This production is recommended for ages 15+
Running until 19 April 2025
Run time 1 hour 55 mins (no interval)
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Five different actors bring one woman’s personal and political story to life, set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing post-war Europe.
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
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam’s new Artistic Director Eline Arbo directs her inventive stage adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux’s critically acclaimed “masterpiece” (The Guardian) The Years.
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