★★★★★ “This Annie Ernaux adaptation is a unique, profoundly moving experience - it moved me in ways theatre often tries to but rarely achieves”
The Independent
The five-star sold out production of The Years transfers to the West End for 12 weeks only.
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.
“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.
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.
Coming to the West End for a strictly limited 12 week run beginning January 2025.
★★★★★ “A brilliant concept - Annie Ernaux’s book takes on a visceral new life”
Financial Times
ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY ELINE ARBO
BASED ON NOBEL PRIZE WINNER ANNIE ERNAUX’S LES ANNÉES
ENGLISH STAGE VERSION BY STEPHANIE BAIN
The original production and adaptation of The Years was first produced as De Jaren by Het Nationale Theater in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2022.
★★★★★ “Extraordinary performances from five actors all playing the writer Annie Ernaux add up to a five-star adaptation of her Nobel prize-winning book”
The Observer
CAST
Deborah Findlay
Romola Garai
Gina McKee
Anjli Mohindra
Harmony Rose-Bremner
CREATIVES
Eline Arbo - Director
Thijs van Vuure - Music Supervisor and Sound Designer
Juul Dekker - Set Designer
Rebekka Wörmann - Costume Designer:
Varja Klosse - Lighting Designer
Amy Ball CDG - Casting Director
Yasmin Hafesji - Associate Director