Lesley Manville & Anna Maxwell Martin to star in AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY in West End

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Melting Pot and Second Half Productions have announced that the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning sensation August: Osage County will return to London's West End in 2027 in the play’s first major revival.

The production will star two-time Olivier Award winner and 2026 Tony Award Best Actress winner Lesley Manville as Violet Weston, alongside two-time BAFTA TV Award winner Anna Maxwell Martin as Barbara Fordham.

Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning landmark family drama returns to the stage for a strictly limited 12-week season at the Noël Coward Theatre from 18 January - 10 April 2027, directed by Jeremy Herrin.

Following a sudden family crisis, the fiercely dysfunctional Weston family reunites at their Oklahoma home. As old wounds reopen and long-buried secrets come to light, simmering resentments in this unfiltered portrait of family life. By turns darkly funny and deeply moving, Tracy Letts' modern masterpiece is packed with unforgettable characters, blistering dialogue and explosive family truths.

Widely regarded as one of the defining plays of the 21st century, August: Osage County was first performed by Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre company in 2007 - of whom Tracy Letts remains a long-time member - before successful engagements on Broadway and at London’s National Theatre.

After a clutch of award wins, Letts adapted his play into the 2013 film directed by John Wells, featuring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts as part of its magnificent ensemble cast. Both earned Academy Award nominations for their performances.

The play has earned international acclaim for its fearless exploration of family, addiction and grief. Its blend of pitch-black comedy and devastating drama has made it a modern classic, celebrated by critics and audiences around the world.

Lesley Manville says: “I’m delighted to be taking on August: Osage County with Jeremy Herrin directing. It’s an epic piece of American literature written by the truly great Tracy Letts. It has not been seen in London for almost 20 years, so I cannot wait to bring this complex, funny, tragic, ultimate family saga to the West End and create the matriarch, Violet Weston.”

Director Jeremy Herrin continues: “August: Osage County is one of the great plays of our time, and it firmly places Tracy Letts as heir to O’Neill, Miller and Williams in the continuum of the best American playwrights. It’s a darkly funny and gripping family drama that transcends its form. As a brilliant actor himself and long-standing member of Steppenwolf, Tracy knows how to write for actors. I’m excited to bring together a fantastic ensemble for the first major revival of this play.

“I’m thrilled to be reunited with Lesley Manville after her Tony Award win, and I can’t wait to see her square up against Anna Maxwell Martin, whose work I’ve long admired. I’ve loved this play since I saw it on Broadway in 2008, and I can’t wait to explore all its twists and turns in the Noël Coward Theatre, the perfect space for this searing and epically entertaining show.”

Tickets are now on general sale for August: Osage Country, with further info here.