Nora: A Doll’s House. This radical new version of Ibsen’s classic by @stefsmith is a co-pro w/ @citizenstheatre following a hugely acclaimed run in Glasgow. Directed by Elizabeth Freestone.
Blurring the lines of opera, house music and theatre, award-winning @nmonford's World Premiere of Orfeus: A House Music Opera, dir by Charles Randolph-Wright (Motown: The Musical) in April 2020.
The magnificent @CushJumbo will make her YV debut as a new kind of Hamlet. Reuniting with long-term collaborator director Greg Hersov to bring us Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy.
Academy Award nominee Ruth Negga to debut on the YV stage as Portia Coughlan, in Marina Carr’s hauntingly profound & disturbing play about love & kinship, dir by @r_carolinebyrne.
The Black British Theatre Award nominations were announced today (@theBBTAs). The ceremony will take place at the Young Vic next month and will be broadcast for free on @SkyArts in late October. 🤩
Today marks 50 years since we first opened our doors & what a better way to celebrate this milestone than by sharing with you our brand-new year-long programme of work entitled #WeAreTheNewTide
Check out this thread for more info 👇
First up, our 50th Birthday Projections 📽
Starting tonight, each evening the front of our building will become a giant canvas, illuminated by a video projection by @duncanjmclean, celebrating the people & productions who have contributed to our history over the last 5 decades.
The #YV50 Projection Project is a homage to the entire community who make up the DNA of the Young Vic and it will run Monday to Saturdays, from 7.30pm until 10.30pm
If you, like us, are missing the Young Vic today here are a few things you can try at home to get ready for the #NationalTheatreAtHome premiere of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE tonight [Queue the Twitter thread 👇]
Awkwardly perch next to a family member on the same kitchen table as if they were strangers sitting at @The_Cut_Bar. Make small talk. Get to know them. Become friends.
Create your own Streetcar-inspired pre-show cocktail🥃
Class and Coronavirus - Part 2
Fri 22 May
2pm- 4.30pm
Directors @catshoob & @StefODriscoll are hosting a second informal get together for creatives who identify as working class, benefit class, underclass or criminal class to talk positive action.
East Asian Theatremakers Discussion Group
Tue 26 May
4.30pm – 6.00pm
@Jen_Tang hosts an open forum for any East Asian theatre artists to check-in, share any concerns/opportunities & see what can be done to do to support each other during these times