
International Theatre Database
Category
Musical
Country
United Kingdom
Run Dates
Jan 29 - Apr 18, 2026
Run Time
140 minutes
2026.01.29 ~ 2026.04.18
Theatre Royal Haymarket
London Premiere
2025.05.05 ~ 2025.06.14
Chichester Festival Theatre
World Premiere
Nominee
Best New Musical
Nominee
Nominee
Best New Musical
Nominee
Nominee
Best New Musical
Nominee
Funny, profound, deeply moving and uplifting, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is a joyous new musical adapted by Rachel Joyce from her multi million-selling novel, with 'a ravishing score' (The Times) by the chart-topping indie musician, Passenger (Let Her Go). Harold Fry was never meant to be a hero. An ordinary man in an ordinary life until a letter from a long-lost friend sends him out the front door… and he keeps on walking. From Devon’s quiet lanes to the windswept streets of Berwick-upon-Tweed, his journey becomes a pilgrimage of love, redemption, and second chances. Strangers turn into companions, kindness appears in unexpected places, and the road reveals more than Harold ever imagined. Back home, his wife Maureen begins her own journey, one that might bring them together again. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is a moving celebration of the human spirit and a reminder it’s never too late to start again.
Rachel Joyce
Playwright/Author
Katy Rudd
Director
Jamie Manton
Associate Director
Passenger
Composer, Lyricist
Tom Jackson Greaves
Choreographer
Samuel Wyer
Set Designer, Costume Designer
Paule Constable
Lighting Designer
Ian Dickinson
Sound Designer
Gareth Tucker
Sound Designer
Ash J Woodward
Video Designer
Mark Addy
Cast(Harold Fry)
Jenna Russell
Cast(Maureen Fry)
Noah Mullins
Cast(The Balladeer)