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A Christmas Carol in Words and Music

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“I will live in the past, the present, and the future.” 

Anton Lesser gives a virtuoso performance of A Christmas Carol. Dickens’ famous ‘ghostly little story’ is woven with beautiful, haunting music, performed by Orchestra of the Swan’s on-stage musicians. 

Anton (Wolf Hall, Endeavour, Harry Potter, Andor) is a magician of the spoken word. In A Christmas Carol, he conjures the spirit of Dickens, bringing his teeming cast of unforgettable characters to brilliant, vivid life.  

There may be more Christmas Carols than ghosts of Christmas past, but Anton’s A Christmas Carol in Words and Music is the perfect start to the season’s celebrations!  

Anton says: ‘I’m thrilled to perform Dickens’ immortal work in Wilton’s wonderfully atmospheric music hall.’  

Starring Anton Lesser 
with David Le Page and Orchestra of the Swan 

Director: Judy Reaves 
Producer: Hambletts

From the creative team who brought Red Sky at Sunrise: Laurie Lee in Words and Music and A Beautiful Thread: Thomas Hardy in Words and Music to Wilton’s. 

INCENDIARY – Samuel Pepys in Words and Music

Power. Corruption. Plague. Fire. War – and the fall of Kings. 

Pepys’s immortal account of ordinary life in extraordinary times, brought to life by Edward Bennett (RSC Associate, Bridgerton, SAS Rogue Heroes) and leading Baroque soprano, Grace Davidson (Max Richter’s Sleep, Tenebrae, Wolf Hall Live and film/TV, including Hamnet, Frankenstein, The Mirror and the Light), accompanied by acclaimed lutenist, Daniel Murphy. 

Combining Pepys’s inimitable words with the ethereal Baroque and the earthy Broadside Ballads of London’s streets, Hambletts productions (Red Sky at Sunrise, A Beautiful Thread, By A Lady) are “mighty glad” to return to Wilton’s with this explosive production.

Up betimes and book now! 

Adapted by: Deirdre Shields 
Samuel Pepys: Edward Bennett 
Elizabeth Pepys: Grace Davidson 
Lute: Daniel Murphy

Director: Judy Reaves 
Producer: Hambletts 

A Brief Case of Crazy

OFFIE WINNER 2026  

An award-winning romantic physical comedy from Skeddale Theatre & Shoddy Theatre in association with York Theatre Royal 

Inspired by the timeless genius of Mr Bean, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, A Brief Case of Crazy is a heart-warming and hilarious physical comedy told through slick choreography, mime, clowning and puppetry. 

Meet Thomas, an awkward, introverted office worker with a quiet crush on his equally shy colleague, Daisy. His quest for love must contend with a boisterous boss named Simon and a rather bothersome briefcase that drags an awkward introvert into extraordinary events. 

Will his quest for love fail? Or will he discover it’s what’s on the inside that counts? 

A Brief Case of Crazy is a silent love story with a very loud heart. 

An Audience with Virginia Woolf: Writing One’s Mind

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In this compelling new play, Virginia Woolf delivers a withering critique of patriarchy, laying bare her brilliant, complex mind. Drawing from her novels The Waves, Orlando and To the Lighthouse and her polemic essay A Room of One’s Own, Woolf dips into her own stream of consciousness to reveal her clarity on women and the fissure of her vulnerability. The play celebrates women winning their freedom in literature and championing writers from our past to inspire the voices of our future.

Written and performed by Lucy Stevens, an actor, singer and theatre maker. Lucy Stevens creates new work telling women’s stories, touring throughout the UK and internationally and has featured on BBC 2, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4. Lucy returns to Wilton’s Music Hall following her previous acclaimed performances of Gertrude Lawrence: A lovely way to spend an evening in 2024 and Kathleen Ferrier Whattalife! in 2025.

Directed by Scotsman Fringe First award winner Margarett Perry, an acclaimed director of new work and the Artistic Director of Twilight Theatre Company, based in New York.

