Ivo van Hove to Helm Simon Stephens' SONG FROM FAR AWAY at the Young Vic This Fall

According to the Daily Mail, Ivo van Hove will direct Simon Stephens's new play SONG FROM FAR AWAY, coming to the Young Vic, September 2-19, 2015.

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Van Hove returns to the Young Vic after helming Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE starring Mark Strong, which will be broadcast next month via National Theatre Live.

The Belgian director, who has done a wide range of work in the Netherlands, won two Obie Awards for his off-Broadway productions of MORE STATELY MANSIONS and HEDDA GABLER. Among his other credits are THE LITTLE FOXES, THE MISANTHROPE, ALICE IN BED, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, all at the New York Theatre Workshop.

Stephens adapted THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME for the stage; the show premiered at the National and is now playing on Broadway. Among his other plays are BIRDLAND, I AM THE WIND, WASTWATER, HARPER REGAN, PUNK ROCK, ON THE SHORE OF THE WIDE WORLD and many more.