Vincent in Brixton

Winner of London’s prestigious Olivier Award in 2003, Vincent in Brixton is loosely based on Vincent van Gogh’s early life in London. It paints the artist as a brash young Dutchman unsure of what he wants to do in life — until he rents a room from an English widow, with whom he shares a passionate relationship, and his destiny is changed forever.

In an interview for the National Theatre’s website, Wright commented on the play: “…Sexual awakening is essential to artistic awakening. …When a young person falls in love and particularly falls sexually in love, that’s the moment when the whole human race seems to be transformed and you look at things in a different way. I think it’s very hard to have the true artist’s visionary experience of the world without having gone through that sexual, loving experience.”