Starring Kathryn Hunter and Ben Whishaw, Walter Meierjohann directs this epic drama adaptation of Christian Kracht's deeply moving, acclaimed novel. Eurotrash explores the complicated bond between a parent and child, and the struggle to confront a strained relationship as an unsettling history rears its head. Showing as part of the Young Vic 2026/2027 season!

Callie Khouri's timeless feminist cinema classic gets its world premiere as a stage musical at the Young Vic! Adapted by Khouri herself over three decades after the release of the Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning film, Thelma & Louise features music and lyrics by acclaimed singer-songwriter Neko Case, with Amy Lennox (Cabaret) playing Thelma and Rachel Tucker (Wicked) in the role of Louise. With the original having been directed by cinematic heavyweight Ridley Scott, director Trip Cullman takes on the baton for this stage production of a story seen as a landmark in feminist film.

Tiago Rodrigues' extraordinary and timely new play comes to London following its critically acclaimed world premiere, opening for a strictly limited run at the Young Vic theatre in January 2027! Set in the near-future and focusing on humanity's travel to a new planet following a climate collapse, La Distance is a strikingly powerful tale of connection and parental bonds.

Trailblazing Olivier and BAFTA award-winning playwright debbie tucker green writes and directs this shattering new play, debuting at the Young Vic theatre in March 2027. Focusing on a slightly altered world of rigorous control and compliance, dissent is a singular and venomous examination of freedom of choice and government interference in people's lives.

Critically acclaimed writer-director Alexander Zeldin (The Other Place) returns to London with an all-new English adaptation of his play Une Mort Dans la Famille, opening at the Young Vic Theatre in Spring 2026. Telling the tale of a grandmother entering a care home, CARE is a touching examination of later life and finding joy in the mundane.

After heading up a celebrated production of King Hedley II, director Nadia Fall returns to August Wilson's Century Cycle, directing this staging of Gem of the Ocean at the Young Vic. Despite being the ninth in the series, the play serves as the chronological opening to the Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright's famed ten-play cycle (also known as the Pittsburgh Cycle), the play sets up the tone for the themes present across the cycle, including the worth of the individual, family dynamics, and African-American identity.