Vanya starring Andrew Scott | London's West End

About

This Autumn, Andrew Scott brings to life multiple characters in Simon Stephen’s radical new version of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.

Comedic and tragic, Chekhov’s examination of our shared humanity - our hopes, dreams, regrets - is thrust into sharp focus in VANYA.

This production explores the kaleidoscope of human emotions, harnessing the power of the intimate bond between actor and audience to delve deeper into the human psyche.

Performer & Co-creator

Andrew Scott

Adapter & Co-creator

Simon Stephens

Director And Co-creator

Sam Yates

Designer & Co-creator

Rosanna Vize

Lighting Designer

James Farncombe

Sound Designer

Dan Balfour

Video Designer

Jack Phelan

Movement Director

Michela Meazza

Music

Kelly Moran

Costume Designer

Natalie Pryce

Associate Designer

Blythe Brett

Assistant Director

Francesca Hsieh

Props Supervisor

Kate Margretts

Production Manager

Juli Fraire

Understudy

Victoria Blunt

Company Stage Manager

Martin Hope

Deputy Stage Manager

Imogen Firth

Assistant Stage Manager

Timesha Mathurin

Sound No. 1

Erik Jackson

Sound No. 2

Alice Brooks

Lighting Operator

Jeannie Fong

Wardrobe Manager

Jordan Colls

Technical Swing

Kj Barham

Wry, confiding, often archly funny, very sexy and wrenchingly sad. This one-man Vanya is a revelation and a sensation.

Evening Standard

This is a beautiful, heartbreaking response to Chekhov’s tragicomedy. Scott is superb- brilliantly subtle, witty and precise. Tremendous.

Financial Times

Andrew Scott's one -man Chekhov is the performance of the year.

Inews

This is a project of exquisite substance that reconfirms Andrew Scott is one of the finest performers of his generation. A mesmerising masterclass in acting; he’s sensational.

BroadwayWorld

Wow. This astonishing version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya is a tour-de-force. It is so full of feeling and empathy that you cannot quite believe that you are actually watching a single man sitting alone, holding the arm of a chair. It is a great achievement.

Whatsonstage

Andrew Scott gives a superhuman turn in this deeply emotional solo version of the Chekhov masterpiece.

It is a truly remarkable stage performance, that seems to go beyond acting and on to something like a shamanic act of empathy.

Time Out

FAQs

How long is the show?

The show running time is approximately 100 minutes with no interval.

Is there an age recommendation?

It is suitable for ages 12+

How do I apply for the Under 30s £10 ticket ballot on 15th September?

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Is there a lottery for the show?

Yes, Todaytix will run a weekly lottery of £30 tickets. You can sign up here for alerts here

I haven’t received my tickets.

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Is the venue accessible?

Visit here to view the accessibility of the Duke of York’s Theatre.

Are there access performances for the show?

Yes, there will be a BSL interpreted performance on 3^rd October and an audio described performance on 5^th October.

Simon Stephens

Simon Stephens’ plays include Cornelia Street, Morning Sun, Fortune, Light Falls, Maria, Fatherland, Rage, Heisenberg, Nuclear War, Song from Far Away; Birdland, Carmen Disruption, Blindsided, Morning, Three Kingdoms, Wastwater, Punk Rock, The Trial of Ubu, Marine Parade, Sea Wall, Harper Regan, Pornography, Motortown, On the Shore of the Wide World, One Minute, Country Music, Christmas, Port, Herons, and Bluebird.

He has adapted Jose Saramago’s Blindness for the stage and also Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. He has written English language versions of Jon Fosse’s I Am the Wind; Odon Von Horvath’s Kasimir and Karoline (titled The Funfair); Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House; Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard and The Seagull and Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s Threepenny Opera.

He has presented four series of the Royal Court Playwright’s Podcast. His book “A Working Diary” is published by Methuen.

Simon Stephens has been an Associate at the Royal Court, London and Steep, Chicago and a board member of Paines Plough. He has been an Associate Artist at the Lyric, Hammersmith, a Professor of Scriptwriting at Manchester Metropolitan University and an Associate Professor at the Danish National School of the Performing Arts, Copenhagen.

