Duncan Macmillan

Duncan Macmillan

Duncan Macmillan is an English playwright, screenwriter and director.

His plays include: an adaptation (with Thomas Ostermeier) of Chekhov's The Seagull (Barbican Theatre, London, 2025); People, Places and Things (National Theatre / Headlong, 2015), Every Brilliant Thing (Paines Plough & Pentabus, 2013); an adaptation (with Robert Icke) of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (Headlong / Nottingham Playhouse, 2013); and Lungs (Washington D.C., 2011).

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The Seagull

A refreshing, revitalised adaptation of Chekhov's timeless play about vanity, power and sacrifices made in the name of art. Premiered at the Barbican Theatre, London, in 2025, with an ensemble cast including Cate Blanchett.