EUROTRASH – PRIORITY BOOKING FROM 20 APRIL
The Young Vic Theatre’s artistic director, Nadia Fall, has revealed details of her 2026/7 season, including the premiere of the English language adaptation of Eurotrash, starring Kathryn Hunter and Ben Whishaw.
A blocked novelist is summoned to Zurich by his aged mother who is barely keeping it together with vodka, pills and Ferragamo sweaters. Together they embark upon an impromptu journey to give away the mother’s fortune, amassed from arms investments and dairy products, in order to come to terms with their own and Europe’s dark history. With the cash stuffed in a plastic bag, the bickering pair take a chaotic and outrageous road trip through the snowy mountains and valleys of Switzerland.
Whishaw and Hunter, who last worked together in the hit Netflix series Black Doves, reunite to play the mother and son who embark on a road trip through the Swiss Alps to give away their vast family fortune in an attempt to escape the shadows of their past.
Whishaw says, “I am so excited to perform at the Young Vic, collaborating with such an extraordinary team of artists, whose work I’ve long admired. I am particularly thrilled to be reuniting with my dear friend, the phenomenal Kathryn Hunter, as we delve into the rich, complex relationship between a mother and son that sits at the heart of Christian Kracht’s brilliant, unsettling and very funny novel.”
A Young Vic and Red Peter co-production, this new adaptation of Kracht’s internationally best-selling novel by Colin Teevan, directed by Walter Meierjohann, is described as a darkly comedic search for absolution that also reunites the creative team behind the Young Vic’s hit 2009 production of Kafka’s Monkey and 2016’s The Emperor. Eurotrash runs from 13 November 2026 to 9 January 2027.
Hunter says, “The character of ‘the mother’ is one of those unforgettable literary creations that is a real gift for an actor to play. I feel privileged to have been entrusted with bringing her to life – her eccentricities, contradictions, and complexities – opposite the brilliant Ben Whishaw with whom I’ve dreamed of working with since his searing and unforgettable Hamlet and with my long-time collaborators Walter and Colin, 10 years on from The Emperor, our last project at the Young Vic.”
Full details and tickets HERE
