New theatre production The Collaboration playing at the Young Vic

The world premiere of a play starring Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope as Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat has opened at a theatre in Waterloo this week.

The Collaboration, Anthony McCarten’s thrilling new drama, directed by Young Vic Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah, takes audiences back to New York in 1984.

Fifty-six-year-old Andy Warhol’s star is falling and Jean-Michel Basquiat is the new wonder-kid taking the art world by storm.

When Basquiat agrees to collaborate with Warhol on a new exhibition, it soon becomes the talk of the city.

As everyone awaits the greatest exhibition in the history of modern art, the two artists embark on a shared journey, both artistic and deeply personal, that re-draws both their worlds.

Multi-award winning actor Paul Bettany is the iconic Warhol alongside two-time Tony Award nominee Jeremy Pope as the magnetic Basquiat, with the complete cast also including Sofia Barclay and Alec Newman.

The Collaboration is at the Young Vic until April 2.

Tickets can be found here: https://www.youngvic.org/whats-on

Main Picture: Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope, The Collaboration rehearsal (c) Manuel Harlan