A multi-generational family faces upheaval when their elderly matriarch suffers a fall and is moved into a care home against her will. Surrounded by residents and staff, each navigating their own sense of absence and resilience, she begins to confront the emotional and existential shifts brought on by aging and displacement. Set across private and institutional spaces, Care reveals the quiet negotiations of dignity, grief, and connection as lives intersect in unexpected ways.

The production is written and directed by Alexander Zeldin, marking his debut at the Young Vic. Known for his acclaimed Inequalities trilogy (LOVE, The Confessions, The Other Place), Zeldin brings a documentary-inspired realism and poetic minimalism to his work. Care is translated and adapted from his own French-language play Une Mort Dans La Famille, originally staged at the Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe in 2022.

Presented as a co-production between the Young Vic and A Zeldin Company, the production continues Zeldin’s exploration of personal and institutional vulnerability. Developed with the same socially conscious lens and character-driven style that define his body of work, the play anchors large questions in the intimacy of everyday interactions.