To Kill A Mockingbird
Warnings: THIS PLAY CONTAINS RACIALLY EXPLICIT LANGUAGE, THEMES AND CONTENT. A BRIEF AUDIO RECORDING OF GUNFIRE IS USED.
Audio described performance: 1st August 2026 at 2pm
Atticus Finch is a lawyer willing to defend a man whose skin colour isn’t welcome in the deep South USA. Jem and Scout are his children. This is how they see life around them.
Harper Lee’s book is adapted for the stage by Aaron Sorkin, with Bartlett Sher directing the London revival of this Broadway and West End hit.
Richard Coyle plays Atticus Finch. Cast details are given for information only. Theatremonkey.com cannot take responsibility for any inaccuracies or loss from information provided.
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Offer expires: Mon, 31st August 2026
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(seen at the afternoon performance on 8th July 2026)
Either the script has changed a little since its 2022 outing at the Gielgud Theatre, or the monkey is feeling more kindly disposed towards it.
Thanks to WWET (World’s Worst English Teacher) the monkey has never cared for the book, and has not been keen on any of the stage adaptations since.
Yesterday, it found itself rather engrossed.
It wonders if Aaron Sorkin has re-written slightly to cut down Calpurnia’s role – expanded greatly on its last outing – or whether Bartlett Sher has simply removed some of the over-staged histrionics.
Certainly the stage-surround is gone, Miriam Buether’s original set design simplified; though the sliding home and courtroom are present, there is less of it and it moves far more easily.
Accept that they cannot use a team of children, and Scout, brother Jem and friend Dill (Anna Munden, Gabriel Scott, Dylan Malyn) become eventually our likeable guides.
Without a lighter touch, Munden does not evoke much extreme playfulness of childhood in her early scenes. She saves her performance for the darker moments, revealing most in the closing minutes which explain well her approach.
Scott surprises his father by becoming a man. His own early scenes are subtle hints, and he plays some deft underhand comedy.
Malyn is handed the deepest childhood role. We are unsure if Dill is immature, unsophisticated by Finch family standards or just odd. The revelation when it comes elicits sighs of sympathy from the audience and an admiration for his work.
Gregory Peck’s film characterisation looms large over any Atticus Finch. Richard Coyle is more than equal. A light gravitas, unerring wit in the face of the gravest danger, a gentleman always. Never failing to delight and inform.
His client, Tom Robinson is invested by Aaron Shosanya with a quiet dignity. A growing awareness that his life matters to at least some of the judiciary touches deeply, Shosanya allowing Coyle’s influence to spill over into his own life.
Smaller character roles are equally well filled by Harry Attwell as contrasting struggling farmer Mr Cunningham and later reclusive Boo Radley.
Perceptive Judge Taylor allows Stephen Boxer strong court and veranda moments, equally Oscar Pearce as the drunk and violent Bob Ewell.
Rather like their Deep South township, London may be sweltering outside, yet for a few hours we are in the presence of cool reasoning within an inferno. Be aware that the warnings of racially abusive language are real, and they do fan noticeably the flames of dreadful prejudice.
The play’s coda is too long, and one or two fewer courtroom scenes would make more space for it. Still, never let it be said the monkey holds a grudge for long (it does, but)... this time, as an adaptation, it works.
If you are looking to introduce theatre-interested teenagers to a classic story, or seeking to remind yourself of it, this is a measured and thoughtful way to spend theatre time in a long, hot summer.
The monkey advises checking performance times on your tickets and that performances are happening as scheduled, before travelling.
| Run Time: | 2 hours 50 minutes, including 1 interval. |
| Monday: | 7pm |
| Tuesday: | 7pm |
| Wednesday: | 2pm, 7pm |
| Thursday: | 7pm |
| Friday: | 7pm |
| Saturday: | 2pm, 7pm |
| Sunday: | X |
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