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Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s excellent play Stage/Fright ran at Wyndham’s Theatre earlier this year, and felt like a loving coda to Inside No. 9, the duo’s long-running comedy horror anthology series, which recently wrapped up after nine seasons.
Stage/Fright has been a long goodbye, heading out on UK tour after its West End run, but now its creators have declared they’re done with it for good – and potentially Inside No 9 as a concept – after one final run of shows.
And they’re coming around soon: presumably in order to accommodate busy schedules, Stage/Fright will run for six shows only in early January at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith. It’s a big venue, but considering it previously sold out a three-month West End run entirely in advance, it seems likely these tickets are going to fly.
Inevitably a lot of those tickets will probably go to hardcore Inside No. 9 fans who have already see it, but if that’s not you, you should still give it a go: the play is an inventive black comedy that’s as much a celebration of theatre as it is the show itself – you don’t actually need to have seen the TV series to have a good time.
Inside No. 9’s Stage/Fright is at the Eventim Apollo, Jan 2-6 2026. Tickets go on sale Nov 13 at noon from here.
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