Following a sold-out run at the Chichester Festival Theatre, the 5 star “pitch-perfect musical” (The Times) transfers to the West End.
Funny, profound, deeply moving and uplifting, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is a joyous new musical adapted by Rachel Joyce from her multimillion-selling novel, with “a ravishing score” (The Times) by the chart-topping indie musician, Passenger (Let Her Go).
Harold Fry was never meant to be a hero. An ordinary man in an ordinary life until a letter from a long-lost friend sends him out the front door… and he keeps on walking. From Devon’s quiet lanes to the windswept streets of Berwick-upon-Tweed, his journey becomes a pilgrimage of love, redemption, and second chances.
Strangers turn into companions, kindness appears in unexpected places, and the road reveals more than Harold ever imagined. Back home, his wife Maureen begins her own journey, one that might bring them together again.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is a moving celebration of the human spirit and a reminder it’s never too late to start again.
Katy Rudd (Ballet Shoes, The Ocean at the End of the Lane; NT/West End) directs Mark Addy, (The Full Monty, The Rig, Game of Thrones) as Harold and Jenna Russell, (Sunday in the Park with George, Hello, Dolly!) as Maureen.
Production images feature Chichester Festival cast.
2hr 20min. Incl. Interval.
Musicals, West End
Ages 12+.
29th January, 2026
18th April, 2026
Contains strong language, references to suicide, hospice care and terminal illness, drug and alcohol abuse, and may contain flashing lights.
By: Rachel Joyce
Score by: Passenger
Director: Katy Rudd
Cast list: Mark Addy, Jenna Russell
Location: West End
Railway station: Charing Cross
Bus numbers: (Haymarket) 3, 6, 9, 12, 13, 15, 19, 23, 38, 53, 88, 139, 159
Night bus numbers: (Haymarket) 6, 12, 23, 88, 139, 453, N8, N19, N38, N97, N3, N13, N15, N136, N159
Car park: Leicester Square, Whitcomb Street (2mins)
Directions from tube: (5mins) Go along Coventry Street and then take Haymarket on the right where the theatre will be approx. 200 metres along.
Day of week | Matinee | Evening |
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Monday | - | 7:30 PM |
Tuesday | - | 7:30 PM |
Wednesday | - | 7:30 PM |
Thursday | 2:30 PM | 7:30 PM |
Friday | - | 7:30 PM |
Saturday | - | 7:30 PM |
Sunday | - | - |
Harold Fry was never meant to be a hero. An ordinary man in an ordinary life until a letter from a long-lost friend sends him out the front door… and he keeps on walking. From Devon’s quiet lanes to the windswept streets of Berwick-upon-Tweed, his journey becomes a pilgrimage of love, redemption, and second chances.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is 2hr 20min. Incl. Interval.
Theatre Royal Haymarket.
The price for tickets to The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry starts at £30.
Ages 12+.
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