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Broken Glass at the Young Vic – first look photos

Get a first look at Jordan Fein’s revival of the Arthur Miller classic

Alex Wood

Alex Wood

| London |

25 February 2026

1. Eli Gelb, Pearl Chanda and Alex Waldmann in Broken Glass at the Young Vic (c) Tristram Kenton
Eli Gelb, Pearl Chanda and Alex Waldmann, © Tristram Kenton

Photos have been released for Arthur Miller’s Broken Glass at the Young Vic.

Jordan Fein directs the revival, returning to the venue after co-directing Oklahoma!. Fein has also opened Into the Woods at the Bridge Theatre at the end of last year.

Tony nominee Eli Gelb plays Phillip Gellburg, while Pearl Chanda takes the role of Sylvia Gellburg with Nancy Carroll as Margaret Hyman. They’re joined by Juliet Cowan (Am I Being Unreasonable?) as Harriet, while Alex Waldmann (Andor) plays Dr Harry Hyman and Nigel Whitmey (Black Earth Rising) as Stanton Case.

The production runs to 18 April 2026, with opening night on 3 March, and forms part of Nadia Fall’s inaugural season as artistic director.

Broken Glass premiered in 1994 and won the Olivier Award for Play of the Year. This marks its first major London production in 15 years. Set in Brooklyn in 1938, the play follows Sylvia Gellburg, whose growing obsession with reports of violence against Jewish communities in Germany leads to a sudden paralysis, straining her marriage and drawing her closer to Dr Hyman.

The creative team includes Fein (director), Rosanna Vize (set design), Sussie Juhlin-Wallén (costume design), Adam Silverman (lighting design), Tom Gibbons (sound design), Kayla Lomas-Kirton (movement direction), Julia Horan (casting), Caitlin Stegemoller (voice and dialect coaching), Lucy Martin (costume supervision), Laura Flowers (prop supervision), Alessandra Davison (Jerwood assistant director) and Afsana Begum (Genesis assistant designer).

 

2. Pearl Chanda in Broken Glass at the Young Vic (c) Tristram Kenton
Pearl Chanda in Broken Glass, © Tristram Kenton
3. Alex Waldmann and Juilet Cowan in Broken Glass at the Young Vic (c) Tristram Kenton
Alex Waldmann and Juilet Cowan, © Tristram Kenton
4. Alex Waldmann and Eli Gelb in Broken Glass at the Young Vic (c) Tristram Kenton
Alex Waldmann and Eli Gelb in Broken Glass at the Young Vic (c) Tristram Kenton
5. Pearl Chanda, Eli Gelb, Nigel Whitmey, Alex Waldmann in Broken Glass at the Young Vic (c) Tristram Kenton
Pearl Chanda, Eli Gelb, Nigel Whitmey, Alex Waldmann, © Tristram Kenton
6. Eli Gelb, Nigel Whitmey in Broken Glass at the Young Vic (c) Tristram Kenton
Eli Gelb, Nigel Whitmey in Broken Glass, © Tristram Kenton
7. Pearl Chanda in Broken Glass at the Young Vic (c) Tristram Kenton
Pearl Chanda, © Tristram Kenton
8. Nancy Carroll in Broken Glass at the Young Vic (c) Tristram Kenton
Nancy Carroll in Broken Glass, © Tristram Kenton
9. Eli Gelb, Nigel Whitmey in Broken Glass at the Young Vic (c) Tristram Kenton
Eli Gelb, Nigel Whitmey, © Tristram Kenton
10. Alex Waldmann in Broken Glass at the Young Vic (c) Tristram Kenton
Alex Waldmann in Broken Glass, © Tristram Kenton
11. Pearl Chanda, Juliet Cowan, Nancy Carroll in Broken Glass at the Young Vic (c) Tristram Kenton
Pearl Chanda, Juliet Cowan, Nancy Carroll, © Tristram Kenton

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