» Review: Uncle Vanya/Women Dreamt Horses
Like watching one of those frenzied foreign soap operas as filtered through the great thematic mind of Chekhov, this double bill from Argentine writer/director Daniel Veronese had an addictive domestic electricity only Enda Walsh has come close to on the British stage. As two families gathered to discuss their futures in the same tiny flat, fags were stubbed and fists pounded on walls in a cascade of simultaneous emotional unloading. This did mean there was no hope of keeping on top of the surtitles. But I found galloping through Veronese’s blazing script, not entirely secure in my saddle, an exhilirating rather than frustrating experience.
Corn Exchange, Brighton Dome, 23 May
4/5
Bella Todd
