Evening Standard
"All rise for a magnificent Mockingbird. A powerfully uplifting theatrical event."
Aaron Sorkin’s acclaimed adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece To Kill a Mockingbird returns to the West End for a strictly limited season at Wyndham’s Theatre, directed by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher and starring Richard Coyle as Atticus Finch.
Set in Alabama in 1934, the play tells the story of small-town lawyer Atticus Finch, who agrees to defend Tom Robinson, a black man falsely accused of a terrible crime - and in doing so forces his community, and his children Scout and Jem, to confront the prejudice at the heart of their town. Sorkin’s blistering, urgent adaptation reframes this timeless story for our own divided times.
One of the most successful American plays in Broadway history, this landmark production is a powerful, moving and surprisingly funny piece of theatre about courage, conscience and the loss of innocence. Don’t miss your chance to see it in London. Book your tickets now.
Why it’s worth the watch
Aaron Sorkin’s blistering adaptation makes Harper Lee’s classic feel urgent, funny and freshly relevant.
- Sorkin’s sharp adaptation. The screenwriter behind The West Wing reframes Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel for our own divided times, without losing its heart.
- Richard Coyle as Atticus. Coyle takes on one of literature’s most admired moral figures, a small-town lawyer defending Tom Robinson against the prejudice of his community.
- Directed by Bartlett Sher. The Tony Award-winning director brings the same acclaimed staging that made this one of Broadway’s biggest hits.
- A strictly limited season. The production plays a short run at Wyndham’s Theatre, so the window to catch it in London is narrow.
