Ralf Little Stars as Alec Leamas in THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD UK Tour
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 7, 2026
The Ink Factory and Second Half Productions have announced lead casting for the extensive UK-wide tour of John le Carré's The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. Ralf Little (Death in Paradise, God of Carnage, The Royle Family) will play disillusioned British intelligence officer Alec Leamas in the Chichester Festival Theatre production, which will open at Leicester Curve on 12 Mar 2026, and continue through to August 2026.
Cast Set For West End Transfer of 1536
by Stephi Wild - Jan 28, 2026
The Almeida Theatre, Sonia Friedman Productions, and Annapurna Theatre have announced the cast for the West End transfer of 1536, with LuckyChap joining as a producer. Learn more here!
1536 Will Transfer to the Ambassadors Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Nov 17, 2025
1536, the historical drama with a modern edge, will transfer to the West End following a sold-out run at the Almeida Theatre, running from 02 May to 01 August 2026 at the Ambassadors Theatre.
THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD Will Make West End Premiere
by Stephi Wild - May 21, 2025
The Ink Factory and Second Half Productions have announced the West End premiere of John le Carré’s The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, adapted for the stage by award-winning playwright and screenwriter David Eldridge.
Review: 1536, Almeida Theatre
by Katie Kirkpatrick - May 15, 2025
Rumours are flying, people are f**king, and the queen’s been taken to the tower. Ava Pickett’s debut play 1536 tears through a story of female sexuality and male violence, bringing a distinctly twenty-first century language and sensibility to the era of Anne Boleyn.
Review: BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY, Hampstead Theatre
by Franco Milazzo - May 14, 2024
Walter Washington is stuck. Stuck in his recently deceased wife’s wheelchair. Stuck in “a rent-controlled palace ruled by a grieving despot king” that he can ill afford. Stuck waiting for City Hall to pay him what he considers his due after a thirty year-long cop career ended in a shooting incident. That’s a whole lot of stuck.
Review: JEKYLL AND HYDE, Royal Lyceum
by Mary Baillie - Jan 18, 2024
Gary McNair's one-man adaptation of Jekyll and Hyde faces a daunting obstacle: most of us know how it ends. Consequentially, the piece's challenge shifts from the story itself to how it is told - it not only needs to be immensely engaging, it needs to present a new perspective to combat overfamiliarity. It achieves the former, but the latter is less convincing.
Review: ULSTER AMERICAN, Riverside Studios
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Dec 14, 2023
Ulster American, last seen in Edinburgh in 2018, opens with a debate about using the n-word. So far, so Ireland. We then touch on sex, consent, religion, Unionism, the IRA and Brexit, all crafted with bitingly sharp humour. It’s a lot to take in.