London Drum

Annie Ernaux’s The Years at the Harold Pinter Theatre

The YearsPhoto: atgtickets.com
Where? Harold Pinter Theatre, 4 Panton Street, Soho When? 24th January to 19th April 2025 7.30 PM (Mon-Sat) 2.30 PM matinee (Wed & Sat) Running time? 1 hour 55 mins, with no interval Price? From £17.50 Parking: Nearby car parks Buses: 14, 19, 24, 29, 38, 176 Bus fares Trains: The closest station is Piccadilly Circus Bakerloo Piccadilly Other nearby stations: Charing Cross and Leicester Square Train fares

Tickets from £17 Book tickets

Official tickets from London Theatre Direct 100% secure booking process Tickets are exchanged or fully refunded if the show is cancelled Full member of STAR - the Society Of Ticket Agents and Retailers

Following its sold-out run at the Almeida Theatre, Eline Arbo’s adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux's masterpiece The Years is coming to the West End for a strictly-limited 12-week run.

Ernaux's memoir shone a light on French society from just after World War II to the early 2000s, by focusing on one woman's memories and impressions of the past and present in a rapidly-changing world.

Her camera shutter clicked on a child playing in the debris of the Second World War... a student discovering parties and men’s bodies... a wife picking out a velvet sofa and taking her eldest to judo... click click click. A lover seducing a younger man... click. And a grandmother presenting her granddaughter to the camera... click.

"Memory never stops. It pairs the dead with the living, real with imaginary beings, dreams with history.;

What the theatre critics say...

The Guardian: ★★★★★ "A masterpiece. Extraordinarily profound and yet playful drama"; The Independent: ★★★★★ "A unique, profoundly moving experience. It moved me in ways theatre often tries to but rarely achieves"

The Years Cast & Creatives

Director: Eline Arbo; Written by: Annie Ernaux, Eline Arbo, Stephanie Bain; Cast: Deborah Findlay, Romola Garai, Gina McKee, Anjli Mohindra, Harmony Rose-Bremner

You might be interested in…

Today The Lehman Trilogy

The Lehman Trilogy (Lehman Brothers’ financial collapse)

Today Macbeth

Shakespeare’s Macbeth starring David Tennant

Today Oedipus

Oedipus – Adaptation of Sophocles’ Greek tragedy

Today The Duchess

Special offer The Duchess at Trafalgar Theatre with Jodie Whittaker

Today Barcelona

Lily Collins in Barcelona at the Duke of York’s Theatre

Today A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Barbican