The Inheritance | Audience Responses

We’ve been blown away with the brilliant responses to the first few previews of Part 1 & 2 of The Inheritance.

Inspired by the novel ‘Howards End’ by E.M. Forster, The Inheritance asks what is it like to be a young gay man in New York? This hilarious and profound heart-breaker runs at the Young Vic until 19 May.

See what audiences have been saying on social media and book your tickets now.

You know as a writer when you see a play that says everything you have been trying to say but better and makes you want to throw out everything you’ve ever written. Yeah that. #theinheritance #part1 @youngvictheatre brilliant.

— Philip Dehany (@philipdehany) March 14, 2018

#TheInheritance @youngvictheatre ! Part 1…..blew my mind. Prolific writing, genius direction, effortless talent on stage, gripping story, authentic characters…heart breaking. 🌹

— John Falsetto® (@FalsettoJohn) March 15, 2018

Syrus Lowe, Kyle Soller & Michael Marcus. Photo by Simon Annand.

Matthew Lopez has written the most beautiful play #TheInheritance @youngvictheatre It sings! As a young uncelebrated playwright he deserves it all.

— Danny Lee Wynter (@dannyleewynter) March 15, 2018

The Inheritance Pt1 @youngvictheatre is hands down the best work I have ever seen on stage. I urge you to get tickets – especially because you get to see @SyrusLoweDown smash it 👏 a touching, slick and above all illuminating piece of work – hungry for Pt2!

— Nathaniel McCloskey (@NatCloskey) March 15, 2018

Just watched the first part of The Inheritance @youngvictheatre – probably the best thing I’ve watched this year. Great cast, so powerful – can’t wait for part 2 tomorrow! #mustsee pic.twitter.com/fPyveg70l8

— Rory Day (@cosmetic_lad) March 14, 2018

Kyle Soller, Samuel H. Levine & Andrew Burnap. Photo by Simon Annand.

@youngvictheatre ‘Inheritance’ tonight left me speechless. One of the best pieces of theatre out there! Such a powerful message and genius storytelling. Can’t wait for Part 2 tomorrow 👏🏻

— James Wilson (@_james_wilsonn) March 14, 2018

“To love is to make an appointment with heartbreak”

Saw part two of #theinheritance at @youngvictheatre on Friday night and haven’t stop thinking about it since. One of the most truthful, beautiful, funny, heartbreaking shows I’ve ever seen!

Congratulations to all involved.

— Jamie Marie (@jamiemarieleary) March 12, 2018

Kyle Soller, Paul Hilton & John Benjamin Hickey. Photo by Simon Annand.

@youngvictheatre #theinheritance. A high watermark in a long run of exemplary theatre ventures. I’ve been coming to this theatre since 1983. This was another memorable occasion crafted by skilled practitioners. Funny, sad, poetic, lively and charismatic.

— Julius Wilsonbear (@JuliusWilsonb) March 12, 2018

Never been in a room full of people trying to keep it together and not sniffle too loudly like at the end of #TheInheritance at @youngvictheatre I don’t think there was a dry eye in the house!

— Trish 🌟 (@intersteIIIar) March 11, 2018

Lengthy and deserved standing ovation for the deeply moving and thought provoking #theinheritance at @youngvictheatre. I have seen both parts and I have to admit crying in both but blabbing in the second. #thankyou

— Simon Harris (@SimonHasw8) March 10, 2018

Samuel H. Levine & Andrew Burnap. Photo by Simon Annand.

I’ve seen hundreds of plays and #TheInheritance @youngvictheatre is simply one of the very best I’ve ever experienced – comparisons with Angels in America are wholly justified; and what an utter treat when Vanessa Redgrave graced the stage, joining a superlative cast

— James Hadley (@JamesSHadley) March 10, 2018

So everyone’s going to be talking about The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez @youngvictheatre Part 1 down, Part 2 next week… ❤️ pic.twitter.com/YpMWQ6Uzw5

— Matthew Todd (@MrMatthewTodd) March 2, 2018

Extraordinary night @youngvictheatre #TheInheritance – pure brilliance on every level. Exquisite – entire audience on their feet cheering and weeping at only second preview. It should get every award out there. Stephen Daldry is a genius – beautiful play Matthew Lopez. Thank you.

