Post by NeilVHughes on Jul 31, 2019 16:45:23 GMT
Uncle Vanya
An extremely dark Vanya, could not help but be overwhelmed by the underlying resentments and the staleness of the lives not lived that pervaded the estate awakened by the prodigals return.
Everett infuses Vanya with a simmering rage which initially makes it difficult to engage with the character and can initially make it feel as if he is miscast, only by the end I totally felt his pain as he muses over his remaining years and the acceptance of his lost life. There was something certainly different in his characterisation which is difficult at the moment to pinpoint.
Katherine Parkinson the actor initially dominated Sonya the character and it was only after the interval that she came into her own, used to seeing her as a strong central character it was difficult on my part to see her as the plain spinster whose only redeeming feature is her hair, but she too had won me over as she and Vanya settled in to the ennui of estate management.
Of the others the Doctor is the strongest and really appreciated the time John Light was on stage even though at times he lost his fight with his walking stick, as usual the Professor was a one dimensional character and with Yelena the emptiness of her own life and the impact she has on everyone else is so underplayed that I could not feel or even appreciate her pain and emptiness as she was refused her release at the piano.
Different in an indeterminable way, the most you can ask for a perennial classic, another strong production at one of my favourite regional Theatres.
An extremely dark Vanya, could not help but be overwhelmed by the underlying resentments and the staleness of the lives not lived that pervaded the estate awakened by the prodigals return.
Everett infuses Vanya with a simmering rage which initially makes it difficult to engage with the character and can initially make it feel as if he is miscast, only by the end I totally felt his pain as he muses over his remaining years and the acceptance of his lost life. There was something certainly different in his characterisation which is difficult at the moment to pinpoint.
Katherine Parkinson the actor initially dominated Sonya the character and it was only after the interval that she came into her own, used to seeing her as a strong central character it was difficult on my part to see her as the plain spinster whose only redeeming feature is her hair, but she too had won me over as she and Vanya settled in to the ennui of estate management.
Of the others the Doctor is the strongest and really appreciated the time John Light was on stage even though at times he lost his fight with his walking stick, as usual the Professor was a one dimensional character and with Yelena the emptiness of her own life and the impact she has on everyone else is so underplayed that I could not feel or even appreciate her pain and emptiness as she was refused her release at the piano.
Different in an indeterminable way, the most you can ask for a perennial classic, another strong production at one of my favourite regional Theatres.