 

Praise for Lucy Stevens

“Portrayed with much heart by the talented actress and singer Lucy Stevens … The audience was enthralled from the first moment and laughed and cried … took their curtain call to a deserved thunderous applause.” Fringe Review

“This is a quality show … a truly fascinating and colourful life story, told with passion, humour and not a little drama. I loved it!”  ★★★★★ UK Theatre Network

 

Stewart Lee’s Pea Green Boat

Sally Homer & John Mackay present

Charlotte Keeffe, Stewart Lee, Thurston Moore and Mark Wastell, perform
Pea Green Boat by Stewart Lee

 

An owl wakes up at sea in a pea green boat. It is accompanied by a cat, its natural predator. There is some honey. What chain of events led to this dangerous situation? 

Stewart Lee performs his darkly comic tale based on Edward Lear’s ‘The Owl & The Pussy-Cat’ with an improvised soundtrack from a ludicrously overqualified trio comprising Charlotte Keeffe (Trumpet & Flugelhorn ~ Charlotte Keeffe’s RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, Sound Brush, London Jazz Composers Orchestra), Thurston Moore (Guitar – Thurston Moore Band, Sonic Youth), and Mark Wastell (Drums – Derek Bailey’s Company, David Sylvian, Maggie Nicols).

These live shows mark the publication of Pea Green Boat by Stewart Lee and illustrated by David Waywell (Ebury), and copies will be available to buy after the show. 

 

‘Very funny’ The Guardian ★★★★ 

‘Superb Nonsense’ The Scotsman ★★★★ 

‘It’s the Edward Lear / Stewart Lee Mash-Up that I’ve been waiting for!’ Harry Hill 

Wiesenthal

James Seabright and NJNG Productions present

Wiesenthal

by Tom Dugan
Directed by Mark Liebert
Performed by Christopher C Gibbs

The true story of the Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter, Simon Wiesenthal – an ordinary man who did extraordinary things – returns to London for a strictly limited run.

Filled with hope, humanity and humour, Wiesenthal comes to Wilton’s Music Hall following an acclaimed, sell-out Edinburgh season in 2023, a sell-out London premiere in 2024 and a sell-out Australian premiere at Adelaide Fringe earlier this year.

Wiesenthal is based on the life of Simon Wiesenthal, who survived the Holocaust and devoted the rest of his life to bringing Nazi war criminals to justice.

Intelligent, funny, flawed and noble, Wiesenthal was a universal hero. His unbelievable dedication and tenacity over decades is honoured in this play, which takes place on his final day in his Vienna office in 2003.

Mrs Dalloway

Experience Virginia Woolf like never before in this moving, witty, and dazzingly theatrical adaptation of a modern masterpiece. Mrs Dalloway is created by award-winning director Jen Heyes and Olivier Award-winning artist Kit Green (Tina C, Ida Barr), who also transforms into all 16 roles – including that of Woolf herself.

A single day in June 1923. Upper class socialite Clarissa Dalloway travels across London as she prepares for a party she will be hosting that evening. Across town, war veteran Septimus Smith struggles against the horrors of his own experience and lost autonomy.

Friends, lovers, and enemies; daughters and sons; physicians and teachers; soldiers and clowns. As Clarissa and Septimus confront ghosts of the past and present in their separate worlds, a party brings these many dissonant lives together in a single, fragile, moment.

Fusing drama, live music, film and technical artistry into a fully immersive experience of modern cine-theatre, Mrs Dalloway invites you into Woolf’s world to ask – what makes us who we are?

Drink Rum With Expats

Written and performed by Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole
Direction and dramaturgy by Adam Brace

 

★★★★★ ‘This is political theatre that is true, and hilarious and horrifying’ – The Independent

Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole (Sh!t Theatre) were invited to the European Capital of Culture, Valetta, in 2018. They thought they would have a holiday, interview some expats and get drunk.