— Charlie Carter (@charliecphotog) March 4, 2018

Standing ovation for last night’s performance of #TheInheritance at @youngvictheatre absolutely brilliant. Funny and moving. A must see production

— Derek J. Kettlety (@djkettlety) March 11, 2018

2/2
Part 2 is possibly superior, as it cashes in on all the character work and setup of part 1 (which is also great).
Energetic, moving, funny, fresh.
Standing ovation and sniffles all over the shop.
Wow.
Well done to all involved! @youngvictheatre #theinheritance 2/2

— Shai Matheson (@ShaiMatheson) March 10, 2018

Just back from part 2 #TheInheritance at the Young Vic. Amazing performances by @McDrewBur Samuel H Levine and the iconic Vanessa Redgrave. A stunning piece of theatre. 5***** from me & hopefully the critics @oldvictheatre pic.twitter.com/cMAtlC9Ijv

— Martin Clark (@MartinC93414706) March 10, 2018

#TheInheritance @youngvictheatre was one of the best plays I’ve seen this century – I laughed, I cried, and felt profoundly moved – and I havent seen a production of such directorial clarity since Robert Icke’s Oresteia pic.twitter.com/PLYtsPtRAD

— James Hadley (@JamesSHadley) March 5, 2018

#Theatre Part 1 #TheInheritance @youngvictheatre. Inspired by #EMForster‘s Howard’s End. Young #gay men in New York, pre and post #AIDS. Beautiful storytelling, superb nuanced performances, and clever writing, interweaving the Howard’s End story. I was absorbed. A masterpiece. pic.twitter.com/kCqXT41nNF

— Rakshita Patel (@MycroftBrolly) March 5, 2018

The Inheritance runs at the Young Vic until 19 May. Stephen Daldry directs this hilarious and profound world premiere in two parts by New York playwright Matthew Lopez.

Book tickets: https://www.youngvic.org/whats-on/the-inheritance

The Inheritance | Rehearsal Photos

Take a look inside the rehearsal room for The Inheritance. This major new play by Matthew Lopez is directed by Stephen Daldry and previews at the Young Vic from 2 March.

A generation after the height of the AIDS crisis, what is it like to be a young gay man in New York? Inspired by E.M. Forster’s novel ‘Howards End’, The Inheritance is a hilarious and profound play in two parts.

See both parts from just £20. Find out more on our website.

Syrus Lowe, Paul Hilton, Kyle Soller, Michael Walters, Michael Marcus and Hubert Burton in rehearsals for The Inheritance

Kyle Soller and Vanessa Redgrave in rehearsals for The Inheritance

The company in rehearsals for The Inheritance

Paul Hilton and John Benjamin Hickey in rehearsals for The Inheritance

Andrew Burnap, Paul Hilton and Kyle Soller in rehearsals for The Inheritance

Kyle Soller, Michael Walters and Paul Hilton in rehearsals for The Inheritance

Michael Marcus, Matthew Lopez and Michael Walters in rehearsals for The Inheritance

Samuel H. Levine in rehearsals for The Inheritance

Andrew Burnap in rehearsals for The Inheritance

Hubert Burton in rehearsals for The Inheritance

Hugo Bolton in rehearsals for The Inheritance

Matthew Lopez in rehearsals for The Inheritance

Michael Walters, Paul Hilton and Michael Walters in rehearsals for The Inheritance

Robert Boulter in rehearsals for The Inheritance

 

Stephen Daldry in rehearsals for The Inheritance

Hugo Bolton and Syrus Lowe in rehearsals for The Inheritance

Hugo Bolton, Syrus Lowe, Robert Boulter & Luke Thallon in rehearsals for The Inheritance

The Inheritance runs at the Young Vic from 2 Mar – 19 May. Tickets available from £10. Click here to find out more and book now.

