July 2008

Uncle Vanya

Directed by Elena Knight

24th June - 13th July 2008

Tues-Sat 7.30pm, Sunday 6pm

The Lion & Unicorn Theatre, 42-44 Gaisford Street, NW5 2ED Kentish Town

Box office: 020 7723 9798

£10 / £8 (concs)

"As usual with Chekhov the story is dense with emotions and conflicting
relationships but what surprised me is that Chekhov made the Doctor
speak as though he was a green activist of today. Mikhail Lvovich Astrov
is extremely concerned by the damage caused to the environment by the
excessive use of trees in building and to generate heat. He believes it
will ultimately destroy the earth. This is still true today of course,
especially if you replace the word "tree" with "petrol". With  this
message the play should attract a brand new set of spectators!" 

Daniel Pageon, 02/07/08