Jeroen Spitzenberger shines in a sparkling adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya: about missed opportunities , transience , family pressure and unfulfilled desire . Moving , witty and painfully recognizable .
Top actors in Chekhov's moving and witty lament about transience.
Director Michel Sluysmans and writer Peer Wittenbols join forces for a renewed and sparkling version of one of the most famous pieces in theatrical literature : Anton Chekhov's ' Uncle Vanya '. Jeroen Spitzenberger plays the title role in this serious comedy about unfulfilled desires , oppressive family ties , failed lives and above all : a lot of heartbreak .
Uncle Vanya and his niece Sonja have worked their entire lives on the farm of Sonja's father , who works as a professor in the big city. When the professor returns after his retirement with his much younger second wife Yelena , the relationships begin to shift and unspoken desires come to the surface . With 'Uncle Vanya' Chekhov wrote a moving and witty lament about missed opportunities and transience . All the characters mourn their past , dream of a future that will never come and are meanwhile stuck in an unbearable here and now. They want to change their lives , but just do n't know how . It is inevitable that the audience will recognize themselves in this play .
