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ROYAL COURT THEATRE
Sloane Square, SW1
TWO VENUES: Theatre 'Upstairs' & Theatre 'Downstairs'
BOX OFFICE: (020) 7565 5000
Soho Theatre & Writers' Centre, 21 Dean Street! W1
Box Office: (020) 7478 0100 (24 hrs - no booking fee)
Online sales: www.sohotheatre.com
The theatre is fully accessible with an infra red-hearing system.
DONMAR WAREHOUSE
at Thomas Neal's, Earlham Street, WC2
BOX OFFICE: 0870 060 6624 (No booking fee)
Transport & Parking
Tubes: Covent Garden, Leicester Sq, Charing Cross, Holborn
Buses: Destination Leicester Sq.14, 19, 24, 29, 38, 176
Parking: Masterpark
YOUNG VIC THEATRE
66 The Cut
London, SE1
(nearest underground Waterloo - Northern Line)
BOX OFFICE: (020) 7928 6363
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TEXT PHONE: (020) 7620 1011
New Young Vic shows - On sale now
A new season of Young Vic shows is now on sale.
Find all the details online at www.youngvic.org
Or call us on 020 7922 2924 (Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm)
From rediscovered classics to vibrant new writing and outstanding international theatre, our three performance spaces are designed to put you up close to all the action on stage. Our seating is unreserved and every seat has a great view. Ticket prices are designed to be affordable for all, and if you're under 26 there are £10 tickets available for every performance.
Add in London's livliest new bar and restaurant and the Young Vic is the perfect location from morning to midnight.
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In this newsletter:
Street Scene
Festa!
Fragments
In the Red and Brown Water
The Brothers Size
You Can See the Hills
Amazonia
Become a Friend of the Young Vic
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Street Scene
17 - 22 July
Music by Kurt Weill, Book by Elmer Rice, Lyrics by Langston Hughes
This summer, take in one of the triumphs of the American music theatre.
Street Scene is a musical melting pot of working class New York – scintillating show tunes, operatic arias, jazz, the blues, spirituals.
The first UK production in 20 years features a cast of 15, a chorus of 50, an orchestra of 30 and a dog.
www.youngvic.org
020 7922 2924 (Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm)
The Opera Group/Young Vic/Watford Palace Theatre co-production
Festa!
Saturday 16 August - 2 performances only
Fun, food and... Festa!
Every year Brazilians come together to celebrate traditional stories of love and desire in festivals of theatre, dance and music.
Featuring a cast of 100 local residents, a carnival of song and dance flows from The Cut into the Young Vic where the myths, heroes and legends of Brazil come to life. Thrilling for all the family. Put Festa! at the top of your summer calendar.
www.youngvic.org
020 7922 2924 (Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm)
A Young Vic/People's Palace Projects co-production
The Young Vic's International Programme is supported by Bloomberg
Fragments
27 August - 13 September
by Samuel Beckett, direction Peter Brook
Peter Brook’s joyously received Fragments returns for just 22 performances following a sold out run last year. These sinuous stripped back productions reveal all the angry warmth of this dark, life-celebrating humanist.
'I laughed as I've seldom laughed before' The Times
'A wonderful evening' The Independent
'Samuel Beckett and Peter Brook. Two theatre gurus. It's a compliment to this evening that you soon forget the status of both artists and just enjoy the work.' The Financial Times
www.youngvic.org
020 7922 2924 (Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm)
A Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord/Young Vic co-production
In the Red and Brown Water
02 October - 08 November
‘A fresh, absorbing work that is simply spellbinding.’ Variety
Oya is a star athlete. She never feels so right as when she’s running. As a girl she has to choose between following her dream and caring for her sick mother. As a woman she is torn between two men and is desperate to bear a child.
Tarell Alvin McCraney is the ‘explosive new talent’ whose The Brothers Size had audiences on their feet at the Young Vic last year.
www.youngvic.org
020 7922 2924 (Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm)
A Direct Action production with Genesis Foundation
The Brothers Size
08 October - 08 November
by Tarell Alvin McCraney
The Olivier nominated hit returns for a limited run following 2007's sell-out production at the Young Vic.
There are two brothers Size.
Ogun owns an auto repair shop.
Oshoosi, fresh out of prison, always takes the wrong track.
When his ex-cell mate Elegba gives him a clapped out car, true freedom seems just around the corner...
Comic, lyric, passionate drama.
www.youngvic.org
020 7922 2924 (Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm)
A Young Vic/ATC co-production
A Direct Action production with Genesis Foundation
You Can See the Hills
14 - 18 October
by Matthew Dunster
Sex, fury, sex, violence, sex, chatting back, sex, school, sex, your mum and dad, sex – and a paper round.
Sharp and moving, You Can See the Hills recalls those moments growing up that are unique and universal: a dark moment of rebellion against your mum, the bloodlust of your gang, the summer evening feeling that you’ll live forever.
Writer/director Matthew Dunster’s recent Young Vic productions include the Olivier nominated Love and Money and The Member of the Wedding.
www.youngvic.org
020 7922 2924 (Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm)
A Royal Exchange Theatre production
Amazonia
27 November 08 - 24 Jaunary 09
Music, dance and laughter.
Celebrate Christmas Brazilian style!
Suitable for everyone 7+
Paul Heritage (AfroReggae) directs this year’s Christmas show. Gringo Cardia (Cirque du Soleil) designs, with a cast of English and Brazilian actors led by Brazil’s great comic actor Pedro Cardoso.
Twin boys take refuge in a tree in the rainforest. A spirit casts a spell over all who pass beneath its branches.
Years later, a troupe of dancers rehearse in the forest. Confusion erupts as friends and enemies change bodies, transformed by the enchanted tree. The world looks different through another pair of eyes!
www.youngvic.org
020 7922 2924 (Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm)
A Young Vic/People's Palace Projects co-production
The Young Vic's International Programme is supported by Bloomberg
Become a Friend of the Young Vic
Thanks for being a part of our journey this year.
We hope what we do inspires and entertains you.
Our work on stage and off is only possible with the help of our many friends and supporters.
Friends of the Young Vic enjoy discounts on tickets and at our great restaurant and bar, with access to our priority booking period, special events and backstage activities. Friendship starts at £50.
The Young Vic Company, 66 The Cut, Waterloo, London SE1 8LZ. Tickets & Information: +44 (0)20 7922 2924
ARTS THEATRE,
6/7 Gt. Newport Street, London WC2
(including information on The Unicorn Theatre for Children)
(Nearest tube: Leicester Square)
Box Office: 0870 060 1742
The Venue, 5 Leicester Place,
off Leicester Square, WC2
Box Office: 0870 899 3335
(booking fees may apply)
SOUND THEATRE
10 Wardour Street, Leicester Square,
London WC1
Box Office: 0870 890 0503
www.kitproductions.com
SHAW THEATRE
100 - 110 Euston Road
London NW1 2AJ
Box Office: 0870 033 2600
http://www.theshawtheatre.com
For more details or individual advice/help - email:
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