A revival of Samuel Beckett’s Cascando will launch Jermyn Street Theatre’s autumn 2025 season, which also boasts the world premiere of Katherine Moar’s Ragdoll and a host of one-night only performances.
Cascando
By Samuel Beckett, directed by Gavin Quinn
September 2 – 13, 2025
From one of our master storytellers comes a play about the difficulties of endings. Audiences dressed in dark cloaks and listening on headphones will follow Beckett’s curious figures up out of the theatre and through the storied streets of St James’s.
Ragdoll
By Katherine Moar, directed by Josh Seymour, inspired by the trial of Patty Hearst.
October 9 – November 15, 2025
1978. Holly, a young heiress, sits in a California prison awaiting trial for her role in a string of armed robberies that have captivated the nation. Her only hope? Her hotshot lawyer, Robert — who might make his name, if he can save hers.
2017. Robert, now one of the most famous attorneys in America, faces a different kind of trial: the court of public opinion. In a last-ditch bid for redemption, he turns to the one former client who could help him plead his case. But will she?
David Copperfield
By Charles Dickens, adapted by Abigail Pickard Price with Sarah Gobran and Matt Pinches, directed by Abigail Pickard Price
November 20 – December 20, 2025
Pronounced unlucky at birth, tossed into a world of eccentric aunts, terrible step-fathers and dismal boarding schools, David Copperfield’s life gets off to a rocky start. In this coming-of-age adventure, our eponymous hero scrambles and scribbles his way from orphanhood to authorship.
Three actors. Dozens of Dickens’ most memorable characters, from Pegotty to Uriah Heep and Mr Micawber.
One Night Wonders:
Beowulf
Translated by Seamus Heaney, directed by Al Miller
September 14
King Hroðgar of the Danes is under attack. The music and merriment from his great mead-hall has angered the monster Grendel. Emerging from his swamplands, Grendel terrorises and kills the King’s men in their sleep despite their efforts to fight back. However, a young warrior, Beowulf, hears of the King’s plight and sails to Denmark. Determined to defeat the monster, will Beowulf be able to save the King?
It’s All Greek
Written and directed by David Stuttard
September 19
Siân Phillips and Robert Powell give voice to stories, scenes, and poems from ancient Greece, which – profound or poignant, fast-moving, funny, or at times downright preposterous – help make sense of our lives today.
Macready! Dickens’ Theatrical Friend
Written and performed by Mark Stratford
October 26
One of the greatest actor-managers of the 19th century, William Macready was the man to whom Charles Dickens dedicated Nicholas Nickleby. Mark Stratford takes us on a journey through the sheer graft, tribulations and joys of Macready’s life, and the fascinating world of Victorian theatre.
Haunted Shadows: The Gothic Tales of Edith Nesbit
By Edith Nesbit, adapted by Claire Louise Amias and Jonathan Rigby, directed by Jonathan Rigby
November 2
Following the success of The Masks of Aphra Behn, Claire Louise Amias returns to offer a gripping insight into the darker side of Edith Nesbit, author of The Railway Children. Renowned horror expert Jonathan Rigby directs this chilling one-woman show.
The Archive Speaks
By Thuita Mwangi, directed by Darren Sinnott
The Archive Speaks is an audio theatre project that brings Kenya’s colonial past to life. Six newly commissioned short audio dramas will bring true stories from the archive to life and will transform familiar places across London and Nairobi with powerful reflections of the past that can be listened to for free this Autumn as part of the British Council UK/Kenya Season 2025.
Tickets here.
Top image: Cascando, Ragdoll, Beowulf (images supplied)