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Dr Strangelove West End

Dr Strangelove

Opened: October 8, 2024
Closing: January 25, 2025
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Noel Coward Theatre
85-88 St Martin's Ln, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4AP, United Kingdom London

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Steve Coogan stars in the first ever adaption of Stanley Kubrick’s iconic Dr. Strangelove, as the world premiere stage production prepares for a strictly limited run at London’s Noël Coward Theatre from 8 October 2024.



This jet-black comedy masterpiece, about a rogue U.S. General who triggers a nuclear crisis, is brought to the stage by acclaimed, BAFTA and Emmy Award winner Armando Iannucci and Olivier Award winner Sean Foley, in an explosively funny satire of mutually assured destruction.



Coogan, who will play multiple roles in the production, said: “The idea of putting Dr Strangelove on stage is daunting. A huge responsibility. It’s also an exciting challenge, an opportunity to bring this timeless classic to a new audience. Knowing that I will be part of a creative team led by Sean Foley and Armando Iannucci means I will be working with the best people. Sean is a master of stage comedy and Armando and I started working with each other over 30 years ago. We made some memorable comedy together so it’s great to be collaborating with him once again.”



__Assisted Performances__


Audio Described Performance - Thursday 21st November 7.30pm


Captioned Performance - Thursday 28th November 7.30pm


BSL Signed Performance - Thurday 5th December 7.30pm


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FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Dr Strangelove

Steve Coogan scores a quadruple cold war coup
6 / 10

The script sometimes glints with the humorous intelligence of Iannucci’s The Thick of It (there is great war jargon with words like “pre-taliate”). At other times, however, it is pedestrian or soft in its satire. This might be because the adaptation follows the film so faithfully that it feels dated, the stakes low. In the 1960s, the Cuban missile crisis had terrified the world and the film exposed the lunacy of the mutually assured destruction theory. This story’s absurdist slide into nuclear war contains a historic fear for a present world in which warfare seems surreptitiously conducted through AI and social media disinformatio

Steve Coogan works hard – but this is cheap and silly
4 / 10

Sean Foley, alas, is no Stanley Kubrick. This director has a dispiriting habit of reducing everything he touches to silliness, which he repeats once again here in an adaptation co-written with Armando Iannucci. Whereas Kubrick has pitch-black comedy intercutting a mood of gravitas, Foley unwisely has occasional serious moments raising their heads above cheap jokes, meaning that those unfamiliar with the film will quite simply wonder what all the fuss is about.

Review Roundup: DR STRANGELOVE Starring Steve Coogan
by Aliya Al-Hassan - October 30, 2024


Steve Coogan stars in the first ever adaption of Stanley Kubrick’s iconic Dr. Strangelove, as the world premiere stage production prepares for a strictly limited run at London’s Noël Coward Theatre. Check out what the critics are saying about the new show here!

Review: DR. STRANGELOVE, Noel Coward Theatre
by Gary Naylor - October 30, 2024


New stage version of Stanley Kubrick's black comedy lands with as much force today as it did in cinemas 60 years ago

Photos: DR. STRANGELOVE at the Noël Coward Theatre
by Stephi Wild - October 15, 2024


All new production photos have been released from the first ever adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove, starring seven-time BAFTA award winner Steve Coogan as Dr Strangelove, President Merkin Muffley, Group Captain Lionel Mandrake and Major TJ Kong.

Photos: DR. STRANGELOVE in Rehearsal With Steve Coogan and More
by Stephi Wild - September 25, 2024


New rehearsal photos have been released for the first ever adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove, starring seven-time BAFTA award winner Steve Coogan as Dr Strangelove, President Merkin Muffley, Group Captain Lionel Mandrake and Major TJ Kong.

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