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.⁦‪@RCArmitage‬⁩ to play Astrov, with already announced #TobyJones as #UncleVanya ,with director #IanRickson working from new adaptation by #ConorMcPherson . The ⁦‪@SFP_London‬⁩ produced play set to open at the #HaroldPinter in January. Key female roles still being cast. pic.twitter.com/PAx5HtLpho
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Richard Armitage To Join Toby Jones in West End UNCLE VANYA


by BWW News Desk Jun. 27, 2019



Richard Armitage To Join Toby Jones in West End UNCLE VANYA

Acclaimed actor Richard Armitage has signed on to portray Astrov in a West End production of Uncle Vanya starring Toby Jones.

The production is a new adaptation of the material from playwright Conor McPherson. Key female roles for the production are still being cast.

Sonja Friedman is producing the production which will open at the West End Harold Pinter Theatre in January 2020.

Anton Chekhov's play Uncle Vanya takes place at the close of the nineteenth century. In the heart of the Russian countryside, Vanya and his niece Sonya have worked for years to manage the ramshackle estate on behalf of his brother-in-law, a retired professor.

When the professor arrives with his stunningly beautiful young wife and announces his plan to sell the estate, all their lives are thrown into turmoil.

Uncle Vanya
Harold Pinter Theatre

651 seat photos, 1469 reviews

Overview
Toby Jones and Richard Armitage return to the West End to star in one of Chekhov’s best-known classics, Uncle Vanya. Set in a rural country estate, the darkly funny play about family, love and power is directed by Ian Rickson.

Vanya and his niece Sonya have been looking after the family estate for years, living in solitude save for occasional visits from the local doctor, Astrov. But their quiet lives are upended when Sonya’s father, Professor Serebryakov, arrives with his glamorous (and much younger) new wife Yelena. As the urban and rural dwellers are thrust together in a tangle of unrequited love and complicated family ties, Chekhov’s unique wit and incisive dramatic voice is in full power.

Uncle Vanya premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1899. It has received innumerable revivals since, with actors including Michael Gambon and Peter Dinklage taking on the title role.

Toby Jones plays Vanya in this new production. A prolific actor of both stage and screen, his credits include the Olivier Award-winning The Play What I Wrote (2001) and Witness for the Prosecution (BBC, 2016). He previously collaborated with Ian Rickson for The Birthday Party at the Harold Pinter Theatre in 2018.

Richard Armitage co-stars as Astrov. He was last seen on-stage in The Crucible at the Old Vic Theatre. On screen, he is best known as Thorin in The Hobbit film franchise, with other roles in Hannibal (2015) and Berlin Station (2016).

Further casting is yet to be announced.

Uncle Vanya is adapted by Conor McPherson (Girl From the North Country) and directed by Olivier Award nominee Ian Rickson, who most recently directed Hayley Atwell and Tom Burke in Rosmersholm (2019).

With a stellar cast breathing new life into Chekhov’s perceptive and darkly funny play, Uncle Vanya at the Harold Pinter Theatre opens for a limited run from January 2020.
Recommended for
Any fans of Russian dramatists won’t want to miss out on this new version of Uncle Vanya. With deft adaptation from Conor McPherson and the inimitable Toby Jones starring, this is sure to be a superlative take on a classic.

Age Recommendations: TBC
Dates and times
Running time: TBC
Opening: 01 Jan 2020
Booking from: 01 Jan 2020
Booking until: 04 Apr 2020

Location and map
Harold Pinter Theatre
Panton Street
London, SW1Y 4DN

Ich bin ja Mal gespannt, wie kompliziert dann die Einreise nach UK sein wird. Ich würde das Stück schon seeehr gerne sehen.

Für die Schweiz reicht sowohl theoretisch als auch praktisch den Personalausweis - sogar der vorläufige.

Zu kompliziert werden es die Briten den EU-Bürgern letztlich wohl nicht machen, solange es sich um touristische Aufenthalte handelt. Immerhin geht es immer auch um die Reisebedingungen ihrer Bürgerinnen und Bürger. Und einfach so einreisen (ohne Passkontrolle), nachdem man aus dem Flieger gestiegen ist, konnte und kann man sowieso nicht - ich sage nur: Schengen oder nicht Schengen, dass ist hier die Frage. Wirklich schwierig wird es für Studien- und Arbeitsaufenthalte etc. werden.

Ich bin ja Mal gespannt, wie kompliziert dann die Einreise nach UK sein wird. Ich würde das Stück schon seeehr gerne sehen.