Stevenson And Anderson Confirmed For New Young Vic Season!

YOUNG VIC: 2014 New season announcement

Gillian Anderson plays Blanche DuBois directed by Benedict Andrews

Juliet Stevenson is Winnie in Beckett's Happy Days

World leading directors at the Young Vic in 2014 - Ivo van Hove, Katie Mitchell, Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne

Eagerly-awaited new work from 1927

Carrie Cracknell's West End smash A Doll's House heads to New York

Kander and Ebb's The Scottsboro Boys extends

Artistic Director David Lan on the new season:

"Some of the finest writers, actors and directors in the world are at the heart of our 2014 season. Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Beckett, Chekhov - Gillian Anderson, Juliet Stevenson - Peter Brook, Katie Mitchell, Benedict Andrews, Ivo van Hove, Natalie Abrahami, 1927, Phelim McDermott and Susan Stroman.

"I am thrilled that the great Juliet Stevenson will make her Young Vic debut as Winnie in Natalie Abrahami's new production of Beckett's masterpiece Happy Days. Winnie is one the greatest and most demanding stage roles ever written.

"Ivo van Hove's 'Roman Tragedies' will be remembered forever by anyone who saw it. He directs in every major European capital as well as running his own company in Amsterdam. Well-known in New York, he makes his UK debut with his production of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge.

"The Valley of Astonishment brings together two strands that Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne have explored for many years: Islamic mysticism and the neurology of the human brain. The cast is Kathryn Hunter and Marcello Magni who were in Brook's 'Fragments' and William Nadylam and Jared McNeill who were in 'The Suit', both seen at the Young Vic.

"Stage, screen and TV superstar Gillian Anderson returns to the London stage to play Blanche DuBois in Benedict Andrews' production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Andrews' award-winning 'Three Sisters' was one of the most talked about shows of recent years. I expect no less of this great combination of artists.

"Katie Mitchell's first Chekhov 'Uncle Vanya' was a revelation at the Young Vic in 1998. Having since directed all his other major works, she returns to direct Chekhov's last - and perhaps greatest - play The Cherry Orchard in a brilliantly fresh version by Simon Stephens whose Young Vic version of 'A Doll's House' is currently playing in the West End.

"1927's 'The Animals and Children Took to the Streets' is a global sensation. Golem - their first new theatre show in four years - is a satirical and subversive fable of man, technology and machine.

"I'm delighted that New York audiences will experience Carrie Cracknell, Simon Stephens and Ian McNeil's superlative A Doll's House when it opens at BAM early next year.

"Kander and Ebb's The Scottsboro Boys, directed by queen of Broadway Susan Stroman, starts its run here on 18 October. Due to the demand for seats even before it has opened, we've extended until 21 December. Book now.

"Stay tuned for the full program in our smaller theatres in 2014. Meantime, Edinburgh hit 'The Events' by David Greig will be followed into The Maria in December by Improbable's very grown-up version of the fairytale Beauty and the Beast, directed by Phelim McDermott with Mat Fraser and Julie Atlas Muz."

The Shows:

Main House

The Scottsboro Boys

18 October - 21 December 2013

The UK premiere of Kander and Ebb's provocative and exhilarating musical directed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman (The Producers).

Happy Days

23 January - 22 February 2014

Natalie Abrahami directs Olivier Award-winning stage and screen actor Juliet Stevenson as Winnie in Samuel Beckett's surreal masterpiece.

A View from the Bridge

4 April - 24 May 2014

The visionary Ivo van Hove (Roman Tragedies) directs a stunning new production of Arthur Miller's tragic masterpiece.

The Valley of Astonishment

20 June - 12 July 2014

Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne bring together neurological research and Persian verse to transport us from the familiar to the extraordinary on a kaleidoscopic journey into the wonders of the human brain.

A Streetcar Named Desire

Summer 2014 - dates tbc

Trailblazer Benedict Andrews directs internationally acclaimed stage and screen actor Gillian Anderson as Blanche DuBois in a brand new production of Tennessee Williams' finest play.

The Cherry Orchard

10 October - 29 November 2014

Katie Mitchell stages Anton Chekhov's last and greatest creation in a new English language version by Olivier Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens.

Golem

9 December 2014 - 17 January 2015

Following the smash hit The Animals and Children took to the Streets, this UK premiere from 1927 is one of the most anticipated new shows of 2014.

The Maria

Beauty and the Beast

4 - 21 December 2013

Improbable's Phelim McDermott directs the internationally acclaimed duo Mat Fraser and Julie Atlas Muz in an adult fairy-tale like no other.

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