The new season has been announced by Jermyn Street Theatre’s Artistic Director Stella Powell-Jones, Co-Artistic Director and Executive Producer David Doyle, and Executive Director Penny Horner.
The Jermyn Street Theatre has announced full programming for the 2026 Spring season – with five plays, including one world premiere and two major revivals. There will also be a series of one-night wonders including Sian Phillips’ The Greeks, a series of Kenneth Williams performances – Kenneth Williams: A Centenary Celebration and Cult Figure: Kenneth Williams -and An Afternoon with Tony Robinson.
This newly announced season will open with a revival of Lyle Kessler’s Tony Award-nominated modern classic Orphans (5-24 January 2026). Set in 1983 Philadelphia, where two isolated brothers’ lives are upended by a mysterious stranger, the production is set to star Forbes Masson (Farm Hall, Laughing Boy), Olivier Award-winner Chris Walley, and Fred Woodley Evans (Outlying Islands).
Meanwhile, this will be followed by Dear Liar (5 February-7 March) – directed by Artistic Director Stella Powell-Jones. A witty, moving illustration of the complex 40-year relationship between George Bernard Shaw and Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Dear Liar is adapted by Jerome Kilty from their original correspondence.
Arriving in London following its 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe run, Emma Howlett’s Aether– blending science, faith and magic -which was previously a one-week engagement at Jermyn Street Theatre, has now been extended due to popular demand by two weeks, running until 4 April 2026.
The season will then continue with The Waves (16 April -23 May), which will see playwright Flora Wilson Brown and director Júlia Levai collaborate to reveal the ultimate coming of age story in Virginia Woolf’s masterpiece. It concludes with a new production of Teresa Deevy’s Wife to James Whelan (25 June – 25 July), a timeless story of love and pride, directed by Jonathan Bank, which reintroduces Ireland’s forgotten genius to London audiences.
Talking about the news, Artistic Director Stella Powell-Jones and Co-Artistic Director and Executive Producer David Doyle said: “What makes Jermyn Street Theatre such an exciting place to run is its power to surprise. It’s baked into the very walls — you don’t expect the intimacy of 70 seats in the heart of the West End.
“Today we’re delighted to announce a new season that celebrates that thrill of unexpected meetings: between new voices and the canon, rising stars and the legends who inspired them, forgotten plays and audiences ready to discover them anew.”
For more information visit: https://www.jermynstreettheatre.co.uk/