The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

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Chichester Festival Theatre’s brilliant adaptation of John le Carré’s 1963 book The Spy Who Came In From The Cold transfers to theatreland. As one of TIME Magazine’s All-Time 100 Novels the first time, this is also the first time a le Carré story has been staged in the West End. TV, theatre and radio writer David Eldridge (Festen, Market Boy, Under the Blue Sky), an award-winning talent with excellent West End and Broadway credentials, wrote it. Directed by Jeremy Herrin (Graces Pervades, Every Brilliant Thing, People, Places and Things), a dazzling cast completes the picture. Not to be missed.

Jaded British intelligence officer Alec Leamas is ready to hang up his hat and live a normal life. But his boss, George Smiley, has different ideas. He proposes one final mission, a dangerous task with a personal element. Leamas agrees, and so begins a thrilling adventure into enemy territory. Will the compassionate woman he meets melt his icy heart - and will he survive to tell the tale? John Ramm (King Lear, Wolf Hall/Bring Up The Bodies) plays George Smiley, with Rory Keenan (Somewhere Boy, The Regime) as Alec Leamas and Agnes O’Casey (Black Doves) as Liz Gold. Gunnar Cauthery (Dear England) is Hans-Dieter Mundt, and the rest of the cast reprise their original Chichester roles. Perfect for thrill seekers!

Playing at Soho Place Theatre (@sohoplace) (venue info)