Jack and Sarah movie to get world premiere stage adaptation

The Mill at Sonning theatre in Reading has announced a new slate of in-house productions for 2026, including the world premiere stage adaptation of Jack and Sarah.

Based on the 1995 movie starring Richard E. Grant and Dame Judi Dench, Jack and Sarah will run at The Mill at Sonning from 23 April to 14 June 2026.

The movie has been adapted for the stage by Duncan Abel (The Girl On the Train).

The play will be directed by Abigail Pickard Price, with set design by Terry Parsons, lighting design by Mark Dymock, sound and composition by Ella Wahlstrom, movement direction by Amy Lawrence and casting by Andrew Lynford.

Casting for the show is to be announced.

Jack and Sarah is a heartwarming, witty, and unexpected romantic comedy about finding love, family, and second chances in the most unlikely places.

When Jack, a workaholic lawyer, is suddenly left to raise his baby daughter alone, his carefully ordered world unravels. Enter Amy, a free-spirited au pair with a big heart and an even bigger personality. Against all odds, and with a little help (and hindrance) from an eccentric cast of family and friends, their two very different worlds collide in the most surprising and life-affirming way.

Jack and Sarah is part of The Mill at Sonnig’s 2026 slate, which also includes whodunit detective comedy and US hit Shear Madness from 25 June to 15 August 2026; the stage adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple detective story The Mirror Crack’d, adapted by Rachel Wagstaff (The Da Vinci Code), from 4 September to 31 October; and a new production of Cole Porter’s musical Anything Goes from 19 November 2026 to 17 January 2027.

Already announced is Michael Cooney farce Cash On Delivery, from 5 February to 4 April 2026.