” said Kelly
while stressing he is only a member of the board and not running the show
“I would hope we would get support through the DRCD [Department of Rural and Community Development] for <a href="https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/51cab-minister-joe-obrien-attends-induction-of-place-based-leadership-development-programme-in-darndale/?ref=dublininquirer.com">place-based leadership training</a>,” he said
Fianna Fáil Councillor Daithí de Róiste questioned this
“Did I just hear you right to say that there’s issues to have residents on board and that they need to go for training and capacity
but that everybody else who sits on this board is fully qualified to do so?” said de Róiste
is “to try and assist residents in the community to develop their leadership skills to be able to better participate in this sort of forum.”
“I’m not saying they won’t have but they may not always have the necessary skills to be able to engage in that but a lot of very senior people in various organizations,” Kelly said
“So all I’m saying is there may be a need to do some of that
As for adding representatives of local groups
“In relation to the various voluntary or community groups that operate in the area again
I see no reason why that couldn’t happen,” Kelly said
How do you pick one being more worthy than another?”
“The view is that they can engage at the sub-group level and maybe they can almost look at what forming would you call it
where they meet as a group and they select a person or persons to represent them all?” he said
Says De Nortúin: “We’ve been told that we can feed into this organisation through a sub-group
Is that the ultimate smack of disrespect?”
“really lacked the power to really make actionable decisions”
“Funding and resources for the development group were limited,” he said Friday
The new Cherry Orchard Implementation Board is
The various arms of the state operate independently of each other
The new Cherry Orchard Implementation Board “has the imprimatur of the government
through the offices of the Department and the Minister of Justice”
“and we will have funding for specific programmes”
The new board does not come with a giant pot of money
but “there is a commitment on the part of government to make additional funding available for any specific task”
So how long will the board exist and how will Foster know whether it has succeeded
“The measure of success is going to be judged on an action plan that’s established
and gets recognition by the various government departments,” Foster said
Haven’t there been enough plans for Cherry Orchard already
There’s the Making Cherry Orchard Better Plan
“We’re not going back and reinventing the wheel.”
I think it needed a plan that really had a little bit more
Then what happens when the plan is released
will the implementation board be there monitoring its implementation
I will not be cracking the whip and anyone that’s not my style,” he said
The plan the board releases “is an agreement among the groups or the representative across the various state agencies
“And this will go up the lines through the participants on the board or through you know
the people living in Cherry Orchard will be the ultimate arbiters of the success of the plan,” he said
“There’s a lot of positive activity on the ground in Cherry Orchard
there’s been a lot of success over the years
and I think unfortunately some of the things that happen in Cherry Orchard give the area a bad name,” Foster said
“There’s huge amounts of wonderful people and it’s just kind of really enhancing not just the image but also the services and the infrastructure is really what we want to achieve,” he said
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people screaming and crying for houses,” says People Before Profit Councillor Hazel de Nortúin
A short walk around Cherry Orchard passes seven more boarded-up properties
most neighboured by well-kept houses with flower boxes
Dublin City Council owns around 35 vacant homes just in Cherry Orchard
It takes the council an average of 23 weeks to relet a vacant social home, <a href="https://www.noac.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/20231009-NOAC-PI-Report-2022-FINAL.pdf?ref=dublininquirer.com">according to a</a> report for 2022 from the National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC)
some have been empty for as long as six years
“The longer you leave it the worse it gets.”
many local families are crying out for a home
“Children have a right to a home,” says de Nortúin
De Nortúin has been trying for years to get an explanation from council officials as to why these homes haven’t been turned around
raising it again at last week’s meeting of Dublin City Council’s housing committee
a council official suggested they continue the exchange later in private
Dublin City Council’s press office hasn’t responded to queries sent Friday morning about how many homes the council owns in Cherry Orchard and how many are empty
Funding to turn around empty council homes – often called “voids” – has been falling, said Robert Buckle, a senior engineer with the council, at a <a href="https://councilmeetings.dublincity.ie/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=153&MId=5118&ref=dublininquirer.com">meeting of the housing committee</a> on 8 November
The council’s budget for voids for 2024 is €10 million
“We don’t want to see houses boarded up in 2024 … but if the budget isn’t increased that is where we are heading.”
