Martin Guerre Tickets in London at The Old Vic
Martin Guerre is the musical from the writers of Les Misérables, and it's at The Old Vic from 1 to 31 October 2026, five weeks only. It's based on a true story, a French peasant who vanishes from his village in 1548 and turns up again years later, and it's been rewritten for this run with new songs and new lyrics.
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Who's Martin Guerre For?
Fans of Les Misérables and Miss Saigon. It's by the same two writers, who reworked it during lockdown, and this is the first chance to see the result.
Anyone who saw it in the 1990s. It's been rewritten, with new songs, new lyrics and folk-style orchestrations, and Bertrande, Martin's wife, is now at the heart of the story.
Anyone who likes a true story. It's based on a real case from 16th-century France.
Anyone after a shorter night out. With no interval, an evening performance finishes at around 9pm.
It's not for you if you want a big, fully staged West End production. This version is semi-staged, and the focus is on the songs and the singers.
What Tickets Cost
Tickets start from around £30 and go up to around £95 for the best seats, and most seats are around £40 to £85.
Every performance from 1 to 7 October, the Monday to Wednesday evenings after that, and the weekday matinees run from around £30 to around £85. Thursday to Saturday evenings from 8 October and the Saturday matinees run from around £35 to around £95.
It's on for five weeks only. For a group, call us and we'll look for seats together.
About Martin Guerre at The Old Vic
Martin Guerre first played in the West End in 1996 and won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical. Its writers, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, have reworked it several times since, and this is the newest version.
There's new music and there are new lyrics, by Alain Boublil, Annabel Mutale Reed and Paul Hodge, and the orchestrations are new and folk-inflected, played by a band of violin, woodwind, cello, guitar and lute, double bass and percussion. This version puts Bertrande's choices at the centre of the story.
Matthew Warchus developed and directs it, in his final season as Artistic Director of The Old Vic.
It's semi-staged, which means it's not quite a concert and not quite a full production. The story is stripped back, and the music and the performances come first. Like every show at The Old Vic this season, it's In The Round: the stage sits in the middle of the theatre, with the audience on every side, and the front rows are level with the performers.
Like every show at The Old Vic this season, it's In The Round: the stage sits in the middle of the theatre, with the audience on every side, and the front rows are level with the performers.
It runs about 1 hour 30 minutes, with no interval. It's suggested for ages 12 and up, and there are no published content warnings for it. Under-16s need to be with an adult.
What's Martin Guerre About?
It's 1548, in a French village. Martin Guerre is a teenage peasant with a young wife, Bertrande, and one day he vanishes, leaving her and his home behind.
Years later, he comes back, now a grown man. The fallout from his return threatens to tear the village apart, and Bertrande is caught between Martin and her strict, God-fearing community.
It runs about 1 hour 30 minutes, with no interval. It's suggested for ages 12 and up, and there are no published content warnings for it. Under-16s need to be with an adult.
What's Martin Guerre About?
It's 1548, in a French village. Martin Guerre is a teenage peasant with a young wife, Bertrande, and one day he vanishes, leaving her and his home behind.
Years later, he comes back, now a grown man. The fallout from his return threatens to tear the village apart, and Bertrande is caught between Martin and her strict, God-fearing community.
It's based on a real case, and the real village was Artigat.
Performance Schedule
Martin Guerre plays Monday to Saturday evenings at 7:30pm, and there are no Sunday performances. Matinees are on selected dates only, at 2:30pm, and there are none before Friday 16 October.
| Day | Matinee | Evening |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | - | 7:30pm |
| Tuesday | 2:30pm on 27 October | 7:30pm |
| Wednesday | - | 7:30pm |
| Thursday | 2:30pm on 22 and 29 October | 7:30pm |
| Friday | 2:30pm on 16 October | 7:30pm |
| Saturday | 2:30pm on 17, 24 and 31 October | 7:30pm |
| Sunday | - | - |
The first performance was Thursday 1 October. Press night is Tuesday 20 October, which starts earlier, at 7pm. The final performance is Saturday 31 October at 7:30pm.
Best Seats for Martin Guerre
In The Round, the Stalls are split into two raised blocks facing each other across the stage. In the main block, rows J to L in the middle give the best view, and the seats close by are nearly as good.
At the front of that block, rows D and G are flat, so a tall person in front gets in the way. Rows C and F are the better picks there.
The Dress Circle looks down over the stage from just above the Stalls, and row B in the middle is the pick there.