📸 Photos by Simon Annand

The Inheritance cast & extension announced

We are thrilled to announce today the company of The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez, a major world premiere in two parts directed by Stephen Daldry.

Andrew Burnap and John Benjamin Hickey will play the roles of Toby and Henry respectively, whilst Samuel H. Levine and Kyle Soller will join them in the roles of Adam/Leo and Eric.

Joining them is Hugo Bolton, Robert Boulter, Hubert Burton, Paul Hilton, Syrus Lowe, Michael Marcus, Luke Thallon and Michael Walters.

We are delighted to welcome Vanessa Redgrave back to the Young Vic to play the role of Margaret.

Find out more about our new company below.

Due to popular demand, we are also very excited to have added extra performances. The Inheritance now runs 2 March – 19 May. For the full schedule and to book your tickets for parts 1 & 2, head to the production page now.

Hugo Bolton | Jasper / Young Man 7
Theatre includes: Texas Tax Man (Vault Festival 2017); Love Me Do (Watford Palace Theatre); Travesti (Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh); Then Silence (Platform Theatre); Perfect Match (Watford Palace Theatre); Billy Budd (Southwark Playhouse) and Electra, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Drama Centre London)
Television includes: Marcella
Film includes: The Spy Who Dumped Me, Wasp and The Swimming Pool Library

 

Robert Boulter | Young Man 5 / Toby’s Agent
Theatre includes: Revolt. She said. Revolt again., The Ant and the Cicada, I Can Hear You (RSC); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Wirksworth Festival); The Merchant Of Venice (Derby Live); The Odyssey, Karamazoo (Natonal Theatre); How To Curse (Bush Theatre); Burn/Chatroom/Citizenship, An Island Far From Here (Cottlesloe National Theatre); Mercury Fur (Menier Chocolate Factory) and Herons (Royal Court)
Television includes: Evidence, Doctors, Father Brown, Casualty, Survivors, Waking The Dead and The Long Firm
Film includes: Star Wars Episode Vii – The Force Awakens, Genesis, Mark, Some Things Mean Something, Mercenaries, Donkey Punch and Daylight Robbery

Andrew Burnap | Toby Darling
Theatre includes: The Legend of Georgia McBride (Geffen Playhouse);This Day Forward (Vineyard Theatre); Troilus and Cressida, King Lear (Public Theater/Delacorte); Caucasian Chalk Circle (Yale Repertory Theatre); Once Five Years Pass, Dental Society Midwinter Meeting (Williamstown Theatre Festival); and Two Gentlemen of Verona, Kiss Me Kate, Coriolanus, All’s Well That Ends Well (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company)
Upcoming film includes: A Star Is Born, Spare Room and The Chaperone

Hubert Burton | Young Henry / Young Man 3
Theatre includes: The Deep Blue Sea, Waste (National Theatre) and She Stoops to Conquer (Theatre Royal Bath)
Television includes: The Last Post, Jekyll and Hyde, UKIP: The First One Hundred Days, The Outcast, Holby City and The Passing Bells
Film includes: Their Finest and Testament of Youth

John Benjamin Hickey | Henry Wilcox
Theatre includes: Six Degrees of Separation (Ethel Barrymore Theatre); The Normal Heart (John Golden Theatre – Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play); Mary Stuart (Broadhurst Theater); The Crucible (Virginia Theatre); Cabaret (Henry Miller’s Theatre/Studio 54); and Love! Valor! Compassion! (Walter Kerr Theater)
Television includes: The Good Wife, Manh(a)ttan, The Big C (Emmy Nomination for Best Supporting Actor), Modern Family, Hannibal, Law and Order, and Sex and the City.
Film includes: Mapplethorpe (upcoming), Hostiles, Forever My Girl,  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Barry, Tallulah, Truth, Infamous, The Taking of Pelham 123, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Flags of Our Fathers and Pitch Perfect

