The production will run at the theatre from the 11th May until the 11th July.
Casting has now been announced for ‘Care’ written and directed by Alexander Zeldin which will take to the Young Vic Theatre’s main stage this spring.
The newly announced cast will be led by BAFTA nominee Linda Bassett as grandmother Joan with Rosie Cavaliero playing mother Lynn, Hayley Carmichael who will play resident Simone, and Richard Durden will play resident John. Aoife Gaston will take on the role of nurse Fanta, while Llewella Gideon will play nurse Hazel.
William Lawlor will play teenager Laurie, and Ethan Mahony and Charlie Webb, both making their professional stage debuts, will share the role of youngest son Robbie. Participants from the Young Vic’s Taking Part Neighbourhood Theatre programme will also appear as care home residents.
A single mum, two feuding pre-teens, and their gran. When Grandmother takes a fall, she is hastily moved to a care home she doesn’t want to be in, surrounded by other elderly people longing for comfort and missing home. But as time passes, she comes to see what really matters in life and between loss and loneliness, we glimpse the unexpected joy in life’s everyday moments.
With press night set for the 19th May, the creative team behind the production includes: et designer Rosanna Vize, costume designer Natasha Jenkins, lighting designer James Farncombe, sound designer Josh Anio Grigg, movement director Marcin Rudy, casting director Jacob Sparrow, intimacy director Katharine Hardman for EK Intimacy, fight director Sam Lyon-Behan, voice coach Carol Fairlamb, dramatherapist Patricia Ojehonmon, costume supervisor Caroline McCall, props supervisor Laura Flowers and associate director Kaleya Baxe.
To book tickets visit: https://www.youngvic.org/whats-on/care