Hit BBC series Inside No. 9 is set for a brand new West End stage adaptation.
Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright will play the West End’s Wyndham’s Theatre in London for 12 weeks, from 18 January to 5 April 2025.
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith’s award-winning TV comedy Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright will feature a newly written story, and feature all the comedic, spooky and dramatic moments that fans of the TV show have come to expect.
Some familiar characters and stories will pop up, mixed with brand new material.
Both Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, who co-write and co-star in the TV series, have written the new stage show, and both will star.
Pemberton and Shearsmith are no strangers to the West End stage, with recent appearances including Steve Pemberton starring alongside Lily Allen in The Pillowman at the Duke of York’s Theatre; and Reece Shearsmith starring in The Unfriend at the Wyndham’s Theatre.
The pair were part of smash-hit TV series The League of Gentleman, alongside Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson.
The ninth and final season of the Inside No. 9 TV show begins on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer on 8 May 2024.
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith said in a statement: “We’ve been asked about doing a live show ever since the series first started on the BBC, probably because each episode is like a mini-play. There are small casts and single locations, and we were definitely inspired by our work in theatre when writing the stories for TV. We are currently writing the script even as it goes on sale, but we are certain there will be plenty of new material and surprises for fans and new-comers alike. There’ll be something old, something new, something butchered and something… BOO! We want to use the different things a theatre show can offer in terms of comedy – a collective audience behaves very differently to a solitary one, the laughter builds and the shared enjoyment is infectious. So there’ll definitely be some big comic moments, but also something a bit spooky and more dramatic. We have created IN9 Theatre Company with the intention that there could be more stage adaptations in the future.”
The duo also said: “Inside No. 9 viewers go into each episode not knowing what to expect and we want this to be the same for the theatre show, with the ability for each audience to experience the performance for the first time and go on that theatrical journey with us. On TV we have done everything from knockabout farce to psychological drama to full on horror. We’ve chosen the subtitle Stage/Fright, which does suggest something theatrical and something unsettling. But to say any more would spoil the surprises and we would never do that. We want to deliver the perfect West End night at the theatre… we might even crack out a song if you’re lucky!”
Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright is playing at the Wyndham’s Theatre from 18 January to 5 April 2025.
More about tickets to Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright at the Wyndham’s Theatre in London
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