London Theatre Company have today revealed new photos from the rehearsal room of The Lady from the Sea. Rehearsals for the play, written and directed by Simon Stone after Henrik Ibsen, are underway in London with the show opening next month at the Bridge Theatre.
The Lady from the Sea will begin previews on Wednesday 10 September with opening night set for Thursday 18 September. The production, which is in collaboration with Wouter van Ransbeek, will play for 9 weeks until Saturday 8 November 2025.
Joining Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl, Ex Machina, Tomb Raider) as Ellida and Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead, Love Actually,A Christmas Carol – Old Vic) as EdwardareIsobel Akuwudike (The Road Trip) as Hilda, Joe Alwyn (The Brutalist, Conversations with Friends, The Favourite) as Heath,Brendan Cowell (Yerma – Young Vic, The Life of Galileo – Young Vic, The Crucible – National Theatre) as Finn Marcet, John Macmillan (House of the Dragon, Phaedra – National Theatre, Yerma – Young Vic) as Lyle, and Gracie Oddie-James (Grantchester) as Asa.
Completing the cast are understudies Daniel Gregory (Mood) as cover Lyle & Heath, Sarah Moss (Once – The Barn) as cover Ellida, Sadhbha Odufuwa-Bolger (Assembly – Donmar Warehouse Local Productions) as cover Asa & Hilda and Nathan Wiley (Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning) as cover Edward & Finn.
The Lady from the Sea is Henrik Ibsen’s most radically modern portrayal of a woman’s fight for autonomy in her relationship. It 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.
Simon Stone, acclaimed Australian theatre and film director known for his radical reimagining of classic works including Yerma at the Young Vic and Phaedra at the NT, makes his debut at the Bridge Theatre.
Joining writer and directorSimon Stone on the creative team are set designer Lizzie Clachan (The Witches – National Theatre), costume designer Mel Page (Phaedra – National Theatre), composition and sound designer Stefan Gregory (Yerma – Young Vic), lighting designer Nick Schlieper (The Picture of Dorian Gray – Theatre Royal Haymarket), casting director Jessica Ronane CDG (Stranger Things: The First Shadow), associate director Seán Linnen (Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons – Harold Pinter Theatre) associate lighting designer Guy Jones (Grange Park Opera), assistant designer Pip Terry (The Time Traveller’s Wife – Apollo Theatre), intimacy coordinator David Thackeray (The Woman In Cabin 10), costume supervisor Anna Josephs (The Tempest – Theatre Royal Drury Lane), props supervisor Lily Mollgaard (Evita – The London Palladium) and production manager Jim Leaver (King Lear – Wyndham’s Theatre).
