We’re thrilled to announce our full cast for Trevor Nunn’s adaptation of Uncle Vanya.
Nunn directs James Lance as Vanya, whose performance as Trent Crimm in Richmond-set Ted Lasso earnt him an Emmy award nomination and two SAG Award nominations, alongside Andrew Richardson whose performance in the Bridge Theatre’s smash hit Guys and Dolls earnt him an Evening Standard award nomination. David Ahmad (The Crucible – National Theatre), William Chubb (Othello, The History Boys – National Theatre), Juliet Garricks (The Doctor – Park Avenue Armory, New York, and Almeida Theatre), Madeleine Gray (A Murder Has Been Arranged – Theatre Royal Windsor), Lily Sacofsky (Three Days in the Country – National Theatre),and Susan Tracy (A Chorus of Disapproval – Harold Pinter Theatre).
Trevor Nunn said today, “Uncle Vanya is a masterpiece of naturalistic theatre, requiring of the audience total belief in each and every character and situation. So, it is a great privilege for me to have the opportunity to investigate Chekhov’s multi-layered human comedy in the intimate, inclusive and immersive environment of the Orange Tree Theatre. The keenness of my anticipation has now been multiplied by having assembled a cast of brilliant actors to explore all three dimensions of this famous play.”
Uncle Vanya opens at the Orange Tree Theatre on 7 March, with previews from 2 March.
David Ahmad plays
Telegin. He returns to the Orange Tree having previously appeared in Romeo and Juliet. His theatre credits include Pop Music (Hull Truck Theatre); The Crucible, Hamlet (National Theatre); The Bolds, Mr. Holgado (Unicorn Theatre); The Prince and The Pauper (New Vic Theatre Newcastle Under-Lyme),;The Man Without A Past (New Perspectives Theatre); Our Man in Havana (Frinton Festival Theatre); The Kite Runner (Wyndham’s Theatre, Nottingham and Liverpool Playhouse); Ideomotor (Vaults Festival); Earnest and The Pale Moon, What I heard about Iraq (Edinburgh Festival Fringe);The Good Soul of Szechuan (Watford Palace Theatre); Eyecatcher (Sheffield Theatres) and Potted Potter – The Unauthorised Harry Experience (Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Little Shubert Theatre, New York). His television credits include Ghosts, Apple Tree Yard, The Frank Skinner Show, The Frank Skinner Show; and for film, The Phantom of the Open, Kat and The Band.
William Chubb plays
Professor Serebryakov. His theatre credits include Farmhall, The Tempest, Racing Demon and You Can Never Tell (Theatre Royal Bath); The Taxidermist’s Daughter, Life of Galileo (Chichester Festival Theatre); Othello, Richard II (Shakespeare’s Globe); This House, Waste, Great Britain, Othello, Scenes From An Execution, The History Boys, The London Cuckholds, The Madness Of George III (National Theatre); Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, King Lear (The Old Vic); In the Depths of Dead Love (Coronet Theatre); Lawrence After Arabia (Hampstead Theatre); Yes Prime Minister (Chichester Festival Theatre, Gielgud Theatre); The Sea, Hayfever (Theatre Royal Haymarket); Whose Life is it Anyway? (Duke of York’s Theatre); Galileo’s Daughter, Man and Superman, Fight for Barbara (Theatre Royal, Bath); Justifying War (Kiln Theatre); Homebody Kabul and A Raisin in the Sun (Young Vic Theatre). His television credits include The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power, Vampire Academy, Sandman, Pistol, Miracle Workers, Quiz, Close to the Enemy, My Baby, Breathless, Edge of Heaven, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Silk, A Very British Sex Scandal, Phoo Action, Absolute Power, Cherished, Trial and Retribution VIII, A & E, Extremely Dangerous and The Ambassador; and for film, A Week in Paradise, Empire of Light, 6 Days, Adrift in Soho, Tezz, The Taking of Prince Harry, Veer, Affair of the Necklace, Mrs Caldicot’s Cabbage War, Milk, and The Woodlanders.
Juliet Garricks plays
Marina. Her theatre credits include The Doctor (The Armoury, New York, Duke of York Theatre) and 100 Paintings (The Bread & Roses Theatre). Her television credits include Mr. Loverman, and Murder they Hope; and for film Out of the Grey, South Facing, Reliable Witness, Phallacy, Secrets, and After Work.
