Shadowlands Play in London

Name: Shadowlands Play in London
Start: 2025-06-07T14:30:00+0100
End: 2026-05-09T23:00:00+0100
Location: Aldwych Theatre

Aldwych Theatre

From:

37.00 GBP

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Open hours

02:30 PM & 07:30 PM

From Tuesday to Saturday

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

Stars BAFTA, Primetime Emmy, and Golden Globe nominee Hugh Bonneville as C.S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia
Based on the true story of C.S. Lewis and American poet Joy Davidman
A powerful and uplifting journey exploring love, loss, and the fragility of life
Written by William Nicholson, adapted from his BAFTA Award-winning TV movie
West End smash-hit and Evening Standard Award winner for Best Play
Tony Award-winning Broadway transfer
Adapted into a major feature film directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger
Directed by Rachel Kavanaugh
Strictly limited West End engagement at London’s Aldwych Theatre
Critically acclaimed production from Chichester Festival Theatre

Entry to the show.

F&B
Anything not mentioned as inclusions.

Suitable for general audience aged 14+. Under 5s will not be admitted.
All persons 16 of age or younger must be accompanied by an adult and cannot be seated alone in the auditorium.
All patrons, regardless of age, must have their own ticket.
This production includes flashing lights, strobe effects, smoke/haze and pyrotechnics throughout.

Your tickets/vouchers are non-refundable, non-changeable & are valid only for the date/time selected

By Car: If driving to the theatre the nearest carparks are located in Bloomsbury Square and Lincoln Inn Field. There is also an NCP underground car park in Parker Street.

By Train: If arriving by train the nearest rail station is Charing Cross Railway Station. However, City Thameslink Station and Blackfriars Railway Station are also nearby.

Tube: The nearest tube stations are Covent Garden ( Piccadilly Line), Holborn (Central/ Piccadilly Lines) Charing Cross (Northern/Bakerloo Lines) and Temple (Circle and District Lines

By Bus: he theatre is well serviced by multiple bus stops and lines including the 1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 26, 59, 68 76, 87, 91, 168, 171, 188, 341, and 521 from Aldwych Kingsway (Stop F), Aldywch Somerset House (Stop R) and Royal Court of Justice (Stop P).