Uncle Vanya - but there’s ASMR soap cutting videos playing in the bottom right corner

What begins as a faithful production of Chekhov’s poignant, pastoral play, spirals into a meticulously crafted chaos engine — testing the limits of sincerity, concentration, and collective theatrical endurance.

In this deliriously overstimulating remix, Chekhovian despair is dragged kicking and screaming into our current attention economy. This genre-bending, gender-bending live performance collides classically constructed text with a riot of media interference — TikTok dances, puppet shows, and pro-wrestling smackdowns.

This Uncle Vanya is part experiment, part tragic farce, part viral hallucination. The interventions don’t mock the source text; they refract it — not dumbing it down, but hoisting it up.

A requiem for the naturalistic slow-burn. A eulogy for attention spans. An unruly, heartfelt act of theatrical resistance.

CONTENT
Simulated gun shots; stylised fight scenes; references to suicide; alcohol; mild, opt-in audience participation; ASMR sounds (amplified whispering, crunching, slicing); densely layered audio and visual material; existential themes.

RUN TIME
105 minutes including interval.

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Single tickets will be available to purchase from 8 December 2025.

Wheelchair access & Companion Cards
Wheelchair accessible seats, companion cards and other accessible bookings can be made via phone on 08 8415 5353 (Monday – Friday, 9.00am – 5.00pm), or via email at tickets@statetheatrecompany.com.au.

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Venue Access

This show will be performed at the Adelaide College of the Arts, Main Theatre 39 Light Square, Adelaide SA 5000.

Getting to the Venue

There are several parking options close to the campus.

A paid parking station is located across Light Square, beneath the Adelaide City campus. Access is via Morphett Street.

Public, open-air car parking is available on the western side of Light Square, and between Hindley and Philip Streets, north of the Adelaide College of the Arts.

Street parking is also available on Light Square and in neighbourhood streets west of Morphett Street for up to two hours.