Uncle Vanya

Nothing's new

Everything's old.

I'm exactly the same as ever

Only more lazy

More aimless

More curmudgeonly...'

One of the high points of world drama, Chekhov's bittersweet tale of frustrated lives and unrequited loves - by turns witty, playful, nostalgic and tragic - is captured in all its complexity by Bryony Lavery's spirited, sharply-written adaptation, first produced at Birmingham Rep in 2007.