Avoid rows P and Q of the Stage Dress Circle, behind the second Stalls block, which have safety rails in the way and very little legroom.
Every level is covered in the Tickets and Best Seats tab.
Call us on 020 7193 9050 and we'll tell you what's left on your date.
Cast and Creative Team
Liv Andrusier, an Olivier Award nominee, plays Bertrande.
Alex James-Hatton and Shane O'Riordan are both billed as Martin.
Caroline Sheen plays Madame de Rols, and Colin Ryan is Benoit.
Matthew Warchus directs, with sets and costumes by Rob Howell and choreography by Lizzi Gee. The full company is in the Cast and Creatives tab.
Book Your Martin Guerre Tickets
The last performance is on Saturday 31 October 2026. Book with us and it's all-in pricing, so the price you see is what you pay. For help picking a date, or a seat In The Round, give us a call.
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From around £30 up to around £95, with all-in pricing. Early October, Monday to Wednesday evenings and the weekday matinees are the cheaper performances. Call us on 020 7193 9050 for prices on your date.
Yes. It's a musical by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, the writers of Les Misérables and Miss Saigon. This new version at The Old Vic is semi-staged, somewhere between a concert and a full production.
The running time is about 1 hour 30 minutes, with no interval. Evening shows end at around 9pm and matinees at around 4pm.
At The Old Vic, The Cut, London SE1 8NB, a couple of minutes from Waterloo station. It runs from Thursday 1 October to Saturday 31 October 2026, with press night on Tuesday 20 October.
Yes. It's based on the real Martin Guerre, a peasant who vanished from his village, Artigat, in 1548 and came back years later. The musical tells that story in its own way.
Liv Andrusier plays Bertrande, and Alex James-Hatton and Shane O'Riordan are both billed as Martin. Caroline Sheen, Barney Wilkinson, Colin Ryan and Adam Pearce are in the company too. The full list is in the Cast and Creatives tab.
Bertrande. In this version she's at the heart of the story, and Liv Andrusier plays her, with Bethan Louise Honer as the young Bertrande.
This version has new music and new lyrics, including a new song, Someday. The full song list hasn't been published.
It's suggested for ages 12 and up. That's guidance rather than a rule, and under-16s need to be with an adult. There are no published content warnings.
The middle of the main Stalls block, rows J to L. The full level-by-level guide is in the Tickets and Best Seats tab, or call us on 020 7193 9050.
There's no interval, so there's no natural break to wait for. Latecomers are only let in if the staff find a suitable moment, and that isn't guaranteed, so arrive 15 to 20 minutes before, no later.
There isn't one, so wear whatever you're comfortable in.
Yes, four, all in the last week. They're booked through The Old Vic's own access team, not through us.
- Audio described: Monday 26 October, 7:30pm, touch tour 5:30pm
- BSL interpreted: Wednesday 28 October, 7:30pm
- Captioned: Friday 30 October, 7:30pm
- Relaxed: Saturday 31 October, 2:30pm, and this one is audio described, BSL interpreted and captioned too, with a touch tour at 12 noon
Tickets and Best Seats for Martin Guerre
Tickets run from around £30 to around £95, all-in, and cost less early in the week, at the weekday matinees and all through the first week. The whole theatre is set out In The Round for this show, with the stage in the middle of the Stalls.
Stalls
The main Stalls block is a raised grandstand rising from stage level, and it's where we'd sit. Rows J to L in the middle are the best seats, and the seats around them are nearly as good.
The front row is level with the performers, with nothing in front of you. Rows C, D, F and G have little or no slope, so take C or F and skip D and G, where you're looking past the head in front. From row H back, the rows rise on steps.
There are also four short rows either side, reaching back into the Box space at the sides. The views are fair if nobody tall sits in front, but there isn't much slope.
Stage Stalls
This second block is built on the old stage and faces the main Stalls across the acting area. It's a single block with no aisle, and the slope is good.
There are pillars in rows M and N, so a few seats there have one in the view or in your legroom, and row N is tight for anyone tall. The sound can be quieter here when the actors are facing the other way.
Dress Circle
The Stalls are built up almost to Dress Circle height, so the Dress Circle feels like the back of the Stalls, looking down on the stage. Take row B in the middle, then row A, which looks over the top of the main Stalls block. The legroom is tighter than in the Stalls, so if you're tall, the Stalls are the better bet.
The side rows look down onto the stage and are often cheaper. One of them is high seats with a footrest, so shorter people's feet will dangle.
