The Lady From the Sea Tickets
Alicia Vikander and Andrew Lincoln star in Simon Stone's adaptationNo one under the age of 5 is permitted within the auditorium.
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10 September - 8 November 2025
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The Lady from the Sea is 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 her existence has become. When a lover from her past appears at their remote country house, she has to choose between the life she has now built and the one she left behind long ago.
Written and directed by Simon Stone (Yerma, Phaedra), starring Oscar winner Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl, Ex Machina) and marking the return of Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually, The Walking Dead) to the London stage.
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Captioned Performance - Friday 10 October, 19:30. Audio-Described Performance & Touch Tour - Saturday 25 October, 14:30Latest The Lady From the Sea News
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The Lady from the Sea reveals further star casting
This autumn, Henrik Ibsen’s haunting classic The Lady from the Sea will wash ashore at London’s Bridge Theatre in a brand-new production directed and adapted by acclaimed theatre-maker Simon Stone. Marking his debut at the Bridge, Stone brings his signature contemporary style to Ibsen’s 1888 psychological drama. As previously announced, Alicia Vikander and Andrew Lincoln will lead the production, but who will join them?
Joe Alwyn, known for his work in The Favourite and Conversations with Friends, plays Heath, Ellida’s former lover whose unexpected reappearance threatens to upend her carefully controlled existence. Alwyn brings a brooding presence to the stage, offering a sharp contrast to Edward’s calm reliability.
Joining him is John Macmillan, recently seen in House of the Dragon, who plays Lyle—a character whose place in Ellida’s world adds further complexity to her emotional dilemma. Brendan Cowell takes on the role of Finn Marcet, while Isobel Akuwudike appears as Hilda and Gracie Oddie-James portrays Asa. Together, they complete a cast that promises to bring fresh urgency and psychological nuance to one of Ibsen’s most quietly radical works.
8 Jul, 2025 | By Sian McBride
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Alicia Vikander and Andrew Lincoln to star in The Lady from the Sea
Oscar winner Alicia Vikander and The Walking Dead’s Andrew Lincoln will star in The Lady from the Sea, a gripping new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s rarely performed classic. Reimagined and directed by Simon Stone, the modern master of emotional excavation, the play opens at the Bridge Theatre on 18 September 2025 and runs for a strictly limited 9-week season.
With previews beginning 10 September, Stone’s Lady from the Sea promises a raw, emotionally-charged exploration of love, freedom, and the ghosts that never quite stay buried.
Vikander, making her UK stage debut as Ellida, plays a woman haunted by a past passion and trapped in a quiet coastal life with her husband Edward, played by Lincoln. When a figure from her past resurfaces (no, not a walker this time), Ellida must choose between stability and the wild pull of something lost - but not dead.
7 May, 2025 | By Sian McBride