Ivo van Hove to Helm Simon Stephens' SONG FROM FAR AWAY at the Young Vic This Fall
By: BWW News Desk Feb. 05, 2015
According to the Daily Mail, Ivo van Hove will direct Simon Stephens's new play SONG FROM FAR AWAY, coming to the Young Vic, September 2-19, 2015.
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Van Hove returns to the Young Vic after helming Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE starring Mark Strong, which will be broadcast next month via National Theatre Live.
The Belgian director, who has done a wide range of work in the Netherlands, won two Obie Awards for his off-Broadway productions of MORE STATELY MANSIONS and HEDDA GABLER. Among his other credits are THE LITTLE FOXES, THE MISANTHROPE, ALICE IN BED, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, all at the New York Theatre Workshop.
Stephens adapted THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME for the stage; the show premiered at the National and is now playing on Broadway. Among his other plays are BIRDLAND, I AM THE WIND, WASTWATER, HARPER REGAN, PUNK ROCK, ON THE SHORE OF THE WIDE WORLD and many more.
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