WHO'S AFRAID OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF?

Sat 18 Oct - Sat 8 Nov 2025

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Immerse yourself in Edward Albee‘s epoch-defining masterpiece WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? exclusively at Curve this Autumn.

It’s 2am. Locked in a destructive cycle of love and self-loathing, history professor George and his wife Martha return home drunk from a party. As they draw naive young couple Nick and Honey into their bitter and warped world, what starts as a casual nightcap soon turns into a dangerous cocktail of truths and games.

Winner of five Tony Awards including Best Play, the 1966 film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton won multiple awards, including the British Academy Award for Best Film. Widely regarded as Albee’s most important work, the play is a witty, hugely entertaining, provocative and lacerating study of a marriage in crisis.

This must-see Made at Curve drama is directed by Curve’s Associate Director Cara Nolan (ROAD, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE).

Joining the previously announced BAFTA winner and Golden Globe nominee Cathy Tyson (MY FAIR LADY, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, Curve) as Martha will be Patrick Robinson (AS YOU LIKE IT, Theatre Royal Bath, CASUALTY, BBC) as George, Martha’s disillusioned husband.

Taking on the roles of Nick and Honey, the young couple drawn into George and Martha’s dysfunctional world, will be George Kemp (JACK ABSOLUTE FLIES AGAIN, National Theatre, BRIDGERTON, Netflix) and Tilly Steele (DR WHO, BBC One, VICTORIA, Mammoth/ITV).

Truth or illusion – do you know the difference?

Age guidance: 14+ (contains strong language and adult themes including violence)
Running time
: Approximately 3 hours and 20 minutes

This performance includes x2 intervals:
Interval 1: 15mins
Interval 2: 10mins

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WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? THEATRE DAY

Make it a day to remember by experiencing our WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Theatre Day event on Wednesday 29 October, 10am – 12noon, followed by the matinee performance at 1.30pm. Gain the opportunity to go behind-the-scenes with cast and company from the show, find out more here.

Tickets

DISCOUNTS*
£7.50 off* Under 16s
£5 off* 16-26 yrs and/or Students (with a free 16-26 & Student Loyalty Pass), and Curve Connect 
£20 tickets* Under 18s School Groups
£5 off* Groups 8+
15% off for Loyalty Pass Holders or 2-4-1 tickets for Supporters Scheme on Thu 23 Oct, 7pm

*This discount applies to selected performances only

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ACCESS PERFORMANCES

British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreted:  Tue 4 Nov, 7pm
BSL Interpreter: Emma Phillips & Donna Ruane
The Interpreter will be stood on the left hand side of the stage, as you are facing it.

Captioned: Fri 7 Nov, 7pm
Captioner: Theatre Captioner Network – Jenny Skene

Audio Described: Sat 8 Nov, 1.30pm with Touch Tour from 12pm
Audio Describers: Talking Sense Audio Description – Nadine Beasley and Kate Taylor-Davies

For more information about our Access Performances, please click here.

Access performances at Curve are kindly sponsored by Voco Leicester and David Wilson Homes.

Credits & Acknowledgments

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. and is sponsored by De Montfort University.

Director Cara Nolan
Set and Costume Designer Amy Jane Cook
Lighting Designer Jamie Platt
Sound Design and Composer Jack Baxter
Fight, Intimacy and Movement Director Haruka Kuroda
Casting Director Ginny Schiller CDG
Assistant Casting Director Ben Armstrong
Birkbeck Assistant Director Mia Grant
Voice Coach Sally Hague
Props Supervisor Ryan O’Connor
Wigs, Hair and Makeup Supervisor Jenni Tebbutt
Production Manager Laura Haynes
Company Stage Manager Emily Bull
Deputy Stage Manager Shakira Taylor-Knight
Assistant Stage Manager Eleanor Deacon

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Cast & Creative

Cathy Tyson

Martha

Patrick Robinson

George

George Kemp

Nick

Tilly Steele

Honey