The new Theatre Royal Bath production of Grace Pervades by David Hare, starring Ralph Fiennes and Miranda Raison, is transferring to London.
Grace Pervades will make its West End debut at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from April 2026, with exact dates to be confirmed.
The production will be produced by Theatre Royal Bath Productions, Len Blavatnik and Danny Cohen for Access Entertainment and Second Half Productions.
The world premiere of Grace Pervades took place at Theatre Royal Bath in June and July 2025.
David Hare’s new play stars Ralph Fiennes (Conclave; Harry Potter; James Bond; Macbeth, London and New York) as Henry Irving, alongside Miranda Raison (Spooks; Anne Boleyn at the Globe Theatre; The Winter’s Tale at the Garrick Theatre) as Ellen Terry.
Further West End casting is to be announced.
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The ensemble cast in Bath also included Sharif Afifi, Tom Kanji, Harriet Leitch, Ashley McGuire, Jordan Metcalfe, Jo Mousley, Damian Myerscough, Guy Paul, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Saskia Strallen, and Kathryn Wilder.
Grace Pervades tells the extraordinary story of Henry Irving and Ellen Terry, the greatest stars of the Victorian stage, and Ellen’s troubled and brilliant children – Edith Craig and Edward Gordon Craig – who made their own profound contribution to the development of British theatre. Ralph Fiennes will play Henry Irving.
The production is directed by Jeremy Herrin (Long Day’s Journey Into Night), and is a co-production with his company Second Half Productions.
The production’s creative team features set designer Bob Crowley, costume designer Fotini Dimou, lighting designer Peter Mumford, sound designer Elizabeth Purnell, composer Paul Englishby, casting director Jessica Ronane CDG, associate director Joe Lichtenstein, and movement director Lucy Cullingford.
Grace Pervades is part of a three-production season for 2025 programmed by actor and director Ralph Fiennes.
The season also includes William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, from 15 August to 6 September 2025, directed by Ralph Fiennes and starring Ian Charleson Award winner Gloria Obianyo (King Lear) as Rosalind and Harriet Walter (House of Bernarda Alba, Succession) as Jaques. The final production in the season will be Small Hotel by Oscar-winning writer Rebecca Lenkiewicz, starring Ralph Fiennes.
Ralph Fiennes is also starring in new film The Choral by Alan Bennett, directed by Nicholas Hytner. A new trailer for the film, which is out in UK cinemas in November, was released last week.
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