It has been announced that Sonia Friedman Productions and Angelica Films have received the Theatre Award at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2021 for their filmed version of Uncle Vanya. 

The show originally opened on 14 January 2020 at the Harold Pinter Theatre and had its sell-out run cut short by the pandemic. 

Sonia Friedman said: “When lockdown happened, we lost the remainder of the run of Ian Rickson’s glorious production of Uncle Vanya, in a new adaptation by Conor McPherson. The production had such an impact on audiences, that we were determined it would have a future life, and together with our partners at Angelica Films and the BBC we were able, in the midst of strict lockdown, to make a film of it for cinema and television. This was only made possible by our superlative cast, creative team and crew, and the commitment of the theatre production’s investors who enabled us to take this step.”

The cast for the filmed version included Toby Jones, Richard Armitage, Rosalind Eleazar, Aimee Lou Wood, Anna Calder-Marshall, Dearbhia Molloy, Peter Wright and Roger Allam.

Congratulations to all involved!