The Times
"A five-star triumph."
Be careful what you wish for. Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Olivier Award-winning musical masterpiece returns to the West End in Jordan Fein’s acclaimed new production, transferring to the Noël Coward Theatre for a strictly limited season following its celebrated run at the Bridge Theatre.
A Baker and his Wife who long for a child, Cinderella who wishes to attend the King’s festival, and Jack who hopes his beloved cow will give milk - their fortunes collide with a witch, a wolf, a giant and a host of beloved fairy-tale characters as they all journey into the dark and tangled woods.
Winner of the Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, this joyful, witty and beautiful staging weaves together Sondheim’s dazzling score - including “Into the Woods,” “Agony,” “No One Is Alone” and “Children Will Listen” - into a wise and wondrous meditation on wishes, parenthood and the stories we pass on. Book your tickets now.
Why it’s worth the watch
An Olivier-winning Sondheim revival transfers straight from the Bridge Theatre.
- Award-winning production. Jordan Fein’s staging took the Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival.
- Sondheim’s finest. The score pairs fairy-tale wit with some of the composer’s most moving songs, including No One Is Alone and Children Will Listen.
- A darker fairy tale. The show follows familiar characters past happily ever after into grief, consequence and hard-won wisdom.
- A five-star cast. Kate Fleetwood leads as the Witch in a company critics have called sublime.
