Gillian Anderson and Billy Crudup to star in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Published on 18 March 2026
- Gillian Anderson will star as Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Billy Crudup will star as George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- The show opens at @sohoplace from 21 September
Sonia Friedman, in association with Nica Burns has announced the first American classic to be presented at @sohoplace will be a production of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Starring Gillian Anderson as Martha, Billy Crudup as George, Josh Dylan as Nick, and Phoebe Horn as Honey.
Marianne Elliott will direct this stellar cast; her previous accolades include West End productions of War Horse (2007) and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2012), as well as the National Theatre’s production of Angels in America (2017), which starred Andrew Garfield. Elliott’s clearly not afraid of an American classic, with a star studded cast, let alone Virginia Woolf.
The 1962 dark comedy and psychological drama will examine the marital strife between Martha and George in the round, placing audiences ‘right inside George and Martha’s dangerous games, in a play that remains as shocking and truthful today as when Albee first wrote it.’ - Sonia Friedman.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? opens at @sohoplace from 21 September and will run until 19 December. Sign up to our newsletter to be the first to get tickets when we go on sale.