They found a lot more than they expected – mystery and murder in the fight to be European. Join Becca and Louise in this rollicking and riotous exploration of immigration and home which could not be more topical today.

Recently seen at the Purcell Room in a sell-out season of EVITA TOO – Sh!t Theatre present their award-winning show at Wilton’s Music Hall.

★★★★★ ‘funny, furious, daft and anarchic.’ – The Stage.

The Holden Street Theatre Award (Adelaide, 2019)
Edinburgh Fringe First (2019)

Photographer: Bronwen Sharp

In association with Judith Dimant Productions

Still Alive (and Kicking)

James Seabright presents Gill Hicks

Still Alive (and Kicking) returns to Wilton’s following its London premiere in 2025 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 7/7 London bombings.

Experience a special evening with this multi award-winning, five-star performance.

Haunting, raw, uplifting and life affirming, this extraordinary show is a celebration of being alive, a transformative journey masterfully told by artist and London 7/7 bombing survivor, Gill Hicks.  

Still Alive (and Kicking) features internationally acclaimed musicians including violinist, Dr Julian Ferraretto, framing Hicks’ soulful jazz voice and her powerful projected artworks, leaving audiences spellbound by the visual and sensory feast.  

Gill Hicks is one of the most thought provoking, powerful and life affirming speakers in Australia. She is globally known as a survivor of the London terrorist Bombings on July 7th, 2005. She survived, but suffered severe and permanent injuries, losing both legs from just below the knee. 

“This extraordinary woman… is much-garlanded. Hicks is a winning narrator… laugh-out-loud funny.” 
★★★★★ Evening Standard 

“A story of love, strength, resilience, humanity and gratitude told by the always compelling Gill Hicks.”  ★★★★★ ART (Adelaide Review Team) 

“A life-enhancing and endorsing experience… told with exquisite lightness.” ★★★★★ The Barefoot Review 

“About remembering to be grateful for every precious moment” SA Life Magazine  

Glitch – the true story of the post office scandal

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Pam Stubbs has been sub-postmistress of Barkham Post Office for over twenty years, respected and loved by the community. But when unexplained discrepancies start appearing in her accounts, Pam soon finds herself at the heart of the biggest miscarriage of justice in English legal history. 

“A powerful, emotional and fascinating story from the excellent RABBLE Theatre.” ★★★★★ West End Best Friend   

Glitch is an inspirational true story, based on the experiences of Pam and her colleagues. The play was created with sub-postmistresses and masters affected by the events, key members of the legal process and commissioned by the University of Reading. 

 

“Your production was amazing. Thank you so much for keeping the story alive.” Seema Misra, sub-postmistress, wrongly imprisoned whilst pregnant. 

“A powerful response to a national disgrace. First Class.” ★★★★ Dominic Cavendish, The Daily Telegraph  

“Go and see this piece of theatre. It has a visceral effect that is very, very powerful.” Nick Wallis, Investigative Journalist 

“Glitch tells the deeply moving story of an appalling, ongoing injustice, told with humour and compassion.  It’s been a privilege and a pleasure to support the brilliant Zannah Kearns as her dramaturg as she developed Glitch, and it’s fantastic news that the tour is heading to the brilliant Wiltons Music Hall, which was such a special London venue for my own The Ballad of Maria Marten.” Beth Flintoff – Associate Playwright & Young Writers Associate at The Royal Court, Associate Artist at Rabble Theatre, dramaturg on Glitch and of course the playwright behindThe Ballad of Maria Marten (Wiltons Music Hall, 2022)

 

RABBLE Theatre tells local stories of national significance. Company credits include Top 5 UK show (Telegraph), Top 20 UK Show (Guardian), OffComm Recommendation (Off West End Awards), Regional production of the Year (Spy in the Stalls) and Best Arts, Theatre & Culture Winner (Muddy Stilettoes). 
Learn more about RABBLE Theatre HERE