A Young Vic Production filmed by National Theatre Live.

A young woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child.

Set in contemporary London, this radical production of Lorca’s classic tragedy builds with elemental force to a staggering, shocking, climax. Billie Piper plays the title role.

***** "An extraordinary theatrical triumph" The Times
***** "Billie Piper makes a shattering Yerma in Simon Stone’s inspired reworking of Lorca" The Observer
***** “Stunning, searing, unmissable” Mail on Sunday
***** "A shatteringly powerful reinvention of a familiar classic" The Independent