The Young Vic Season December 2007 to June 2008 Welcome to the Young Vic brochure for the season December 2007 to June 2008. The brochure gives you information about our upcoming productions, ticket prices, how to book tickets and how to get to the venue, beginning with a brief note from our Artistic Director David Lan. Ticket prices for our productions vary and will be listed towards the end of the audio brochure with information on how to book tickets and how to get here. David Lan writes Theatre makers are of two kinds: artists and audiences. Our only interest is to make the very most of the moment when they meet. So: great plays – old and new – in sparkling, energetic productions in a fabulously welcoming building with three theatres and very low prices. That’s the only way we know to change the world. The Young Vic is the home you didn’t know you had. Come home soon. The Young Vic Season December 2007 to June 2008 Eric Abraham and the Young Vic present two Isango/Portobello – Young Vic productions: A Christmas Carol and The Magic Flute. These productions play in repertoire. Two shows for the festive season, performed by an extraordinary new company of 30 performers. Featuring Pauline Malefane, star of the award winning film U-Carmen eKayelitsha, who recently performed at the Young Vic in Generations. A Christmas Carol Ikrismas Kherol Adapted and directed by Mark Dornford-May it runs to the 19th January 2008 in the Main House. The audio described performance will be on Saturday the 5th January at 2.30pm with a touch tour at 1.00pm. Adapted from Dickens this is a vibrant, thrilling musical adaptation of the most enduring of all ghost stories. This time Scrooge is a woman, the setting is today’s South Africa and the past is life under the apartheid regime. ‘An Uplifting and life-enriching experience’ Kwame Kwei-Armah. The Magic Flute Impempe Yomlingo Adapted and directed by Mark Dornford-May it plays in repertoire alongside A Christmas Carol and runs until the 19th January 2008 in the Main House. The audio described performance will be on Friday the 4th January at 7.30pm with a touch tour at 6.00pm. Adapted from Mozart this is the greatest piece of music theatre performed as you’ve never heard it: the South African way - thirty singers, marimbas, drums and township percussion. ‘Mozart would at first be amazed then delighted’ Simon Rattle. A Prayer for my Daughter by Thomas Babe Directed by Dominic Hill it begins on the 31st January running to the 15th March in the Main House. The audio described performance will be on Wednesday the 12th of March at 2.30pm with a touch tour at 1.00pm. 1am on a steamy summer night. A grubby police office in downtown NYC. Two cops and two crooks battle with wits and fists to uncover the truth about a crime – but the greatest crime of all is the nature of their lives. Thomas Babe’s thrilling psychological drama is a cat-and-mouse power struggle between four hoods with something to hide. A hit at the Royal Court and New York’s Public theatre in the 70’s, this is its first London revival. ‘A very tough piece of goods – dynamite, hard-edged and brilliant’ New York Post. The cast includes: Corey Johnson and Colin Morgan. New this year we have two productions directed by the winners of the prestigious Jerwood Directors Award at the Young Vic. Dirty Butterfly by debbie tucker green Directed by Michael Longhurst it begins on the 9th February running to the 16th February in The Clare. There will be no audio described performance for this production. Listening through their thin walls, Amelia and Jason are drawn into the dark and compelling world of their neighbour Jo. Olivier Award winning debbie tucker green is the poet of the modern theatre. ‘The writer’s angle is extraordinary…startlingly assured’ Independent on Sunday Mules by Winsome Pinnock Directed by Amy Hodge it begins on the 8th March running to the 15th March in The Clare. There will be no audio described performance for this production. Mules tells the story of the women who lend their bodies to smuggle drugs across borders – and who pay the price. Winsome Pinnock’s most powerfully political play. ‘All the punch and pizzazz of a Hollywood action movie. Extraordinary …startlingly assured’ Independent. Lost Highway Directed by Diane Paulus it will begin on the 4th April running to the 11th April in the Main House. This is an ENO and Young Vic co-production and is a UK premier. The music is by Olga Neuwirth and the words are by Elfriede Jelinek and Olga Neuwirth. There will be no audio described performance for this production. David