News: Production Images Released for The Years at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Credit and copyright: Helen Murray

Officially opening at the Harold Pinter Theatre next week, production images have now been released for Eline Arbo’s adaptation and production of The Years.

Based on the Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux’s critically acclaimed semi-autobiographical novel of the same name, The Years originally premiered at the Internationaal Theater Amsterdam and at the Almeida Theatre from August – September 2024.

Credit and copyright: Helen Murray

This West End run of the show will see Deborah Findlay, Romola Garai (will be in performances of The Years until 8 March. Further casting will be announced at a later date.), Gina McKee, Anjli Mohindra and Harmony Rose-Bremner reprising their roles from the Almeida Theatre run.

Credit and copyright: Helen Murray

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.

Meanwhile, the creative team includes: Music Supervisor and Sound Designer: Thijs van Vuure; Set Designer: Juul Dekker; Costume Designer: Rebekka Wörmann; Lighting Designer: Varja Klosse; Casting Director: Amy Ball CDG;Associate Director: Yasmin Hafesji.