Adelphi Theatre

The Lives of Others

Listening changes everything

  • Mon-Sat: 7.30pm
    Select Mons, Tues, Weds, Thus and Sats: 2.30pm

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Warnings

This production contains themes of an adult nature. For more detail please email customer.relations@lwtickets.co.uk.


Age Recommendation

Suitable for ages 14+


Access Performances

Captioned Performance

  • Sat 7 Nov 2026
  • 2:30 pm
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BSL Interpreted Performance

  • Sat 14 Nov 2026
  • 2:30 pm
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Audio Described Performance

  • Sat 5 Dec 2026
  • 2:30 pm
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Synopsis

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’The Lives of Others plays at the Adelphi Theatre from 14 October 2026 for a strictly limited run.

Written 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.

Cast

The Lives of Others
Keira Knightley

Christa-Maria Sieland

The Lives of Others 5
Stephen Dillane

Gerd Wiesler

The Lives of Others 1
Luke Thompson

Georg Dreyman

The Lives of Others
Keira Knightley

Christa-Maria Sieland

The Lives of Others 5
Stephen Dillane

Gerd Wiesler

The Lives of Others 1
Luke Thompson

Georg Dreyman

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