Into the Woods coming to The Bridge Theatre

Booking opens this week for tickets to Sondheim and Lapine's fairytale mash up at The Bridge Theatre, in a new production from Philadelphia-born Director Jordan Fien. His most recent work as director or associate director includes Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse and Oklahoma! at The Young Vic. He will be reunited with the award-winning Designer Tom Scutt, who worked with Fien on Fiddler on the Roof at the Open Air Theatre last year, which is transferring to the Barbican.

Nick Hytner, who co-founded The Bridge, said "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."

This will be the first London production of Into the Woods for almost a decade.

Into the Woods begins previews on 2 December 2025 and runs for 20 weeks until 18 April 2026. No casting has been announced.

For more and to book tickets, visit https://bridgetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/into-the-woods/

Priority booking opens Tuesday 25 February

Advance & Access booking opens Thursday 27 February at 10am

Public booking opens Friday 28 February at 10am

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25 Feb 2025: A major new production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical INTO THE WOODS in a strictly limited 20-week run opens at The Bridge in December

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.