Uncle Vanya

‘There’s a dark, demon thing – desperate to destroy – lurking in all of you. Nothing is spared. Not trees, not birds, not women, not each other…’

On the edge of what’s left of a forest, Sonya is waiting for her life to start. Her Uncle Johnny is waiting for his life to end. In the meantime, they work and work and work. What else can they do?

Performed in Robert Icke’s lucid, luminous translation, Anton Chekhov’s tragicomic drama asks what happens to us as the environment breaks down around us.

How can we cope knowing we’ve done it to ourselves?

After acclaimed productions of Lucy Kirkwood’s The Children and Ella Hickson’s The Writer, Fennec Fox Productions returns to tackle Chekhov’s ecological masterpiece.

Content warnings: gunshots, use of a replica firearm, references to suicide and alcoholism

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Praise for previous Fennec Fox Productions

“This is student theatre at its finest… Honestly, I was knocked out.”

President’s Husband Reviews on The Writer

“utterly absorbing… There’s a supreme level of confidence to every aspect of this production. Fennec Fox Productions have created something very special here: the most challenging, vivid, extraordinary production I’ve witnessed this year.”

The Oxford Blue on The Writer

“superb realism and wit… like peering through a window into these characters’ lives.“

The Oxford Blue on The Children

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Tickets

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Ticketing information

Prices:

• General Admission – £13.50 (£12.45 + £1.05 booking fee)
• Concessions/Students – £8.50 (£7.84 + £0.66 booking fee)

Dates & times:

• Wednesday 29 October 2025 from 7.30pm to 10.00pm
• Thursday 30 October 2025 from 7.30pm to 10.00pm
• Friday 31 October 2025 from 7.30pm to 10.00pm
• Saturday 01 November 2025 from 7.30pm to 10.00pm
• Sunday 02 November 2025 from 7.30pm to 10.00pm

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Poster design and linocut print by Emily White