This production is recommended for ages 15+
Running until 19 April 2025
Run time 1 hour 55 mins (no interval)
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The Years West End tickets
Following a critically acclaimed sold-out run at the Almeida, The Years transfers to West the End’s Harold Pinter Theatre. Playing a strictly limited run from 24th January 2025, don’t miss your chance to see this ‘masterpiece’ (The Guardian). Book your official tickets today!
About The Years
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.
Cheers for The Years!
- ‘A masterpiece – extraordinarily profound and yet playful drama’ - The Guardian
- Financial Times, The Independent, The i and The Stage all gave the Almeida production glowing 5-star reviews.
- The Observer praised Deborah Findlay, Romola Garai, Gina McKee, Anjli Mohindra and Harmony Rose-Bremner’s ‘extraordinary performances.’
- The book the show is adapted from (Les Années by Annie Ernaux) won the Françoise-Mauriac Prize of the Académie française, the Marguerite Duras Prize, the French Language Prize, the Télégramme Readers Prize, and the Premio Strega Europeo Prize.
The Years West End Cast
- Deborah Findlay
- Romola Garai
- Gina McKee
- Anjli Mohindra
- Harmony Rose-Bremner
The Years West End Creatives
- Director & Adaptor - Eline Arbo
- English Adaptor - Stephanie Bain
- Original Book Writer - Annie Ernaux
- Music Supervisor & Sound Designer - Thijs van Vuure
- Set Designer - Juul Dekker
- Costume Designer - Rebekka Wörmann
- Lighting Designer - Varja Klosse
Age restriction
This production is recommended for ages 15+Running time
1 hour 55 mins (no interval)Performance dates
24 January - 19 April 2025Content
Graphic depictions of abortion, blood, a coerced sexual encounter and sexual content. The production includes the use of e-cigarettes, haze and flashing lightsAccess
BSL Performance : Saturday 8 March 2.30pm, Captioned Performance: Saturday 15th March 2.30pm, Audio Described Performance: Saturday 22 March 2.30pmVenue Information
Harold Pinter TheatrePanton Street, London, SW1Y 4DNHarold Pinter Theatre Safety Policy
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Cash free venue - contactless payments onlyOpens 24 January 2025