Fun Home Young Vic

Fun home is one of the evening standard s top musicals for 2018 read more here.

Fun home young vic. Director sam gold makes his young vic debut with the five time tony award winning musical fun home. Read more on the stage. Fun home creator alison bechdel on turning a tragic childhood into a hit musical.

Perhaps it helps that lisa kron also wrote the book. Marc brenner the songs composed by jeanine tesori with lyrics by lisa kron are by turns humorous heartbreaking and most importantly totally integrated into the story. Growing up in the family home moving to college and creating the graphic novel in her forties.

Kaisa hammarlund as alison. Jenna russell as helen. With a book and lyrics by lisa kron and music by jeanine tesori it premiered off broadway in 2013 transferred to broadway in 2015 and eventually won five tony awards including the prize for best musical.

This new production arrives at the young vic with the same director sam gold and the same creative team. The show touches on her family relationships particularly with her father as she discovers her sexuality and explores her feelings for women. Fun home is playing at the young vic until 1 september 2018.

Read her interview with the observer here. Fun home continues at the young vic london until 1 september 2018. Five stars arriving through the pearly gates of broadway in 2015 and going on to win five tony awards plus a grammy for its original cast recording the uk finally gets to share in the fun home fever at the young vic.

Brought to life in the young vic by director sam gold this show is the standout piece of the season and most definitely the year too. After every song the audience gives a thunderous applause. From the original idea and the people behind the script to the creatives and production teams who do amazing work to put the production on our stage inside fun home explores how different elements come together to form what you experience at the young vic.