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.’
International Theatre Amsterdam’s new Artistic Director Eline Arbo returns to direct her five-star, sold out “masterpiece” (The Guardian) adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux’s critically acclaimed semi-autobiographical novel The Years. Having run to critical acclaim at the International Theatre Amsterdam and at the Almeida Theatre from August - September 2024, it will now transfer to the Harold Pinter Theatre from 24 January – 19 April 2025.
Deborah Findlay, Romola Garai*, Gina McKee, Anjli Mohindra and Harmony Rose-Bremner reprise their “extraordinary performances” (Observer) playing one woman in this mesmerizing, personal and political story, set against the backdrop of our rapidly changing world.
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.
” It moved me in ways theatre often tries to but rarely achieves.” - The Independent
“There is so much emotional depth, surprise and theatrical virtuosity here that it holds you rapt across the ages.” - The Guardian
Listings
The years: 24 January – 19 April 2025
Harold Pinter Theatre, Panton St, London,SW1Y 4DN
Performance schedule: Monday – Saturday at 7.30pm
Matinees: Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2.30pm
Running Time: 1 hour 55 minutes – no interval
Tickets from £10: The Years | Official Box Office | Harold Pinter Theatre