Articles about Uncle Vanya
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Lyttelton; Noël Coward; Vaudeville; LondonAlan Bennett's sparky, intricate, all-over-the-place new play opened in the week the National Trust announced it had bought the white cliffs of D…
There’s a Chekhov to suit every taste at the moment " the rambunctious Russian Uncle Vanya at the Noel Coward, the just-ended Three Sisters at the Young Vic, Anya Reiss’s new tra…
It's rare to see a completely astounding production. Even rarer, a completely astounding production of Chekhov. But Rimas Tuminas's production for Vakhtangov Theatre is exactly that – …
Noel Coward, LondonYou could hardly have a greater contrast than between the stolid Uncle Vanya that has just opened at the Vaudeville and this mercurially brilliant import from Moscow's Vak…
An adventurous visiting Russian production of Chekhov's play trumps its star-studded British counterpart, writes Ian Shuttleworth
The coincidence looks as if it might have been contrived by some ironic wag. A mere three days after the opening of Lindsay Posner's revival of Uncle Vanya at the Vaudeville, the West End no…
The Guardian (UK) 11/05/12
Passion without sentimentality is the hallmark of this truly wonderful production from the Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow, and while the Lindsay Posner version at the Vaudeville may look more …
Hot on the heels of the latest English uncle over at the Vaudeville comes Dyadya Vanya from Moscow, bringing with it no samovar or old lace. Rimas Tuminas, the Vakhtangov Theatre's artistic …
Legit Reviews||Abroad:
Just as "Waiting for Godot," a play about boredom, should never feel boring, so "Uncle Vanya," a play about people in stasis, should never be static.
This has certainly been the year of Uncle Vanya. We've already been treated to a couple of high-profile revivals of Chekhov's great tragicomedy of wasted lives " a very funny and mercurial a…
Downton Abbey stars Joanne Froggatt, Amy Nuttall and Phyllis Logan came out to support their co-star Laura Carmichael as she made her West End debut on Friday in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya.And Ca…
Vaudeville Theatre, London: The ghosts of previous productions always linger around the classics, but never more so for Uncle Vanya, which I've seen five times this year alone. Seeing i…
Among this week's major London theatre
openings, in the West End and further afield, are the Russian-language production of Uncle Vanya, Tommy Steele in Scrooge the Musical, the National Th…
It's a great shock in Lindsay Posner's revival when Anna Friel starts yawning during Samuel West's impassioned speech about the decimation of the countryside. Admittedly, West eventually adm…
According to The Telegraph, Downton Abbey star Laura Carmichael took the stage to some harsh words from the audience in her debut in Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya at the West End's Vaudeville …
On a shelf in the editor's office sits a "Do not disturb" sign, seemingly forgotten. Julian Barratt's Aidan hasn't thought to hang it on his door in Lucy Kirkwood's edgy new satire NSFW (acr…
The Russians are coming next week, when the Moscow company Vakhtangov bring their production of Anton Chekhov's tragedy of dissipated lives and squandered love to the West End.read more
Vaudeville, LondonHow do you play Anton Chekhov today? After the liberating unorthodoxy of the Young Vic's Three Sisters, we are back to normal with Lindsay Posner's production of Uncle Vany…
What's the right way to do Chekhov? With lace tablecloths and endless cups of tea " or a blast of Nirvana? Stars from three new productions, including Anna Friel and Ken Stott, talk to Steph…
Chekhov's masterpiece comes to the Vaudeville Theatre this autumn, directed by Lindsay Posner and with an all-star cast including Ken Stott, Anna Friel, Samuel West and Laura Carmichael. Com…
Among this week's major London theatre
openings, in the West End and further afield, are Uncle Vanya starring Ken Stott and Anna Friel, NSFW starring Julian Barratt and Janie Dee, The Kingd…
Fashion: Something a little comfier
As five stagings of 'Uncle Vanya' hit UK theatres in a few months, why, asks Sarah Hemming, does its existential gloom speak to us so profoundly?
When I went to work for the Royal Court Theatre in 1968 as their first resident dramatist, I was lucky enough to be involved in a radical new initiative, which had been launched there earlie…
