Rachel Pickup and Alan Turkington will star in Jerome Kilty’s Dear Liar when the production opens at Jermyn Street Theatre next month.
Directed by Stella Powell-Jones, the play is adapted from the correspondence between George Bernard Shaw (Turkington) and Mrs Patrick Campbell (Pickup).
1940. The Germans advance on Paris. A case stuffed with letters is smuggled to London.
Inside, a remarkable story about – and by – two remarkable people: the brilliant actress ‘Mrs Pat’ and George Bernard Shaw. They met in 1899. They made Pygmalion. World Wars started and stopped, and started again. They fell in love. They fell apart. And through it all… they wrote.
Jerome Kilty’s play reveals the extraordinary bond between these two theatrical titans. In their witty, unfiltered words, attraction collides with ambition as the world transforms around them. A play about how we change — and what we hold on to.
The creative team features set and costume designer Tom Paris, lighting designer Chris McDonnell, composer and sound designer Harry Blake, and associate director and movement director Elliot Pritchard.
The production opens on Tuesday, February 10, with previews from February 5, and runs until March 7, 2026 at Jermyn Street Theatre. Tickets here.
Top image: Rachel Pickup and Alan Turkington (images supplied)