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ANNOUNCES FULL CAST FOR ITS MAJOR REVIVAL OF

NOËL COWARD’S FALLEN ANGELS

PUBLIC ON SALE FOR FALLEN ANGELS FROM TODAY

With its critically acclaimed production of Mel Brooks’ The Producers currently running at the Garrick Theatre, the Menier Chocolate Factory today announces full casting for its forthcoming production of Noël Coward’s Fallen Angels which opens its new season at its home base in London Bridge.

Christopher Luscombe directs Janie Dee (Julia Steroll), Alexandra Gilbreath (Jane Banbury), Christopher Hollis (Bill Banbury), Richard Teverson (Fred Steroll), Sarah Twomey (Saunders), and Graham Vick (Maurice Duclos).

The production opens on 2 December, with previews from 21 November, and runs until 21 February, with public booking opening today.

The season continues with two plays directed by Lindsay Posner – who also returns to the venue after productions of Alan Ayckbourn’s Communicating Doors, Mike Leigh’s Abigail’s Party and Florian Zeller’s The Truth, the latter two of which transferred to the West End – Ryan Craig’s The Holy Rosenbergs and Peter Shaffer’s modern classic Equus,  which is presented as a co-production with Theatre Royal Bath, where the production will run after the Menier run.

The Menier also continues its work in the US with the upcoming Off-Broadway production of Stephen Schwartz’s The Baker’s Wife, which Gordon Greenberg directs for Classic Stage Company. The cast includes Ariana DeBose, Scott Bakula and Judy Kuhn.

FALLEN ANGELS

By Noël Coward

Cast: Janie Dee (Julia Steroll), Alexandra Gilbreath (Jane Banbury), Christopher Hollis (Bill Banbury), Richard Teverson (Fred Steroll), Sarah Twomey (Saunders), and Graham Vick (Maurice Duclos)

Director: Christopher Luscombe; Set Designer: Simon Higlett; Costume Designer: Fotini Dimou;

Lighting Designer: Oliver Fenwick; Sound Designer: Adam Cork; Composer: Nigel Hess;

Movement: Nicola Keen

21 November 2025 – 21 February 2026

First performed exactly 100 years ago, Noël Coward’s outrageous comedy remains one of his funniest creations. Best friends Julia and Jane, now settled in happy marriages, receive an unexpected visit from a glamorous shared ex-boyfriend, and passions are rekindled with explosive results.  This is the first London revival of the play in 25 years.

Janie Dee returns to the Menier to play Julia Steroll – she previously appeared in The Boy Friend. Her extensive stage work includes A Role to Die For (Barn Theatre), Old Friends (Gielgud Theatre), The Motive and the Cue, Follies (National Theatre), The Grass Is Greener (Theatre Royal Windsor), An Hour and A Half Late (Theatre Royal Bath and UK tour), Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Theatre Royal Bath and Charing Cross Theatre), A Little Night Music (Buxton Festival), Pinter 4 – Moonlight/Night School (Pinter at the Pinter), Linda (Talent Works NY), Hand to God (Vaudeville Theatre), The Seagull (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Ah, Wilderness! (Young Vic), Blithe Spirit (Gielgud Theatre), Putting It Together (St James Theatre), Hello Dolly! (Curve, Leicester), NSFW (Royal Court Theatre), All’s Well That Ends Well (Shakespeare’s Globe), A Month in the County (Chichester Festival Theatre), Calendar Girls (Noël Coward Theatre), Woman in Mind (Stephen Joseph Theatre and Vaudeville Theatre), Shadowlands (Wyndham’s Theatre), Mack and Mabel (Watermill Theatre national tour and Criterion Theatre), Donkey’s Years (Comedy Theatre), Divas at the Donmar – one woman show, Comic Potential (Lyric Theatre and Broadway – Olivier, Critics’ Circle and Evening Standard Award for Best Actress), Paradise Moscow (Opera North) and Carousel (National Theatre – Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical). For Theatre Royal Bath, her many credits include The Apple Cart, Old Times (also national tour), Much Ado About Nothing, Betrayal (also West End) and Design for Living. For television, her work includes The Burning Girls, You and Me, Chimerica, Crashing, Doctor Who, Harold Pinter: A Celebration, The Murder Room, Death in Holy Orders, House of Cards, The Live Show, Heartbeat, Little White Lies, Spy Watch, and Love Hurts; and for film, Official Secrets, Me and Orson Welles, Celebration and Virtuoso.

Alexandra Gilbreath returns to the Menier to play Jane Banbury – she previously appeared in Florian Zeller’s The Lie. Her other theatre credits include Cymbeline, The Empress, The Provok’d Wife, Shakespeare Live, The Rover, The Merry Wives: The Musical, Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew (Helen Hayes Award nomination – Best Actress), The Tamer Tamed,  As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, The Winter’s Tale, Cyrano de Bergerac, Ghosts, Love’s Labour’s Lost (RSC), The Fever Syndrome, Mother Christmas (Hampstead Theatre), The Sugar Syndrome (Orange Tree Theatre), God’s Dice, Shallow Slumber (Soho Theatre), Dessert (Southwark Playhouse), The Invisible (Bush Theatre), The Wars of the Roses, Hay Fever (Rose Theatre Kingston), Playhouse Creatures (Chichester Festival Theatre), Othello (Sheffield Theatres), The Village Bike (Royal Court Theatre), Hedda Gabler (English Touring Theatre – Winner of the Ian Charleson Award), and Bernarda Alba (Gate Theatre). Her television work includes The Chelsea Detective, Becoming Elizabeth, A Hundred Streets, Midsummer Night’s Dreaming, WPC 56, Inspector George Gently, Rites of Passage, Trial and Retribution, Life Begins, Absolute Power, The Commander, The Waltz King, Happiness, The Project, Monarch of the Glen, Out of Hours, A Wing and a Prayer, The Heart Surgeon and Screaming; and for film Untamed, A Hundred Streets, Tulip Fever, The All Together and Dead Babies.

Christopher Hollis plays Bill Banbury. His theatre credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, Henry V, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Macbeth (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival), Mamma Mia! (West End and UK tour), Mrs Warren’s Profession, My Cousin Rachel, The Nightingales (Theatre Royal Bath), Murder in the Cathedral (Temple Church), Romeo and Juliet (Salisbury Playhouse), Twelfth Night, Les Liaisons Dangereuses (RSC), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sherwood, Richard III (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Translations, The Tempest (Chichester Festival Theatre), and The Proposal (King’s Head Theatre). His television work includes Das Boot, A Serpent in Eden, Life Begins, Take a Girl Like You, Lady Jane, A Touch of Frost, and God’s Frontiersmen; and for film, Cost of Living, and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.

