AT THE HAROLD PINTER THEATRE, LONDON THE YEARS: WEST END

Adapted and Directed by Eline Arbo, based on Les Années by Annie Ernaux, in an English version by Stephanie Bain

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Following a sold-out run at the Almeida, The Years transfers to the Harold Pinter Theatre in London’s West End from 24th January 2025.

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, coming to the West End for a strictly limited 12 week run following sold out runs at the Almeida and Internationaal Theater Amsterdam.

The Years is produced by the Almeida Theatre and Sonia Friedman Productions.

Gina McKee (Photo: Ali Wright)