Shadowlands breaks

BAFTA, Primetime Emmy, and Golden Globe Award-nominated actor Hugh Bonneville stars as C.S. Lewis (author of The Chronicles of Narnia) whose orderly academic life as an Oxford Don is upended by the arrival of the spirited American poet, Joy Davidman. What begins as a meeting of minds becomes an uplifting and powerful journey of love and the fragile beauty of life. Based on a true story, Shadowlands is written by William Nicholson and was adapted from his own original BAFTA Award-winning TV Movie. It soon became a West End smash-hit winning the Evening Standard Award for Best Play, followed by a triumphant Tony Award-winning Broadway transfer. In 1993 the play was adapted into a major feature film directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger, which subsequently won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film. Rachel Kavanaugh directs this long overdue West End transfer of the sell-out Chichester Festival Theatre production which will play a strictly limited engagement at London’s Aldwych Theatre from 5 February. ‘Tremendous. Bonneville dazzles as CS Lewis in this divine revival’ Guardian

Running time - TBC

Booking until - 09/05/2026

Aldwych
Covent GardenLondon
WC2B 4DF

Nearest tube - Covent Garden & Holborn

Seating information - The theatre is split into 3 tiers: the Stalls are at the ground level, with the Dress Circle on the 1st floor and the Grand Circle at the top.

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