This production is recommended for ages 13+.
Performance dates
24 May - 11 October 2025
Run time: 3hrs 10mins
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Stereophonic mines the agony and the ecstasy of creation as it zooms in on a music studio in 1976. Here, an up-and-coming rock band recording a new album finds itself suddenly on the cusp of superstardom. The ensuing pressures could spark their breakup — or their breakthrough. Written by David Adjmi, directed by Daniel Aukin, and featuring original music by Arcade Fire's Will Butler, Stereophonic invites the audience to immerse themselves — with fly-on-the-wall intimacy — in the powder keg process of a band on the brink of blowing up.
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This production contains simulated drug use. Smoking on stage – herbal cigarettes are used on stageAccess
BSL Interpreted Performance: Saturday 21 June 2025 at 1pm, Audio Described Performance: Saturday 5 July 2025 at 1pm, Captioned Performance: Saturday 30 August 2025 at 1pmLatest Stereophonic News
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Set in a 1976 music studio, Stereophonic delves into the creative tensions of an up-and-coming rock band as they record a new album. On the verge of superstardom, the band faces mounting pressures that could either propel them to greatness or tear them apart.
What is Stereophonic about?
Written by David Adjmi, this electrifying play brings the audience into the high-stakes process of artistic creation, offering a fly-on-the-wall perspective on a band balancing ambition, relationships, and the weight of potential fame.
Stereophonic made its world premiere on Broadway in 2024, where it became the most Tony-nominated play in history, with 13 nominations. It went on to win multiple Tony Awards, including Best Play. Following an extended Broadway run, it transferred to the West End in May 2025, where it plays at the Duke of York’s Theatre. Featuring original music by Arcade Fire’s Will Butler, the production invites audiences to step into the vibrant and volatile world of 1970s rock.
16 Jun, 2025 | By Hay Brunsdon
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Stereophonic review: It isn't a musical, or a play. It's an event
If you enjoyed The Beatles: Get Back documentary, Stereophonic might just be your next obsession. David Adjmi’s intimate portrayal of a promising young band hits all the right notes (once the technician sorted out the reverb).
What makes Stereophonic remarkable is its realism; capturing the deeply unglamorous moments that contribute to creative brilliance and personal disaster. The show starts without a stadium style build-up, there’s no swell of music or a quiet hush that announces the band’s arrival. In fact, the house lights are still up when Diana (Lucy Karczewski) and Peter (Jack Riddiford), - one of the band's couples - saunter onto the stage. Dressed in effortlessly cool suede, flares and oranges, they match the recording studio's 70s aesthetic. It’s soon apparent why they blend in with the furniture so well - the studio isn’t just their work space, or their home, it is a part of them.
And for the next 3 hours, we feel like we’re part of it too. Like flies on the wall, we observe the space, designed in such detail by David Zinn, as it is abused, crashed in, and fought over. And we watch as these flawed friends-cum-lovers-cum-enemies test each other artistically and personally.
16 Jun, 2025 | By Sian McBride
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