Leicester Curve is staging a new production of Edward Albee‘s award-winning drama Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? this autumn.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is running at Leicester Curve from 18 October to 8 November 2025.
The production will star BAFTA winner and Golden Globe nominee Cathy Tyson (Kaos, Dune: Prophecy) as Martha, with further casting to be announced.
The drama is a witty, entertaining, provocative and lacerating study of a marriage in crisis, and won five Tony Awards including Best Play when it first premiered on Broadway. The 1966 film version starred Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
It’s 2am. Locked in a destructive cycle of love and self-loathing, history professor George and his wife Martha return home drunk from a party. As they draw naive young couple Nick and Honey into their bitter and warped world, what starts as a casual nightcap soon turns into a dangerous cocktail of truths and games.
This new production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is directed by the Curve’s Associate Director Cara Nolan (Road, Pride and Prejudice).
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