Ivo van Hove Helms Simon Stephens' SONG FROM FAR AWAY, Beginning Tonight at the Young Vic

Ivo van Hove directs Simon Stephens's new play SONG FROM FAR AWAY, coming to the Young Vic, tonight, September 2, through September 19, 2015.

Van Hove returns to the Young Vic after helming Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE starring Mark Strong. He will direct THE CRUCIBLE on Broadway next year.

The play's official description reads: "On a crisp winter day in New York, Willem gets the call. It's Mum. Pauli's died. Come back to Amsterdam. An unforgettable homecoming to an estranged family, a lost love, unsettling sex and an unexamined life...A UK premiere written by Olivier Award-winner Simon Stephens (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, A Doll's House) with music by singer/songwriter Mark Eitzel."

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.