Shadowlands
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Hugh Bonneville stars as C.S. Lewis alongside acclaimed actor Maggie Siff as the spirited American poet Joy Davidman whose unexpected love transforms the orderly academic life of C.S Lewis – the celebrated author of The Chronicles of Narnia.
What begins as a meeting of minds becomes an uplifting and powerful journey of love and the fragile beauty of life.
Based on a true story, Shadowlands is written by William Nicholson and was adapted from his own original BAFTA Award-winning TV Movie. It soon became a West End smash-hit winning the Evening Standard Award for Best Play, followed by a triumphant Tony Award-winning Broadway transfer.
Produced by Jonathan Church Theatre Productions, Trafalgar and Tilted
Show Run
5th February 2026 - 9th May 2026
Venue
Aldwych Theatre
‘A Theatrical Triumph’
— The I
‘Tremendous, Bonneville dazzles as C.S. Lewis in this divine revival’
— The Guardian
‘Impressive’
— The Evening Standard
‘A Haunting Production’
— Sunday Times
‘Will Bring Tears To Your Eyes’
— Daily Mail
‘Entertaining, Funny, Deeply Touching’
— WhatsOnStage
Cast
Hugh Bonneville
C.S Lewis
Hugh Bonneville’s film credits include Notting Hill, Iris, The Monuments Men, I Came By, as well as the three Downton Abbey and Paddington movies.
His television work includes the BAFTA-winning Twenty Twelve, W1A, (BBC) and Robert Crawley in ITV’s global hit, Downton Abbey, for which he received nominations for a Golden Globe and two Emmys, the cast winning three SAG Awards for Outstanding Ensemble. Hugh played the title role in the mini-series Douglas Is Cancelled and appears in The Agency on Paramount+. The second season of The Gold, a six-part BBC drama about a famous gold bullion robbery, recently aired on BBC One, is on BBC iPlayer and aired on PBS in October. He recently completed filming on Twenty Twenty Six for the BBC, the second series of The Agency and The Gentlemen for Netflix.
Hugh’s stage career spans more than three decades and includes seasons with the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. His most recent appearances were in Enemy of the People and Shadowlands, at Chichester Festival Theatre, and earlier this year he played the title role in Uncle Vanya for the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Berkeley, California, and in Washington DC.
His memoir, Playing Under the Piano is available in paperback, and his first children’s book, Rory Sparkes and the Elephant in the Room, has just been published by Bloomsbury.
Hugh is a patron of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, The National Youth Arts Trust, Scene & Heard, The Primary Shakespeare Company and the South Downs National Park Trust.
Maggie Siff
Joy Davidman
Maggie Siff recently completed a seven season run starring as ‘Wendy’ on Showtime’s Billions, for which she has received three Satellite Award nominations. She is also known for the FX series Sons of Anarchy (two Critics’ Choice Award nominations,) and for playing ‘Rachel Menken’ on the first season of AMC’s Mad Men (Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.) Recent films include The Short History of the Long Road, A Woman/A Part, The Sweet Life, The Fifth Wave, One Percent More Humid, and Concussion.
Siff is also an established theatre actress, starring most recently in Creditors Off-Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theatre, opposite Liev Schreiber and directed by Ian Rickson. She also starred in Breaking the Story at Second Stage, TFANA’s production of Orpheus Descending, Curse of the Starving Class at Signature Theatre, A Lie of the Mind at the New Group (directed by Ethan Hawke) and in Much Ado About Nothing and The Taming of the Shrew at TFANA. She lives in New York.
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