The five-star sold out production of THE YEARS transfers to the West End’s Harold Pinter Theatre for 12 weeks only from January 2025!
Based on Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux’s fearless masterpiece, five actors create an unapologetic portrait of a woman shaped by her rapidly-changing world.
Deborah Findlay, Romola Garai*, Gina McKee, Anjli Mohindra and Harmony Rose-Bremner give ‘extraordinary performances’ (The Observer) in Eline Arbo’s inventive adaptation, following sold out runs at the Almeida Theatre and Internationaal Theater Amsterdam.
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*Romola Garai will be in performances of The Years through Saturday 8 March. Further casting to be announced at a later date.
‘Memory never stops. It pairs the dead with the living, real with imaginary beings, dreams with history.’
She strikes a pose and the camera shutter clicks: a child playing in the debris of the Second World War. Click. A student discovering parties and men’s bodies. Click. An activist fighting for the right to choose. Click. A wife picking out a velvet sofa. Click. A mother taking her eldest to judo. Click. A lover seducing a younger man. Click. A grandmother presenting her granddaughter to the camera. Click.
Tickets available for performances from Friday 24th January – Saturday 19th April 2025
1 hour 55 minutes, no interval.
Deborah Findlay, Romola Garai, Gina McKee, Anjli Mohindra, Harmony Rose-Bremner
Eline Arbo (Director and Adapter), Annie Ernaux (Original Book Writer), Thijs van Vuure (Music Supervisor and Sound Designer), Juul Dekker (Set Designer), Rebekka Wörmann (Costume Designer), Varja Klosse (Lighting Designer)
Age Guidance: 15+ Graphic depictions of abortion, blood, a coerced sexual encounter and sexual content. The production includes the use of e-cigarettes, haze and flashing lights.
'A masterpiece - extraordinarily profound and yet playful drama'
'A unique, profoundly moving experience. It moved me in ways theatre often tries to but rarely achieves'
'Five stars for The Years'
'Extraordinary performances from five actors add up to a five-star adaptation'
