The production will run at @sohoplace, having had a run at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2024.
It has been announced that David Eldridge’s adaptation of John le Carré’s The Spy Who Came in From the Cold will run at the @sohoplace from the 17th November until the 21st February 2026.
Officially opening in London on the 26th November, the cast is set to be led by Rory Keenan as Alec Leamas and Agnes O’Casey as Liz Gold. They are joined by Gunnar Cauthery as Hans-Dieter Mundt and John Ramm as George Smiley.
The company is completed by Philip Arditti as Fielder, Norma Atallah as Miss Crail and the President of the Tribunal, Matt Betteridge as Riemeck and Kiever, Ian Drysdale as Control, Tom Kanji as Ashe and David Rubin as Pitt and Ford.
British intelligence officer Alec Leamas is weary, hardened, and ready to come in from the cold. But when his boss George Smiley presents one final mission — dangerous, deceptive, and deeply personal — Leamas agrees to stay in the game. Dispatched into enemy territory, he finds his convictions tested and his defences breached by Liz Gold, a quietly defiant librarian whose compassion threatens to thaw his frostbitten heart.
Marking the first time that any of the author’s novels have been adapted for the stage, David Eldridge said of the news: “It has been a great privilege adapting John le Carré’s youthful masterpiece for the theatre, and it gives me great pleasure that after a sellout run in Chichester, we’re able to share the play with audiences in London.”
The production is directed by Jeremy Herrin, with the creative team also including: designs by Max Jones, lighting by Azusa Ono, composition by Paul Englishby, sound by Elizabeth Purnell, movement direction by Lucy Cullingford, fight direction by Bret Yount and voice work by Hazel Holder. Casting is by Jessica Ronane.
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