The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Chichester Festival Theatre, 2024
Photo: Johan Persson | Rory Keenan (Alec Leamas)

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Acclaimed stage adaptation of John Le Carré’s timeless Cold War spy novel hits the West End
  • Theatre, Drama
  • @sohoplace, Soho
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Time Out says

John Le Carré’s landmark Cold War novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold has a huge reputation but is relatively under-adapted compared to the later, connected Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. There was a critically acclaimed but now largely forgotten Richard Burton film in 1965 (two years after the novel was published), and not a lot since, although a TV adaptation has been in the works for years, seemingly without much progress.

Well, here’s a theatre version, transferring to London after an acclaimed run at Chichester last year. Written by David Eldridge and directed by Jeremy Herrin, it stars Rory Keenan as battle weary British intelligence officer Alec Leanas, ready to ‘come in from the cold’ but pressed into one more job by spymaster George Smiley (John Ramm). Posing as dishonourably discharged in an effort to be recruited by East German spy Hans-Dieter Mundt (Gunnar Cauthery), he sets off a dangerous chain of events after falling for well-meaning lefty librarian Liz Gold (Agnes O’Casey).

Details

Event website:
spyonstage.com/
Address
@sohoplace
4
Soho Place
London
W1D 3BG
Price:
£25-£95. Runs 2hr 10min

Dates and times

@sohoplace 19:30
£25-£95Runs 2hr 10min
@sohoplace 19:30
£25-£95Runs 2hr 10min
@sohoplace 19:30
£25-£95Runs 2hr 10min
@sohoplace 19:30
£25-£95Runs 2hr 10min
@sohoplace 19:30
£25-£95Runs 2hr 10min
@sohoplace 19:30
£25-£95Runs 2hr 10min
@sohoplace 19:30
£25-£95Runs 2hr 10min
@sohoplace 19:30
£25-£95Runs 2hr 10min
@sohoplace 19:30
£25-£95Runs 2hr 10min
@sohoplace 19:30
£25-£95Runs 2hr 10min
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