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From Amsterdam to the West End: the avant-garde hit factory behind The Years and Oedipus

A pair of electrifying London shows bagged four prizes at the Olivier awards. Both were developed by Dutch company ITA, which has an eye for British talent

The Guardian - UK

John Lithgow and Lesley Manville take home acting gongs at starry Olivier Awards

Imelda Staunton and Romola Garai were among the winners of the night

The Independent UK

Olivier awards 2025: Giant, Benjamin Button and Fiddler on the Roof triumph

John Lithgow, Imelda Staunton, Romola Garai and Layton Williams are among the winners at the annual stage awards

The Guardian - UK

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Fiddler on the Roof up for 13 Olivier awards and Romola Garai nominated twice in same category

Garai is recognised for The Years and Giant, Oscar-winner Adrien Brody is nominated for his West End debut, while Imelda Staunton gets 14th nod for Hello, Dolly!

The Guardian - UK

Trigger warnings may do more harm than good. Witness ‘the abortion play’

Hit drama The Years has seen audience members fainting hysterically. Perhaps if we dispensed with the red flags, people would enjoy this fine play more

The Guardian - UK

Director Eline Arbo: ‘Theatre is very fake. You have grown up people pretending to die in front of you’

The Norwegian theatre director on bringing Annie Ernaux’s memoir The Years to the West End, standing on Ivo van Hove’s shoulders, and why live experiences still matter

The Guardian - UK

‘I cut my knees open’: Romola Garai on the agonies unleashed by hit play The Years

Good sex, bad sex, the horror of aerobics and the tyranny of camcorders … the actor writes about starring in Nobel-winner Annie Ernaux’s memoir, our play of the year

The Guardian - UK

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The week in theatre: The Years; Pericles – review

Extraordinary performances from five actors all playing the writer Annie Ernaux add up to a five-star adaptation of her Nobel prize-winning book. And a fairytale take on Pericles

The Guardian - UK

Breaking makes its Olympics debut, and a series of powerful adaptations – what you should watch and listen to this week

The heady highs and horrible lows, the close finishes, the scandals and the astounding feats of human skill – the Olympics are always a thrilling watch. While this year’s are coming to an end, there is still a lot to see before this Sunday’s closing ceremony, including the first ever…

The Conversation

The Years review – Annie Ernaux’s faint-inducing masterpiece roars into devastating life

Eline Arbo’s profound but playful adaptation celebrates the multitudes contained within a single life, as big history is embodied by womanhood – including Romola Garai’s shatteringly raw abortion scene

The Guardian - UK

The Years at the Almeida Theatre review: there's so much to love in this startling and enthralling show

This stage adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s novel offers much that’s still unusual in theatre

Evening Standard

The Years review: This Annie Ernaux adaptation is a unique, profoundly moving experience

A stage version of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s masterpiece, in which five women play the author throughout her life, manages the extraordinary feat of intricately telling the story of a whole life in less than two hours

The Independent UK

‘Each time I read one of her books, I wanted to read more’: five actors on bringing Annie Ernaux’s memoir to the stage

As a play of the Nobel prize-winner’s memoir The Years opens in the UK, the actors playing her at different ages – including Deborah Findlay, Gina McKee and Romola Garai – talk about what the work means to them

The Guardian - UK

From the Arctic Circle to the top of European theatre: director Eline Arbo on being ‘an outsider looking in’

The Norwegian theatremaker talks about succeeding Ivo van Hove as artistic director of one of the influential Internationaal Theater Amsterdam and staging classic plays as rock concerts

The Guardian - UK

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