Playing at @sohoplace from 21 September until 19 December 2026.
★★★★★
"An absolute knock-out evening. What a play. What a production."
Daily Telegraph
“I swear…if you existed, I’d divorce you”
In the early hours of the morning on the campus of an American college, Martha, much to her husband George’s displeasure, has invited the new professor Nick and his wife Honey to their home for some after-party drinks. As the alcohol flows and dawn approaches, the young couple are drawn into George and Martha’s toxic games until the evening reaches its climax in a moment of devastating truth-telling..
★★★★★
"Gillian Anderson and Billy Crudup are electric"
Independent
A new powerhouse production of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? comes to the West End this September. Starring Emmy and Golden Globe winner Gillian Anderson (The Crown, Sex Education, A Streetcar Named Desire) and Emmy and Tony Award winner Billy Crudup (Almost Famous, The Morning Show, The Elephant Man).
Set in the round and directed by Tony and Olivier Award winner Marianne Elliott (War Horse, Angels in America, Company), this fierce new production draws every spectator right into the eye of the storm…
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★★★★★
"Marianne Elliott's superb new production"
Financial Times
CAST
GILLIAN ANDERSON – Martha
BILLY CRUDUP – George
JOSH DYLAN – Nick
PHOEBE HORN – Honey
ALEX CARTUSON - Understudy Nick
JESSICA KIRTON - Understudy Martha
GEORGIA MILES - Understudy Honey
SIMON WILLMONT - Understudy George
CREATIVES
MARIANNE ELLIOTT – Director
MIRIAM BUETHER – Designer
JAMES FARNCOMBE – Lighting Designer
IAN DICKINSON – Sound Designer
JIM CARNAHAN CSA and LIZ FRASER, CSA – Casting Director
INGRID MACKINNON - Movement & Intimacy Director
CHARMIAN HOARE - Voice & Dialect Coach
SAM LYON-BEHAN - Fight Director