Synopsis
A Little Life
$16.99
Ivo van Hove from the novel by Hanya Yanagihara
Published by Nick Hern Books
6 Male 1 Female
"I promise you more patience, more gratitude. I promise you less vanity, less selfishness, less complaining, less fear. I promise you. You just have to survive"
Four college friends in New York City
Willem, an actor
Malcolm, an architect
JB, an artist
and, at the centre of their group, Jude, a lawyer
Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken
Yet their greatest challenge is Jude himself, whose secrets – and shame – define not just his own life, but that of his friends as well
Hanya Yanagihara's novel has sold over a million copies and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Women's Prize for Fiction. Harold Pinter Theatre then Savoy Theatre
REVIEWS
"A superb piece of theatre, staged with consummate skill" ~ Evening Standard
"Lacerating... eye-opening... superb" ~Telegraph
"Close to Greek tragedy... a production of cool temperature, handling atrocity with clinical precision, and moments of grace with an economical elegance... leaves its mark like a livid, tender bruise on the imagination" ~ The Stage
"Running through Van Hove’s production is the fundamental importance of love - parental, sexual or friendly - and a fierce indictment of the abuse of it" ~ FT