Smock Alley Theatre, Thursday 4th December - Saturday 20th December
The air shimmers with heat. Sonya and her Uncle Vanya grind through their days on a crumbling rural estate, their hopes shrinking with the land around them. When Sonya’s father, the Professor, returns with his restless young wife Elena, the fragile balance of the household splinters. Resentments flare, desires ignite, and long-buried frustrations rise to the surface. With devastating and violent consequences.
Brian Friel’s version of Uncle Vanya is clear, urgent, and heartbreakingly funny. Staged for the first time in Dublin in nearly 20 years, it asks us: is happiness ever worth the risk, and what price must we pay for wanting more?
Following the sell-out success of A Streetcar Named Desire at Smock Alley last Christmas, award-winning director Cathal Cleary returns to Smock Alley for the Christmas season with another unmissable classic, staged with a bold, contemporary vision for today’s audiences.
Featuring an outstanding ensemble of Ireland’s finest stage talent.
Age Suitability: 14+
CAST: Catherine Byrne, Risteárd Cooper, Nick Dunning, Adam Fergus, Eavan Gaffney, Morgan C Jones, Eleanor Methven, Maria Oxley Boardman & HK Ní Shioradáin.
- Date:
- Thursday 4th December - Saturday 20th December
- Time:
- 7.00pm (Sat Matinee 13th & 20th @2pm)
- Price:
- €24 - €27
- Address:
- Smock Alley Theatre, 1662, Exchange Street Lower, Temple Bar, Dublin 8, Ireland
