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Albert's Boy at Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds
Dates: 26/02/2027- 20/03/2027
📍 Theatre: Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds
Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, Daniel Schumann and Lee Dean
5 Westgate Street
Bury St Edmunds,
Tickets: $12–$39
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A darkly comic and moving play, shining light on one of history’s most enduring, scientific figures and the unwilling father of a monster that the modern world is still struggling to cage.
It’s 1953. Albert Einstein is not feeling too good. His house is empty, his cat is missing and he can’t remember where he left his violin. He is slowly driving himself insane as he struggles to solve the unanswerable question: did I do the right thing?
Einstein’s torment is momentarily broken when Peter, an old family friend newly released from a Chinese POW camp, pays Albert a visit. A warm reunion soon becomes an explosive collision of opposing beliefs on the subjects of: evil; the winning of wars; and the morality of the world’s first weapon of mass destruction – the atomic bomb.
Written in 2005, Albert’s Boy was the second play written by ‘promising new playwright’ James Graham. Graham has gone on to be one of the nation’s most celebrated playwrights and screenwriters (This House; Ink; Dear England; The Crown; Quiz; Sherwood) and in 2026 won the Olivier Award for Best New Play (Punch).
A Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, Daniel Schumann and Lee Dean production. With Griff Rhys Jones as Albert Einstein and Joe Absolom as Peter Bucky.
Preview Shows
Fri 26 Feb 7.30pm
Sat 27 Feb 2pm and 7.30pm
The preview performances are public performances that precede the official opening of Albert’s Boy. We use previews as an opportunity to run the show with an audience while implementing opportunities for improvement. During the preview period our actors, creative team and crew are still shaping the show, working through notes based on audience reactions.
Access Performances: Audio Described | Wed 10 March, 7:30pm
BSL Interpreted | Wed 10 March, 7:30pm
Captioned | Wed 11 March, 2pm & 7:30pm, Thursday 18 March, 2pm & 7:30pm
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About the Theatre
Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds is a contemporary performance venue housed in a historic Regency theatre in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Theatre Royal is a major cultural and social asset and a key part of West Suffolk’s cultural landscape.
Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds is a proud producing house creating four high-quality in-house productions a year. By fostering innovation, creativity and imagination, Theatre Royal works to transform the lives of people in the local community through education and the power of the performing arts. Attracting over 75,000 audience members a year, their eclectic programme is carefully curated to provide a blend of high-quality productions for the residents of West Suffolk and beyond.
Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds became an NPO (National Portfolio Organisation) in 2023 supported by Arts Council England and is a registered charity (charity number 242977).
Designed by William Wilkins, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds is considered to be one of the cultural sector’s crown jewels and is the only theatre in the National Trust’s portfolio. Its building is owned by the Greene King brewery, leased by the brewery to the National Trust, which in turn leases the theatre to Bury St Edmunds Theatre Management Ltd to run it as a working theatre.
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