To Kill a Mockingbird play tickets are on sale now!
To Kill a Mockingbird made the journey from Broadway to the West End in 2022 and is playing to 20 May 2023. After an extremely successful Broadway debut, Aaron Sorkin’s new production of To Kill a Mockingbird earned several Tony Award nominations. This incredible show has received nightly standing ovations for its utterly revolutionary adaptation. You'll want to book To Kill a Mockingbird tickets before it leaves the West End!
##To Kill a Mockingbird at London’s Gielgud Theatre through 20 May 2023!
Harper Lee’s incredible novel won the Pulitzer Prize and was long on the top of banned book lists. The story was inspired by Lee’s childhood in Alabama and follows Atticus Finch and his daughter Scout. Known as one of literature’s towering symbols of honesty and compassion, lawyer Atticus Finch seeks the truth in a town that seems determined to hide it.
This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel has seen many adaptations over the years including an Academy Award-winning film and multiple adaptations for the stage. An adaptation by Christopher Sergel played in the UK on and off from 2006, including a production at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in London in 2013 and 2014 ahead of a UK tour.
New Adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird
This new adaptation of the classic novel sees things in a different light. Don’t expect Atticus to be the shining beacon of virtue you have always known him to be. This new adaptation comes from Aaron Sorkin. The show opened at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre in December of 2018. The show opened to great success and has been well received by critics and audiences alike. The show earned an impressive 9 Tony Award nominations and came away with the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play. Among many other nominations, the show would go on to win a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award.
To Kill a Mockingbird London cast and creatives
The cast of To Kill a Mockingbird stars Matthew Modine (Atticus Finch), Harry Attwell (Mr. Cunningham/Boo Radley), Helen Belbin (Miss Stephanie/Dill’s Mother), Niall Buggy (Judge Taylor), Colin R Campbell (Mr Roscoe/Dr Reynolds),John Hastings (Bailiff), Rebecca Hayes (Mayella Ewell), Simon Hepworth (Link Deas), Ellis Howard (Dill Harris), Jason Hughes (Bob Ewell), Tom Mannion (Sheriff Heck Tate), Sam Mitchell (Jem Finch), Anna Munden (Scout Finch), Cecilia Noble (Calpurnia),Jude Owusu (Tom Robinson), **David Sturzaker ** (Horace Gilmer) and Natasha Williams (Mrs Dubose’s Maid). Candida Caldicot is on organ, and Jack Benjamin is on guitar.
The cast is completed by Ciyo Brown, Cheryl Burniston, Jack Crumlin, Alan Drake, Max Ferguson, Phillipa Flynn, Niamh James, Julie Legrand, Nigel Lister, Tiwai Muza, Itoya Osagiede, Oyin Oyija and George Telfer.
Aaron Sorkin's new play is based on Harper Lee's original Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, and is directed by Bartlett Sher. Sher is joined by the original Broadway creative team of Miriam Buether for sets, Ann Roth for costumes, Jennifer Tipton for lighting, Scott Lehrer for sound as well as the original score by Adam Guettel with music supervision from Kimberly Grigsby and hair and wigs from Campbell Young Associates. The original team are joined by Serena Hill as Casting Director, Hazel Holder as Voice & Dialect Coach, Titas Halder as Associate Director, Rasheka Christie-Carter as Assistant Director, Tavia Rivée Jefferson as Cultural Coordinator, and Candida Caldicot as Musical Director.
Tickets for To Kill a Mockingbird are available now!
Witness Harper Lee's classic come to life on stage. Book tickets for To Kill a Mockingbird before it flys out of the West End!