It has been announced that Walden’is set to be released in selected cinemas across the UK from 8 September 2021, in a collaboration between Trafalgar Releasing, Sonia Friedman Productions and Stage2View. 

Walden explores the intensity of familial love and loss against the backdrop of an ever-encroaching climate emergency in a near future version of Colorado. The production was filmed for the big screen at the Harold Pinter Theatre. 

Sonia Friedman said: “This past sixteen months has thrown up many challenges for live theatre, and one of the urgent responses we’ve had to this is to increase the availability of theatre on screen, thereby maximising accessibility and the audience reach of a production. Following our screen production of ‘Uncle Vanya’, I’m delighted that we are able to bring Amy Berryman’s ‘Walden’ to cinema screens across the UK. An engaging piece examining the bond between siblings, and a timely debate on the impact of climate change on our planet, filmed without an audience. ‘Walden’ was one of the first plays to open the West End earlier this year. With social distancing a necessity, ‘Walden’ could only reach a limited audience for its run despite playing to its full, authorised capacity, so this is a wonderful opportunity to share this invigorating new play, Ian Rickson’s pinpoint direction, and the extraordinary performances of Gemma Arterton, Fehinti Balagun and Lydia Wilson with audiences more widely.” 

You can find venues that will be showing Walden here.