Vassa London Reviews and Tickets

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Flat, Dull

About the Show

Gorky's riveting play about a matriarch who attempts to save the family's dynasty from decline.

A new production of Maxim Gorky's 1910 play about a wealthy family riddled with problems as the family business experiences a decline. Adapted by Olivier Award winner, Mike Bartlett (Albion, King Charles III, Doctor Foster). Siobhán Redmond (Top Girls) stars in the title role as the tyrannical mother, Vassa. Directed by Tinuke Craig (The Color Purple).

Member Reviews (1)

Flat, Dull

See it if you fance seeing a decent drama with decent acting, though nothing special.

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Critic Reviews (10)

A rare misfire from north london's creative powerhouse.
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The capable actors are directed, it seems, to extremes of caricature and over-acting...the year's most disappointing show so far.
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You have a sense of everyone working very hard to make something fly. Vassa remains resolutely earthbound, not quite funny enough or black enough to make its mark.
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Siobhan Redmond is impressive as a tyrannical mother trying to rescue her debt-ridden family in Tinuke Craig’s strangely rootless production
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Gorky play suffers an identity crisis in uneasily-pitched revival.
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I have seen shows worse than Vassa, but I have seen few productions with a less sure sense of what they are.
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Bartlett’s adaptation is very, very funny, and its nihilist jokes are underscored by Craig’s uproarious staging.
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Siobhan Redmond shines in this disgracefully funny adaptation of Maxim Gorky’s 1910 play...The whole evening yammers with talent.
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Almeida Theatre

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