“It’s easy to see why so many of the team are credited as co-creators. A show like this can only exist within the confines of pure trust and collaboration. It’s not a dialogue between the individual elements of the play, it’s a choir singing in gorgeous harmony. It’s become too popular to deem new West End openings the event of the year, but ’Vanya’ is, unquestionably, theatre at its best.”
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“The characters in Uncle Vanya are all on the verge of breakdown to varying degrees, as they are grappling with unrequited love as well as the fact that their family home might go up for sale...You won’t find a more remarkable actor doing a more remarkable piece of theatre anywhere in the West End. Whether you’ve never heard of Scott or ’Vanya’ or you’re a fan of his screen work, this production will stick with you for a lifetime.”
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“I should point out that this ‘Vanya’, a modern-day version by Simon Stephens (co-created by Scott and director Sam Yates), will not be for everyone. Those who have never seen the original may be baffled, and even if you have, I would advise that you reacquaint yourself beforehand.”
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“The 1 hour 40 minutes flies by as Scott commands the stage...’Vanya’: it’s melancholic, it’s funny, it’s down, it’s up. It’s life, presented to us by one man, in the performance of the year.”
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"It takes a village, and let’s not forget that it was already one of the greatest plays ever written. But still, it’s hard not to mostly come out without a sense of awe at Scott, another defining acting performance from a performer who doesn’t have any mode besides magical."
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"It is so full of feeling and empathy that you cannot quite believe that you are actually watching a single man sitting alone, holding the arm of a chair. It is a great achievement."
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‘This show isn’t a vanity project, a gimmick or a rip-off of Chekhov: it’s a distillation of his compassion and humanity that creates something new. Stephens, Yates and Vize deserve massive kudos; but it’s Scott’s mercurial talent that makes it transfixing.”
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"Fleabag’s hot priest has delivered a performance that Chekhov fans will want to fall to their knees and adore: the funniest, sexiest, most surprisingly emotional take on this story of rural desolation that you could wish for."
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