Lily Allen to star in HEDDA at Theatre Royal Bath

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Multi award-winning star of stage, screen and music Lily Allen will star as the enigmatic and destructive Hedda Gabler, one of theatre’s most irresistible heroines, in a thrilling new version of Ibsen’s masterpiece which will open at Theatre Royal Bath’s Ustinov Studio from 25 July – 23 August 2025.

Returning from her honeymoon and already bored with her marriage, Hedda finds herself shattered by a destructive attraction to a seemingly brilliant but dissolute writer and blackmailed by an older predatory man. Suffocated and betrayed by these violent forces, there is only one choice left to her….

Lily Allen says: “I am absolutely thrilled to be given the chance of playing Hedda Gabler. I adore working with Matthew Dunster and can’t wait to explore this piece with him. I’m very excited to bring her to Bath next summer, in the intimacy of the Ustinov Studio, it’s going to be great.”

The creative team will be led by sought-after director and writer Matthew Dunster, with further cast and creative team to be announced.

Tickets go on sale to Theatre Royal Bath Priority Bookers at 10am tomorrow (4 May) here.