Young Vic's The Jungle Announces Transfer To Playhouse Theatre

Following a sold-out run at The Young Vic, the acclaimed production of The Jungle transfers to the Playhouse Theatre.

The Jungle at the Young Vic. Photo: David Sandison Sonia Friedman Productions Tom Kirdahy and Hunter Arnold have announced the West End transfer of the National Theatre and Young Vic co-production with Good Chance Theatre of Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson's The Jungle .

The Jungle is set in Europe's largest unofficial refugee camp The Calais Jungle,  which in 2015, became the temporary home for more than 10,000 people.

The Jungle will transfer to the Playhouse Theatre in the West End, where the traditional proscenium theatre will undergo a remarkable transformation. The auditorium stalls will be completely reconfigured to house Miriam Buether’s critically-acclaimed set design as seen at the Young Vic, where audiences were invited to sit at the benches and tables of the Afghan café in the Calais camp. The Dress Circle will be renamed “Cliffs of Dover” and will allow unique views over the performance space, which extends out beyond the proscenium arch and over the stalls. This in-the-round transformation will reduce the capacity of the theatre to 450 seats, to more closely recreate the intimate and immediate experience audiences had at the Young Vic.

This is the place where people suffered and dreamed.  Meet the hopeful, resilient residents of the Jungle – just across the Channel, right on our doorstep. The Jungle tells stories of loss, fear, community and hope, of the Calais camp’s creation - and of its eventual destruction. Join the residents over freshly baked naan and sweet milky chai at the Afghan Café, and experience the intense, moving and uplifting encounters between refugees from many different countries and the volunteers who arrived from the UK.

The majority of the original cast will transfer with the production, including actors from refugee backgrounds, some of whom came through the Jungle.  The full cast includes: Ammar Haj Ahmad, Mohammad Amiri, Girum Bekele, Elham Ehsas, Trevor Fox, Moein Ghobsheh, Ansu Kabia, Alex Lawther, John Pfumojena, Rachel Redford, Rachid Sabitri, Mohamed Sarrar, Ben Turner and Nahel Tzegai.

Official charity partner, Help Refugees, will be supported by the production, with fundraising efforts taking place at the venue throughout the entire run.

The Jungle is directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin designed by Miriam Buether, costumes by Catherine Kodicek, lighting by Jon Clark, sound by Paul Arditti and musical direction/composition by John Pfumojena.

The Jungle will run at the Playhouse Theatre from 16 June - 3 November 2018

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