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  • Venue Young Vic Theatre, London
  • Performance dates Booking to 27 January 2024
  • Running time To be confirmed

★★★★ “An impeccable production” – Evening Standard

Harold Pinter’s enigmatic masterpiece The Homecoming is revived at the Young Vic this November.

BAFTA Leading Actor award winner Jared Harris (Valery Legasov in Chernobyl, Lane Pryce in Mad Men, King George VI in The Crown) stars as Max, with Joe Cole (Sean Wallace in Gangs of London, John Shelby in Peaky Blinders, Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File) as Lenny, and Lisa Diveney (Call the Midwife, The Seagull) as Ruth.

Pinter’s unnerving modern classic and Tony Award-winning play, The Homecoming, is thrillingly re-explored in a new production by Matthew Dunster (2:22 A Ghost Story, Hangmen, Shirley Valentine).

The Homecoming runs from 27 November 2023 to 27 January 2024 at the Young Vic, London.

Max. Sam. Lennie. Joey. Teddy. And Ruth.

In a small house in East London lives a family of butchers, boxers and brutes. When academic son Teddy returns home from America, with a wife his family have never met, a strange and carnal power struggle between man, wife and in-laws ensues.

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Stars and Creatives

Lisa Diveney
Lisa Diveney
Joe Cole
Joe Cole

Who is in the cast of The Homecoming?

Jared Harris as Max, Joe Cole as Lenny, Lisa Diveney as Ruth, David Angland as Joey, Robert Emms as Teddy and Nicolas Tennant as Sam. 

Who are the creative team of The Homecoming?

Written by Harold Pinter.

The Homecoming is directed by Matthew Dunster, with design by Moi Tran, lighting design by Sally Ferguson, sound design by George Dennis, casting by Heather Basten CDG, US Casting Consultant David Caparelliotis, Voice and Dialect Coach Hazel Holder, Fight Director Kev McCurdy, Movement Director Charlotte Broom, Intimacy Director Yarit Dor and the Jerwood Assistant Director is Bellaray Bertrand-Webb.

Important Notes

Access Performances

Relaxed Performances: Fri 19 January, 7.30pm & Sat 20 January, 2.30pm
BSL Performance: Fri 26 January, 7.30pm
Audio Described Performances: Fri 12 January, 7.30pm & Thu 18 January, 7.30pm Captioned Performances: Tue 9 January, 7.30pm & Thu 25 January, 7.30pm

Content warning:

Themes of misogyny and gender stereotypes Strong language including explicit sexual language and sexist slurs Threats of violence and murder, particularly violence against women. References to rape, sexual slavery, and scenes of a sexual nature Scenes of physical violence and onstage death

Venue Information

Young Vic Theatre , 66 The Cut, London, SE1 8LZ

Nearest Tube or Train: Waterloo (Jubilee line, Northern line, Bakerloo line); Southwark (Jubilee line)

Nearest Buses: 40, 60, N63, N89, 1, 68, 168, 172, 176, 188

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Critics' reviews of The Homecoming

★★★★ "An impeccable production of an important, deeply unpleasant play" - Evening Standard

★★★★ "Lisa Diveney’s performance is wonderfully subtle" - Financial Times

★★★★ "Stylishly expressive" - Telegraph

Also see: The Homecoming Reviews Round-up

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