The Ocean At The End Of The Lane
at the Noël Coward Theatre
based on the novel by Neil Gaiman
adapted by Joel Horwood
Booking and details
Noël Coward Theatre
85-88 St Martin’s Lane, London, WC2N 4AP
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Our acclaimed stage adaptation of The Ocean at the End of the Lane returns to the West End this October, for seven weeks only.
From the imagination of Neil Gaiman, best-selling author of Good Omens, Coraline and The Sandman, this spectacular and thrilling theatrical event is a tour de force of magic and storytelling. Adapted by Joel Horwood and directed by Katy Rudd, The Ocean at the End of the Lane takes audiences on an epic journey to a childhood once forgotten.
Returning to his childhood home, a man finds himself standing beside the pond of the old Sussex farmhouse where he used to play. He’s transported to his 12th birthday when his friend Lettie claimed it wasn’t a pond, but an ocean… Plunged into a magical world, their survival depends on their ability to reckon with ancient forces that threaten to destroy everything around them.
The five-star smash hit returns to London for a strictly limited run, following its highly acclaimed UK & Ireland tour
Performed 11 October — 25 November 2023 in the Noël Coward Theatre.
Reviews
Production gallery
‘Spellbinding. Theatre at its best.’
Daily Telegraph
‘There’s nothing around to beat this thrillingly imaginative show.’
Mail on Sunday
‘Theatrical magic. A mesmerising adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s hit novel.’
Sunday Times
‘Shows like this don’t come along very often.’
Time Out
‘This knockout production is theatre at its best.’
Independent
Suitability
This production contains the following effects; high intensity lighting and strobe, haze and smoke, pyrotechnics, loud sound, and blackouts.
Age guidance: 12+ yrs.
The production contains moments that some people may find frightening, including references to death. For more information, read our Content warning pdf.
Gallery
Videos
Education resource
This learning resource is designed to support students and their teachers in responding to The Ocean at the End of Lane in various ways. The pack includes opportunities to engage with the production for the live production element of GCSE and/or A Level Drama & Theatre. This learning resource also provides information about the production, and ways in which it can inform and inspire devised or scripted work in schools and colleges.
Cast
Charlie Brooks
Charlie Brooks trained at Arts Educational Schools.
Daniel Cornish
Daniel Cornish trained at Guildford School of Acting.
Trevor Fox
Trevor Fox trained at Rose Bruford.
Emma-Jane Goodwin
Emma-Jane Goodwin tained at East 15 Acting School
Paolo Guidi
Paolo Guidi is an actor based in London.
Millie Hikasa
Millie Hikasa trained at Arts Educational schools where productions included Another F***ing Play About Race, In the Red and Brown Water and Macbeth.
Lewis Howard
Lewis Howard trained at Birmingham School of Acting (now Birmingham Conservatoire).
Kemi-Bo Jacobs
For the National Theatre: Coriolanus and The Ocean at the End of the Lane (also on tour and in the West End)
Jasmeen James
Jasmeen James performaned in Macbeth and A Christmas Carol for the Globe Players;
Ronnie Lee
Ronnie Lee trained at Laine Theatre Arts graduating in July 2018, where productions included Just So and The Laramie Project.
Aimee McGoldrick
Aimee McGoldrick is a recent graduate of Mountview Academy.
Laurie Ogden
Laurie Ogden is a graduate of National Youth Theatre Rep company 2018/19, where her productions included To Kill a Mockingbird at Lyric Hammersmith; Victoria’s Knickers and Consensual at Soho Theatre; and Macbeth at the Garrick.
Keir Ogilvy
Keir Ogilvy trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.
Domonic Ramsden
Domonic Ramsden graduated from Arts Educational Schools, London.
Joe Rawlinson-Hunt
Joe Rawlinson-Hunt trained on the W1 Workshops Advanced Process and Performance course, where his productions included Radiant Vermin.
Risha Silvera
Risha Silvera trained with Fourth Monkey Actor Training Company.
Finty Williams
At the National Theatre in Twelfth Night
Production Team
Author
Adaptor
Director
Katy Rudd
Katy Rudd
For the National Theatre: Ballet Shoes and The Ocean at the End of the Lane (also in the West End and on tour)
Set Designer
Costume and Puppet Designer
Samuel Wyer
Samuel Wyer
For the National Theatre: as costume designer, Ballet Shoes; and as costume and puppet designer, The Ocean at the End of the Lane (also in the West End and on tour) and The Elephantom
Movement Director
Steven Hoggett
Steven Hoggett
For the National Theatre: Nye (also Wales Millennium Centre), The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Light Princess and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (also West End and Broadway)
Composer
Jherek Bischoff
Jherek Bischoff
Jherek Bischoff is a composer, arranger, producer and multi-instrumental performer.
