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Tru West End

Tru

Opened: September 26, 2026
Closing: November 14, 2026
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Menier Chocolate Factory
53 Southwark St, London SE1 1RU, United Kingdom, London
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Run Type Limited Run
Market West End
Previews September 19, 2026
Adapted from Capote's own words, Tru takes place in 1975 in his New York apartment during the writer's final days. Having recognized thinly veiled versions of themselves, Manhattan socialites, including Babe Paley and Slim Keith, have turned their backs on the man they once considered a close confidant after an excerpt from Capote's infamous unfinished roman à clef, Answered Prayers, has been published in Esquire. Alone and lonely, Capote soothes himself with pills, vodka, marijuana, and chocolate truffles, all the while musing about his checkered life and career.

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FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Tru

The stunning immersive sat slightly upstages star Jesse Tyler Ferguson in this Truman Capote monologue

From: TimeOut By: Andrzej Lukowski Date: 2026-09-28

6 / 10

The actual play can’t really live up to the magnificence of the setting. That’s not the fault of performer Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who offers a funny, often very poignant channeling of the Alabama-raised author and socialite. That distinctive voice could so easily fall into parody – it was half a parody already. But Ferguson brings Capote to life, aided by the fact that the play is set at a very painful time in his life. It’s 1975, and he has recently published a chapter of his (ultimately unfinished) magnum opus Answered Prayers, and its savage depiction of the super-rich has spooked much of Capote’s social circle.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson is brilliant as Truman Capote

From: The Times By: Dominic Maxwell Date: 2026-09-28

6 / 10

And if you want to see — or be in — a really fine set, come and be wowed by how the designer Paul Farnsworth has turned the Menier Chocolate Factory in London Bridge into an outsized reimagining of Capote’s brown-and-burgundy New York living room. Sit by bookcases, the lovely rugs, the paperweights, the porcelain cats, the desk and decanters, and knick-knacks galore. Ferguson’s Tru bustles and banters right by you, or may even sit at your table. Remarkable.

Nathalie Harrison to Join Jesse Tyler Ferguson in TRU at Menier Chocolate Factory
by Stephi Wild - October 19, 2026


Nathalie Harrison will replace Charlotte d'Amboise in Jay Presson Allen's TRU, starring Tony Award winner Jesse Tyler Ferguson. The production runs at London's Menier Chocolate Factory.

Review Roundup: Jesse Tyler Ferguson in TRU
by Aliya Al-Hassan - September 28, 2026


Directed by the award-winning Rob Ashford, Tru is now open at the Menier Chocolate Factory, following the production’s New York run earlier this year. It's December 1975 and Truman Capote is alone in his New York apartment, reeling from a crisis that cost him friendship of the elite social circle he adored. Drawn entirely from Capote’s own words, this funny and heartbreaking play is an unflinching portrait of an artist at his breaking point, confronting the consequences of his most scandalous work.

Review: TRU, Starring Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Menier Chocolate Factory
by Clementine Scott - September 27, 2026


In 1975, Breakfast at Tiffany’s author Truman Capote became a social pariah overnight, after his public betrayal of the group of New York socialites known as the “Swans”. Tru, Jay Presson Allen’s 1989 dramatisation of the incident, locks us in the New Journalism pioneer’s living room in the days following, and doesn’t let us leave.

Photos: Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Charlotte d'Amboise in TRU at the Menier Chocolate Factory
by Stephi Wild - September 24, 2026


All new photos have been released of Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Charlotte d'Amboise in Tru, now playing at the Menier Chocolate Factory. Check out the photos here!

Photos: Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Charlotte d’Amboise in Rehearsal For TRU
by Stephi Wild - September 14, 2026


All new rehearsal photos have been released of Charlotte d’Amboise with Jesse Tyler Ferguson in Jay Presson Allen’s play Tru. Check out the photos here!

TRU, Starring Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Truman Capote, Will Transfer to the West End
by Stephi Wild - July 10, 2026


Jesse Tyler Ferguson will make his Menier Chocolate Factory debut playing Truman Capote in Jay Presson Allen's TRU, directed by Rob Ashford, following the production's critically acclaimed New York run.

Tru FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How long has Tru been running on the West End?
Tru opened at the Menier Chocolate Factory on Saturday Sep 26, 2026 and has now been running for 26 days.

Tru History

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1989   Broadway
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2026   Off-Broadway
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