Ivo van Hove will direct a new play by Simon Stephens as part of the Young Vic’s 2015 season, which will also see Rory Kinnear star in Franz Kafka’s The Trial.
Song from Far Away by Stephens will run from September 3 to 19, while a new version of The Trial by Nick Gill will be directed by Richard Jones and will run from June 19 to August 8.
Meanwhile, Roma Garai will star in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure from October 2 to November 7. The production will be directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins.
Janie Dee and George Mackay will appear in Eugene O’Neill’s Ah, Wilderness!, which will be directed by Natalie Abrahami.
They are joined by Georgia Bourke, Martin Marquez, Eleanor McLoughlin, Dominic Rowan, Susannah Wise and Ashley Zhangazha in the production, which runs from April 12 to May 23.
Director Carrie Cracknell and choreographer Lucy Guerin will collaborate on a new dance theatre production of Macbeth, which runs from November 26 to January 16, 2016.
The Maria studio theatre will host interactive theatre game World Factory from May 11 to 30, and a revival of Marguerite Duras’ La Musica from September 24 to October 17.
Young Vic artistic director David Lan said: “2015 at the Young Vic is a mix of rarely performed plays, world premieres, new light on dark classics… Created by theatre artists we love, many of whom have made their home in our theatre, I hope this season will speak to our neighbourhood as much as to our city.”
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