Lighting Designer
Paule Constable
Paule Constable
Recently for the National Theatre: Ballet Shoes, Nye (also Wales Millennium Centre), Till the Stars Come Down, The Confessions, Dixon and Daughters, The Normal Heart, The Visit, or The Old Lady Comes to Call and The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Sound Designer
Ian Dickinson for Autograph
Ian Dickinson for Autograph
For the National Theatre: Ballet Shoes, The Witches, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Translations, Small Island, Angels in America (also Broadway), Evening at the Talk House, The Red Lion, Rules for Living, A Taste of Honey, Emil and the Detectives, This House (also Chichester and Garrick) and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Magic and Illusions Director and Designer
Jamie Harrison
Jamie Harrison
Jamie Harrison (he/him) trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He is co-artistic director of Vox Motus.
Puppetry
Finn Caldwell
Finn Caldwell
Finn Caldwell is a director, designer, and performer; he is co-artistic director of Gyre & Gimble, a theatre company specialising in puppetry.
Casting Director
Naomi Downham
Naomi Downham
For the National Theatre, as casting director: Alterations, A Tupperware of Ashes, The Grapes of Wrath, Underdog: The Other Other Brontë (also Northern Stage), The House of Bernarda Alba, The Crucible (also West End), The Ocean at the End of the Lane (UK tour), Hamlet (school tour) and Jekyll & Hyde (school tour)
Associate Director
Sophie Dillon Moniram
Sophie Dillon Moniram
Sophie Moniram is a graduate from Mountview Academy’s Theatre Directing MA and has participated in the National Theatre Studio’s Directing Course.
Associate Set Designer and Draftsperson
Tim Blazdell
Tim Blazdell
Tim Blazdell is a video designer, set designer and design associate
Associate Movement Director
Jess Williams
Jess Williams
For the National Theatre: Nye (also Wales Millennium Centre); as associate director or associate movement director, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Beginning (also for Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch); as movement director, The Boy with Two Hearts
Lighting Associate
Rob Casey
Rob Casey
Rob Casey is the co-founder of Ammonite, a company specialising in the technical development and support of a diverse range of live entertainment.
Lighting Associate and LX Programmer
Sound Associate
Christopher Reid
Christopher Reid
For the National Theatre: The Importance of Being Earnest and Beginning (as associate sound designer)
Magic and Illusions Associate
John Bulleid
John Bulleid
For the National Theatre: as illusions director and designer, A Tupperware of Ashes; and as illusion associate, The Ocean at the End of the Lane (also the Duke of York’s and on UK tour)
Associate Puppetry Director
Gareth Aled
Gareth Aled
Gareth Aled trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.
Voice and Dialect Coach
Kate Godfrey
Kate Godfrey
Having worked as an actor for ten years, Kate Godfrey trained as a voice coach at The Central School of Speech and Drama from 1995-6. She has worked at Mountview Theatre School, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the National Theatre and the RSC.
Resident Director
Flying Effects
John Maddox for Suspended Illusions Ltd.
John Maddox for Suspended Illusions Ltd.
John Maddox founded Suspended Illusions Ltd after a decade of touring the world with theatre shows and circuses.
Group bookings
All bookings are handled by the Noel Coward Theatre Box Office
Tickets from £15
Groups rate
10+ tickets – £42.50
Monday – Thursday performances
Bands A-B
Excluding performances from 23 – 28 October
A maximum of 60 tickets per performance.
Delfont Mackintosh Group booking information
Schools rate
10+ tickets – £22.50
A free teacher ticket is available for every 11 tickets ordered.
Grand Circle seats (Monday – Thursday evenings only)
Band A – C (Thursday matinee only)
Excluding performances from 23 – 28 October
A maximum of 60 tickets per performance.
Delfont Mackintosh Schools booking information
Group and Education phone enquiries: 0344 482 5100 (Calls to Delfont Mackintosh Theatres’ 03 numbers cost no more than a national rate call to an 01 or 02 number).
Assisted Performances
- BSL interpreted: Thursday 19 October, 2.30pm
- Audio-described: Saturday 21 October, 2.30pm
- Captioned: Thursday 16 November, 7.30pm
For more information and to book
Email: access@delfontmackintosh.co.uk
Phone the Access booking line: 0344 482 5137 (open 10am – 6pm daily, excluding Bank Holidays).
Illustration by Nicolas Delort
Photos of UK & Ireland Tour cast by Brinkhoff/Mögenburg and Pamela Raith