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The Woman In White [London]

"Acclaimed rising star Thom Southerland will direct this brand new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony and Olivier-Award nominated musical, The Woman in White in a strictly limited 12-week season at the Charing Cross Theatre in 2018.

A tempestuous tale of love, betrayal and greed, adapted from Wilkie Collins' haunting Victorian thriller, this is the premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Zippel's revised score."

Walter Hartright's life is changed forever after a chance encounter with a mysterious woman, dressed in white, desperate to reveal her chilling secret. When he takes up his position as drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie and her half sister, Marian, he sees in Laura's face an eerie reflection of the forlorn creature he met previously. Walter and Laura's feelings for each other are thwarted by her engagement to the sinister Sir Percival Glyde. What is the connection between, Laura, Sir Percival, and the woman in white? Can true love prevail?

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