August: Osage County Tickets

Tracy Letts' groundbreaking play, a modern masterpiece of 21st century drama, is returning to London in a widely anticipated and thrilling new revival. With a star-studded cast at the helm, this poignant, darkly funny family drama about grief, addiction, and trauma comes to life onstage at the Noel Coward Theatre.

Why you should watch August: Osage County

• It features a star-studded cast, with Lesley Manville and Anna Maxwell Martin starring as the vitriolic Violet Weston and her equally complicated daughter Barbara Fordham.
• It's the story of a truly dysfunctional family brought together by tragedy and forced to confront their ugliness, filled with unforgettably complex characters and relationships.
• It's widely considered one of the defining and groundbreaking plays of the 21st century, and this is its first major revival, making it a thrilling opportunity for London audiences to experience this powerful piece of drama.

What is August: Osage County about?

This is the story of the wildly dysfunctional and embittered Weston family, forced to reunite at their Oklahoma home after the patriarch, once-famous poet Beverly Weston, dies from suicide. His widow, the vindictive and pill-popping Violet, has psychologically damaged and traumatised their three middle-aged daughters, causing them to lead similarly self-destructive lives. At Beverly's funeral, old wounds reopen and long-buried secrets come to life as simmering resentments come to the surface as the next few weeks unfold with pettiness, cruelty, and recrimination that destroys the family from within.

This is the first major revival of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play, first performed in Chicago in 2007 and adapted into a film starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in 2013. Widely considered one of the defining plays of the 21st century, it has earned acclaim worldwide for its unflinching exploration of family, addiction, and grief. Directed by Jeremy Herrin (People, Places and Things and Wolf Hall), this highly anticipated new production stars two-time Olivier Award winner and 2026 Tony Award Best Actress winner Lesley Manville (The Crown, Oedipus on Broadway, Phantom Thread) as Violet Weston, alongside two-time BAFTA TV Award winner Anna Maxwell Martin (Bleak House, Poppy Shakespeare, Motherland) as Barbara Fordham. Get ready for an unfiltered portrait of family life, both darkly funny and deeply moving, in a modern masterpiece filled with unforgettable characters, blistering dialogue and explosive family truths.

Book now to experience one of the most groundbreaking pieces of American drama of our time.