Summer/Autumn Season Announced For The Young Vic Including World Premiere of Mandela

Young Vic’s upcoming work for Summer and Autumn 2022 celebrates 25 years of creative engagement in the local community and resilience. 

Some of the highlights in this new programme include a World Premiere of Mandela, a new musical which tells his story and the movement behind him. The new music has been developed in partnership with Nandi Mandela, Luvuyo Madasa and the Mandela family with the book by Laiona Michelle. Ivo van Hove, the multi-award-winning director presents his fierce production of literary sensation Édouard Louis’ Who Killed My Father. It will be performed as a monologue by acclaimed actor Hans Kesting. 

The Young Vic’s creative engagement department will also begin a year of celebrations to mark its 25th anniversary with a series of events entitled Taking Part 25. One of these events include Journeys. Journeys is a six-part podcast series that celebrates local voices in Lambeth and Southwark. It will uncover stories with The Young Vic’s Neighbourhood Theatre Company, taking a look at the past 25 years and looking ahead to the next.  

The jam packed Summer and Autumn season also includes The Secretaries, I Wonder If.. and Communities of Resistance. You can find out further information about the Young Vic’s exciting programme over on their website. 

Kwame Kwei-Armah, Young Vic Artistic Director says: “Our Summer/Autumn season is a celebration of community and of resilience - from the stories you find on your doorstep to powerful tales of international resistance - that will bring us together to view the world through the eyes of others and through the lens of their experiences. 

We stand by the belief that theatre is there for its community - it is our rallying cry and has sat at the centre of the Young Vic’s ethos for the past 25 years. This year we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the beating heart of our organisation, our extraordinary outreach and engagement programme Taking Part, with a joyful season that shines a light on the stories from our vibrant community and the role we, the Young Vic, have played in Lambeth and Southwark over the last quarter of a century.”

Tickets for all Young Vic performances start at £12.50 with Lucky Dip tickets available from £10 and tickets available from £10 and tickets available from £5 with the Young Vic’s £5 First Previews lottery, which opens 48hrs in advance of the performance.

​So please join us as we come together, audience members and artists alike, in the communal space of the Young Vic to celebrate our communities, pay tribute to the stories of hope and resilience and challenge ourselves to see the world from different perspectives.”

Shereen Jasmin Phillips, Director of Young Vic Taking Part says: “I am incredibly proud to present our 25th birthday season of Taking Part work, for, with and by the local community of Lambeth and Southwark. This year we will be connecting our young people with the queer community in New York through our Communities of Resistance project, imagining what the next 25 years will look like through a magical realism lens with our Of The Cut promenade production that will boast a 30 strong intergenerational community ensemble cast! And for a fourth year we will be taking theatre to community centres, hospitals and schools through YV Unpacked: I Wonder If… , which will explore human connection through an array of stories. Taking Part is staunchly committed to continuing joyous & thought provoking work through our local communities over the next 25 years and beyond.”