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  • Venue Donmar Warehouse, London
  • Performance dates Booking to 8 February 2025
  • Running time 2 hours 20 minutes (including interval)

Nominated for 12 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book  – Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 is an electro-pop musical opera from the celebrated and award-winning composer Dave Malloy.

Inspired by a scandalous slice of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, Tolstoy’s brash young lovers light up Moscow in a ‘heaven-sent fireball’ (The New York Times) of romance and passion.

Set to make its UK premiere at the intimate Donmar Warehouse in London this December, this highly-anticipated musical stars Declan Bennet (Jesus Christ Superstar, EastEnders), Jamie Muscato (Moulin Rouge! The Musical), Chumisa Dornford-May (The Phantom of the Opera) and Cedric Neal (Guys and Dolls).

‘One of the decade’s best musicals’ (Time Out New York) The Great Comet of of 1812 features a ground-breaking score that mixes electro-pop, rock, opera, folk and musical theatre.

Set within the opulence and majesty of Imperial Russia, watch as the drama unfolds in this spectacular and unforgettable experience – playing at the Donmar Warehouse in London this winter.

Awards for Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812

Nominee: Twelve 2017 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Book, Score and Orchestrations
Winner! Two 2017 Tony Awards
Winner! Three 2014 Lucille Lortel Awards
Winner! 2013 Off Broadway Alliance Award, Best New Musical
Winner! 2013 Obie Award, Special Citation
Winner! 2013 Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater

Tickets for Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812

Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 is playing at the Donmar Warehouse in London from 7 December 2024 to 8 February 2025, although tickets are now sold out.

There’s no current news about a West End transfer for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, but check back for details or sign-up below for alerts.

Natasha is a beautiful ingénue visiting Moscow while she waits for her beloved fiancé Andrey to return from the war. In a moment of indiscretion, she is seduced by the dashing (but married) Anatole and her position in society is ruined.

Her only hope lies with Pierre, the lonely outsider whose love and compassion for Natasha might be the key to her redemption….. and the renewal of his own soul.

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Who is in the cast of Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812?

The cast features Declan Bennett as Pierre, Chumisa Dornford-May as Countess Natasha Rostova, Jamie Muscato as Anatole, Cedric Neal as Balaga, Daniel Krikler as Fedya Dolokhov, Eugene McCoy as Prince Bolkonsky/Andrey, Annette McLaughlin as Marya Dimitriyevna, Maimuna Memon as Sonya Rostova, J Chloe Saracco as Mary and Cat Simmons as Helene Kuragina Bezukhova.

Completing the cast are: Andrew Berlin, Kimberley Blake, Ali Goldsmith, Chihiro Kawasaki, Nitai Levi and Annie Majin.

Who are the creative team of Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812?

Written by composer/lyricist Dave Malloy, based on a section of Tolstoy’s War and Peace. 

Directed by Timothy Sheader.

Choreography by Ellen Kane, musical supervision by Nicholas Skilbeck, set design by Leslie Travers, costume design by Evie Gurney, sound design by Nick Lidster and Gareth Tucker for Autograph, musical direction by Sam Young, casting by Pippa Ailion for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting, and the associate director is Fiona Dunn.

Important Notes

Content warning: There is partial nudity on stage. This production also contains strobe lighting, flashing lights, a live flame, feathers, haze, guns and gunshot sound effects. The show contains scenes that some people may find difficult to watch

Access performances: Captioned performance Monday 27 January 7.30pm; Audio described performance Saturday 1 February 2.30pm, with a touch tour at 12.30pm

Venue Information

Donmar Warehouse , 41 Earlham Street, London, WC2H 9LX

Nearest Tube or Train: Leicester Square, Covent Garden

Nearest Buses: 14, 19, 24, 29, 38, 176, N5, N19, N20, N29, N38, N41, N279

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Critics' reviews of Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

★★★★★ "An audacious triumph" - The Telegraph

★★★★★ "It teems with rarities" - The Observer

★★★★★ "Hugely entertaining and deeply intelligent" - What's On Stage

★★★★ "The singing blows the roof off in this magnificently fun production" - The Guardian

★★★★ "Wonderfully uplifting" - The Stage

★★★★ "An idiosyncratic wonder" - TimeOut

★★★★ "Sheader’s production excels" - The Independent

Also see: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 Reviews Round-up

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