The Unfriend
Lee Mack stars in Steven Moffat (Sherlock) and Mark Gatiss’ (The League of Gentlemen) riotous dark comedy of manners The Unfriend as it makes a very welcome return to the West End! Following a couple who befriend a brash American woman on holiday, only to discover she might be a murderer, this hit play was a box office success at the Criterion Theatre and offers the very best of dry, witty and dark British humour. It runs at Wyndham’s Theatre for a strictly limited season from December 2023 - and it would be very impolite to not book tickets…
FIND TICKETS
Booking from 18 December 2023 until 9 March 2024
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Emmy, Golden Globe and Olivier Award winner Brian Cox returns to the West End for the first time in nearly 10 years for Long Day’s Journey into Night. The star of HBO’s Succession plays the domineering, troubled patriarch of a dysfunctional American family in Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer-winning drama, and it is a performance not to be missed. Director Jeremy Herrin’s production, also starring Patricia Clarkson, runs at Wyndham’s Theatre for a limited season in 2024.
FIND TICKETS
Booking from 19 March 2024 until 8 June 2024
Next to Normal
Following its sold-out, critically acclaimed UK premiere at the Donmar Warehouse, Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical Next to Normal makes a long-awaited West End debut. This electrifying show, about a suburban wife and mother who is living with bipolar disorder and haunted by her past, is an incredible exploration of the long-lasting effect of illness, grief and loss on one family. It plays at Wyndham’s Theatre for a strictly limited season in 2024.
FIND TICKETS
Booking from 19 June 2024 until 21 September 2024
Box Office Contacts
| Box Office: | +44 (0) 844 482 5151 |
| Access Booking: | +44 (0) 344 482 5137 |
| Group Booking: | 0844 482 5120 |
| Stage Door: | 020 7759 8010 |
History
Wyndham’s Theatre was originally designed by W.G.R. Sprague and was managed by actor Charles Wyndham, officially opening in 1899 with a performance of T. W. Robertson’s David Garrick. The venue continued to host dramas, including Mrs Dane’s Defence (1900) and Little Mary (1903).
Throughout the First World War, the theatre remained highly active, showing productions such as Raffles (1914), Dear Brutus (1917) and The Choice (1919). Following this, a successful production of Mademoiselle (1936) played, directed by Noel Coward. In 1939 the theatre was forced to close for the second outbreak of war.
In 1953, the theatre premiered Graham Greene’s The Living Room, followed by Sandy Wilson’s The Boy Friend (1954), which later transferred to Broadway. Subsequent productions included Godspell (1972-1974), Art (1996) and Up for Grabs (2002), starring Madonna.
Early productions in the 21st century included Moira Buffini’s Dinner (2003-2004), Democracy (2004), By the Bog of Cats (2004-2005), The Witches (2005), starring Ruby Wax, Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues (2005), As You Like It (2005), starring Sienna Miller and Heroes (2005-2006).
2006-2009 saw a quick turnover of shows, including Honour, starring Diana Rigg, Sunday in the Park with George, with Jenna Russell, A Voyage Round My Father, starring Derek Jacobi, The History Boys, The Letter, Shadowlands, a revival of The History Boys and The Shawshank Redemption.
J B Priestley’s An Inspector Calls came to the theatre in 2009, followed by the transfer of Avenue Q (2010), Clybourne Park (2011), Much Ado About Nothing (2011), starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate, Driving Miss Daisy (2011), starring James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave and two Rat Pack shows.
2012 saw the notorious flop The King’s Speech, followed by Jill Halfpenny in Abigail’s Party (2012), Dreamboats and Petticoats (2012-2013), Quartermaine’s Terms (2013), starring Rowan Atkinson, Relatively Speaking (2013), with Felicity Kendal and Kara Tointon, Barking in Essex (2013-2014) with Lee Evans and Sheila Hancock and The Weir (2014), as well as Uncle Vanya (2014).
The past two years have seen a variety of shows including Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan in Skylight (2014), King Charles III (2014-2015), with Tim Piggott-Smith, A View from the Bridge (2015), starring Mark Strong, American Buffalo (2015), The Mentalists (2015), The Father (2015) and Hangmen (2015-2016), starring David Morrissey.
Denise Gough earned an Olivier Award in Duncan Macmillan’s play People, Places and Things (2016), which was conceded by The Truth (2016), No Man’s Land (2016) and a stage adaptation of The Kite Runner (2017).
David Tennant took to the stage in 2017 to star in Patrick Marber’s Don Juan in Soho, followed by Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, starring Audra McDonald. 2017 rounds off with Anne-Marie Duff and Kenneth Cranham in Simon Stephens' Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle.
2018 began with a Bristol Old Vic transfer of Long Day's Journey Into Night, starring Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville. Further productions in the year included a revival of Red, starring Alfred Molina, from the Michael Grandage Company and The Height of the Storm, with Jonathan Pryce and Dame Eileen Atkins. The year rounds off with a stint from comedian Bill Bailey in his latest show Larks in Transit.
Queen of comedy Catherine Tate brought her show to Wyndham's for a short run at the beginning of 2019. Theatre Royal Bath transfer of Arthur Miller's The Price (starring David Suchet) played from February. May marked the West End debut of Hollywood and Broadway actor Matthew Broderick, who starred in Kenneth Lonergan's The Starry Messenger. Elizabeth McGovern also starred.
For thirty performances only, Phoebe Waller-Bridge starred in her hit show Fleabag for the final time. This was followed by a week-long run of The Life I Lead starring Miles Jupp.
In the autumn, brand new comedy The Man in the White Suit played at the theatre. Adapted by Sean Foley from the 1951 film of the same name, the show starred Stephen Mangan and Kara Tointon.
