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Donmar Warehouse; Lyric Hammersmith; Jermyn Street, LondonThe aged servant steals the show in a fast-paced 21st-century Chekhov, Max Webster’s dystopian sci-fi dazzles the eye but skips the mind, and a campaigning drama is tender and furiousThere is...
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3 weeks ago
Vivian Beaumont Theater, New YorkThe star makes a convincing Broadway debut in a tragicomic winner staged with thought and deft flashes of modernityAs with Appropriate, another outstanding, claustrophobic family drama directed by Lila Neugebauer on B...
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2 months ago
Orange Tree theatre, LondonThis chamber staging, movingly played by an immaculate ensemble, fits perfectly with the drama’s hothouse of disappointmentAt 84, Sir Trevor Nunn is making his first attempt at Uncle Vanya, Anton Chekhov’s 1899 tragicomedy...
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3 months ago
The Fleabag star, who took all eight roles in the solo show Vanya, says intimate scenes on stage can be discomfiting for viewersDuring rehearsals for Andrew Scott’s solo version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, which had a sold out run in the West End last...
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5 months ago
The Egg theatre, BathSet in the cherry orchard that Madame Ranevsky is preparing to leave, this story leads its young audience on a tactile adventure undergroundOur host is making a list and checking it twice. Father Christmas, you presume? Not at al...