Sweet Nothings

01 March to 10 April 2010 (Main House)

A sex tragedy from the writer of Eyes Wide Shut, directed by Luc Bondy, 'one of the world's finest directors' (The Times)

Four young people risk everything in a tragic game of love, lust and adultery.

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Kursk

26 March to 17 April 2010 (The Maria)

After triumphant runs at the Young Vic and Edinburgh in 09, the award-winning Kursk returns for a limited season.

'Astounding new show. The most brilliantly immersive piece of theatre I've seen all year.' Daily Telegraph

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Free the Word!

18 April, 1pm (The Cut bar)

International PEN invites you to interrogate the nature of language, speak graphically about the graphic novel, discuss the fact of fiction and listen to the voices of tomorrow.

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Elegy for Young Lovers

24 April to 08 May 2010 (Main House)

Fiona Shaw directs this 20th century masterpiece - a savagely witty expose of the creative ego - in the third season of the South Bank Show Award-winning partnership between ENO and the Young Vic.

'The only chance to see Henze, the greatest living opera composer, in the theatre in the UK this year.' The Guardian

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Eurydice

29 April to 05 June 2010 (The Maria)

Eurydice loves Orpheus. Her dead father's letters of advice for her wedding aren't reaching the land of the living. She crashes down a flight of stairs and wakes in the underworld, her memory wiped. How will she ever get home...?

A European premiere, this playful and heart-breaking tale is created by the team behind the multi-award-winning The Brothers Size.

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Joe Turner's Come and Gone

27 May to 03 July 2010 (Main House)

Herald Loomis has been forced to work in Joe Turner's slave gang for seven years. Now he is searching for the wife he left behind, believing she can help him reclaim his lost identity. Through the people he meets in a Pittsburgh boarding house, he discovers that what he is really seeking is his rightful place in a new world...

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Sus

08 to 26 June 2010 (The Clare)

Election night 1979... Two detectives on the graveyard shift in an East London police station place bets on which party will win. A black man is picked up believing he'll be fodder for an incoming government keen to flex its law-and-order muscles.

Set on the eve of the Thatcher victory, this revival of Keeffe's classic coincides with the general election of 2010. What's changed?

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