A Little Life review – Hanya Yanagihara drama is not for the faint hearted
Ivo van Hove directs a mesmerising four-hour adaptation of a divisive novel that unpicks privilege, abuse and psychological damage
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Ivo van Hove directs a mesmerising four-hour adaptation of a divisive novel that unpicks privilege, abuse and psychological damage
This four-hour adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara’s much-fêted novel is no easy watch, but it’s a triumph of emotional richness and devastation
They’ve supercharged Shakespeare, staged impossible novels and stunned with scandalous cinema adaptations. Internationaal Theater Amsterdam reveal their radical secrets
Happiest in home-territory epics, Ivo van Hove pulls off a Greek-tragedy stunner. Theatre review by David Nice
While the emotional complexities remain, Van Hove’s high-octane makeover featuring unrelenting pyrotechnics and riveting performances is a visual epic