2012 SPRING / SUMMER SEASON

YOUNG VIC2012 SPRING / SUMMER SEASON

The Changeling 26 January –18 February

Hamlet 28 October – 21 January

Bingo 16 February – 31 March

Going Dark 6 – 24 March

After Miss Julie 15 March – 7 April

Wild Swans 13 April – 13 May

The Suit 21 May – 16 June

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BABEL 8 – 20 May

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Available for all shows at the Young Vic in this brochure.

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FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER 2011 – SATURDAY 21 JANUARY 2012

Michael Sheen AS Hamlet Michael Sheen returns to the London stage in one of the most anticipated performances of his career.

Ian Rickson, director of multi-award-winning Jerusalem, gives us his view of Shakespeare’s great tragedy.

Direction IAN RICKSON Design JEREMY HERBERT Costumes NICKY GILLIBRAND Light ADAM SILVERMAN Sound GARETH FRY Music STEPHEN WARBECK Choreography MAXINE DOYLE Casting SAM JONES CDG

‘MICHAEL SHEEN IS THE BRIGHTEST TALENT OF HIS GENERATION.’ The Observer

TICKETS £10 £17.50 £25 £29.50 | Previews: (28 Oct - 8 Nov) £10 £17.50 Concessions available. Eligible for Season Savers.

PERFORMANCE TIMES Oct 28, 29, 31 Nov 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 (7pm), 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30 Dec 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 (2pm), 28, 29, 30, 31 (2pm)Jan 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21

Performances at 7.30pm Dates in bold at 2pm and 7.30pm

Captioned: 19 January 7.30pm Audio described: 21 January 2pm

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PATRICK STEWART AS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE FOR SIX WEEKS ONLY The glory years of London behind him, Shakespeare finds himself in an overwhelming moral dilemma. Like his greatest creation King Lear, he has to decide: what shall he do with his money and his power?

Shakespeare is played by Olivier Award winner Patrick Stewart, acclaimed for Macbeth, Waiting for Godot, Hamlet and The Tempest. He is much-loved for his work on screen including X-Men and Star Trek: The Next Generation.Direction ANGUS JACKSON Design ROBERT INNES HOPKINS Light TIM MITCHELL Sound IAN DICKINSON FOR AUTOGRAPH Music STEPHEN WARBECK Casting GABRIELLE DAWES CDG

HHHH ‘BOND’S MAGNIFICENT PLAY EXCELLENTLY REVIVED… CHANGES FOREVER ONE’S PERSPECTIVE OF SHAKESPEARE.’ The Guardian

HHHH The Independent

TICKETS £10 £17.50 £25 £29.50 | Previews (16 - 22 Feb) £10 £17.50 Concessions available. Eligible for Season Savers.

PERFORMANCE TIMESFeb 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23 (7pm), 24, 25, 27, 28, 29 Mar 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31

Performances at 7.30pm Dates in bold at 2.30pm and 7.30pm

Captioned: 29 March 7.30pm Audio described: 31 March 2.30pm

BINGOScenes of Money and Death

THURSDAY 16 FEBRUARY – SATURDAY 31 MARCH 2012A Young Vic / Chichester Festival Theatre co-production

MAIN HOUSE

By EDWARD BOND

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THE WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER ON STAGE China at the heart of the 20th Century. A nation transformed beyond recognition.

Through the eyes of one fiercely courageous family, Wild Swans takes us on a journey from the early days of Communist hope and struggle, through the chaos and confusion of Mao’s Cultural Revolution to the birth of a superpower.

An astonishing human story, Wild Swans has sold 13 million copies in 36 languages, making it the best-selling non-fiction book in British publishing history.

This first-ever stage version brings together Jung Chang with playwright Alexandra Wood, director Sacha Wares, designer Miriam Buether and Beijing video artist Wang GongXin.

Design MIRIAM BUETHER Projection TIM REID Costumes MORITZ JUNGE Music ZENGHUI QIU Video WANG GONGXIN UK Casting JULIA HORAN CDG Sound GARETH FRY US Casting ZOE ROTTER Light D M WOOD Puppet Design MICHAEL FOWKESChoreography LEON BAUGH

‘IMMENSELY MOVING… UNFORGETTABLE.’ Sunday Times on the book Wild Swans

‘EXTRAORDINARY… A MASTERPIECE.’ Sunday Telegraph on the book Wild Swans

TICKETS £10 £17.50 £25 £29.50 | Previews (13 - 19 Apr) £10 £17.50 Concessions available. Eligible for Season Savers.

PERFORMANCE TIMESApr 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 (7pm), 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30 May 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 (2.30pm)

Performances at 7.30pm Dates in bold at 2.30pm and 7.30pm

Captioned: 10 May 7.30pm Audio described: 12 May 2.30pm

FRIDAY 13 APRIL – SUNDAY 13 MAY 2012A Young Vic / American Repertory Theater / Actors Touring Company co-production

MAIN HOUSE

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PETER BROOK AND MARIE-HÉLÈNE ESTIENNE PRESENT A HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL FABLE

In the dusty heat of a 1950s South African township, a young worker returns home to find his wife in bed with her lover. The lover escapes, leaving behind his suit. The only revenge the husband takes is to instruct his wife to treat the suit as an honoured guest. But how long can she endure this cruel and pitiless sentence?

Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne direct a company of international actors, singers and musicians to recreate Can Themba’s hauntingly beautiful fable.

