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An unflinchingly unrelentingly brutal production, a Little Life is not for the faint of heart. But it deserves to be seen nonetheless.

The Barbican today announces its full January to August 2020 Theatre and Dance programme in the Barbican Theatre and The Pit. Tickets go on sale to Barbican Members Plus on Friday 25 October 2019 and to Barbican Members on Monday 28 October 2019. From only £54, Barbican Members get priority booking, discounted tickets (subject to availability) and pay no booking fees. They can also take advantage of exclusive behind-the-scenes events and the Members' Lounge. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday 1 November 2019.

This spring, Internationaal Theater Amsterdam and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra will be sharing the stage for the first time. In a joint production, Death in Venice, one of Thomas Mann's best-known novels is being adapted into a musical theatre performance. The direction is in the hands of Ivo van Hove, David Robertson is the conductor. Nico Muhly, "Shooting star" of American music, is writing new music especially for this production. Other works to be performed include compositions by Richard Strauss and Arnold Schonberg. The show will have its world premiere on Thursday 4 April 2019 and will exclusively play in the Royal Theatre Carre in the Netherlands until 13 April.

Tony Award winner Ivo van Hove will direct a stage adaptation of the bestselling 2015 novel A Little Life. The stage adaptation will make its premiere this fall at Amsterdam's Stadsschouwburg Theatre, with performances beginning September 20th an opening on September 23rd.