Richard Teverson plays Fred Steroll. His theatre credits include Witness for the Prosecution (County Hall), The Gift (Eclipse/UK tour), Richard III, Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare’s Rose), The Libertine (Theatre Royal Haymarket), Private Lives, Handbagged (UK tours), How Many Miles To Babylon? (Lyric Theatre Belfast), The Schoolmistress (Stephen Joseph Theatre), The Winslow Boy (The Old Vic), Somersaults (Finborough Theatre), The Doctor’s Dilemma, After the Dance (National Theatre), Cause Célèbre (Old Vic), The 39 Steps (Criterion Theatre), When Harry Met Sally, A Woman of No Importance (Theatre Royal Haymarket), The Lion King (Lyceum Theatre), Private Lives, Tons of Money, Hobson’s Choice (Freud Company), The Singing Group (Chelsea Theatre), Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle & Dick (New Vic Theatre) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Creation). For television, his work includes Babies, Freedom at Midnight, Miss Scarlett & The Duke, A Very Royal Scandal, Secret Invasion, Trying, The Sceptred Isle, The Crown, Whiskey Cavalier, Call the Midwife, Taboo, Downton Abbey, Coalition, Jamaica Inn, The Bletchley Circle, Spies or Warsaw, Dancing on the Edge, Upstairs Downstairs, The Roman Mysteries, Live! Girls! Dogtown, Balderdash & Piffle, The Project, Diversity and The People Are the Forest; and for film, Red Joan, The Mercy, Private Peaceful, and Brideshead Revisited.

Sarah Twomey plays Saunders. Her theatre work includes Parklife (Birmingham Rep), Filumena (Theatre Royal Windsor), The Pocket Dream (Litchfield Garrick), Accolade (UK tour), The Southbury Child (Chichester Festival Theatre and Bridge Theatre), Venice Preserv’d, The Provoked Wife, A Christmas Carol, Twelfth Night (RSC), Mermaid (Shared Experience), and Young Chekhov Trilogy (Chichester Festival Theatre and National Theatre). Her television work includes True Horror – The Witches Prison, The Mind of Herbert Clunderdunk, The Sandman, Call the Midwife, Katie and Koji, and Nightmares; and for film, Paddington in Peru and Men.

Graham Vick plays Maurice Duclos. His previous theatre credits include Mrs Henderson Presents (Noël Coward Theatre), Jersey Boys (Prince Edward Theatre), Mamma Mia! (Prince of Wales Theatre), Top Hat (Aldwych Theatre), Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Palace), The Far Pavilions (Shaftesbury Theatre), Legally Blonde, Singin’ in the Rain (Kilworth House), An Ideal Husband; Bus Stop; Noises Off; Kiss Me, Kate (Pitlochry Festival Theatre), Romeo and Juliet, Helen (Shakespeare’s Globe), All The Great Books (Abridged) (Reduced Shakespeare Company), Whistle Down the Wind, Spend Spend Spend (UK tours), and Buddy, Grease, Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding, Forever Plaid (Canada).

Noël Coward was one of the premiere entertainers of the 20th century. A prolific actor, lyricist, composer, singer, director, producer and playwright, Fallen Angels was one of four Coward productions performed on the West End at the same time in 1925 alongside On With The Dance, Hay Fever, and The Vortex. Famed for his acerbic wit as much as his fashion sense, the quartet of productions would promote him to one of the defining British voices of the 1920s. His more than fifty published works also include Cavalcade, Private Lives, Design for Living, Tonight at 8:30, Present Laughter, This Happy Breed and Blithe Spirit.

Christopher Luscombe returns to the Chocolate Factory, having previously directed Travels with MyAunt.His other directing credits include The Rocky Horror Show (UK tour), Twelfth Night, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Much Ado About Nothing and The Shakespeare Revue (Royal Shakespeare Company), Star Quality, The Madness of George III (Apollo Theatre), Home and Beauty (Lyric Theatre), Fascinating Aïda – Olivier Award nomination for Best Entertainment (Harold Pinter Theatre), The Comedy of Errors, The Merry Wives of Windsor (Shakespeare’s Globe), Nell Gwynn – Olivier Award for Best New Comedy (Shakespeare’s Globe, Apollo Theatre and Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Enjoy (Gielgud Theatre), Alphabetical Order (Hampstead Theatre), When We Are Married – Olivier Award nomination for Best Revival (Garrick Theatre), Travels With My Aunt  – the Musical (Chichester Festival), Spamalot (Playhouse Theatre), Hay Fever (Minneapolis), Henry V (Chicago), Candide, Falstaff (Grange Festival Opera), L’Elisir d’Amore (Garsington Opera), Sweeney Todd (Bergen) The Winter’s Tale (Cincinnati) and in October, Delius’s The Magic Fountain (Wexford Opera Festival).

LISTINGS INFORMATION

MENIER CHOCOLATE FACTORY

FALLEN ANGELS

21 November 2025 – 21 February 2026

THE HOLY ROSENBERGS

27 February – 2 May

EQUUS

8 May – 27 June

Theatre Royal Bath: 13 – 25 July

Box Office: 020 7378 1713 (£2.50 transaction fee per booking)

Website: www.menierchocolatefactory.com (£1.50 transaction fee per booking)

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Hull Truck Theatre – until Saturday 11th October 2025

Reviewed by Dawn Bennett

5*****

Hull Truck Theatre, Octagon Theatre Bolton, Theatre by the Lake, Stephen Joseph Theatre in association with Theatr Clwyd present Jane Austen’s sparkling romantic comedy Pride and Prejudice.

Adapted from the novel by Jane Austen by Kate Hamill, Pride and Prejudice was as every bit as fabulous as I thought it would be. Hull Truck have a knack of putting on productions that appeal to a wide range of theatre goers and Pride and Prejudice is no exception. If you’ve read the book, seen the film or the television series you will of course know the story but this adaptation is very funny the actors (some of them playing more than one part) are brilliant and there are some wonderful nods to the 1800’s take on manners, and how daughters of the family should marry well.

Mrs Bennet (Joanna Holden) and Mr Bennet (Dyfrig Morris) have four daughters Jane (Aamira Challenger), Lydia (Jessica Ellis), Elizabeth (Rosa Hesmondhalgh) and Mary (Eve Pereira). Mrs Bennet’s only wish is that her daughters marry well and that they marry someone with money. Unfortunately, her daughters won’t inherit anything on the death of their father as the estate goes to their nearest male relative, distant cousin Mr Collins (Ben Fensome). Mr Bingley (Eve Pereira) moves into the nearest estate and Mrs Bennet sets her sights on him for one of her daughters and as he’s worth £5000 a year she’s not bothered which one. Mr Bingley brings with him his sister Charlotte (Kiara Nicole Pillai) who looks down on the Bennet sisters. With the arrival of Mr Darcy (James Sheldon) owner of another nearby estate (this one worth £10,000 a year!) this soon wakes up the interest of Mrs Bennet and then the fun starts. With lots twists and turns, it shows that the path of true love never runs smoothly!

