Co-Producer with Eleanor Lloyd Productions, Young Vic and Stanley Buchthal
New York, 1984. Fifty-six-year-old Andy Warhol’s star isfalling. Jean-Michel Basquiat is the new wonder-kid taking the art world bystorm. When Basquiat agrees to collaborate with Warhol on a new exhibition, itsoon becomes the talk of the city.
As everyone awaits the ‘greatest exhibition in the historyof modern art', the two artists embark on a shared journey, both artistic anddeeply personal, that re-draws both their worlds.
Dates: 16 February - 02 April 2022 at The Young Vic
Creative Team:
Writer: Anthony McCarten
Director: Kwame Kwei-Armah
Set & Costume Designer: Anna Fleischle
Lighting Designer: Mark Henderson
Cast Members:
Paul Bettany
Jeremy Pope
Alec Newman
Sofia Barclay
Review Quotes:
★★★★ “Packsa real punch”
The Times
★★★★ “Ahypnotic production"
Daily Mail
★★★★ “Innatelycaptivating”
Daily Telegraph
★★★★ “Bringsfireworks”
Evening Standard
★★★★ “A fantastically enjoyable play”
The Independent
★★★★ “Paul Bettany makes atriumphant return to the London stage”
Evening Standard