Punch tour adds extra 2027 dates

Additional dates have been added to the 2027 tour of James Graham‘s Punch.

The production, directed by Adam Penford, premiered at Nottingham Playhouse in 2024 and later ran at the Young Vic. It subsequently transferred to the West End and Broadway in autumn 2025, before a UK tour.

Punch is based on the book Right from Wrong by Jacob Dunne and follows the events surrounding Dunne, a teenager from The Meadows in Nottingham, whose involvement in a violent incident in Old Market Square resulted in the death of James Hodgkinson. After serving a prison sentence, Dunne is approached by Hodgkinson’s parents, Joan and David, who ask to meet him, leading to a change in his life.

The show picked up the Olivier Award for Best Play at the 2026 Olivier Awards, with cast member Julie Hesmondhalgh winning Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

Graham also received the award for Services to UK Theatre earlier this year at the WhatsOnStage Awards, you can watch a video below:

The original creative team returns, including production designer Anna Fleischle, lighting designer Robbie Butler, sound designer and composer Alexandra Faye Braithwaite, movement director Leanne Pinder and casting director Christopher Worrall.

As already revealed, the production will tour to Nottingham Playhouse from 25 January to 6 February 2027, Bath Theatre Royal from 9 to 13 February 2027, Birmingham Rep from 16 to 20 February 2027, Chichester Festival Theatre from 23 to 27 February 2027, Malvern Theatres from 2 to 6 March 2027, Blackpool Grand Theatre from 9 to 13 March 2027, and Curve, Leicester from 16 to 20 March 2027.

New dates include BEAM Hertford from 23 to 27 March, Citizens Theatre, Glasgow from 30 March to 3 April, the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin from 6 to 10 April, the Arts Theatre, Cambridge from 13 to 17 April, and the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry from 20 to 24 April.