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Listening changes everything.
1984. East Germany. A writer and an actor are placed under state surveillance. From the attic above their apartment, their Stasi man listens for evidence of subversion. But to observe a life is to risk changing your own.
Starring Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley (Black Doves, Atonement, The Misanthrope), Emmy Award winner Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones, The Tunnel, Vigil) and Olivier Award nominee Luke Thompson(Bridgerton, Dunkirk, Oresteia) , Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s THE LIVES OF OTHERS plays at the Adelphi Theatre for a strictly limited run.
Adapted and directed by Olivier Award-winner Robert Icke (Oedipus, Oresteia, Romeo & Juliet) and based on the Oscar-winning 2007 film, this electrifying adaptation explores artistic censorship, state surveillance and the relationship between art and politics.
Adelphi Theatre
From 14 October 2026 for a strictly limited run.
Show Run
16th October 2026 - 9th January 2027
Venue
Adelphi Theatre
Cast
Kiera Knightley
Christa-Maria Sieland
Theatre includes: The Children’s Hour and Misanthrope – Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Comedy Theatre).
Television includes: Black Doves (Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Award nominations for Best Actress), Dr Zhivago, Oliver, Coming Home, Treasure Seekers, Mindscape, A Village Affair and Royal Celebration.
Film includes: The Woman in Cabin 10, Boston Strangler, Silent Night, Charlotte, Misbehaviour, Official Secrets, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, Berlin I Love You, The Aftermath, Collette, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Collateral Beauty, Everest, The Imitation Game (Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress), Laggies, Jack Ryan, Begin Again, Anna Karenina, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, A Dangerous Method, London Boulevard, Last Night, Never Let Me Go, The Duchess, The Edge of Love, Silk, Atonement (BAFTA nomination for Best Actress), Pirates of the Caribbean 2, Pirates of the Caribbean, Domino, Pride and Prejudice (Academy Award nomination for Best Actress), The Jacket, King Arthur, Love Actually, Pure, Bend It Like Beckham (London Film Critics’ Circle Award for Best Newcomer), Princess of Thieves, The Hole, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, and Innocent Lies.
Luke Thompson
Georg Dreyman
Training: Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Theatre includes: An Oak Tree (Young Vic); Love’s Labours Lost (RSC); A Little Life (Harold Pinter/ Savoy); King Lear (Duke of York’s); Hamlet (Almeida/ Harold Pinter); Oresteia (Almeida/ Trafalgar Studios); Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare’s Globe).
Television includes: Bridgerton, The Read: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Transatlantic.
Film includes: Elsinore, Misbehaviour, Making Noise Quietly, Dunkirk.
Audio work includes: The Brothers Karamazov (Audible UK); Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Henry IV Part 1-2 (BBC).
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