Vanya on 42nd Street – 1994

• 2019/10/15

This is an exercise that could have been very tedious indeed. A group of actors wander into a dilapidated theatre and their random conversations slowly morph into their performance, and experience of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. In lesser hands, this could have been the height of boredom, but Louis Malle’s delicate touch and a wonderful cast really inject this with thrilling life. Worth it if you’re in for something completely different.