Lynch’s psychological thriller, a film that explores identity, dislocation and desire through the eyes of troubled jazz musician Fred Madison, has been adapted for the stage by Olga Neuwirth. Gillian Moore will interview Olga Neuwirth on the 7th April at 5.30pm, to which admission is free. Lost Highway is a seething combination of sound and image. Punch and Judy Directed by Daniel Kramer it will begin on the 19th April running to the 27th April in the Main House. This is another co-production for the ENO and the Young Vic. The music is by Harrison Birtwistle and the words are by Stephen Pruslin. There will be no audio described performance for this production The story of the murderous Punch and his desire to possess Pretty Polly. Harrison Birtwistle’s controversial first opera, premiered at Aldeburgh in 1968, is directed by Daniel Kramer in the works 40th-anniversary year. Conducted by the ENO’s Music Director Edward Gardner, the cast includes: Graham Clark, Ashley Holland, Gillian Keith, Lucy Schaufer and Andrew Shore. Jonathan Cross will interview Harrison Birtwistle on the 23rd April at 6.00pm, to which admission is free. The Good Soul of Szechuan by Bertolt Brecht, translated by David Harrower. Directed by Richard Jones it will begin on the 7th May running to the 21st June. The audio described performance will be on Saturday the 21st June at 2.30pm with a touch tour at 1.00pm. The gods visit earth to find out if humans are living up to their high moral standards. Shen Te, a good-hearted prostitute gives them shelter. They reward her with money. She opens a tobacco shop. But how can good people be good in a world full of want and cruelty? A muscular new translation of Brecht's lyrical masterpiece by David Harrower directed by international opera and theatre maestro Richard Jones. With songs by David Sawer (From Morn to Midnight at the ENO) and an outstanding design team of Miriam Buether, Nicky Gillibrand and Paule Constable. The cast includes Jane Horrocks. Ticket prices and how to book Tickets can be booked in person, over the telephone or on our website. The Box Office is open Monday to Saturday 10am to 8pm where tickets can be booked in person or you can book tickets over the telephone from 10am to 6pm on 020 7922 2922. Alternatively you can book online at www.youngvic.org All of our venues have unreserved seating which means that you can choose wherever you’d like to sit. If you have any specific seating or access requirements please mention these when booking your tickets and we can reserve seats for you that match your needs. Ticket prices vary for our productions: For A Christmas Carol and The Magic Flute Tickets are £21.50 for weekdays and matinees and £24.50 for Saturday evenings and Christmas week. £9.50 tickets are available for those under 26 for all performances. A £5 discount is available for Deaf and disabled people, senior citizens and the unwaged for all performances. For A Prayer for my Daughter and The Good Soul of Szechuan Tickets are £20 for preview performances and £22.50 for all other performances. £10 tickets are available for those under 26 for all performances. A £5 discount is available for Deaf and disabled people, senior citizens and the unwaged for all performances as well as half price tickets for midweek matinees. For Dirty Butterfly and Mules all tickets are £7.50. There are no concessions available. For Lost Highway and Punch and Judy Tickets are £30 for all performances £9.50 tickets are available for those under 30. All tickets are subject to availability. How to get here The Young Vic is located on The Cut. Our closest stations are Southwark, approximately 150 metres to the east, and Waterloo, approximately 200 metres to west. Both Waterloo and Southwark stations are on the Jubilee line, which is fully accessible. Waterloo station is also on the Bakerloo, Northern and Waterloo and City Lines. As well as overland trains from Waterloo there is also Waterloo East close by and both London Bridge and Charing Cross are just one stop away. For more information or help with planning your journey please call the box office on 020 7922 2922. Alternatively, you can plan your journey online at www.journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk or call Transport for London directly on 020 7222 1234. Our full address is: Young Vic, 66 The Cut, Waterloo, London, SE1 8LZ. This is the end of the audio brochure for the Young Vic season December 2007 to June 2008. This audio brochure has been read by Guy Newman and produced by Matt Berry. Thank you for listening. 1