by Anton Chekhov in a version by William Wilkinson based on a translation by Marian Fell Directed by William Wilkinson Main House

Vanya, Yelena, Astrov and Sonya are all in love: with the past, with ideals and with each other. They are not heroes or villains, simply ordinary men and women trying to get by. Their behaviour is often ridiculous, sometimes even verging on farce; but Chekhov’s understanding of people is astonishing and he has infinite compassion in the face of all our failings.

Neither static nor stuffy, Uncle Vanya alternates ripe comic scenarios with moments of high-pitched melancholy, the whole illuminated with a rich vein of optimism. This is theatre at its most rewarding: an enduring world classic by the master that changed theatre for ever.

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