A Little Life 2023

Opened: March 25, 2023
Closing: June 18, 2023

A Little Life - 2023 West End History , Info & More

History

Harold Pinter Theatre

Panton Street London SW1Y 4DN London

__James Norton__ (*Happy Valley*, *Grantchester*) stars in the theatrical event of 2023 as visionary director __Ivo van Hove__ (*Network*, *Hedda Gabler*) stages the English language premiere of *A Little Life*, his acclaimed production of the million-copy bestseller by __Hanya Yanagihara__ (*To Paradise*, Booker Prize Shortlist for *A Little Life*).

The much-anticipated play also stars __Luke Thompson__ (*Bridgerton*, *Hamlet*), __Omari Douglas__ (*It’s A Sin*, *Constellations*), __Zach Wyatt__ (*The Witcher*, *I and You*), __Elliot Cowan__ (*The Crown*, *2:22 A Ghost Story*), __Zubin Varla__ (*Tammy Faye*, *Equus*), __Nathalie Armin__ (*Force Majeure*, *The Doctor*), and __Emilio Doorgasingh__ (*Best of Enemies*, *The Kite Runner*).

A LITTLE LIFE follows four college friends in New York City: aspiring actor Willem, successful architect Malcolm, struggling artist JB, and prodigious lawyer Jude.

As ambition, addiction, and pride threaten to pull the group apart, they always find themselves bound by their love for Jude and the mysteries of his past.

But when those secrets come to light, they finally learn that to know Jude St Francis is to understand the limitless potential of love in the face of life.

__Assisted performances__

Captioned: Wednesday 7th June, 7pm

Audio Described: Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 7pm

BSL: Tuesday 23rd May 2023, 7pm

FEATURED REVIEWS FOR A Little Life

The story is indefensibly horrible, but there’s no denying the brilliance of James Norton’s performance

6 / 10

To his credit, Van Hove never makes it feel pulpy or trashily exploitative, more of a meditative treatise on how life is unutterably cruel and shit. But in doing so it becomes a sort of experiment in terror, an attempt to see how an audience will react to seeing unimaginable horrors piled upon a single character with almost nothing in the way of relief. There’s some seating at the back of the stage and I wonder if its main purpose is so we can see the shocked faces of our fellow audience members' faces.

James Norton stars in a terrible, truthful depiction of mankind's capacity for evil

8 / 10

Arriving, nervously, at Ivo van Hove’s three-hour 40-minute stage adaptation belonging to neither fan-base, I had no idea what to expect. But I left shaken and stirred by a production that is as involving and accurate a depiction of the long-term effects of abuse as you could expect to see – if still slightly doubtful about whether I had wanted to see it at all.

A Little Life FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How long has A Little Life been running on the West End?

A Little Life opened at the Harold Pinter Theatre on Saturday Mar 25, 2023 and has now been running for 2 months.

A Little Life History

Other Productions of A Little Life

2022	Off-Broadway	BAM Next Wave US Premiere Production Off-Broadway
2023	West End	West End

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