Pains of Youth by Ferdinand Bruckner (adapted by Daphne Moore)
17 November, 7.30pm, Post Show Q&A
20 November, 7.30pm Captioned Performance
In a Vienna boarding house after the First World War, a group of young medical students wrestle with love, lust, and looming despair. Their ambitions clash with their fears, and pleasure collides with self-destruction, as they search for meaning in a world that feels fractured beyond repair.
Ferdinand Bruckner’s Pains of Youth, in a sharp adaptation by Daphne Moore, is a haunting portrait of a restless generation. At once intimate and unsettling, the play lays bare the volatile mix of desire, power, and hopelessness that drives youth toward both passion and ruin.
Content warnings
Contains strong and offensive language, sexual references, sexual content, descriptions and depictions of violent acts, mental health disorders, sexism, misogyny, alcohol abuse and depiction of suicide.
Cast in alphabetical order
Paddy Cunningham Alt
Ava Dodsworth Desiree
Katie Keet Marie
Max Longmuir Petrell
Nick O'Kane Freder
Ellen Stone Irene
Friedli Walton Lucy
Creative Team
Ami Sayers Director
Lizzy Leach Designer
Freesheet with full production team
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Where to find us
Gielgud Theatre
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Malet Street
London WC1E 6ED
+44 (0)20 7908 4800
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