Candid Broads Productions and Clem Productions present
Uncle Vanya
Lockdown. Quarter-life crisis. Millennials. What could they possibly have in common with aristocrats in the 19th century countryside?
Young adults today live with the constant anxiety of accomplishing something by the time they’re 30 - the job, car, house, kids - without having access to the same security their parents did. Add to that two years of lockdown and it’ll be enough to make you feel, like a certain Vanya, that you’ve wasted your best years before you hit 25.
Award-winning Candid Broads Productions and Clem Productions introduce a new, fresh take on Chekhov’s classic, directed by Kieran Bourne (award-winning short films She's Just a Girl and So Am I; Say Your Name; Poles) and starring, amongst others, Clementine Pinet (multi award-winning series Call it a Day, award-winning short film Fabulous), Adé Dee Haastrup (Darkest Hour; Silent Witness, BBC), Sally Faulkner (Doctor Who; Identity; Doctors, BBC) and Jonathon George (#WeAreArrested, Royal Shakespeare Company; Boris Godunov, Royal Opera House).
This innovative adaptation of Uncle Vanya captures the sour comedy of the "quarter-life" crisis - that bitter and unhinged humour that arises from being trapped together in our present lives and having to confront our fleeting futures. The times were different but the feelings are the same and you may be surprised by how much the story of eight people stuck with the hell of each other can say about the timely anxieties of the 21st century.
Directed by Kieran Bourne
Set Designer - Giorgia Lee Joseph
Lighting Designer - Stacey O'Shea
Costume Designer - Heitung Kwok
Stage Manager - Tiff Milner
Cast:
Uncle Vanya - Jonathon George
Astrov - Adé Dee Haastrup
Yelena - Clémentine Pinet
Sonya - Faye Bennett
Serebryakov - David Whiting
Marina - Sally Faulkner
Mariya - Anne Dane Farnworth
Telegin - Simon Furness
Tickets:
Performance dates: May 3rd - 14th
Performance times: 7.30pm (Matinees at 3pm)
Ticket prices: Full price - £19 / Concessions and Previews - £15.5 / Students - £14
First Week Tickets: Limited amount of tickets available for the first week (Tuesday 3rd - Friday 6th) for £15 -BOOK NOW!
Running time: 2 and a half hours with interval
