British theatre and film stars Toby Jones and Richard Armitage will appear in a new adaptation of Uncle Vanya in London’s West End at the Harold Pinter Theatre in 2020.
Olivier Award winner Jones (The Play What I Wrote) will play the titular character, while Olivier Award nominee Armitage (The Crucible at Old Vic) will play Astrov. Additional casting will be announced at a later date.
The play will begin performances January 14, 2020, ahead of a January 23 opening night for a 16-week limited engagement. The new adaptation by Conor McPherson (The Weir, Girl from the North Country) is directed by Ian Rickson (Jerusalem, The Seagull) and mounted by Sonia Friedman Productions.
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Uncle Vanya is designed by Rae Smith, with lighting by Bruno Poet, music by Stephen Warbeck, sound by Ian Dickinson, and casting by Amy Ball CDG.