It is difficult to single out one particular actor as they were all fabulous. However, Ben Fensome, who played Mr Collins (and Mr Wickenham) was superb. His comic timing and facial expressions had the audience in fits of laughter.

I really enjoyed the production, it was joyous, fabulously acted and very, very funny. Yet another outstanding production at Hull Truck Theatre.

 Wimbledon Studio – until 27^th September 2025 

Reviewed by Carly 

5***** 

Wimbledon brings you the story of The Gardening Club set in Georgia USA, in the 1960’s when choice isn’t an option for young females regarding the contraceptive pill, only available to those that are married! (Can’t get the pill without the ring!) A group of five women decide to join forces to help the women of Georgia have a choice over their bodies without feeling shame. They secretly decide to form a gardening club, where they can sell the pills as seeds – sworn to secrecy between one another and the promise to keep it under the radar!  There’s Pheobie (Emma Wallace) who want to become a powerful journalist. She’s working as a receptionist at an all-male newspaper office, a struggle in-itself and feels she is never heard! Betty, (Olivia Taylor Quinn) a nurse who is a loyal friend and has a source close to the distribution of the contraceptive pill! Shelia, (Hannah Greensmith) a housewife who seems to have it all… But does she? Maggie (Emma Espada) a teenager who talks about her experiences with sex and doesn’t want to feel ashamed but only wants to embrace it! Vicky, (Lola Garlick) Maggie’s younger sister who loves books and hides from the world. Eventually, we see her imagination come to life! To get the ball rolling they all decide to put an ad in the newspaper sneakily. Soon enough the calls begin to come in taking them on a journey they never thought possible. 

I loved how the songs take you through the individual stories of the characters with so many sexual innuendos that had the audience in stiches on many occasions. As well as some very touching heartfelt tender topics and emotional scenes regarding loneliness, abortions, death and taking back control! What is obvious is the true friendship that is formed between these girls and how they go on to continue fighting for their rights! 

This production was just outstanding, and I can most certainly see it going to the bigger theatres. The songs were just fantastic with the whole show being powerful, fearless, full of self-discovery, rebellion a lot of fun thrown in and strong female bonds that appear unbreakable fighting for reproductive rights. Just an amazing show from start to finish and one that definitely shouldn’t be missed! 

“We found Isabel Perón during a late-night Wikipedia binge – the world’s first female president who went from nightclub dancer to running Argentina, kept Evita’s corpse hanging in her dining room, survived coups and literal wizards… then somehow got completely erased from history. We became obsessed with her story, travelled to Argentina to investigate, failed miserably, and turned the whole disaster into a mega-musical sequel no one asked for. It’s about power, women, and the strange ways history remembers – or forgets – them.”

Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole

“…proving themselves to be an unlikely pair of state of the nation playwrights” – The Guardian

JUDITH DIMANT PRODUCTIONS TODAY ANNOUNCES

SH!T THEATRE’S EVITA TOO

A MUSICAL ABOUT ISABEL PERÓN,

THE FIRST EVER FEMALE PRESIDENT 

The face-painted duo and Fringe favourites behind some of the UK’s most chaotic theatre are back with their trademark blend of research trips, political engagement, humour and comedy. Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole have transformed their fact-finding mission to Argentina into a barmy celebration of history’s most forgotten female leader.

Following a first season in 2022, Judith Dimant Productions, supported by the Southbank Centre, today announce a revised and expanded production of Sh!t Theatre’s EVITA TOO which will open at the Southbank Centre for a limited run.

EVITA TOO looks at forgotten female presidents, notably the first woman president in the world, populism, and legacy. With the pairs’ signature collage of DIY documentary and original songs, this Fringe First Award winner proves that Sh!t Theatre can turn the most obscure historical footnotes into theatre.

Directed by Ursula Martinez with original music by Sh!t Theatre, this is what happens when research procrastination becomes an art form and history’s wrongs get righted through theatrical anarchy.

EVITA TOO opens at the Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room on 11 December, with previews from 9 December and runs until 31 December.

Judith Dimant Productions and Sh!t Theatre present

EVITA TOO

Written and performed by: Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole

Director: Ursula Martinez; Design: Zoē Hurwitz; Lighting Design: Dan Carter-Brennan; Original Music: Sh!t Theatre; Composition & Music Production: John Biddle; Music Assistant & Track Producer: Jonathan Mitra; Stage Manager: Rose Hockaday

Supported by the Southbank Centre

9 December – 31 December

Sh!t Theatre return to the first ever two-woman performance art mega musical about the first ever female president of a country in the history of the world, and her name is…?

Join disco dictators Becca and Louise for the wild story of Isabel Peron, Gogo dancer turned president, who led Argentina for 18 disastrous months before being overthrown in a military coup.

During the reign of the first ever female president of a country in the history of the world, Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice were writing their first blockbuster musical about President Isabel Peron’s dead husband’s even deader ex-wife. And now, nobody remembers Isabel.

EVITA TOO tells Isabel’s shocking story and the story of Sh!t Theatre who, discovering she is still alive, travel across Argentina and Spain in search of the mysterious recluse who is living in Madrid.

Becca and Louise save the footage they’ve taken on their trip, delve into some archives and make a musical to match Tim and Andrew’s, while finding that their lives and Isabel’s life surprisingly and tragically intertwine.

Sh!t Theatre are Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole. They have been working and drinking together for 15 years. They make politically engaged live performance with a DIY aesthetic using a collage of documentary, song, comedy and multimedia. They research, write and perform their own work – their shows have received numerous awards and four-and five-star reviews in the national and international press. Awards include Two Lustrum Awards (celebrating excellence at the Edinburgh Fringe), Off West End IDEA Award for Best Performance 2023, The Holden Street Theatre Award, Adelaide Fringe Best Theatre Award 2020, Critics Circle Award, Sydney Fringe Best Theatre Award 2024, and two Scotsman Fringe First Awards 2016 and 2019.

Following the success of their show …..Or What’s left of Us in 2024, this year they have performed it at Shedinburgh in Edinburgh, Soho Theatre London, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Lisbon and at the Melbourne Fringe and Sydney Fringe festivals.

LISTINGS

EVITA TOO

Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room 

Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX

Box Office:  020 3879 9555 / https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/

Tickets from £30.00 plus £3.50 booking fee 

9 December – 31 December

Tuesday to Saturday, 7:45pm

Sunday 6:00pm

Wednesday 31 December 2:30pm

Age Guidance: 15+

REIMAGINED FOR 2026 UK THEATRE TOUR

Sam Bradshaw Productions announces a brand-new theatre tour based on David Walliams’ number one bestselling book, THERE’S A SNAKE IN MY SCHOOL!.  The ssssspectacularly funny new musical will open at Derby Theatre on 18 March 2026 and tours the UK until July.