Madeleine Gray plays
Sonya. A Murder Has Been Arranged (Theatre Royal Windsor); She Howls Kelp (Vault Festival); Endless Second, Timpson the Musical (Edinburgh Festival Fringe); The Unfortunate Life of Bees (Etcetera Theatre) and Hot Lane (Spode Works, Claybody Theatre). Her television credits include Riches); and for film, The Batman.
James Lance plays Uncle
Vanya. His performance as Trent Crimm in Ted Lasso saw him nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in 2022.
His theatre credits include Of Kith and Kin (Sheffield Theatres, Bush Theatre); The Dead Monkey (Park Theatre); Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense (Duke of York’s Theatre); Celebrity Autobiography (Leicester Square); Ingredient X (Royal Court Theatre); Pythonesque (Edinburgh Festival Fringe); Ordinary Dreams (Trafalgar Studios); Pirandello’s Henry IV (Donmar Warehouse); Christmas, A Place at the Table, The Back Room (Bush Theatre); Tape (New Venture Theatre); The Inland Sea (Wilton’s Musical Hall); Elegies for Angels, Ragin Queens (King’s Head Theatre) and Brilliant The Dinosaur (Chichester Festival Theatre). His television credits include Ted Lasso, The Canterville Ghost, Pennyworth, Agatha Raisin, Mount Pleasant, Hoff The Record, I Want My Wife Back, Houdini and Doyle, Babylon, Siblings, Toast of London, Black Mirror, Being Human, Boy Meets Girl, No Heroics, Top Buzzer, People Like Us, Saxondale, The Book Group, The Upper Hand, Sensitive Skin, Teachers, The Impressionists, The Famous Five, Smack the Pony and Absolutely Fabulous; and for film, Northern Soul, Marie Antoinette, Bel Ami, Hounded, Me Myself and Di, Late Night Shopping, The Search for John Gissing and Bronson.
Andrew Richardson
plays Astrov. His previous theatre credits include Guys and Dolls (Bridge Theatre, Evening Standard Emerging Talent nominee); The Rover, The Three Musketeers (Carnegie Mellon); Othello, The 39 Steps (Harvey Theater) and The Taming of the Shrew (Chautaqua Institution). His television credits include Extrapolations, Triage, and The Last O.G; and for film Daughter of the Bride, The Independent, Killer Among Us, Martin Eden, and A Call to Spy.
Lily Sacofsky plays
Elena. Her theatre credits include The Mighty Waltzer (Royal Exchange Theatre) and Three Days in the Country (National Theatre). Her television credits include McDonald and Dodds, Sanditon, Dagliesh, Summer of Rockets and Bancroft.
Susan Tracy plays Maria.
Her theatre credits include Our Church (The Watermill Theatre); About Leo (Jermyn Street Theatre); Cyril’s Success, Dream of Perfect Sleep, Variation on a Theme (Finborough Theatre); A Day By The Sea (Southwark Playhouse); The Wars of the Roses (Rose Theatre Kingston); A Chorus of Disapproval (Harold Pinter Theatre); Playhouse Creatures, Rattigan’s Nijinsky, The Deep Blue Sea (Chichester Festival Theatre); Inherit the Wind, Richard 11, 900 Oneonta (The Old Vic); Gone With the Wind (Gillian Lynne Theatre); Anything Goes (Theatre Royal Drury Lane, National Theatre); Denial (Bristol Old Vic); The Old Country (English Touring Theatre, Trafalgar Studios); Runaway, The Merry-Go-Round (Royal Court Theatre); Eurydice (Trafalgar Studios); His Lordship’s Fancy (Gate Theatre); Favourite Nights (Lyric Hammersmith Theatre); The Relapse, Bartholemew Fair, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, Heresies, Mephisto, No Limits to Love, Anna Christie, Othello, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Suicide, Three Sisters (RSC); Zack, The Rivals, Much Ado About Nothing, Loot (Royal Exchange Theatre); Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Ambassadors Theatre) and Long Day’s Journey into Night (Cambridge Theatre, UK tour). Her television credits include Ted Lasso, Manhunt: The Night Stalker, Piss Off, I Love You, The Trial, Silk, The Cry, Goodnight Sweetheart, Minder/Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Playing the Field; and for film, The Death and Life of John F Donovan.
