Charing Cross Theatre present the London premiere of the Tony Award-winning play VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE by Christopher Durang. This irresistible comedy is one of the most lauded and beloved Broadway plays of recent years. Directed by Walter Bobbie (Tony Award-winner for CHICAGO), it blends Chekhov’s famous ennui with the modern-day concerns of celebrity, social networking, and the troubling onset of middle age, into a laugh out loud comedy. The production stars two-time Olivier Award-winner Janie Dee (THE BOY FRIEND, FOLLIES) and Vincent Franklin (BODYGUARD, CUCUMBER), alongside Rebecca Lacey, Michelle Asante, Charlie Maher and Lukwesa Mwamba.
Vanya and his sister Sonia live a quiet life in the Pennsylvania farmhouse where they grew up. But their sister Masha escaped many years ago and became a famous movie star. When Masha returns unannounced with her twenty-something boy toy, Spike, so begins a rollicking weekend of rivalry, regret and all too true premonitions.
