The Almeida Theatre announces the cast for Sam Grabiner’s Christmas Day
Jamie Ankrah, Samuel Blenkin, Callie Cooke, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Nigel Lindsay and Bel Powley are cast in the world premiere of Olivier Award-winning Sam Grabiner’s Christmas Day.
James Macdonald (Infinite Life; The Children) directs this viciously funny new play about identity, belonging, and the rituals we perform with the people we love. The production opens on Tuesday 16 December with previews from Tuesday 9 December 2025, and runs until Thursday 8 January 2026.
World Premiere
CHRISTMAS DAY
by Sam Grabiner
Director: James Macdonald;Set Designer: Miriam Buether;Costume Designer: Evie Gurney;Lighting Designer: Jon Clark;Sound Designer: Max Pappenheim; Intimacy Director: Lucy Hind; Casting Director: Amy Ball CDG; Voice Coach: Hazel Holder
Tuesday 9 December 2025 – Thursday 8 January 2026
There’s something perverted about a Christmas tree.
They’ve got an aura.
It looks perverted and it gives me the creeps.
In an abandoned building somewhere above the Northern Line, with foxes prowling the deserted streets outside, a Jewish family gathers on Christmas Day.
A viciously funny new play about identity, belonging, and the rituals we perform with the people we love.
James Macdonald (Infinite Life; The Children) directs a darkly comic world premiere from Olivier Award-winning playwright Sam Grabiner (Boys on the Verge of Tears).
Cast includes Jamie Ankrah, Samuel Blenkin, Callie Cooke, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Nigel Lindsay and Bel Powley.
Christmas Day is supported by Dianne Roberts,and Lin and Ken Craig.