Nigeria, 2014. Teenagers Tisana, Haleema, and Ruhab are best friends, busy swapping notes on celebrities, sex positions, and dodging carbs. But when they're kidnapped by militant insurgents and forced towards an uncertain future, they have only each other to turn to. As fear and religious differences begin to fracture their bond, how far can their friendship be tested before it breaks? Ewa Dina, winner of the 2026 JMK Award, makes her Young Vic debut directing Theresa Ikoko's powerful story of friendship under fire - winner of the Alfred Fagon Award (2015), the George Devine Award (2016), and a finalist for the Verity Bargate Award.

Adapted from Lemony Snicket's picture book, The Dark is a universal and empowering family adventure about facing one's fears. Laszlo is afraid of the dark. The dark lives in the basement. It doesn't visit Laszlo in his room. Until one night it does . . . Join Laszlo on his journey to meet the dark, and find out why it will never bother him again. Merging vibrant physicality with live music to create captivating performances, The Dark is accessible for blind and visually impaired children through integrated audio-description and touch tours.

The classics, stripped bare. Fresh from sell-out seasons in the West End and Edinburgh, international hit Garry Starr is hell-bent on saving books from extinction by performing every Penguin Classic ever written – mostly naked (but with flippers). The award-winning comedy takes the audience on a breakneck literary adventure through the world's most iconic works of fiction, from The Little Prince to Moby Dick and everything in between.