EXCLUSIVE: Keira Knightley (Black Doves), Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones) and Luke Thompson (Bridgerton) will star this fall in a London stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning German movie The Lives of Others, a love story sublimely wrapped in a psychological surveillance thriller set in Stasi-controlled 1984 East Berlin.
Broadway and West End producer Sonia Friedman confirmed the news to Deadline during an exclusive interview.
Robert Icke, who was represented on Broadway this season with his blistering dramatization of Oedipus with Lesley Manville and Mark Strong, will direct the new work. He has collaborated closely with The Lives of Others film director and writer Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck on the play that will begin its world-premiere run at London’s Adelphi Theatre from October 14 through January 9, 2027.
Tickets are on sale from 9 a.m. UK time today, with 25% of seats during the limited season available for between $39-$47, which is good
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