Uncle Vanya: OT On Screen

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16 April 2024

19 April 2024

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by ANTON CHEKHOV adapted & directed by TREVOR NUNN

STREAM ON DEMAND FROM HOME

Watch online any time between 7.30pm BST on 16 April 2024 and 11.59pm BST on 19 April 2024. Choose any date below to book tickets to watch from home.

Ticket bookers can visit this page any time from 7.30pm on 16 April to 11.59pm 19 April to watch the show; you will need to log into your OT account to access the page. An email with further details will be sent to all ticket bookers.

As this OT On Screen production will be enjoyed from outside the theatre, we ask people to pay what they’re happy to give, starting from £15.

★★★★★ “Nunn has drawn an immaculate ensemble… a late career triumph” The Guardian

★★★★★ “Trevor Nunn’s long awaited Uncle Vanya is a sumptuous marvel” A Youngish Perspective

★★★★★ “a delight from beginning to end” Broadway Baby

★★★★ “The sort of beautiful bleakness that in the same breath can make you laugh and cry” The Times

★★★★ “exquisitely judged” Observer

★★★★ “Trevor Nunn’s intimate, humane revival is quietly devastating” Evening Standard

★★★★ “Painfully good…immensely moving” Financial Times

★★★★ “(Madeleine Gray) delivers a heart-breaking closing hymn to hope and eternity.” Daily Mail

★★★★ “Lance is explosive” The Stage

★★★★ “an excellent performance by Madeleine Gray” WhatsOnStage

★★★★ “one of the most pleasurable evenings in town” The Arts Desk

★★★★ “Andrew Richardson’s Astrov brings such energy to the room” The Reviews Hub

★★★★ “excellent performances from the heart-breaking Madeleine Grey as Sonya and sardonically sharp James Lance“ West End Best Friend

I cannot go on living in the country. Human beings were not meant to live in the wild.

Sonya and her Uncle Vanya lead an uneventful life on their country estate, animated only by visits from the dashing local doctor. But when Sonya’s famous father and his glamorous new wife unexpectedly turn up, old grudges return and new desires ignite. In the heat of summer, tempers boil over and forbidden lusts threaten to end in catastrophe. 

An unmissable opportunity to see a theatrical masterpiece in the most intimate surroundings featuring a stellar cast: Emmy Award-nominated James Lance (Trent Crimm in Ted Lasso) plays Vanya with Andrew Richardson (Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre, Evening Standard Award nominee) as Astrov, alongside David Ahmad (The Crucible, National Theatre), William Chubb (This House, The History Boys, National Theatre), Juliet Garricks (The Doctor, Park Avenue Armory, New York, and Duke of York Theatre), Madeleine Gray (A Murder Has Been Arranged, Theatre Royal Windsor), Lily Sacofsky (Three Days in the Country, National Theatre) and Susan Tracy (A Chorus of Disapproval, Harold Pinter Theatre).

Trevor Nunn is the multi award-winning former Artistic Director of the RSC and the National Theatre; he has previously staged Chekhov’s The Seagull and Three Sisters (RSC) and The Cherry Orchard (National Theatre), and now directs Uncle Vanya for the first time.

Production supported by Derek Robinson.