What’s on at the Bridge Theatre

We love watching audiences queuing excitedly on Potters Fields Park outside the Bridge Theatre.    Since it opened in 2017, we’ve enjoyed a fantastic range of new plays, Shakespearean classics and star performances (not to mention great coffee, wines and baked treats from St. John).

As the fairies from A Midsummer Night’s Dream have flown away,  autumn brings us  The Lady from the Sea,  a thrilling dissection of desire, loss and rebirth for the contemporary age.  Fearful she may have settled too easily for a comfortable life married to a well-off doctor, Ellida searches for a way to break the predictable routine of her existence. When a lover from her past appears at their remote country house, she has to choose between the life she has built and the one she left behind long ago.

Image: © Philip Vile/Bridge Theatre 

Oscar winner Alicia Vikander and Andrew Lincoln star in this new interpretation of Ibsen’s play, written and directed by Simon Stone.

There are more treats to come later in the year, with the news that Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s dazzling musical Into The Woods will be arriving in December.

If you’re in the King’s Cross area, you’ll find Lightroom.  Founded by the same team as the Bridge Theatre, this home of artist-led storytelling works with major artistic talents across art, music, film, fashion, science and more to create unique immersive experiences.   Over the summer, you can choose between Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs and A Film For the Future,  created by over 150 artists as the visual accompaniment to Coldplay’s Moon Music.