THEATRE

This is drama mixed with physical theatre, plus some dance and music, and is a take on a classic Russian drama. Do not let that put you off! You are very quickly caught up in a magical world, where four guys, (sort of plus two…) engage your attention completely, and make you feel at home in a comfortable past one moment, then stir you with the unexpected and surreal the next. Acting and movement is brilliantly precise and fluid. This show has great charm and simultaneously the sharpest of edges.

You become more aware of the urges of each individual, and the way that their apparent enjoyment of the present does not mean they are not dissatisfied with that. A gun appears and a shot is fired, and there is the shame of the attempted crime….. A woman is very important to the men, and women in the audience may feel the warmth of their affections…. It doesn’t matter if you do not know Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” – the man sitting next to me knew nothing of Chekhov, but said it was “all plain sailing.” But knowing the play will add some resonances.

The show is selling out, so grab a ticket if you can and be taken up into a delicious and deeply imagined world in the hands of a company of extremely able and assured actors.