Vanya
Vanya - 2023 West End History , Info & More
Duke of York's Theatre
St Martin's Ln, Charing Cross, London WC2N 4BG, United Kingdom London WC2N 4BG
This Autumn, ANDREW SCOTT features in SIMON STEPHENS’ adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece.
Directed by Sam Yates and designed by Rosanna Vize, VANYA opens at the Duke of York’s Theatre on 15 September running until 21 October.
__Assisted performances:__
Tuesday 3rd October – 7.00pm – BSL Interpreted
Thursday 5th October – 7.00pm – AD Performance
Vanya - 2023 - West End Cast
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Andrew Scott is exquisitely magnetic in a new one-man Uncle Vanya adapted by Simon Stephens.
10 / 10
Scott walks on stage, immediately playful and blasé. What ensues is a mesmerising masterclass in acting: he’s sensational. He quickly and precisely establishes the body language, accent, vocal modulation, and relating props of his different characters, spellbinding the audience. He strips back human emotion to lay its raw wounds bare, revealing family politics and internal tensions in their most basic nature.
Masterclass in acting
8 / 10
Admittedly, anyone unfamiliar with Chekhov’s text might be bemused. But everyone will recognise the cadences of longing, disappointment, grief and fragile hope. There’s wry humour, too – in Scott’s depiction of housekeeper Maureen, sucking on a cigarette and watching the family antics with weary indulgence; or wheedling Liam, the self-loathing hanger-on so insignificant to the others that they forget he’s there. Only the moment when Ivan softly sings the Jacques Brel standard If You Go Away feels like an unnecessary indulgence. This is theatre that gets under the skin: remarkable.
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