Stereophonic
Run Time:
3 Hours 10 Minutes
3 Hours 10 Minutes
Ages: 13+
Closing: September 20, 2025Stereophonic - 2025 West End History , Info & More
Duke of York's Theatre
St Martin's Ln, Charing Cross, London WC2N 4BG, United Kingdom London WC2N 4BG
Stereophonic mines the agony and the ecstasy of creation as it zooms in on a music studio in 1976. Here, an up-and-coming rock band recording a new album finds itself suddenly on the cusp of superstardom. The ensuing pressures could spark their breakup — or their breakthrough. Written by David Adjmi, directed by Daniel Aukin, and featuring original music by Arcade Fire's Will Butler, Stereophonic invites the audience to immerse themselves — with fly-on-the-wall intimacy — in the powder keg process of a band on the brink of blowing up.
Stereophonic - 2025 - West End Cast
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David Adjmi’s Broadway smash about the recording of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours’ is a remarkably compelling three hours
8 / 10
Structurally, it’s a three-and-a-bit-hour interrogation of the creative process that features little more than the band chatting to each other or recording. Set solely in a windowless studio, director Aukin has supreme confidence in the play’s pacing and rhythms. There is a lot – like a lot – of fannying around over drum sounds and guitar tones, but the play leads us to the right psychological space to understand that there’s much more to this than musos muso-ing. A blizzard of coke, exhaustion, the enormous pressure to follow up their previous album, and of course cataclysmic inter-band tensions all go some way to explain why the band and their affable engineers Grover (Eli Gelb) and Charlie (Andrew R Butler) find themselves agonising over every detail.
A music studio masterpiece
10 / 10
Animated by music by Will Butler (formerly of Arcade Fire), played and recorded live by the actors on stage, it’s a probing examination of what it means to make art, and why it matters that someone should. As the songs soar and lives collapse, it asks questions about relationships, the cost of things, and the value of seeking joy or giving in to despair. It is almost existential in its concerns, yet its overlapping, quickfire dialogue is both funny, pungent and entirely naturalistic. I think it is a masterpiece.
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Photos: Behind the Scenes With STEREOPHONIC's UK Cast
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 3, 2025
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 3, 2025
Behind the scenes images of the Stereophonic cast have been released, showing insight into life behind the on-stage recording studio. See the photos here!
STEREOPHONIC Extends West End Run
by Stephi Wild - July 15, 2025
by Stephi Wild - July 15, 2025
Stereophonic has extended its run at the Duke of York's Theatre. The show plugs you into the electric atmosphere as one up-and-coming rock band record the album that could propel them to superstardom.
Review Roundup: STEREOPHONIC in the West End
by Aliya Al-Hassan - June 16, 2025
by Aliya Al-Hassan - June 16, 2025
Stereophonic mines the agony and the ecstasy of creation as it zooms in on a music studio in 1976. Here, an up-and-coming rock band recording a new album finds itself suddenly on the cusp of superstardom. The ensuing pressures could spark their breakup — or their breakthrough.
Review: STEREOPHONIC, The Duke Of York's Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - June 16, 2025
by Alexander Cohen - June 16, 2025
The West End transfer of Stereophonic is a full fat slice of Americana: anyone who dreamt of being in a band might just find those dreams resuscitated.
Photos: STEREOPHONIC is Now Playing in London's West End
by Stephi Wild - June 4, 2025
by Stephi Wild - June 4, 2025
All new production photos have been released from the West End transfer of Stereophonic, the Tony Award-winning play by David Adjmi with music by Will Butler.
Photos: STEREOPHONIC West End Cast in Rehearsal
by Stephi Wild - April 30, 2025
by Stephi Wild - April 30, 2025
The West End transfer of Stereophonic, the Tony Award-winning play by David Adjmi with music by Will Butler, has released rehearsal images ahead of its UK debut at London’s Duke of York’s theatre this May. Check out the photos here!
Full Cast Set For STEREOPHONIC in the West End
by Stephi Wild - March 26, 2025
by Stephi Wild - March 26, 2025
The West End transfer of Stereophonic, the Tony Award-winning play by David Adjmi with music by Will Butler, has officially announced its full cast ahead of its UK debut at London’s Duke of York’s theatre.
Stereophonic History
Other Productions of Stereophonic
| 2023 | Off-Broadway |
Playwrights Horizons Off-Broadway Production Off-Broadway |
| 2024 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 2025 | West End |
West End |
| 2025 | US Tour |
US Tour |
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