Direction PETER BROOK & MARIE-HÉLÈNE ESTIENNELight PHILIPPE VIALATTEMusic FRANCK KRWCZYK

HHHHH ‘THERE IS NOTHING IN LONDON TO MATCH THIS.’ Daily Mail on Peter Brook’s Le Costume

TICKETS £10 £17.50 £25 £29.50 | Previews (21 - 22 May) £10 £17.50 Concessions available. Eligible for Season Savers.

PERFORMANCE TIMESMay 21, 22, 23 (7pm), 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31 Jun 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

Performances at 7.30pm Dates in bold at 2.30pm and 7.30pm

Captioned: 14 June 7.30pm Audio described: 16 June 2.30 pm

A musical play by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne after the original story by Can Themba adapted for the stage by Barney Simon and Mothobi Mutloatse

MONDAY 21 MAY – SATURDAY 16 JUNE 2012Production: CICT / Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord Co-production: Young Vic Theatre, Napoli Festival, Les Théâtres de la Ville du Luxembourg, Théâtre de la Place - Liège

MAIN HOUSE

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A DARKLY COMIC TALE OF SEX, LOVE AND PANICBeautiful Beatrice-Joanna is in love – so she hires the repellent De Flores to kill the man her father wants her to marry. But once the deed’s done Beatrice discovers it’s not money or jewels that De Flores claims as his reward, but something far more precious.

The Changeling is a darkly comic tale of how love and sex drive us mad, and one of the most powerful tragedies ever written.

Following his sell-out productions of The Beauty Queen of Leenane, The Glass Menagerie (both Young Vic) and The Village Bike (Royal Court), Joe Hill-Gibbins directs this masterpiece from Thomas Middleton, the greatest Elizabethan playwright after Shakespeare.

Direction JOE HILL-GIBBINS Design ULTZ Sound PAUL ARDITTI Light JAMES FARNCOMBE Dramaturg ZOË SVENDSEN

‘THOMAS MIDDLETON IS THE TUDOR TARANTINO.’ BBC Radio 4

‘MADNESS, AS MUCH AS PASSION, SPINS THE PLOT IN MIDDLETON AND ROWLEY’S DARK JACOBEAN MASTERPIECE.’ The Guardian

TICKETS £17.50 | Previews (26 Jan - 1 Feb) £10 Concessions available. Eligible for Season Savers.

PERFORMANCE TIMESJan 26, 27, 28, 30, 31 Feb 1, 2 (7pm), 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

Performances at 7.45pm Dates in bold at 2.45pm and 7.45pm

THURSDAY 26 JANUARY – SATURDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2012THE MARIA

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THOMAS MIDDLETON AND WILLIAM ROWLEY

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England, July 1945. The Labour Party’s landslide election triumph. Victory in the class struggle. Celebrations in every street.

Miss Julie descends into the servants’ kitchen of her father’s country mansion in search of the chauffeur John. Over one long midsummer’s night Miss Julie’s world is turned head over heels.

Adapted by Patrick Marber, best known for his plays Dealer’s Choice, Don Juan in Soho and Closer, and his BAFTA-winning films Notes on a Scandal and Closer.

Direction NATALIE ABRAHAMI Design PATRICK BURNIER Light OLIVER FENWICK ‘PATRICK MARBER IS THE FINEST BRITISH DRAMATIST OF HIS GENERATION.’ The Daily Telegraph

TICKETS £17.50 | Previews (15 - 20 Mar) £10 Concessions available. Eligible for Season Savers.

PERFORMANCE TIMESMar 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21 (7pm), 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 Apr 2, 3, 4, 5, 7

Performances at 7.45pm Dates in bold at 2.45pm and 7.45pm

THURSDAY 15 MARCH – SATURDAY 7 APRIL 2012THEMARIA

By PATRICK MARBERafter AUGUST STRINDBERG

STRINDBERG’S CRUELEST LOVE STORY RE-IMAGINED BY MARBER

Music Direction PHIL BATEMAN Casting JULIA HORAN CDG

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Going Dark

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CREATORS OF ACCLAIMED HIT KURSK RETURN WITH A HEAVENLY NEW SHOW

How far can you see? A mile? A hundred miles? Or to the furthest corners of the galaxy? As a narrator in a planetarium it’s Max’s job to ask the cosmic questions. But when his life is turned upside down, he discovers that understanding the universe requires a different kind of vision...

Created by the pioneering company Sound&Fury, Going Dark uses immersive surround sound design, total darkness and inventive lighting to re-awaken our wonder at the cosmos.

Sound&Fury are MARK ESPINER, DAN JONES & TOM ESPINERDirection MARK ESPINER & DAN JONES Design ALEŠ VALÁŠEKLight GUY HOARESound DAN JONESProjection DICK STRAKER

HHHHH ‘THE MOST BRILLIANTLY IMMERSIVE PIECE OF THEATRE I’VE SEEN ALL YEAR.' The Daily Telegraph on Kursk

TICKETS £15 | Previews (6 - 8 Mar) £10 Concessions available. Eligible for Season Savers.

PERFORMANCE TIMESMar 6,7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

Performances at 8pm Dates in bold at 3pm and 8pm

TUESDAY 6 – SATURDAY 24 MARCH 2012Fuel presents Sound&Fury’s

THE CLARE

by HATTIE NAYLOR in collaboration with SOUND&FURY

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