Stage Dress Circle
Rows P, Q and R sit on a raised structure behind the Stage Stalls, up 21 to 30 steps. Avoid P and Q: there's very little legroom, safety rails in the way and a steep look down. Row R is a bench at bar height, fine if you're happy to perch.
Baylis Circle
The Baylis Circle is the top level, 49 steps up, and the cheapest. The middle of row F gives much the same view as the rows in front for less. Row A and the ends of row B lose part of the stage where the edge of the circle cuts in.
The benches down both sides look down on the stage, but they're backless, and they're sold as severely restricted.
Call us on 020 7193 9050 and we'll find the best seats left on your date.
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Getting to The Old Vic
The Old Vic is on The Cut, London SE1 8NB, on the corner with Waterloo Road.
Waterloo is the nearest station, on the Bakerloo, Jubilee, Northern and Waterloo & City lines. It's about 2 minutes' walk if you use the right exit: take Exit 2 for Waterloo Road and turn right, and the theatre is straight ahead. Coming off a main-line train, take the exit opposite platforms 5 and 6 and go down the escalators. From the exits on the South Bank side, it's more than a 10-minute walk.
Southwark, on the Jubilee line, is about 5 minutes' walk straight along The Cut, and Waterloo East is about 5 minutes too.
Buses 1, 68, 172, 176, 188 and C10 stop right outside on Waterloo Road, about 40 metres away. The 59 and 76 stop on Baylis Road, about 110 metres away.
Arrive 15 to 20 minutes before, no later. There are bag checks at every entrance, and bags bigger than a rucksack aren't allowed in.
In The Round, the theatre has almost 900 seats. The stage is in the middle of the Stalls, with the Dress Circle and the Baylis Circle above. Step-free access is to the Stalls only, through the Waterloo Road entrance. The Dress Circle is 29 steps up and the Baylis Circle 49.
Everything else, including access, is in our Old Vic guide.
Address
The Cut, London SE1 8NB
Nearest Tube
Waterloo (2 min walk)
Martin Guerre Cast
The company, as published on 28 September 2026:
- Liv Andrusier as Bertrande
- Alex James-Hatton as Martin
- Shane O'Riordan as Martin
- Caroline Sheen as Madame de Rols
- Barney Wilkinson as Guillaume
- Colin Ryan as Benoit
- Adam Pearce as Father Dominic
- Mathew Craig as Pierre
- Aaron Lee Lambert as the Judge
- Dan Hand as Young Martin
- Bethan Louise Honer as Young Bertrande
- Oliver Payne as Young Guillaume
- Eli McFarland as Young Benoit
- Ensemble: Monique Ashe-Palmer, Mali Wen Davies, Daniel Forrester, Grace Galloway, Chris Jenkins and Gabriella Stylianou
- Swings: Becca Francis and Nathaniel Purnell
Liv Andrusier was in the film of Les Misérables. Before this she played in Fiddler on the Roof in Regent's Park, in RIDE, and in Little Women The Musical at the Park Theatre.
Alex James-Hatton has been in The Book of Mormon and Heathers The Musical in the West End, and American Psycho at the Almeida.
Shane O'Riordan's West End credits include Back to the Future, Elf The Musical and Bat Boy, and he's been in Les Misérables in the West End and on tour.
Caroline Sheen won a Helen Hayes Award for Mary Poppins on tour. Her West End work includes Les Misérables and Mamma Mia!, and on television she was in Ted Lasso.
Creative team
Book by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, music by Claude-Michel Schönberg. New lyrics by Alain Boublil, Annabel Mutale Reed and Paul Hodge, with lyrics by Alain Boublil and Stephen Clark, and additional material by Paul Hodge. Original French lyrics by Alain Boublil.
Developed and directed by Matthew Warchus. Set and costumes by Rob Howell, choreography by Lizzi Gee, lighting by Hugh Vanstone, Luca Panetta and Toby Ison, and sound by Fergus O'Hare. Orchestrations by Tom Curran, musical supervision by Chris Poon, and Matthew Jackson is musical director.
This is Matthew Warchus's final season as Artistic Director of The Old Vic. Rob Howell, Hugh Vanstone and Lizzi Gee worked with him on Groundhog Day and The Old Vic's A Christmas Carol.
Martin Guerre Reviews
Martin Guerre's first performance was on Thursday 1 October 2026. Press night is Tuesday 20 October, and the critics' reviews follow it.
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