Paul Hilton | Walter/Morgan 
Young Vic includes: The Cherry Orchard, The Daughter-in-Law
Theatre includes: Mosquitoes, Peter Pan, wonder.land, The President of an Empty Room, Mourning Becomes Electra, Three Sisters, The Oresteia (National Theatre); Anatomy of a Suicide, Terrorism, Mountain Language (Royal Court); Romersholm, The Storm (Almeida); Dr Dee (ENO); All New People, Riflemind, In Celebration (Duke of York’s); Dr Faustus, As You Like It (Globe); Polar Bears, The Wild Duck (Donmar); The Mysteries, Romeo and Juliet (RSC)
Television includes: Grantchester, A Very English Scandal, Silk, Twenty Twelve, Casualty 1909, True, Dare, Kiss
Film includes: Lady Macbeth, Wuthering Heights, London Road, Swansong, Edge & Klimt.

Samuel H. Levine | Adam / Leo / Young Man 1
Theatre includes: A Guide for the Homesick (Huntington Theatre Company); Alligator (New Georges Theater) and Kill Floor (Lincoln Center Theater)
Television includes: Bull, Elementary, Red Oaks, and Big Dogs
Film includes: The Transfiguration

 

Syrus Lowe | Tristan / Young Man 6
Theatre includes: Saint Joan (Donmar Warehouse); Henry V (Regent’s Park); Walking the Tightrope (Underbelly); Fast Cuts & Snapshots (Oran Mor); The Velveteen Rabbit (Unicorn Theatre); Fragile (Southwark Theatre / Soho Theatre, Theatre Uncut / Paterson’s Land); The President and the Pakistani (Waterloo East Theatre); Six Books (Bush Theatre); Macbeth (Liverpool Everyman); The Charming Man (Theatre 503) and Earthquakes in London (National Theatre)
Television includes: Holby City, The Living and the Dead, The Five, Critical, DCI Banks, Talking to the Dead, Doctors, Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet, Ashes to Ashes and The Bill

Michael Marcus | Jason/Young Man 2
Theatre includes: Two Gentlemen of Verona (Royal Shakespeare Company), Richard II (Donmar Warehouse), Jumpy (Royal Court)
Television includes: Siblings, Lucan, Ripper Street, The White Queen and Misfits
Film includes: Their Finest, The Theory of Everything, The Physician and The Invisible Woman

 

Kyle Soller | Eric Glass / Young Man 9
Young Vic includes: The Government Inspector, The Glass Menagerie
Theatre includes: Hedda Gabler, Edward II (National Theatre); Cyrano de Bergerac (American Airlines Theatre); Long Day’s Journey into Night (Apollo, for which he was nominated for an Olivier award for Best Supporting Actor); The Faith Machine (Royal Court); The Glass Menagerie (Salisbury Playhouse/UK tour), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Globe/UK tour)
Television includes: Bounty Hunters, The Trip to Spain, American Odyssey, An Inspector Calls, Silent Witness, You, Me and the Apocalypse, Poldark, The Hollow Crown and Bad Education
Film includes: Marrowbone, The Titan, The Fifth Estate, The Keeping Room and Anna Karenina.
Kyle was awarded the Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer at the 2011 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.

Luke Thallon | Young Walter / Young man 4
Theatre includes: Albion (Almeida Theatre – nominated for the Evening Standard Emerging Talent Award); Misalliance (Orange Tree Theatre); Bent (National Theatre) and Out There (Riverside Studios)
Film includes: The Favourite

Michael Walters | Jason 2 / Young Man 8
Young Vic includes: If You Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Theatre includes: Death of a Salesman (Royal & Derngate & UK Tour); The Drunken City (19th Street Productions); In the Jungle of Cities (Arcola); A Thousand Miles of History (Bussey Building); and Anna Christie (Donmar Warehouse)
Film includes: Now You See Me: The Second Act, About Time, and Better Than Happy

 

Vanessa Redgrave | Margaret 

The Inheritance runs at the Young Vic 2 March – 19 May. You can book to see parts 1 and 2 separately on weekday evenings or see both parts in one day on Wednesdays or Saturdays. Find out more and book now.

