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
It is precisely because Scott is so exceptional that we want more than the actorly somersaults he performs. By its nature this playful dramatic experiment cannot allow him to penetrate any one part deeply or devastatingly enough for the tragedy to be truly felt by the end. As a concept, the production bears all the thoughtful postmodern experimentalism of the Wooster Group but because its tone leans towards the mischievous and picaresque, it ends up looking like the Reduced Chekhov Company, certainly in the earlier scenes.
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.
2023 | West End |
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2025 | Off-Broadway |
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