Overview
- Producers announced Wednesday a world‑premiere run at London’s Adelphi Theatre with previews from 14 October, an opening on 29 October, and performances through 9 January 2027.
- Robert Icke adapts and directs in collaboration with filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, with an original score by composer Max Richter.
- Tickets are on sale from £25, with over 36,000 seats priced under £35 as part of an access plan.
- Keira Knightley returns to the London stage for the first time since 2011, joining Stephen Dillane as the Stasi officer and Luke Thompson as the writer, with the full cast to be announced.
- The play draws on the 2006 Oscar‑winning film’s story of Stasi surveillance in 1984 East Berlin, and the team highlights its relevance to today’s culture of constant monitoring and artistic censorship.