The Department of Housing used to fund half the cost of turning around voids
but now it funds on average €11,500 per home
which shakes out at around a quarter of the cost
 “There is a decrease on the voids budget at the moment
and that’s making things very tight budget wise.”
“Voids in 2023 are costing us on average about €45,000
it was an average cost of €32,000 and this is to do with materials and labour costs.”
The latest NOAC report <a href="https://www.noac.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/20231009-NOAC-PI-Report-2022-FINAL.pdf?ref=dublininquirer.com">says it cost</a> the council an average of €22,000 to renovate an empty council home in 2021
Councillors pledged to try to find more money to refurbish vacant council homes
Social Democrats Councillor Catherine Stocker suggested that the housing committee write to the Department of Housing to ask for more funding for voids and for an ongoing commitment to fund the programme
Asked Green Party Councillor Hazel Chu: “What is your optimum ask?” Councillors in government parties would try to push for more funding
echoing comments by Fianna Fáil Councillor Deirdre Heney
people screaming and crying for houses,” said People Before Profit Councillor Hazel de Nortúin
“I’m pleading with the council staff to come out and take this seriously.”
The boarded-up homes in Cherry Orchard include some relatively new “rapid-build” homes that were only completed in 2019
“Councillor de Nortúin’s contribution is really concerning,” said Fianna Fáil Councillor
She asked how many of the empty houses in Cherry Orchard are new builds
said he could hear the frustration in de Nortúin’s voice
“I don’t want to say on the floor here this morning.”
De Nortúin refused to accept that and said she wanted the answer put on the record
“People keep ringing me over the phone and you won’t actually address the issue.”
said that she wanted to move on and asked that she be copied into the future correspondence with de Nortúin about the issue
“This is suppressing it now,” said de Nortúin
As of <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24166437-housing-allocations-annual-report-2022?ref=dublininquirer.com">January 2023,</a> 1,200 households were waiting for a social home in area J
Dublin City Council hasn’t responded to queries sent on Friday morning asking how many vacant homes it owns in Cherry Orchard and why so many are empty
Nor did it respond to queries as to the average time to turn around a void in Cherry Orchard
and the longest a council home has been empty there
de Nortúin said she has been flagging the issue of vacancy in Cherry Orchard since February 2022
when she wrote to council officials about two vacant homes in the area
“Can we not act quicker with properties like this?” she wrote
she raised the issue with the then-housing manager
but she still cannot get a reason from council staff as to why they are not refurbishing the vacant homes
“We were promised a taskforce to identify it.”
said he can’t work out why the council is sitting on so many vacant homes in the area either
“We all want voids turned around as quick as possible.”
De Róiste says he hopes to explore the issue further during upcoming discussions around the council budget
Bernie Cahill (81) who is a resident patient in Cherry Orchard Sycamore unit pictured with her daughter Helen Kelly at the Cherry Orchard Hospital protest
Families of elderly nursing home residents in Cherry Orchard Hospital
Dublin - who will be moved to another facility in the coming weeks - spoke of their worry and distress at the move during a demonstration today
Around 68 residents of the HSE-run home in Ballyfermot will have to go to a private nursing home in Clondalkin for a year while remedial works are being carried out on the floors in Cherry Orchard
took part in the protest outside Cherry Orchard Hospital all day today
Bernie Cahill a resident in Cherry Orchard was joined by her daughter Helen Kelly who held a poster declaring: "Old Lives Matter."
Geraldine Higgins also held a photo of her mother Lily
Another woman said her mother has stopped eating and insisted she is not moving
They have criticised the poor communication with families about the move
whose father John has been a resident of Cherry Orchard for the last year
appealed to the HSE to reconsider the decision and described the move as "inhumane"
said: “I am devastated and was only told on Saturday
They will have to move to a new private nursing home before the end of next month
The staff in Cherry Orchard are like extended family and the care is excellent
My father has got ill at night and has needed oxygen
a nebuliser or other treatment and a doctor has been available at short notice."
