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This production is recommended for ages 14+.
Performance Dates
Sat 20 Jun - Sat 12 Sep 2026
Run time: 2h 50m
Includes interval
Brought vividly to life by acclaimed director Carrie Cracknell, this elegant, witty and deeply moving new production of Arcadia is ‘a fitting tribute to Tom Stoppard’s genius’ (The Standard).
A dazzling collision of science and romance, Arcadia explores the beauty of curiosity, the ache of lost knowledge and the timeless thrill of discovery.
In a country house, two centuries apart, genius, passion and discipline unfold. In 1809, teenage prodigy, Thomasina Coverly races ahead of her time – exploring mathematics, nature and the unpredictable forces that govern both the universe and the human heart.
In the present day, author Hannah Jarvis investigates a mysterious chapter in the life of Lord Byron with precision, patience and rigor, determined to resist the pull of romanticised myth.
As past and present intwine, their questions begin to echo across time: can we ever truly understand the patterns of life or are we forever poised on the edge of disorder?
‘Stoppard's Masterpiece makes a dazzling return to the stage’ (The Telegraph), opening at the Duke of York's Theatre, which is being newly renovated into the round especially for this production, from 20 June, for a strictly limited 12-week run.
Not everyone warmed to Tom Stoppard’s plays, some of which were just too clever for their own good and the good of the audience. But his very best plays combine wit and heart in equal measure, and Arcadia is very good indeed. It has got gardening and chaos theory too. Carrie Cracknell’s Old Vic revival transfers to the Duke of York's, offering a partial in-the-round examination of one of the great plays of the 20th century. It’s one that pulsates with ideas but also compassion at our human urge to keep dancing despite tragedy and even as the world grows cold.
Opening this week at the London Palladium, before transferring in the autumn to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, comes Timothy Sheader’s revival of Jesus Christ Superstar. Yes, you may have caught it at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre pre-Covid or at the Barbican, but this is a staging which has real legs, plenty of barnstorming moments, and also subtleties, not least in the way it explores religious and political fanaticism and state expediency. It bears repeated viewings. On this outing Sam Ryder plays Jesus, Tyrone Huntley is Judas, and you can take your pick of Herods with Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Richard Armitage, Boy George, Layton Williams and Julian Clary all popping by on various dates during the run.
15 Jun, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner
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