Behind the scenes at Arcadia in the West End

Watch the cast of Arcadia discuss taking the show from the Old Vic to the West End.

The transfer of Carrie Cracknell’s production (first seen earlier this year) is the second time the play has been housed at the Duke of York’s, following David Leveaux’s 2009 production with Dan Stevens and Nancy Carroll.

It will run to 12 September, with the venue adapted into the round for the production. A press night is set for tomorrow, 1 July.

Stoppard, who died in November 2025 aged 88, premiered Arcadia at the National Theatre in 1993, where it won the Olivier Award for Best Play.

Cracknell directs new cast members Nikki Amuka-Bird as Hannah Jarvis and Oliver Chris as Bernard Nightingale, who join the cast alongside Aaron Anthony as Richard Noakes, David Buttle as Captain Brice, Matthew Doswell as Gus Coverly / Augustus Coverly and Yolanda Kettle as Lady Croom.

Returning to the production are Angus Cooper as Valentine Coverly, Seamus Dillane as Septimus Hodge, Tim Frances as Jellaby, Holly Godliman as Chloë Coverly, Isis Hainsworth reprising her Olivier Award-nominated role as Thomasina Coverly and Matthew Steer as Ezra Chater, with understudies Alex Britt, Peta Cornish and Keziah Hayes.

You can watch Hainsworth, Dillane, Amuka-Bird and Chris discuss the show here:

Joining Cracknell on the creative team are Alex Eales (set design), Suzanne Cave (costume design), Guy Hoare (lighting), Donato Wharton (sound), Ira Mandela Siobhan (movement), Stuart Earl (composer) and Serena Hill (casting). The West End production is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions and Winkler and Smalberg.