- Venue Prince of Wales Theatre, London
- Performance dates Booking to 26 October 2025
Get tickets now for a special concert of The Book Thief at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London.
Starring Melanie La Barrie (Hadestown, WhatsOnStage Award 2025) as Death, this newly staged concert brings Markus Zusak’s modern classic to the West End for the first time in London.
The Book Thief is playing at the Prince of Wales Theatre on Sunday 19 October 2025 at 5pm, and Sunday 26 October 2025 at 1:30pm & 6pm.
About the show
Red. White. Black.
These are the colours by which Death remembers. And the colours of a girl who dared to write her story in the ruins.The Book Thief is told by Death, who watches a brave young girl discover the power of words in a world at war. In this concert performance, Markus Zusak’s 16-million-copy bestseller unfolds in a new musical stage adaptation, brought to life through a soaring score and vivid narration – a celebration of stories that survive even when books burn.burn.
red. white. black.
These are the colours by which Death remembers. And the colours of a girl who dared to write her story in the ruins.
Haunted by humans, Death catalogues the colour of the sky at the precise moment Death carry each soul away. Tonight’s story belongs to Liesel Meminger, twelve years old and unafraid to take what matters: the red of a book found in the snow, the black of a novel rescued from a bonfire, the white of empty pages she will fill with her own defiant words. Down in a cellar painted in shadows, she reads to Max, a Jewish fist-fighter hidden by her foster family, and together they imagine a world lit by language. Above, Hans plays the accordion with fingers stained by tobacco and time, Rosa hurls curses wrapped in warmth, and Rudy runs beside Liesel, chasing a kiss that history won’t allow.
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Stars and Creatives
Who is in the cast of The Book Thief in Concert ?
Starring Melanie La Barrie as Death.
Also stars Isaac Gryn as Max Vandenburg, Jack Lord as Hans Hubermann, Cat Simmons as Rosa Hubermann, Leo Abad as Tommy Müller & Others, Matthew Caputo as Walter Kugler & Others, Oonagh Cox as Paula Meminger & Others, Michał Horowicz as Eva Vandenburg & Others, Thomas-Lee Kidd as Mayor Hermann & Others, Nell Martin as Ilsa Hermann & Others, Corinna Powlesland as Frau Holtzapfel & Others, Gleanne Purcell-Brown as Barbara Steiner & Others, Edwin Ray as Alex Steiner & Others, Timo Tatzber as Isaac Kleinmann & Others, and Russell Wilcox as Wolfgang Edel & Others.
Who are the creative team of The Book Thief in Concert ?
- Director & Choreographer: Tom Jackson Greaves (original direction by Lotte Wakeham)
- Libretto: Jodi Picoult & Timothy Allen McDonald
- Music & Lyrics: Elyssa Samsel & Kate Anderson
- Orchestrations & Musical Supervision: Matthew Malone
- Design: Good Teeth (set & costume) • Nic Farman (lighting) • Sound Quiet Time (sound)
- Musical Direction: Natalie Pound
- Casting: Abby Galvin
- Producers: Deus Ex Machina Productions, Writers’ Cage & Andrew Paradis in association with Bethany Cooper Productions
Important Notes
Content: The performance features occasional on-stage smoking, strong language and violence. Please be aware that The Book Thief contains themes of the Holocaust, death, grief, antisemitism, racism, and xenophobia, which some people may find distressing.
Venue Information
Prince of Wales Theatre , 31 Coventry Street, London, W1D 6AS
Nearest Tube or Train: Piccadilly Circus (Piccadilly line, Bakerloo line)
Nearest Buses: 3, 6, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 22, 23, 38, 88, 94, 139, 159, 453
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