★★★★★ “A haunting, humane masterpiece. Hearts ache. Anger boils. Tears flow.” | The Jungle reviews

We are overwhelmed with the outstanding reviews received so far for Joe Murphy & Joe Robertson’s The Jungle, set in part of the Calais refugee camp, directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin.

★★★★★
“Exuberant, full of music and movement. This is a story we need to hear. It feels of national significance.”
Time Out | Read the full review

★★★★★
“This devastating, uplifting show celebrates the human capacity to build something out of nothing, to work together and try to make a difference.”
The Guardian | Read the full review

★★★★★
“The show breathes with the generosity of spirit that it champions. Wonderfully humane and illuminating.”
The Independent | Read the full review

★★★★★
“Important, deeply moving theatre that challenges us to face this terrible, intractable crisis.”
Financial Times | Read the full review

★★★★
“You’re left awed and appalled. It’s warts and all – and that’s the beauty of it.”
The Telegraph | Read the full review

★★★★
“Urgency, vividness and wit. The play’s sense of the knottiness of world politics makes this a remarkable evening.”
The Times | Read the full review

★★★★★ “Brimful of hope, humour and humanity.”
Metro | Read the full review

Mohammad Amiri (Norullah) in The Jungle at the Young Vic © David Sandison

★★★★★
“A haunting, humane masterpiece. Hearts ache. Anger boils. Tears flow.”
The Stage | Read the full review

★★★★★
“Searing, emotional and profound. It makes you think and feel in a way that theatre very rarely does”
Whatsonstage | Read the full review

★★★★★
“An absolutely vital attempt to bring the tragedy of unwanted and abandoned refugees to the attention of the world.”
The Upcoming | Read the full review

★★★★
“A visual masterpiece. It’s unlike anything you have ever seen.”
Broadway World | Read the full review

The Jungle runs at the Young Vic until 9 January. Tickets are available to book from £10; find out more and book now.

Ammar Haj Ahmad (Safi) in The Jungle at the Young Vic © David Sandison

 

Behind the scenes with The Jungle cast 👀

This week we let Ammar Haj Ahmad from the cast of The Jungle loose on our Instagram Story while the cast were in tech rehearsals. We’ve rounded up some of the best behind-the-scenes footage that he caught backstage here at the Young Vic.

The Jungle opens at the Young Vic from 7 Dec. A powerful world premiere set in the Calais jungle refugee camp. Book tickets from £10:
https://www.youngvic.org/whats-on/the-jungle

    

     

          

       

        

        

         

            

The Jungle runs at the Young Vic from 7 Dec – 9 Jan. Book tickets from £10.

A Young Vic and National Theatre co-production with Good Chance Theatre. Commissioned by the National Theatre

The Jungle | Rehearsal Room Photos

We went behind-the-scenes inside the rehearsal room for The Jungle at the Young Vic.

This world premiere set in the Calais Jungle opens at the Young Vic from 7 Dec 2017. Written by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin.

Ansu Kabia, Alex Lawther and Michael Gould in rehearsal for The Jungle

Alex Lawther, Justin Martin, Joe Robertson and Mohamed Sarrar

The cast in rehearsal for The Jungle

Rachel Redford in rehearsal for The Jungle

Ben Turner and Mohamed Amiri in rehearsal for The Jungle

 

John Pfumojena in rehearsal for The Jungle

Jo McInnes in rehearsal for The Jungle

Rachel Redford and Alyssa Denise D’Souza in rehearsal for The Jungle

Ben Turner and Ammar Haj Ahmad in rehearsal for The Jungle

Raphael Acloque in rehearsal for The Jungle

Writer Joe Murphy in rehearsal for The Jungle

Ben Turner in rehearsal for The Jungle

Justin Martin and John Pfumojena in rehearsal for The Jungle

Jo McInnes and Rachel Redford in rehearsal for The Jungle

Jo McInnes and Nahel Tzegai in rehearsal for The Jungle

The Jungle runs at the Young Vic from 7 Dec 2017 – 6 Jan 2018

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📸 by David Sandison