Listening changes everything. Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley returns to the West End stage in The Lives of Others, alongside Emmy Award winner Stephen Dillane and Olivier Award nominee Luke Thompson, in Robert Icke’s electrifying new adaptation of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Oscar-winning film, at the Adelphi Theatre for a strictly limited run from 14 October 2026.
- East Germany. A writer and an actor are placed under state surveillance. From the attic above their apartment, their Stasi man listens for evidence of subversion. But to observe a life is to risk changing your own.
Keira Knightley plays the actor Christa-Maria Sieland, with Stephen Dillane as the Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler and Luke Thompson as the playwright Georg Dreyman. Adapted and directed by Olivier Award winner Robert Icke, this is a gripping new staging of one of the great political thrillers of our time. Book your tickets now.
