A brand-new staging for The Bridge of Sondheim and Lapine’s dazzling and moving musical Into The Woods will start previews from 2 December in a production helmed by director Jordan Fein and designer Tom Scutt.
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s collaboration — their second, after Sunday in the Park with George — brilliantly weaves together four Grimms’ fairy-tales in a story of a baker and his wife on their quest to reverse a curse of childlessness cast upon them by the wicked witch.
On its Broadway debut in 1986, Into The Woods won Tony awards each for Sondheim (Best Musical) and Lapine (Best Book). In London it has had productions by Richard Jones (Phoenix Theatre, 1990), John Crowley (Donmar, 1998) and Timothy Sheader (Open Air, Regent’s Park, 2010). This will be its first London production since 2016.
Nicholas Hytner, co-founder of The Bridge, says: “Into The Woods is one of the great achievements of the American stage. Jordan Fein’s production of Fiddler on the Roof at the Open Air Theatre last year was a triumph, beautifully staged and overwhelmingly moving, and Tom Scutt has established himself across the world as a designer of rare talent and imagination.”
Jordan Fein’s credits include Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. Tom Scutt’s extensive credits include Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club in the West End and on Broadway where he won the Tony award last year for Best Scenic Design of a Musical.
Casting will be announced in due course. The 20-week run will finish on 18 April 2026.
ACCESS PERFORMANCES
Captioned: Friday 30 January 2026 at 7.30pm
Audio described & Touch Tour: Saturday 21 February at 2.30pm
The first new theatre of scale to be added to London’s commercial theatre stock in 80 years, The Bridge opened in 2017 as the home of London Theatre Company (LTC) which was founded by Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr with the backing of a group of prominent VC investors.
The Bridge’s innovative design and construction, a collaboration between Haworth Tompkins Architects and Tait, responds to the ambitions and imagination of theatre-makers with a flexible auditorium that is capable of different configurations and formats and provides audiences with excellent views, comfort and close-up connection to the actors.
