Unusually, all the Young Vic auditoria are in use at the moment, with the mid-sized
Maria getting a couple of big-name creatives - Ian Rickson directs an adaptation by
Conor McPherson,
The Nest. The original is a 1970s environmental fable
by Franz Xaver Kroetz, about a couple's attempts to make a home for their new son,
regardless of the consequences. Martha (Caoilfhionn Dunne) is heavily pregnant and
pretty sure her old job won't still be there for her after she gives birth. So her
lorry driver husband Kurt (Laurence Kinlan) is taking as much overtime as he can
manage, including a cash-in-hand job to dispose of what he's told is spoiled wine,
which he doesn't see fit to question. The consequences end up coming back sooner and
in a much more direct way than expected, and the couple are left trying to figure
out if their family can survive the damage.
