{"id":25557,"date":"2022-11-29T03:16:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T03:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/29\/ivo-van-hove-brings-a-little-life-to-the-west-end-there-ought-to-be-clowns\/"},"modified":"2022-11-29T03:16:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T03:16:15","slug":"ivo-van-hove-brings-a-little-life-to-the-west-end-there-ought-to-be-clowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/29\/ivo-van-hove-brings-a-little-life-to-the-west-end-there-ought-to-be-clowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivo van Hove brings A Little Life to the West End \u2013 There Ought To Be Clowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Wessex Grove, Gavin Kalin Productions and Playful Productions have introduced that Ivo van Hove\u00a0will stage the English language premi\u00e8re of\u00a0Hanya Yanagihara\u2019s critically acclaimed prize-winning novel,\u00a0<b><i>A Little Life\u00a0<\/i><\/b>within the West End. The manufacturing previews at Richmond Theatre from 14 to 18 March, forward of opening within the West End on the Harold Pinter Theatre on 30 March, with previews from 25 March, and runs till 18 June.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>James Norton<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Happy Valley<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Grantchester<\/em>) stars as Jude because the visionary director\u00a0<strong>Ivo van Hove<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Network<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Hedda Gabler<\/em>) levels the English language premiere of A LITTLE LIFE, his acclaimed manufacturing of the million-copy bestseller by\u00a0<strong>Hanya Yanagihara<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>To Paradise<\/em>, Booker Prize Shortlist for\u00a0<em>A Little Life<\/em>). The much-anticipated play additionally stars<strong>\u00a0Luke Thompson<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Bridgerton<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Hamlet<\/em>),\u00a0<strong>Omari Douglas<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>It\u2019s A Sin<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Constellations<\/em>),\u00a0<strong>Zach Wyatt<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>The Witcher<\/em>,\u00a0<em>I and You<\/em>),\u00a0<strong>Elliot Cowan<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>The Crown<\/em>,\u00a0<em>2:22 A Ghost Story<\/em>),\u00a0<strong>Zubin Varla<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Tammy Faye<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Equus<\/em>),\u00a0<strong>Nathalie Armin<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Force Majeure<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Doctor<\/em>), and\u00a0<strong>Emilio Doorgasingh<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Best of Enemies<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Kite Runner<\/em>).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>A Little Life<\/em> follows 4 school buddies in New York City: aspiring actor Willem, profitable architect Malcolm, struggling artist JB, and prodigious lawyer Jude.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">As ambition, habit, and satisfaction threaten to tug the group aside, they at all times discover themselves sure by their love for Jude and the mysteries of his previous.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">But when these secrets and techniques come to mild, they lastly be taught that to know Jude St Francis is to grasp the limitless potential of affection within the face of life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Adapted by\u00a0Koen Tachelet,\u00a0Ivo van Hove\u00a0and\u00a0<a name=\"m_8277696249751843245__Hlk119675403\"\/>Hanya Yanagihara, the play is conceived and directed by Ivo van Hove; set &amp; lighting design by Jan Versweyveld; costume design by An D\u2019Huys; music &amp; sound designer is Eric Sleichim; and casting Director is Julia Horan CDG.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Wessex Grove, Gavin Kalin Productions and Playful Productions have introduced that Ivo van Hove\u00a0will stage the English language premi\u00e8re of\u00a0Hanya Yanagihara\u2019s critically acclaimed prize-winning novel,\u00a0A Little Life\u00a0within the West End. 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