Extra performance, at 4.30pm on 20 August, has been added due to huge popular demand for the razor-sharp new production of Academy Award-winning Florian Zeller’s Olivier Award-nominated comedy, The Truth. Tickets: here.
Starring four of the UK and Ireland’s most beloved stage and screen performers who bring their formidable comic talents to this sophisticated and fast-paced comedy; Stephen Mangan (BBC 1 The Split; Sky’s Portrait Artist of the Year) is ‘Michel’, Ardal O’Hanlon (Channel 4, Father Ted; Netflix, How To Get To Heaven From Belfast) is ‘Paul’, Sarah Hadland (BBC 1, Miranda; Strictly Come Dancing; ITV, The Job Lot) is ‘Alice’ and double Olivier Award-winner Janie Dee is ‘Laurence’.
Translated by Christopher Hampton and directed by Lindsay Posner, this wickedly funny and elegantly crafted, production is playing for a strictly limited 14-week season until Saturday, 12 September 2026. The creative team is completed by: Set and Costume Designer, Lizzie Clachan; Lighting Designer, Richard Howell; Sound Designer, Adam Cork; Assistant Director, Rosie Tricks; Costume Supervisor, Joanna Coe; Props Supervisor, Lily Mollgaard; Production Manager, Martyn Sands.
The Truth is a wickedly entertaining comedy where trust is fragile, loyalty is negotiable, and everyone has something to hide. This star-driven revival of the Olivier-nominated play peels back the lies we tell the people we love, and the ones we tell ourselves... Gripping, surprising and laugh-out-loud funny, The Truth is a night at the theatre you won't want to miss.
The Truth stars Tony Award-nominated Stephen Mangan (BBC 1 The Split; BBC 2 Episodes ) returning to the London stage, alongside comedy icon Ardal O’Hanlon (Channel 4, Father Ted; Netflix, How To Get To Heaven From Belfast), Sarah Hadland (BBC 1, Miranda; Strictly Come Dancing; ITV, The Job Lot) and double Olivier Award-winner Janie Dee —four of the UK and Ireland’s most beloved stage and screen performers—bringing their formidable comic talents to this sophisticated and fast-paced comedy.
Packed with Zeller’s trademark psychological insight and biting humour, and in a translation by Christopher Hampton, The Truth is a witty exploration of the impact of love, deception and the fragile stories we tell ourselves. This new staging is directed by Lindsay Posner (A View From The Bridge, Theatre Royal Haymarket; Noises Off, Phoenix Theatre) with Set and Costume design by Lizzie Clachan.
Producer Simon Friend says: “The Truth is an ingenious puzzle of a play. What initially appears as a playful comedy about adultery effortlessly evolves into something much deeper, while remaining endlessly entertaining. When Florian's meticulously structured house of cards collapses, you realise that you’ve been in the hands of a writer in complete control of his craft. Florian knows exactly how to pull the rug from under you, as he did repeatedly in The Father film, which was the last project we collaborated on. He does so again here, but there are considerably more laughs this time! Christopher Hampton’s lean and witty translation has enabled us to compile a cast to die for in this exciting return to the West End.”