To Kill a Mockingbird

Buy To Kill a Mockingbird tickets to see Aaron Sorkin’s new adaptation that has taken Broadway by storm

Following a sell-out run on Broadway, Aaron Sorkin‘s new play based on Harper Lee‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird is coming to London. The production, currently starring Matthew Modine, plays at the Gielgud Theatre.

Set in 1930s Alabama, To Kill a Mockingbird follows Jean Louise Finch, her brother Jeremy and their father Atticus, one of the most celebrated characters in modern  literature. A successful lawyer, Atticus encourages kindness and empathy in his children, but is pushed to the limits of these qualities himself when he agrees to defend one of the town’s black residents, Tom Robinson, when he is accused of raping a white woman.

Harper Lee’s classic novel celebrated the 60th anniversary of its publication in 2020, and has sold 45 million copies worldwide in that time. A highly-anticipated sequel, Go Set a Watchman, was released in 2015, shortly before Lee’s death. Sorkin’s adaptation has fast become the most successful American play in Broadway history, having yet to play to an empty seat and with a national tour of the US opening in Washington DC in August.

Previous to this, Sorkin has had many years of great success on stage and screen. He is perhaps best known as the creator and screenwriter of hit TV series The West Wing, and as the screenwriter for The Social Network, for which he received an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Writer’s Guild Award. He is also the writer-creator of The Newsroom and the play and Academy Award-winning film A Few Good Men.

Bartlett Sher directs the production. As well as having spent over ten years as Director of the Lincoln Centre Theater, he has also headed acclaimed recent productions such as My Fair Lady and the Tony Award-winning South Pacific. In the UK, he has directed several productions for the English National Opera.

An enduring exploration of childhood and racial inequality that still resonates today, To Kill a Mockingbird is currently playing at the Gielgud Theatre.

Child Friendly

To Kill a Mockingbird is suitable for those aged 12 and over.

All persons under the age of 16 must be accompanied by and sat next to the accompanying adult. They may not sit on their own within the auditorium. If children do have separate seats you could be refused entry. All persons entering the theatre, regardless of age, must have a ticket.