Lighting Designer

On July 1st, 2010, Raoul Moat was released from Durham Prison. 

The events of the next few days would leave a man murdered, a police officer blinded, a woman fighting for her life – and spark the biggest manhunt in UK history.

Award-winning writer and director Robert Icke (Oedipus, Player Kings, West End) provides a chilling portrait of a man on the run. 

Manhunt

The Royal Court Theatre

“People kept saying there’s no smoke without fire, but it’s not our fire is it khala? it’s like we’re just choking on all the fumes…”    

Between the 1990s and 2010s hundreds of young girls were sexually exploited in northern towns by gangs of predatory men.    

Two sisters grapple with the impact on their community as the men around them are embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal.   

Expendable

But Leamas has committed a cardinal error: he’s fallen in love. After a lifetime of deception and betrayal, can there be room for humanity in the ruthlessly manipulative world of international espionage?

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

Chichester Festival Theatre

Six years on, interviews conducted with a group of survivors and bereaved reveal the impact of the multiple failures that led to a national disaster, asking: how do we stop this ever happening again?

Created from these interviews by Gillian Slovo (Another World: Losing our Children to Islamic State), the play is co-directed by Phyllida Lloyd (The Donmar Shakespeare Trilogy) and Anthony Simpson-Pike (The P Word).

Grenfell: in the words of survivors

St Ann’s Warehouse

Olivier Award winner Jeremy Herrin and acclaimed dramatist David Eldridge bring John le Carre's masterpiece to you on tour, beginning in March 2026 following its West End debut. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold is a classic of the spy genre, and marks the first time one of le Carre's works has been adapted for the stage. Don't miss this taut, twisting tale from the master of espionage fiction!

Theatre Royal Brighton

Grand Opera House York

Alec Leamas has already been in Berlin for far too long. In the depths of the Cold War, the MI6 agent is struggling to keep track of who he's even working for - and deep down, who he actually is. Will his fragile state hold on long enough to get out of Germany? This stage adaptation of le Carre's classic thriller premiered at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2024 and delves deep into identity and morality in a brilliantly timely fashion.

Lighting Designer

Azusa Ono

Events

Upcoming events

2 - 6 Jun, 2026

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold · Theatre Royal Brighton

9 - 13 Jun, 2026

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold · Grand Opera House York

14 - 18 Jul, 2026

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold · Milton Keynes Theatre

Past events

Mar 28 - May 3, 2025

Manhunt · The Royal Court Theatre

Nov 21 - Dec 21, 2024

Expendable · The Royal Court Theatre

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