Life and Fate
The legendary Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg - described by Peter Brook as ‘the finest ensemble theatre in Europe’ - returns to London this spring for a strictly limited engagement for the first time in over a decade.
LIFE AND FATE (UK PREMIÈRE)
“Beautiful, terrifying, draining – and resoundingly contemporary” - Financial Times
It’s early 1943. Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Russia are in a bitter struggle for their very survival. Life and Fate is a sweeping panorama of Soviet Society, an epic tale of a country told through the fate of a single Jewish family, the Shtrums.
Vasily Grossman’s celebrated novel, banned because of the parallels it drew between Nazism and Soviet Communism, is being adapted for the stage for the very first time. From Nazi concentration camps to the Gulags of Siberia and the Soviet nuclear programme, the battle of Stalingrad looms large as the characters work out their destinies in a world torn by ideological tyranny and war.
This critically acclaimed production, winner of the Golden Mask for best play, has toured around the world to great acclaim since 2007 and comes to London for the first time.
*Both productions will be performed in Russian with English surtitles*
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "Sergey Kuryshev shines as a nuclear scientist stuck in a moral maze in this vivid staging of Vasily Grossman’s sprawling novel" - The Guardian
★ ★ ★ ★ "A wearying first half paves the way for a complex and vivid display by an extraordinary ensemble" - The Times
★ ★ ★ ★ - The Telegraph
- Address
Haymarket. SW1Y 4HT.
- Cancellation Policy
No exchanges or refunds available after purchase.
- Duration
200 mins with interva
- How Does It Work
You will receive a confirmation email. Please print this email and bring it with you and present to the Box Office. We recommend you arrive a minimum of 30 minutes before the show.
- Suitable For Children
16 +
Life & Fate contains nudity
- Times
Life and Fate
Tuesday 8th May 7pm
Wednesday 9th May 7pm
Friday 11th May 7pm
Saturday 12th May 7pm
Friday 18th May 7pm
Saturday 19th May 7pm
Sunday 20th May 2.30pm
- Where Do I Go
Theatre Royal Haymarket, 18 Suffolk Street, London SW1Y 4HT.
By Tube: Piccadilly Circus; Leicester Square or Charing Cross Tube Station
Theatre Royal Haymarket
Haymarket. SW1Y 4HT.