The HSE said it has no choice and was ordered by inspectors from the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) to carry out works on the floor which are a health and safety hazard
Cherry Orchard Hospital is a designated centre with 94 residents
Those who are impacted are around 68 residents in the Willow and Sycamore units and they will have to move to the new nursing home in Clondalkin for a year
The HSE aid that in May last Hiqa the flooring on both units
It was found to have underlying structural issues which require immediate remedial work
The HSE said its management team considered several plans in consultation with HSE Estates and Hiqa to address the works required in Sycamore and Willow unit that would have allowed residents to remain on-site during completion of works
it was agreed that to ensure the health and safety of residents
to minimise disruption to residents during these works
and to comply with the Hiqa requirement for a shorter timeline for completion of works in these units
Sycamore and Willow will close for a period for minimum of 12 months to facilitate the works required for regulatory compliance,” it said
a spokesman for Hiqa said that "the HSE is required to undertake structural and fire safety works in those buildings”
"Part of the HSE’s plan to complete these works in as timely a fashion as possible in the best interests and for the safety of the residents is the temporary transfer of residents to another facility,” the spokesman said
"The buildings remain registered and the HSE has committed to the chief inspector that following consultation
residents will all be offered the choice of returning as soon as the works to ensure the safety of the residents are completed.”
The families are now seeking a meeting with HSE chief Bernard Gloster and Minister for Older People
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With the many entertainment choices New York City has to offer
&quot;On Stage&quot; host Frank DiLella has curated a list of must-see shows this week
“The Last Five Years,” has finally made it to The Main Stem
The revival stars Tony winner Adrienne Warren opposite Nick Jonas
They play lovers who recount their time being in a five-year relationship
“The Last Five Years” is now in previews at The Hudson Theatre
check out “A Mother.&quot; Inspired by Brecht’s play &quot;The Mother,&quot; this theatrical event is billed as part documentary
&quot;A Mother&quot; was co-created by Neena Beber and celebrated stage actress Jessica Hecht
which is set against the backdrop of the 1980 Miami Race Riots
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don’t miss “The Cherry Orchard.” This new adaptation
comes to New York by way of The Donmar Warehouse in London
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which will benefit the not-for-profit York Theatre
will feature performances by Tony winner Ben Vereen
Tony nominee Tony Yazbeck and American Dance Machine
For tickets and information, head to <a href="yorktheatre.org" target="_blank">yorktheatre.org</a>
Plans have been submitted to build 708 new homes in Cherry Orchard
Plans have been submitted to build 708 homes in Cherry Orchard
creating a “vibrant and diverse community”
includes 547 cost rental and 161 social homes
making it the largest joint project involving The Land Development Agency (LDA) and Dublin City Council (DCC)
It follows the granting of planning permission for 543 social and cost rental homes in St Teresa’s Gardens in Dublin 8 in June of this year
“The proposed development includes much-needed social and affordable housing
but it also goes beyond that,” Phelim O’Neill
“We believe it is vital to not only deliver housing
sustainable and diverse communities and this proposed development is a brilliant example of what can be achieved.”
Director of Housing Delivery in Dublin City Council
added: “This is a very well designed development for Cherry Orchard and for Dublin
“It helps DCC achieve its targets under Housing for All and I would like to acknowledge the support of the local councillors for this scheme
“We are pleased to have submitted the planning application for Phase 1 of Cherry Orchard Point in partnership with the LDA
“We are looking forward to the proposed delivery of such high-quality housing and amenities in an area that we have identified as suitable for future growth.”
The new Cherry Orchard development is proposed to create a vibrant and diverse community on a well-connected site owned by Dublin City Council
The planned development will include green spaces and recreational areas
The planning application includes both housing and commercial units and represents Phase 1 of a wider scheme for lands with an overall housing capacity of an estimated 1,100 units
The location is beside Park West and Cherry Orchard Railway Station
near the M50 and within easy reach of a host of businesses and major employers
The apartments proposed will include 28 studio homes
The Phase 1 application also features a proposed supermarket unit
internal and external community and cultural spaces and a childcare facility
Permission is also being sought for a public open space
The proposed homes will be completed to a high standard
Many will have views over communal parkland or landscaped courtyard gardens
All individual apartments will have a balcony or terrace space
DCC is due to conduct further discussions with the local community on plans to redevelop Cherry Orchard Park and include a sports hub
DCC’s future plans also include the development of a site opposite St Ultan’s School to provide housing
along with a small number of retail units to create a village hub
Plans are also in place to deliver 172 new affordable homes in the local area with the aim of having the houses delivered in 2027