Alexander Zeldin’s new play Care is now on stage at the Young Vic, with stars including Linda Bassett, Hayley Carmichael and Rosie Cavaliero performing until July 11, 2026.
A life affirming play about the elusive connection between loss and rebirth, the ensemble cast also features Richard Durden, Aoife Gaston, Llewella Gideon, Ann Mitchell, Taru Devani, Diana Payan, Winston Sookhan, William Lawlor, Ethan Mahony and Charlie Webb.
I never saw any of that before. All that the birds do… I see it now Will they be gone too?
A single mum, two feuding pre-teens, and their gran. When Grandmother takes a fall, she is hastily moved to a care home she doesn’t want to be in, surrounded by other elderly people longing for comfort and missing home. But as time passes, she comes to see what really matters in life and between loss and loneliness, we glimpse the unexpected joy in life’s everyday moments.
Care is written and directed by Alexander Zeldin. The creative team brings together set designer Rosanna Vize, costume designer Natasha Jenkins, lighting designer James Farncombe, sound designer Josh Anio Grigg, movement director Marcin Rudy, casting director Jacob Sparrow, intimacy director Katharine Hardman for EK Intimacy, fight director Sam Lyon-Behan, voice coach Carol Fairlamb, dramatherapist Patricia Ojehonmon, costume supervisor Caroline McCall, props supervisor Laura Flowers and associate director Kaleya Baxe.
It is coproduced with A Zeldin Company, and is translated and adapted from Zeldin’s play Une Mort dans la Famille, which premiered in Paris at Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe in 2022.
Tickets here.
Top image: The cast of Care at the Young Vic (credit Johan Persson, image supplied)