Who Killed My Father (London)
Who Killed My Father (London)
Closed 1h 30m London: Southwark
58% 3 reviews
58%
(3 Ratings)
Positive
67%
Mixed
0%
Negative
33%
Members say
Slow, Unnerving, Intense performance, Emotional story, Indulgent

About the Show

Multi-award-winning director Ivo van Hove adapts Édouard Louis's searing letter to his father. 

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Critic Reviews (9)

The Stage (UK)
September 9th, 2022

"'Who Killed My Father' is at once Van Hove at his most understated and most socially engaged, and the piece is more powerful for it."
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The Arts Desk
September 9th, 2022

"This is a rare adaptation that makes a successful case for the value-add of theatrical interpretation."
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London Theatre
September 9th, 2022

"Kesting charges through regardless, taking the audience with him in a performance that is fiery yet fragile, intimate yet charged with the outsized power of something epic."
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The Telegraph (UK)
September 10th, 2022

"It demands attention, especially now, as we contend with a mighty economic shock and all-change at the top."
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The London Evening Standard
September 9th, 2022

"This 80-minute monologue is explosive, a missile hurled at political elites who operate in blithe ignorance of the ordinary lives they stifle."
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WhatsOnStage
September 12th, 2022

"Kesting's powerful performance roots the play's fury with the basic unfairness of life in the human heart."
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The Times (UK)
September 9th, 2022

"Ivo van Hove’s production draws a bravura performance from Hans Kesting, who prowls a grey, cell-like chamber."
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The Guardian (UK)
September 9th, 2022

"Grief-soaked and gut-wrenching, this is unmissable theatre."
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