Today is no ordinary school day – it’s Bring-your-pet-to-school Day! – and Miranda, who loves to be different, introduces her classmates to her very special pet … Penelope the python! And she’s enormous!

Miss Bloat, the horrid headmistress, doesn’t like pets much. Or children. She thinks snakes shouldn’t be allowed in school. But Penelope has other ideasssss …

David Walliams is one of the world’s most popular children’s authors, with over 50 million books sold in more than 50 languages. Known for laugh-out-loud stories packed with mischief, warmth, and unforgettable characters, his books from Gangsta Granny and Billionaire Boy to picture book favourites like There’s a Snake in My School! have become modern classics for young readers. 

David said “I am thrilled that my funniest picture book is coming to the stage at last. I can’t wait to see the characters come to life. It is sure to be a fantastic show for families”

Presented by Sam Bradshaw Productions (Mr Stink UK Tour, Spot’s Birthday Party International Tour) THERE’S A SNAKE IN MY SCHOOL!  Is written by David Walliams with Illustrations by Tony Ross and published by HarperCollins Children’s Books.  It has been adapted for the stage by Jon Monie with songs by Julien Salvia and Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal.  It is directed by Sam Bradshaw (Spot’s Birthday Party) with choreography by Ashley Nottingham (Starlight Express) musical direction fromGeorge Strickland (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) and design by Justin Williams (Your Lie In April).

The tour will visit Derby, Chipping Norton, Great Torrington, Greenwich, Bishops Stortford, Cranbrook, Corby, Winchester, Bangor, Halifax, Greenock, Perth, Stirling, Barry, Barnsley, Basingstoke, Cambridge, Harrogate, Shrewsbury, Hexham, Preston, Leeds, Harrow, Bristol, Banbury, Stourbridge, Radlett, Tunbridge, Lowestoft, Canterbury, Worcester, Bridgwater and Darlington – with more to follow.

Full of sillinesssss, shenanigansssss and songsssss – plus an array of awesome animals – THERE’S A SNAKE IN MY SCHOOL! teaches us to defend our friends and dare to be different.

For children ages 3+ book your tickets today the unmissable chance to experience the mayhem live on stage for the very first time.

Visit www.theresasnakeinmyschool.com  for tour listings and tickets.

LISTINGS

THERE’S A SNAKE IN MY SCHOOL

Based on David Walliams’ number one bestselling book, ‘THERE’S A SNAKE IN MY SCHOOL!’ is a ssssspectacularly funny new musical full of silliness, shenanigans and songs. It’s Bring-your-pet-to-school Day and Miranda introduces her classmates to her very special pet … Penelope the python! And she’s enormous! Miss Bloat, the horrid headmistress, doesn’t think snakes should be allowed in school. But Penelope has other ideasssss … For children ages 3+

Derby Theatre                                      www.derbytheatre.co.uk

19 & 20 March 2026

The Theatre Chipping Norton              www.chippingnortontheatre.com

21 & 22 March 2026 

Greenwich Theatre                              www.greenwichtheatre.org.uk             on sale soon

28 & 29 March

South Mill Arts                                     www.southmillarts.co.uk

30 & 31 March

Hemsted Park                                      www.hemstedpark.com                      

01 April 2026

The Core at Corby Cube                      www.thecorecorby.com                       on sale soon

02 – 04 April 2026

Theatre Royal Winchester                   www.theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk

07 & 08 April 2026

Pontio Arts, Bangor                             www.tickets.pontio.co.uk                    on sale soon

09 & 10 April 2026

Victoria Theatre Halifax                       www.victoriatheatre.co.uk                   on sale soon

11 & 12 April 2026

Beacon Arts Centre                             www.beaconartscentre.co.uk

15 April 2026

Perth Theatre                                      www.perththeatreandconcerthall.com on sale soon

16 & 17 April 2026

Macrobert Arts Centre                         www.macrobertartscentre.org             on sale soon

18 & 19 April 2026

Memo Arts Centre                               www.memoartscentre.co.uk               

22 – 24 April 2026

Barnsley Civic                                     www.barnsleycivic.co.uk                    

25 & 26 April

Basingstoke Haymarket                      www.anvilarts.org.uk                         

02 & 03 May 2026

Cambridge Arts Theatre                      www.cambridgeartstheatre.com             on sale soon

04 & 05 May 2026

Harrogate Theatre                               www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk               on sale soon

07 & 08 May 2026

Shrewsbury Theatre Severn                www.theatresevern.co.uk                   

09 & 10 May 2026

Hexham Queen’s Hall                          www.queenshall.co.uk                        on sale soon

13 & 14 May 2026

The Guild Lounge, Preston                  www.guildhallpreston.co.uk                on sale soon

15 May 2026

Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds             www.carriageworkstheatre.co.uk             on sale soon

16 & 17 May 2026

Harrow Arts Centre                              www.harrowarts.com                                     

23 & 24 May 2026

Bristol Redgrave Theatre                    www.redgravetheatre.com                 

02 & 03 June 2026

The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury             www.themillartscentre.co.uk              

04 & 05 June 2026

Stourbridge Town Hall                        www.boroughhalls.co.uk                    

06 & 07 June 2026

Radlett Centre                                     www.radlettcentre.co.uk

09 – 11 June 2026

Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells         www.trinitytheatre.net                                     on sale soon

12 & 13 June 2026       

Marina Theatre, Lowestoft                   www.marinatheatre.co.uk                   

20 & 21 June 2026

Canterbury Gulbenkian                       www.thegulbenkian.co.uk

23 & 24 June 2026

Worcester Swan                                  www.worcestertheatres.co.uk                         on sale soon

26 June 2026

The McMillan Theatre, Bridgwater       www.mcmillantheatre.com                  on sale soon

27 & 28 June 2026

Darlington Hippodrome                       www.darlingtonhippodrome.co.uk

03 – 05 July 2026

Additional dates will follow

★★★★★

‘Breathtaking Theatre’

The Guardian

FULL COMPANY ANNOUNCED FOR

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW

★★★★★

“It’s not only a ravishingly entertaining and deceptively daring piece of theatre,

it’s also an important one.”

Sunday Times

★★★★★

“Netflix gives the West End its event of the year… The jaw-dropping coups range from the infernal, supernatural engulfing of a hulking US battle-ship to acts of levitation”

Daily Telegraph

★★★★★

“As a piece of total theatre, this is streets ahead of anything else”

Evening Standard

Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions today announce the full company who will join the critically acclaimed, Olivier Award-winning, world première production of Stranger Things: The First Shadow. The new company begins performances at the Phoenix Theatre on 12 November 2025, ahead of the second anniversary of the West End production and the release of the highly anticipated fifth and final season of the hit Netflix series.

