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NOMINATED FOR FIVE OLIVIER AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST NEW PLAY

Olivier Awards 2025

“BEST SHOW OF THE YEAR”

The Guardian

“A brilliant concept. Annie Ernaux’s book takes on a visceral new life”

The Financial Times

“There is so much emotional depth, surprise and theatrical virtuosity here that it holds you rapt across the ages”

The Guardian

“Extraordinarily profound and yet playful drama”

The Guardian

“Five brilliant actors bring to life Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux’s memoir”

The i

“A unique, profoundly moving experience. It moved me in ways theatre often tries to but rarely achieves”

The Independent

“Extraordinary performances add up to a five-star adaptation”

The Observer

“Glorious and continually unexpected”

The Observer

“Unmissable. Exquisitely mysterious, like life itself”

The Telegraph

“An acting masterclass”

The Times

“Vivid, moving memoir play – intense and moving”

Time Out

“Utterly unmissable”

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About the show

“A masterpiece – extraordinarily profound and yet playful drama.” The Guardian

Eline Arbo’s five-star, “unmissable” (The Daily Telegraph) The Years continues its captivating West End run.

Based on Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux’s groundbreaking masterpiece, The Years is an unapologetic portrait of a woman shaped by her rapidly changing world.

Writer, mother, student, activist, wife, daughter, lover, grandmother… each vivid version of Annie is told through a series of snapshots. Weaving together memory and history, an ordinary life is marked by a changing body and a changing society, revealing a “remarkable picture of womanhood over the 20th century” (Daily Mail). With “so much emotional depth, surprise and theatrical virtuosity” (The Guardian) The Years “moves you in ways theatre often tries to but rarely achieves” (The Independent).

Deborah Findlay, Gina McKee, Tuppence Middleton, Anjli Mohindra and Harmony Rose-Bremner deliver “an acting masterclass” (The Times), their performances “glorious and continually unexpected” (The Observer).

Don’t miss your chance to see this provocative, visceral production, playing for a strictly limited run at the Harold Pinter Theatre until 19 April 2025.

Trigger Warnings: Please note that this production contains graphic depictions of abortion, blood, a coerced sexual encounter, and sexual content, which may at times be distressing. The production includes the use of e-cigarettes, haze and flashing lights. Please click here for further details on content warnings and links to support

 

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“A unique, profoundly moving experience. It moved me in ways theatre often tries to but rarely achieves.” The Independent