Entertainment
Richard Armitage: ‘Theatre is hanging on by a thread’ – The Guardian
As he returns in a new film version of Uncle Vanya, the star remembers when Covid shuttered the West End and reflects on the arts crisis
You were playing the doctor, Astrov, in Ian Ricksons triumphant West End production of Uncle Vanya when the pandemic closed theatres. How did the last night feel?We were lucky in that wed completed the majority of the run there was about six weeks left. We were quite surprised that our houses were full every night. Then Broadway went dark and you could feel the change in the atmosphere within our company that it was inevitable. The following week we came into work and were told it was all off. W…
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