Current cast members Ammar Duffus (Charles Sinclair), Jack Gardner (Walter Henderson), Andy Langtree (Victor Creel), Lauren O’Neil (Virginia Creel) and Rufus Wright (Principal Newby) and the previously announced Jack Christou (Henry Creel), Stewart Clarke (Dr Brenner), Avril Maponga (Patty Newby), Max Potter (Bob Newby), Adam Wadsworth (James Hopper Jr.) and Edie Wright (Joyce Maldonado) are joined by a new company including Maximillian Graham (Alan Munson), Anastasia Koloko (Sue Anderson), Joshua McElroy (Lonnie Byers), Grace Alice Murray (Claudia Yount), Tom O’Brien (Ted Wheeler), Freya Taylor-Lester (Karen Childress), Andrew Whipp (Chief Hopper). To alternate the role of Alice Creel current cast members Maya Guinoubi and Tabitha Morley are joined by Phoenix Hamer and Emilia Rose. Completing the company are Lola Adaja, Bronte Alice-Tadman, Aoife Browne, Kaylah Copeland, Alex Dargie, Adéoré Edwards, Vanessa Fisher, Kieran Garland, Ross Green, Brandon Kimrayo, Ben Skym, Leah St Luce, Stanley Treshansky and Selena Thompson.

★★★★★

‘So insanely visceral it left my jaw on the floor’
Mail on Sunday

The multi award-winning hit production is now running on both sides of the Atlantic, having opened on Broadway earlier this year. Its numerous accolades in London include the Olivier Awards for Best Entertainment and Best Set Design, the Critics’ Circle Awards for Best Set Design and Most Promising Newcomer, and the WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Play. On Broadway the play became the most nominated of the 2025 season, winning 4 Tony Awards including a special Tony Award for Illusions and Technical Effects. The Broadway production is currently booking tickets through March 2026 at The Marquis Theater.

Earlier this year, Netflix released the official documentary, Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow, which offers an electrifying look backstage during the making of the critically acclaimed, award-winning play in the lead up to its world premiere at London’s Phoenix Theatre in December 2023. It is available to watch now exclusively on Netflix.

★★★★★

‘Sinister and thrilling trip balances horror and humour to great effect. This is exhilarating live theatre…’

Financial Times

Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions present 

STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW 

By Kate Trefry 

Original story by the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne & Kate Trefry 

Based on the Netflix Series, Stranger Things,created by the Duffer Brothers 

The Duffer Brothers act as creative producers, with 21 Laps Entertainment as associate producer. 

Directed by Stephen Daldry, with co-direction by Justin Martin, leading the world class award-winning creative team, the cast includes Jack Christou (Henry Creel), Stewart Clarke (Dr Brenner), Avril Maponga (Patty Newby), Max Potter (Bob Newby), Adam Wadsworth (James Hopper Jr.) and Edie Wright (Joyce Maldonado).

ABOUT STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW

Are monsters born… or made?

In 1959 Hawkins, Indiana, the Creel family seeks a fresh start, especially their teenage son Henry, who is eager to escape his troubled past. Initially, things go well — he finds friendship and joins the school play. But when a wave of shocking crimes strikes the town, Henry is forced to confront a terrifying truth: is there something inside him that connects him to the horrors unfolding around him?

As this thrilling mystery races forward, shadows of the past are unleashed, relationships are tested, and the town of Hawkins faces the ultimate question: can the power of friendship outshine the darkness within?

With a cast of 32, this gripping stand-alone adventure will pull you deep into the world of STRANGER THINGS. Experience the heart-pounding excitement of STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW—where suspense and spectacle lurk at every turn.

STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW is written by Kate Trefry, directed by Stephen Daldry with co-director Justin Martin, set design by Miriam Buether, costume design by Brigitte Reiffenstuel, lighting design by Jon Clark, sound design by Paul Arditti, original music composition, orchestration, arrangements and supervision by D.J. Walde, illusions design and visual effects by Jamie Harrison & Chris Fisher, video design and visual effects by 59 Studio, choreography by Coral Messam, movement direction by Lynne Page, wigs, hair and make-up design by Campbell Young Associates, technical director is Gary Beestone for Gary Beestone Associates, props supervision by Mary Halliday, dialect by William Conacher, casting by Jessica Ronane Casting CDG and international casting consultancy by Jim Carnahan.

STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW

LISTINGS

Phoenix Theatre

Charing Cross Rd, London WC2H 0JP

For further ticket information, performance schedule, full creative team and cast biographies,

please visit strangerthingsonstage.com and the official social channels:

Instagram.com/STOnStage

Tiktok.com/STOnStage

Facebook.com/STOnStage

Twitter.com/STOnStage

FROM BURNLEY TO BROADWAY!

WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION OF

BANK OF DAVE THE MUSICAL

TO OPEN IN MAY 2026

PLAYING AT

LOWRY IN SALFORD &

CURVE IN LEICESTER

Producers ROYO, Future Artists Entertainment, Curve and Lowry are delighted to announce the world premiere of BANK OF DAVE THE MUSICAL will open in May 2026 at Lowry and Curve respectively. The musical will have a book and lyrics by Rob Madge (My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?), Cabaret), music and lyrics by Pippa Cleary (The Great British Bake Off Musical, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ ) and will be directed by Curve Artistic Director Nikolai Foster (Kinky Boots, A Chorus Line).

Tickets at Lowry are on sale from 24 September.

Tickets at Curve are on sale from 7 October.

BANK OF DAVE THE MUSICAL is based on the Sunday Times best-selling book, BAFTA Award-winning documentary and global-hit Netflix film of the same name with a screenplay by Piers Ashworth.

Casting and further creatives to be announced.

“If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s this: everybody hates bankers.”

BANK OF DAVE THE MUSICAL is a home-grown, brand-new British musical – bursting with northern grit, laugh-out-loud humour and what Dave himself calls “the best songs in any musical ever.”

This feel-good show tells the true-ish story of Dave Fishwick: Burnley born and bred, and no ordinary man. A self-made millionaire, Dave spent years helping local people and small businesses when hard-nosed banks turned them away. Frustrated by the system, he has an idea…set up his own bank and put the profits straight back into his community.

With posh but principled lawyer Hugh at his side, Dave swaps Burnley for London to take on the banking bigwigs and fight for a fairer deal. But will the fat cats of the City make way for Dave’s dreams?

From Sunday Times bestseller to Netflix’s #1 UK film, Dave’s inspiring underdog story now bursts onto the stage as a laugh-out-loud British musical packed with heart, humour and cracking new music.

‘The humour of The Full Monty with the spirit of Billy Elliot, but with a few more ba*tard bankers, and an unlikely hero from Burnley!’ – Dave Fishwick

Dave Fishwick said about the musical “This all feels very surreal! I left school at 16, absolutely useless with no qualifications whatsoever. I started work on a building site as a builders’ labourer, and went from builders’ labourer to building the first new high street bank for 150 years in Britain. Then Hollywood turned up, not just once but twice! And now the magical world of theatre has arrived; from Burnley to Broadway – via the magnificent Lowry in Salford and Curve in Leicester first of course! Watching myself on telly was unbelievable; however, watching someone play me live on stage will be totally surreal. I am just an ordinary lad from Burnley, who does extraordinary things, and if I can make it happen, you can too!. Always have the courage to follow your dreams!”

