Grace Pervades
Warnings: NOT SUITABLE FOR THOSE AGED UNDER 12.
Sir Henry Irving and Ellen Terry. Celebrated theatricals. But were they lovers as well?
Jeremy Herrin directs Ralph Fiennes and Miranda Raison in a new play by David Hare, first seen at the Theatre Royal, Bath in 2025. Casting details are given for information only. Theatremonkey.com cannot be responsible for the non-appearance of any performer.
Grace Pervades
Offer expires: Fri, 5th June 2026
Book between: Tue, 5th May 2026 and Fri, 5th June 2026
Buy best available premium price £125, top non-premium price £100, second price £80, fourth price £50 or fifth price £30 seats (from agency / offer allocation) reduced to £100 / £75 / £60 / £40 / £25 each at all Monday to Thursday performances ONLY.
EXTRA OFFER: Also available for Friday performances on 22nd and 29th May and 05th June 2026.
Original ticket prices may vary by performance, and some prices are not available on all dates, the system will advise at time of enquiry.
Seats at second price are in the rear stalls (ground level, circle overhang in view) or rear (circle overhang in view) or side restricted view dress circle (first tier). Third price seats are in the rear stalls or upper circle (second tier, second highest in venue, may have limited legroom and / or a restricted view). Fourth price seats are in the upper circle or balcony (highest in venue, narrow bench seats with restricted legroom and view). Fifth price seats are in the restricted view upper circle. Seat information. Please do not purchase if this is not acceptable to you.
Some "peak dates" are excluded - including afternoon performances on 07th May and 14th May 2026 - the system will advise at time of enquiry.
Ticket selection is from agency's allocation. Subject to allocation availability, change, withdrawal and agency discretion.
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Original ticket prices may vary by performance, and some prices are not available on all dates, the system will advise at time of enquiry.
Some "peak dates" are excluded. The system will advise at time of enquiry.
Ticket selection is by agency allocation. Subject to allocation availability, change, withdrawal and agency discretion.
Grace Pervades
Offer expires: Fri, 5th June 2026
Book between: Mon, 18th May 2026 and Fri, 5th June 2026
Buy best available premium price £125, top non-premium price £100, second price £80, fourth price £50 or fifth price £30 seats (from agency / offer allocation) reduced to £100 / £75 / £60 / £40 / £25 each at all Monday to Friday EVENING performances ONLY.
Original ticket prices may vary by performance, and some prices are not available on all dates, the system will advise at time of enquiry.
Seats at second price are in the rear stalls (ground level, circle overhang in view) or rear (circle overhang in view) or side restricted view dress circle (first tier). Third price seats are in the rear stalls or upper circle (second tier, second highest in venue, may have limited legroom and / or a restricted view). Fourth price seats are in the upper circle or balcony (highest in venue, narrow bench seats with restricted legroom and view). Fifth price seats are in the restricted view upper circle. Seat information. Please do not purchase if this is not acceptable to you.
Some "peak dates" are excluded -the system will advise at time of enquiry.
Ticket selection is from agency's allocation. Subject to allocation availability, change, withdrawal and agency discretion.
(seen at the afternoon performance on 14th May 2026)
That the monkey learned far more, in greater detail and less time, about Ellen Terry and Henry Irving from reading the programme than watching David Hare’s woeful biographical play says it all.
Lighting designer Peter Mumford manages to turn one character into Shrek with some horribly focussed green lighting, and the bilious colour sums up the entire enterprise.
Hare is a highly experienced and acclaimed writer, so how does he explain a construction that takes an hour of lukewarm sparring between Ralph Fiennes (floundering for credibility) as Henry Irving, and a (horribly miscast) Miranda Raison as Ellen Terry as act one; then descends into time-shifting porridge – mainly about her children - for act two?
Jeremy Herrin loses his directorial touch with badly paced scenes burning Shakespearean soliloquies to cinders, and having Terry’s children Edith and Edward Gordon Craig (Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and Jordan Metcalfe, respectively) address regularly the audience to update us on their nepo-baby lives. Which are maybe more interesting than their mother’s, but pull focus away from the central idea.
Not in fact a bad idea as distraction in the end, as an horrifically amusing death-bed scene proves in the final minutes.
Artistically blurry and, so, distracting, video designs (Akhila Krishnan) detract from designer Bob Crowley’s rather well-chosen furniture, which is nicely moved around the stage as required.
Irving was known for lavish productions which treated the casts well, but were seldom met with critical or financial acclaim.
On at least one of those, this production appears to have taken history literally and aims to reproduce it here. For the monkey, that is the greatest success this tediously rickety work can claim.
Upper Circle A23 on 27th April 2026. This seat is marked as restricted because of looking through a perspex screen, but you actually don't need to look through the screen. The very front of the stage is out of view unless you lean forward (which you shouldn't) meaning that on a couple of short occasions you only see the heads of a couple of characters. Most of the time, the view is fine, or what you would expect from a seat of this kind anyway. No problems with legroom at 5 foot 8. Fair old way up, and the loos are up another flight. Nice little bar up there.
Didn't really think much of the show to be honest, but wasn't terrible.
The monkey advises checking performance times on your tickets and that performances are happening as scheduled, before travelling.
| Run Time: | 2 hours 30 minutes, including one interval |
| Monday: | 7.30pm |
| Tuesday: | 7.30pm |
| Wednesday: | 7.30pm |
| Thursday: | 2.30pm, 7.30pm |
| Friday: | 7.30pm |
| Saturday: | 2.30pm, 7.30pm |
| Sunday: | X |
Venue Box Office & Current Prices
020 7930 8800Venue box office details and show price charts are available on the Theatre Royal, Haymarket page.
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Address: 18 Suffolk Street, London, SW1Y 4HT
Box Office: 020 7930 8800
More details: Seats to buy or avoid at this venue plus travel information and other details can be found on the Theatre Royal, Haymarket page
