Following its critically acclaimed opening in London before it was shut
down as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sonia Friedman Productions
presents a stunning production of Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece Uncle Vanya. Made during the 2020 lockdown and filmed without an
audience, the new adaptation was written by Conor McPherson and directed by
Ian Rickson.
Sonya (Aimee Lou Wood) and her Uncle Vanya (Toby Jones) throw their lives
into maintaining the crumbling family estate, only visited occasionally by
the radical and inspiring local doctor Astrov (Richard Armitage). However,
when Sonya’s father Professor Serebryakov (Roger Allam) suddenly returns
with his restless, alluring, new wife Yelena (Rosalind Eleazar), long
hidden truths start to emerge. As the fractured family are forced to
confront their longing, loneliness and each other, can the beauty of life
help them find new hope?
