Rehearsal images have been released for CARE, a new play written and directed by Alexander Zeldin, which opens at the Young Vic next month.
The production runs in the Young Vic Main House from 11 May to 11 July 2026, with press night on 19 May.
CARE is a life-affirming examination of ageing, family and the fragile connection between loss and rebirth.
The play follows a single mother, her two young children and their grandmother after the grandmother is moved into a care home she does not want to be in.
Set among other elderly residents longing for comfort and missing home, the play explores how, amid loneliness and grief, moments of unexpected joy can emerge.
The cast includes BAFTA nominee Linda Bassett, Hayley Carmichael, Rosie Cavaliero, Richard Durden, Aoife Gaston, Llewella Gideon, Ann Mitchell, Taru Devani, Diana Payan, Winston Sookhan, William Lawlor, Ethan Mahony and Charlie Webb.
Internationally acclaimed writer and director Alexander Zeldin makes his Young Vic debut with the production.
CARE is translated and adapted from Zeldin’s earlier play Une Mort dans la Famille, which premiered in Paris at the Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe in 2022.
The creative team includes set designer Rosanna Vize, costume designer Natasha Jenkins, lighting designer James Farncombe and sound designer Josh Anio Grigg.
Also on the team are movement director Marcin Rudy, casting director Jacob Sparrow, intimacy director Katharine Hardman for EK Intimacy and fight director Sam Lyon-Behan.
CARE is co-produced with A Zeldin Company and is the final Main House production in Nadia Fall’s inaugural season as Artistic Director.
Listings and ticket information can be found here.