Rob Madge said: “A couple of years ago Pippa Cleary and I were asked to turn Dave Fishwick’s inspirational story into a musical (I know! You weren’t expecting that, were you? But, much like Miss Saigon, Dave too has a helicopter, so a musical seemed a natural fit). Safe to say, it has been nothing short of a joy. I am deeply proud to be telling this special tale of community, hope and perseverance. In a world that seems more fractured every day, I am so thrilled to be offering an alternative where our Dave and his brilliant company of players can help mend the broken pieces. As he himself would say, rule number 1: never give up. Rule number 2: never, ever give up.”

Pippa Cleary added “I couldn’t be more thrilled to be developing this brand-new musical with the amazing Rob Madge. The whole process has been filled with laughter and a real sense of purpose, just like Dave’s story itself. Writing these songs has been such a joy, capturing the humour, grit and heart that makes this tale so uniquely British. We’ve had an absolute blast bringing Dave’s fight for fairness to life, and I can’t wait for audiences to experience it for themselves next year.”

BANK OF DAVE THE MUSICAL is produced by ROYO, Future Artists Entertainment, Curve and Lowry. Katie Lander is the consultant for Finestripe Productions.

Website: bankofdavemusical.com

Instagram: @BankOfDaveMusical

TikTok: @BankOfDaveMusical

PERFORMANCE  SCHEDULE

2 – 16 May 2026                     Salford Lowry                                                0161 876 2000                                                                        

                                                 www.thelowry.com    

20 – 30 May 2026                   Leicester Curve                                             0116 242 3595

                                                www.curveonline.co.uk                                   

“One of the biggest West End hits of all time”
 Alistair McGeorge, Metro

  “A little show with a very big future”
 David Benedict, Variety

  “The West End hit is still the perfect mix of ingenious, silly and moving…With a new cast, the Olivier Award-winning musical about the wartime operation is as terrific as ever” ★★★★★
  Marianka Swain, The Telegraph

 “A miraculous musical that tells the entire story in a kind of accelerated farce that is part Mel Brooks, part SIX, part Hamilton with a side order of One Man, Two Guvnors.” ★★★★★
Neil Norman, The Daily Mirror

“The Brits have made the year’s funniest musical…Against the odds, the “Operation Mincemeat” gang has found its way to the big time.”Peter Marks, The Washington Post

 “The feel-good West End musical of the summer… The reviews for the show have been ecstatic… the overwhelming impression is of hopefulness, expansiveness, possibility and joy.”
 Alexis Soloski, The New York Times

87 ★★★★★ reviews and counting

It was announced today, Monday 15^th September, that the double Olivier Award® and Tony Award®-winning musical Operation Mincemeat is extending its run at the West End’s Fortune Theatre for the 16^th time. Recently celebrating its 1000^th West End performance, the show has grown from a 77-seater fringe debut to a global hit and will now run until 30^th May 2026.

West End Extension tickets are available on General sale on Friday 3^rd October at 10am from the Official Box Office here and tickets via the ballot are available on Thursday 2^nd October at 2pm. Broadway tickets and more info here.

Following the success of the Monday ballot, it has now expanded to include Tuesday and Saturday shows to ensure tickets get into the right hands. Tickets for Monday are priced at £49.50, and the popular fortnightly £25 ticket lottery continues here. The first ballot draw for the new booking period from 2^nd March to 30^th May 2026 will take place on Thursday 2^nd October at 2pm. Link here.

Operation Mincemeat is running simultaneously in London and New York, with the Broadway production confirming its third extension at the John Golden Theatre through to 15^th February 2026. 2026 will also see Operation Mincemeat’s global takeover, with the landmark Operation Mincemeat World Tour, recently announced outside the United Nations building in New York City. The world tour begins with a 40-week UK leg on 16^th February 2026, at Lowry in Salford, UK – the venue that first encouraged the Olivier Award® -winning and Tony Award® -nominated writing team to create their debut musical. From there, the production will travel across four continents, with stops including the USA, Australia, Canda, China, Mexico and New Zealand.

Operation Mincemeat began as a tiny (and tiny-budgeted) production at the London Fringe New Diorama Theatre in 2019. The show quickly gained a devoted following, spurring sold-out runs at venues including Southwark Playhouse and Riverside Studios. It finally premiered in the West End on 9^th May 2023 at the Fortune Theatre, where it won the Olivier and WhatsOnstage Awards® for ‘Best New Musical’, alongside garnering 87 five-star reviews and counting, and has become the ‘Best reviewed show in West End history.’

The decision to write the musical was the last roll of the dice from a quartet of young British creatives after years of performing sketch shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and echoes the journey of Beyond the Fringe from the world-famous quartet Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore, which premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1960, before moving to the Fortune Theatre and later to the Golden in 1962.

In Operation Mincemeat, it’s 1943, and the Allied Forces are on the ropes. Luckily, they’ve got a trick up their sleeve. Well, not up their sleeve, per se, but rather inside the pocket of a stolen corpse. Equal parts farce, thriller, and Ian Fleming-style spy caper (with an assist from Mr. Fleming himself), Operation Mincemeat tells the wildly improbable and hilarious true story of the covert operation that turned the tide of WWII.

The production is directed by 2023 Olivier Award nominated  Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, National Theatre – 2023 Best New Musical Olivier Award winner), following providing directorial support for the Riverside Studios run, while Olivier Award nominated Jenny Arnold (Jerry Springer: The Opera, National Theatre) continues as Choreographer. Also from Standing at the Sky’s Edge at the National Theatre on the creative team are: 2023 Olivier Award nominated  Ben Stones (Sylvia, The Old Vic) as Set and Costume Designer, Tony Award, six-time Olivier Award and Bafta Award winning Mark Henderson (Girl From the North Country, Broadway & Noël Coward Theatre) as Lighting Designer and Olivier Award winning Mike Walker (Jerry Springer: The Opera, National Theatre) as Sound Designer.  Grammy Award winning and Tony, Emmy & 2024 ‘Outstanding Musical Contribution’ Olivier Award nominated Steve Sidwell (Beautiful: The Musical, Broadway & Aldwych Theatre) is Orchestrator and Vocal Arranger, while 2024 ‘Outstanding Musical Contribution’ Olivier Award nominated Joe Bunker is Musical Supervisor and Ben Cox is Musical Director. Georgie Staight and Amy Milburn are Associate Directors and Paul Isaiah Isles is Associate Choreographer. Casting is by Pearson Casting. The extraordinary debut musical is written and composed by SpitLip – David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts.