Rosanna Vize

Up-coming productions: Turn of the Screw (Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen), Macbeth (Donmar Warehouse), Theatre credits include: Julius Caesar (Royal Shakespeare Company), Glass Menagerie (Royal Exchange Manchester), King Priam (ENO), Britannicus (Lyric Hammersmith), Brown Girls Do It Too (Soho Theatre), Mavra and Pierrot Lunaire (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden), Gulliver’s Travels (Unicorn Theatre), Camp Siegfried (The Old Vic), Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (Leicester Curve Theatre), The Two Character Play (Hampstead Theatre, Upstairs); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Curve Theatre and UK Tour), Shedding A Skin (Soho Theatre), The Enemy (Royal National Theatre of Scotland), Harm (Bush Theatre), The Comeback (Sonia Friedman Productions, Noel Coward theatre – West End), Harm Film (BBC Films), Incantata (Irish Rep Theatre, NYC), Hedda Gabler (Sherman Theatre); The Phlebotomist (Hampstead Theatre, Upstairs); Midsummer Party (The Old Vic); The Audience (Nuffield Theatre, Southamption); Don Carlos (Exeter Northcott); Incantata (Galway Festival); An Adventure, Leave Taking (The Bush Theatre); Yous Two (Hampstead Theatre); The Almighty Sometimes (Royal Exchange Theatre); King Lear (Globe Theatre); Earthworks and Myth (RSC); Low Level Panic (Orange Tree Theatre); After October (Finborough Theatre); Henry I (Reading Between the Lines); Girls (Soho Theatre, Hightide & Talawa Theatre).

Andrew Scott

BAFTA and Olivier-award winning actor, Andrew Scott’s recent theatre includes Three Kings (Old Vic: In Camera), Present Laughter, Design for Living (The Old Vic), Hamlet (Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre), The Dazzle (Found111), Birdland (Royal Court), Aristocrats, Emperor and Galilean (National Theatre), Sea Wall (Paines Plough, The Old Vic, Bush Theatre), as well as numerous plays in Dublin, London and New York.

For television his work includes School of Roars, The Pursuit of Love, Ripley, His Dark Materials, Modern Love, Black Mirror: Smithereens, as The Priest in Fleabag, Quacks, as Moriarty in Sherlock, The Town and The Hollow Crown.

His recent films include Strangers, Catherine Called Birdy, Oslo, Sam Mendes 1917, A Dark Place, The Delinquent Season, Hamlet, King Lear, Cognition, Handsome Devil, Denial, Swallows and Amazons, This Beautiful Fantastic, Sam Mendes’ Spectre, Alice: Through the Looking Glass, Frankenstein, Ken Loach's Jimmy's Hall, Matthew Warchus' Pride, (BIFA for Best Supporting Actor), Locke and The Stag.

Sam Yates

He was featured as a Screen International Star of Tomorrow and a rising star in The Observer. His productions have been nominated for Olivier Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Murder Ballad, and Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre for The Phlebotomist.

He recently completed his feature film debut Magpie starring Daisy Ridley and Shazad Latif.

Theatre credits include: The Two Character Play by Tennessee Williams (Hampstead Theatre); A Separate Peace by Tom Stoppard (Curtain Call & Platform Presents); Incantata (Irish Rep, New York Times Critics’ Pick, Gate Theatre, Dublin, Galway International Festival & Jen Coppinger); The Starry Messenger (Wyndham’s Theatre, West End); Company (Royal Academy of Music); The Phlebotomist (Hampstead Theatre, Downstairs and transfer to Main Stage, nominated Olivier Award Outstanding Production); Merrily We Roll Along (Royal Academy of Music); Glengarry Glen Ross (Playhouse Theatre, West End, and No.1 UK Tour); Assassins (Royal Academy of Music); Desire Under The Elms (Sheffield Crucible); Murder Ballad (Arts, West End, nominated for three WhatsOnStage Awards and 2017 Olivier Award Best Supporting Actress); Cymbeline (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Ian Charleson Award commendation, winner Clarence Derwent Award); East is East (Trafalgar Studios, & 2 UK Tours); The El. Train (Hoxton Hall); Outside Mullingar (Ustinov); Billy Liar (Royal Exchange; winner Best Actor and Best Newcomer at Manchester Theatre Awards); Cornelius (Finborough Theatre, 59E59 New York; nominated four Off West End Awards and Critics’ Pick New York Times); Mixed Marriage (Finborough Theatre); Purgatory by W.B. Yeats (Edinburgh Fringe); Macbeth: The Hour (Edinburgh Fringe).

Film and television: Magpie (2023, feature film debut, written by Tom Bateman, produced by Werewolf Films and Kate Solomon for 55 Films, starring Daisy Ridley, Shazad Latif, Matilda Lutz); Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar (TV Movie, Endemol Shine/Channel 5/PBS); The Hope Rooms with Ciarán Hinds & Andrew Scott (31Productions & BKF, Winner Grand Prize Future Filmmaker Award, RIIFF 2016); Cymbeline with Hayley Atwell, All’s Well That Ends Well with Lindsay Duncan & Ruth Wilson, and Love’s Labour’s Lost with Gemma Arterton & David Dawson (The Complete Walk, Shakespeare’s Globe); and music videos Emeralds and Auld Wives (MTV’s A-List) for Bear’s Den (Communion Music).