⭐ ATONEMENT – WORLD PREMIERE STAGE ADAPTATION ANNOUNCED ⭐
The world premiere stage adaptation of ATONEMENT has been announced.
Ian McEwan’s ATONEMENT will be adapted for the stage by Christopher Hampton, premiering at Chichester Festival Theatre this Spring, directed by Adam Penford.
On an English country estate during the blazing summer of 1935, 13 year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a passionate scene between her elder sister Cecilia and the son of their housekeeper, Robbie. In a disastrous desire for drama but only a dim understanding of its impact, Briony makes an accusation which will fatally alter Cecilia and Robbie’s lives and many others too – for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone.
Stretching from the 1930s through the Second World War to the present day, Ian McEwan’s dazzling masterpiece was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and voted by Time Magazine and the Guardian as one of the 100 greatest novels of the past century.
This world premiere stage adaptation is by Christopher Hampton, whose many plays and
adaptations also include The Philanthropist and Les Liaisons Dangereuses, which won the Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best Play and is shortly to be revived at the National Theatre.
Adam Penford, Artistic Director of Nottingham Playhouse where his recent work includes James Graham’s award-winning Punch, also in the West End and on Broadway, makes a welcome return to Chichester following his 2023 production of The Sound of Music.
Featuring design by Anthony Ward, composer & sound design by Alexandra Faye Braithwaite, movement & intimacy direction by Ben Wright and casting direction by Helena Palmer CDG.
ATONEMENT will play Chichester Festival Theatre, running from 29th May – 20th June 2026, with tickets on general sale from 28th February 2026.
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