Alex Young (Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Into the Woods), Danny Becker (Frozen, The Prince of Egypt), Peter McGovern (The History Boys, The Comedy About a Bank Robbery) and Roshani Abbey (Hamilton, & Juliet), joined Chlöe Hart earlier this year to form the new cast, while Jason Kajdi (Matilda international tour, Mary Poppins) joined Geri Allen, George Jennings and Maddie Jackson-Smith to form the Company.

Since premiering at London’s 77-seat New Diorama Theatre in 2019, the show been nominated for 66 awards and won 24, including Best Musical four times at the Olivier Awards®, WhatsOnStage Awards®, BroadwayWorld Theater Fans’ Choice Awards®, and Off West End Awards®. 

On Broadway, Jak Malone won the 2025 Tony Award® for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, having previously taken home the Olivier Award® for the same role in 2024. His breakout performance earned seven major accolades, including the Tony, Drama Desk®, Outer Critics Circle®, Drama League®, Theatre World®, BroadwayWorld®, and Dorian Theater Awards®. Meanwhile, SpitLip received nominations for Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical from the Tony Awards®, Outer Critics Circle Awards®, Drama Desk Awards®, and BroadwayWorld Theater Fans’ Choice Awards®. 

Operation Mincemeat is produced in the West End and Broadway by Avalon (in association with SpitLip). The show was commissioned by New Diorama Theatre, co-commissioned by The Lowry, and also supported by the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat.

FULL CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM

REVEALED AND

ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES

ANNOUNCED FOR RECORD-BREAKING

RIDE THE CYCLONE

AT SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE ELEPHANT

FROM FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2025

Kevin McCollum, Morris Berchard and Jack Maple are delighted to announce the full cast for the record-breaking UK premiere of RIDE THE CYCLONE THE MUSICAL, written by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell.

The musical will preview at Southwark Playhouse Elephant from Friday 14 November 2025, running for a limited engagement until Saturday 10 January 2026, with an official opening night on Wednesday 19 November 2025. RIDE THE CYCLONE THE MUSICAL broke the Southwark Playhouse’s record of most tickets sold within a 24-hour period after going on sale. Due to overwhelming demand, five additional performances have also been added.

Edward Wu he/him(Kim’s Convenience, Riverside Studios)will star as The Amazing Karnak, with Baylie Carson they/them (Mean Girls, SIX, West End) as Ocean, Grace Galloway she/her(Priscilla The Party, Blood Brothers, UK Tour) as Jane Doe, Robyn Gilbertson she/her (making her professional debut) as Constance, Damon Gould he/they (Cabaret, West End; Newsies, Troubadour Theatre) as Noel, Bartek Kraszewski he/him (making his professional debut) as Mischa and Jack Maverick he/him(making his professional debut) as Ricky. The cast is completed by Nathaniel Purnell he/him (Shucked, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre; The Time Traveller’s Wife, West End) and Rebecca D’Lacey she/her (The Rocky Horror Picture Show, European Tour).

Writers Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell said “”We are beyond thrilled that a musical, which began in the basement of a Ukrainian church in Victoria, Canada, has finally found its way to London, England, this fall! The exceptional team assembled for this production is truly remarkable, and we can’t wait for UK audiences to experience Ride the Cyclone!”

Buckle up for the ride of a lifetime.

Darkly funny, wildly imaginative, and surprisingly heartfelt — Ride the Cyclone is the international musical phenomenon crashing into London. When a freak rollercoaster accident claims the lives of six teens, they find themselves trapped in limbo — and offered one last shot at life. One by one, they step into the spotlight to prove why they deserve a second chance at life.

Ride the Cyclone is a genre-defying journey through big dreams, dark secrets, and the search for what makes a life well-lived.

It’s not a game. It’s just a ride.

RIDE THE CYCLONE THE MUSICAL had its world premiere at the Atomic Vaudeville in British Columbia, Canada in 2008. The American premiere took place at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre in September 2015 and went on to open Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in November 2016. Since then it has had runs in Seattle, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Sydney and Buenos Aires.

RIDE THE CYCLONE THE MUSICAL will be directed and choreographed by Lizzi Gee with musical direction by Ben McQuigg, set and costume design by Ryan Dawson Laight, lighting design by Tim Deiling, video design by Nina Dunn for PixelLux, sound design by Tom Marshall and casting by Harry Blumenau.  Production Management is by Toby P Darvill for Production Solutions Group, with General Management by Jack Maple Productions.

RIDE THE CYCLONE THE MUSICAL is produced by Kevin McCollum, Morris Berchard and Jack Maple. The show is licensed by Broadway Licensing.

Website: southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/ride-the-cyclone

Instagram: @cyclone_musical

TikTok: @cyclone_musical

Facebook: @CycloneMusical

LISTINGS INFORMATION

RIDE THE CYCLONE THE MUSICAL

14 November 2025 – 10 January 2026

Southwark Playhouse Elephant

1 Dante Place,

London,

SE11 4RX

How to get to Elephant Venue: the nearest stations are Elephant & Castle and Kennington.

Performances:

Performances Mon – Sat 7pm, Matinees Thurs & Sat 2.30pm*

*Please note there will be no matinee performance on 15 and 20 November 2025

Additional performances, now on-sale; Tuesday 23 December 2.30pm, Sunday 28 December 1pm & 5pm,

Tuesday 30 December 2.30pm and Friday 2 January 2.30pm

BSL Interpreted performance: Tuesday 23 December 2025 at 2.30pm

Running time: 90-minutes no interval

Age guidance: 12+

Content Guidance: show contains mature content and adult themes

Box Office

020 7407 0234 / southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/ride-the-cyclone

Box Office opens Mon – Sat, 10am – 6pm.

Tickets

Previews | Pioneers’ Previews £12, Standard Previews £18

Standard tickets from £20 | Concessions tickets £16

Concessions apply to full time students, patrons over 65, patrons under 16, disabled patrons, and patrons claiming Universal Credit.

Disabled patrons may bring a companion/carer free of charge.

Southwark Playhouse has a group booking rate of one free ticket in every 10 booked at the same time, and this discount may be combined with applicable concessions (i.e. student rate) where available.

PAULA WAGNER AND TOM WERNER
PRESENT

THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
HIGH NOON

A NEW PLAY WRITTEN BY

ACADEMY AWARD-WINNER

ERIC ROTH

BASED ON THE SCREENPLAY BY CARL FOREMAN

STARRING

EMMY AND TONY AWARD-WINNER

BILLY CRUDUP

AND

OLIVIER AWARD-WINNER
DENISE GOUGH

DIRECTED BY

OLIVIER AWARD-WINNER
THEA SHARROCK

FOR A STRICTLY LIMITED SEASON
AT THE
HAROLD PINTER THEATRE

FROM

17 DECEMBER 2025 – 7 MARCH 2026

SIGN UP FOR PRIORITY BOOKING AT HIGHNOONTHEPLAY.COM

TICKETS GO ON GENERAL SALE ON 25 SEPTEMBER 2025 AT 10.00AM

Paula Wagner and Tom Werner are delighted to announce the World Premiere of the play HIGH NOON starring Emmy and Tony Award-winner Billy Crudup as Will Kane and Olivier Award-winner Denise Gough as Amy Fowler. Directed by Olivier Award-winner Thea Sharrock, HIGH NOON will play for a strictly limited season at the Harold Pinter Theatre from 17 December 2025 to 7 March 2026.