Over the festive period, Curtains, a musical whodunnit from composers Kander & Ebb, played a limited season. The show starred comedian Jason Manford and Carley Stenson.
Tom Stoppard's latest play, Leopoldstadt opened at the beginning of 2020, featuring a huge multi-generational cast. In March 2020, the theatre closed due to the spread of COVID-19 and a planned production of Life of Pi was postponed until 2021.
The Wyndham's Theatre reopened in 2021 with the return of Stoppard's Leopoldstadt, followed by Life of Pi in the summer, until January 2023.
In February 2023, director Daniel Fish's acclaimed, Tony Award-winning production of Oklahoma! transferred from the Young Vic to Wyndham's Theatre. In September 2023, Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man and the Pool transferred from Broadway for a four-week season, followed by The Unfriend starring Lee Mack in December.
In 2024, Brian Cox returns to the West End for the first time in almost a decade, starring in Long Day's Journey into Night, followed by the transfer of the Donmar Warehouse's acclaimed UK premiere of Next to Normal.
Throughout the First World War, the theatre remained highly active, showing productions such as Raffles (1914), Dear Brutus (1917) and The Choice (1919). Following this, a successful production of Mademoiselle (1936) played, directed by Noel Coward. In 1939 the theatre was forced to close for the second outbreak of war.
In 1953, the theatre premiered Graham Greene’s The Living Room, followed by Sandy Wilson’s The Boy Friend (1954), which later transferred to Broadway. Subsequent productions included Godspell (1972-1974), Art (1996) and Up for Grabs (2002), starring Madonna.
Early productions in the 21st century included Moira Buffini’s Dinner (2003-2004), Democracy (2004), By the Bog of Cats (2004-2005), The Witches (2005), starring Ruby Wax, Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues (2005), As You Like It (2005), starring Sienna Miller and Heroes (2005-2006).
2006-2009 saw a quick turnover of shows, including Honour, starring Diana Rigg, Sunday in the Park with George, with Jenna Russell, A Voyage Round My Father, starring Derek Jacobi, The History Boys, The Letter, Shadowlands, a revival of The History Boys and The Shawshank Redemption.
J B Priestley’s An Inspector Calls came to the theatre in 2009, followed by the transfer of Avenue Q (2010), Clybourne Park (2011), Much Ado About Nothing (2011), starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate, Driving Miss Daisy (2011), starring James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave and two Rat Pack shows.
2012 saw the notorious flop The King’s Speech, followed by Jill Halfpenny in Abigail’s Party (2012), Dreamboats and Petticoats (2012-2013), Quartermaine’s Terms (2013), starring Rowan Atkinson, Relatively Speaking (2013), with Felicity Kendal and Kara Tointon, Barking in Essex (2013-2014) with Lee Evans and Sheila Hancock and The Weir (2014), as well as Uncle Vanya (2014).
The past two years have seen a variety of shows including Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan in Skylight (2014), King Charles III (2014-2015), with Tim Piggott-Smith, A View from the Bridge (2015), starring Mark Strong, American Buffalo (2015), The Mentalists (2015), The Father (2015) and Hangmen (2015-2016), starring David Morrissey.
Denise Gough earned an Olivier Award in Duncan Macmillan’s play People, Places and Things (2016), which was conceded by The Truth (2016), No Man’s Land (2016) and a stage adaptation of The Kite Runner (2017).
David Tennant took to the stage in 2017 to star in Patrick Marber’s Don Juan in Soho, followed by Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, starring Audra McDonald. 2017 rounds off with Anne-Marie Duff and Kenneth Cranham in Simon Stephens' Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle.
2018 began with a Bristol Old Vic transfer of Long Day's Journey Into Night, starring Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville. Further productions in the year included a revival of Red, starring Alfred Molina, from the Michael Grandage Company and The Height of the Storm, with Jonathan Pryce and Dame Eileen Atkins. The year rounds off with a stint from comedian Bill Bailey in his latest show Larks in Transit.
Queen of comedy Catherine Tate brought her show to Wyndham's for a short run at the beginning of 2019. Theatre Royal Bath transfer of Arthur Miller's The Price (starring David Suchet) played from February. May marked the West End debut of Hollywood and Broadway actor Matthew Broderick, who starred in Kenneth Lonergan's The Starry Messenger. Elizabeth McGovern also starred.
For thirty performances only, Phoebe Waller-Bridge starred in her hit show Fleabag for the final time. This was followed by a week-long run of The Life I Lead starring Miles Jupp.
In the autumn, brand new comedy The Man in the White Suit played at the theatre. Adapted by Sean Foley from the 1951 film of the same name, the show starred Stephen Mangan and Kara Tointon.
Over the festive period, Curtains, a musical whodunnit from composers Kander & Ebb, played a limited season. The show starred comedian Jason Manford and Carley Stenson.
Tom Stoppard's latest play, Leopoldstadt opened at the beginning of 2020, featuring a huge multi-generational cast. In March 2020, the theatre closed due to the spread of COVID-19 and a planned production of Life of Pi was postponed until 2021.
The Wyndham's Theatre reopened in 2021 with the return of Stoppard's Leopoldstadt, followed by Life of Pi in the summer, until January 2023.
In February 2023, director Daniel Fish's acclaimed, Tony Award-winning production of Oklahoma! transferred from the Young Vic to Wyndham's Theatre. In September 2023, Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man and the Pool transferred from Broadway for a four-week season, followed by The Unfriend starring Lee Mack in December.
In 2024, Brian Cox returns to the West End for the first time in almost a decade, starring in Long Day's Journey into Night, followed by the transfer of the Donmar Warehouse's acclaimed UK premiere of Next to Normal.
