Vanya with Andrew Scott
no politics this time, just art: National Theatre Live, Vanya
Andrew Scott is earth-shattering in this extraordinary performance of Vanya, seamlessly morphing from one character to the next, until the only character in the play becomes an amalgam of all of the human tragedy and pain and anger and despair, in a myriad of embodiments. This is a performance like none I have ever seen. Every character becomes just a facet of a single creature, a hybrid of Vanya, and Sonya, and Alexander and all the rest. Andrew Scott is merciless in high-jacking your attention, and your emotions, your entire being, and submerging you inside this extraordinary Chekhov tragedy. Andrew Scott's acting is a gift for anyone taking the trouble to see.