To sign up for priority booking go to highnoontheplay.com. Tickets go on general sale on 25 September at 10.00am.

Paula Wagner and Tom Werner are producing HIGH NOON along with Thomas Tull, Danny Cohen and Len Blvatnik.

The play HIGH NOON is by Academy Award-winner Eric Roth and marks Roth’s debut work for the stage. This gripping new adaptation is based on the iconic, four-time Academy Award-winning 1952 film with a screenplay by Carl Foreman, originally produced by Stanley Kramer and directed by Fred Zinnemann. Hailed as one of the greatest westerns ever made, this isn’t just a play, it’s a wake-up call. Told in real time, this edge-of-your-seat thriller explodes onto the stage. Once a searing allegory of Hollywood’s blacklist this unmissable new version speaks urgently to the world today.

Set in the American West of the 1800s, High Noon rides on themes as relevant now as they were then. Courage vs. Cowardice. Justice vs. Peace. Duty vs. Desire. And at its heart, is the bond between Will Kane and Amy Fowler – a love tested by impossible choices as the clock ticks down to the return of deadly outlaw Frank Miller on the high noon train. The clock is ticking. Tick: Begin a new life together? Tock: Or take a stand for the greater good? As time runs out, one truth remains: if you don’t stand up for what’s worth saving, you risk losing it all.

Producer Paula Wagner said today “There’s no one better than Eric Roth to reimagine High Noon for the stage. His debut as a playwright feels both thrilling and inevitable. With Thea Sharrock’s inspired direction and the incredible talents of Billy Crudup and Denise Gough, High Noon will bring the urgency and heart of the classic film to audiences in a way that feels both timeless and powerfully alive today.”

Producer Tom Werner said today “Every once in a while, I see a play whose themes stick with me long after I leave the theatre. Those experiences are both thrilling and astonishing. It happened recently when I saw Sarah Snook in The Picture of Dorian Gray. And it happened when I saw High Noon this summer in a workshop. Billy Crudup and Denise Gough in Eric Roth’s adaptation of High Noon is not to be missed.”

Equally memorable on the stage and screen, Billy Crudup has earned critical accolades for his performances. He currently stars as Corey Ellison in Apple TV+’s three-time Golden-Globe nominated The Morning Show alongside Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, which earned him two Emmy Awards (three nominations total), two Critics Choice Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations and two Golden Globe nominations. Upcoming, he will star in Netflix’s and Noah Baumbach’s film Jay Kelly, opposite George Clooney, Adam Sandler and Laura Dern.  On stage, Crudup most recently starred in Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Ibsen’s Ghosts. Additionally, he recently reprised his role in the one-man play Harry Clarke at the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End which earned him an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor. The West End run followed a limited engagement at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. He first performed this play at the Vineyard Theatre, for which he won an Outer Critics Circle Award, Off-Broadway Alliance Award, Lucille Lortel Award, Obie Award, Drama Desk Award and garnered a nomination for a Drama League Award. In 2007, Crudup won a “Best Performance by a Featured Actor” Tony for his role in the Broadway production of The Coast of Utopia.  He also received Tony nominations for his roles in The Elephant Man, The Pillowman and Arcadia. Crudup’s film credits include: Alien: Covenant, Jackie, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, 20^th Century Women, Spotlight, Cameron Crowe’s Academy Award®-winning Almost Famous, and many more. He made his television debut in Netflix’s psychological thriller Gypsy.

Denise Gough was most recently seen in the West End reprising her Olivier Award-winning role of Emma in People, Places & Things at the Trafalgar Theatre, having previously played the role at the National Theatre, the Wyndham’s Theatre and at St Ann’s Warehouse in New York. Denise’s other theatre credits include Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches and Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika at the National Theatre and at the Neil Simon Theatre on Broadway, for which she won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Her other West End credits include Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train, As You Like It and By the Bog of Cats, and other theatre credits include Ahasverus for the RSC, Portia Coughlan at the Abbey, Dublin, The Duchess of Malfi at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Adler and Gibb at the Royal Court and Six Characters in Search of an Author at Chichester Festival Theatre. Denise’s television credits include Andor and Under the Banner of Heaven for Disney +, Paula, The Fall and Appe Tree Yard, all for the BBC, Guerilla and Stella for Sky, and Too Close for ITV, for which she was nominated for the BAFTA for Leading Actress. Denise’s film credits include Monday, The Other Lamb, Colette, The Kid Who Would Be King, Juliet Naked, Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood, Jimmy’s Hall, and ’71.

Thea Sharrock’s film credits as director include Ladies First, The Beautiful Game, Wicked Little Letters, The One and Only Ivan and Me Before You. TV credits as director include the Henry V/Hollow Crown and Call the Midwife. Theatre credits as director include The Bodyguard (Adelphi Theatre, West End/US Tour), The Sunshine Boys (Savoy Theatre, West End), 13 (National Theatre), Ruby Wax Losing It (Menier Chocolate Factory), Equus (Gielgud Theatre, West End/Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway), After the Dance (National Theatre – Olivier Award for Best Revival and nomination for Best Director) and The Misanthrope (Comedy Theatre). Thea was the Artistic Director of both the Southwark Playhouse and The Gate. 

Eric Roth is an American screenwriter and producer. He became known for writing the screenplay for the award-winning Forrest Gump (1994), which brought him fame and his first Golden Globe nomination. During his career, he has written numerous hit films such as The Horse Whisperer (1998), Ali (2000), The Good Shepherd (2006), and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) where he gained his second Golden Globe nomination. In recent years he has also written the screenplays of two big hits: A Star is Born (2018) and Dune (2021). For television, he is remembered for being one of the co-producers of the award-winning political drama House of Cards (2013 – 2016).He has been nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay: Forrest Gump (1994), The Insider (1999), Munich (2005), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), A Star Is Born (2018), and Dune (2021) — winning for Forrest Gump; he also earned a Best Picture nomination for producing Mank (2020). Roth also worked on the screenplays for the Oscar-nominated films Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).

HIGH NOON has set and costume design by Tony and Olivier Award-winner Tim Hatley (Life of Pi, Back to the Future The Musical), lighting design by Tony and Olivier Award-winner Neil Austin (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Born with Teeth) and the composer and music producer is Chris Egan. The casting director is Jina Jay CDG and the general managers are Short Street Productions Ltd. The executive producer is Mark Rubinstein.