Called an ‘irresistible festive treat’ Charles Dickens’ DAVID COPPERFIELD comes to London’s Jermyn Street Theatre – November 2025

David Copperfield plays at London’s Jermyn Street Theatre 20 November – 20 December 2025.

Pronounced unlucky at birth, tossed into a world of eccentric aunts, terrible step-fathers and dismal boarding schools, David Copperfield’s life gets off to a rocky start. In this coming-of-age adventure, our eponymous hero scrambles and scribbles his way from orphanhood to authorship.

Three actors. Dozens of Dickens’ most memorable characters, from Pegotty to Uriah Heep and Mr Micawber. A delightful romp stuffed with Victorian charm and timeless wit, David Copperfield is the irresistible new festive treat from the team behind the “uproariously funny” Pride & Prejudice (The Stage).

Are there any accessible performances scheduled for David Copperfield?

Relaxed Performance: Wednesday 10 December at 7:30pm
Captioned Performance: Wednesday 17 December at 7:30pm

Who was Charles Dickens?

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic. He is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victoria era. His most famous novels, many originally published in serial format, include Oliver Twist (1839), The Old Curiosity Shop (1841), A Christmas Carol (1843), David Copperfield (1850), Bleak House (1853), Little Dorrit (1857) and A Tale of Two Cities (1859).

Abigail Pickard Price is a director, dramaturg and adaptor. Pickard Price returns to Jermyn Street Theatre following her production of Pride and Prejudice (co-produced by Guildford Shakespeare Company).

Further directing credits include Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night (The Watermill Theatre and UK tour), Burke and Hare, Crazy For You, The Smallest Show on Earth (UK tour), Our Man in Havana, The Prince and the Pauper (Watermill Theatre); and as Associate/ Resident/ Assistant Director, A Voyage Round My Father, God of Carnage, The Argument (Theatre Royal Bath and UK tour), The Argument, Titanic (UK and International tour), Twelfth Night (Wilton’s Music Hall), Harold and Maude, The Woman in White, Death Takes a Holiday, Ragtime, Titanic (Charing Cross Theatre), and The Wasp (Hampstead Theatre). And as adaptor, Pride and Prejudice (Guildford Shakespeare Company), Macbeth, The Hound of the Baskervilles and Hamlet (The Watermill Theatre).