Charles Dickens’s classic story, A Christmas Carol is brought to vivid, enchanting theatrical life in a production directed by Marcus Warchus and adapted by Jack Thorne.
Getting Through It by Michael Rosen at The Old Vic
Michael Rosen’s story of grief is gently life-affirming Grief, says Michael Rosen, is being sorry that things are not as they were. But things are never as they were; it is in their nature to change. With this simple thesis, in Getting Through It, Rosen turns the uniquely tragic events of his life into universally […]
Mary Page Marlowe at The Old Vic
A mosaic of a life in eleven scenes Imagine trying to choose eleven scenes that would depict your life. This is the premise of Mary Page Marlowe, written by Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts in 2016 and having its UK premiere at The Old Vic. Directed as the opening play of his farewell season by […]
Preview – Mary Page Marlowe – Old Vic
90 minutes, 70 years, 11 scenes, 5 Marys and one extraordinary life – Mary Page Marlowe The Old Vic is set to bring Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts’ Mary Page Marlowe to UK audiences for the very first time, with a star-studded cast led by Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon. Directed by the theatre’s Artistic […]
Oedipus – Old Vic
Hollywood star and Oscar winner Rami Malek plays Oedipus opposite Olivier Award winner Indira Varma as Jocasta. Hofesh Shechter and Matthew Warchus co-direct Ella Hickson’s new version of Sophocles’ ancient Greek tragedy, the former directing the dance elements and the latter the drama.