Name: Let The Right One In, Apollo Theatre
Start: 2014-03-26
End: 2014-09-27
Location: Apollo Theatre

First a novel, then a film and now a critically acclaimed stage play, Let the Right One In was all blood on the snow at the Royal Court last Christmas. It is now making its West End debut at the Apollo Theatre with Rebecca Benson and Martin Quinn reprising their acclaimed leading roles.

The play, adapted from John Ajvide Lindqvist’s novel and screenplay, traces the unlikely friendship between lonely and bullied teenage boy Oskar and young female vampire Eli, in a plot that is vampire myth meets coming-of-age story. This stage version has been written by Jack Thorne, one of the original writers on Skins and a graduate of the Royal Court’s Young Writers Programme. He also has previous form with supernatural narratives, winning a BAFTA for his BBC Three TV series The Fades in 2012.

The production was first developed earlier in the year for the National Theatre of Scotland by director John Tiffany, whose past successes include Black Watch and the current West End musical Once. It followed the National Theatre of Scotland’s previous artistic director Vicky Featherstone and moves to the Royal Court, where she has taken up the reins.

The show’s Scottish premiere attracted a string of rave reviews: the Guardian called it a ‘beguiling stage adaptation’, while the Scotsman praised ‘Tiffany’s ambitious and beautifully shaped production’. We can’t wait to see how it translates the stunning imagery of Tomas Alfredson’s 2008 film onto the stage.

A word of warning: This show has a chilling subject matter and is not suitable for children. Teenagers may attend the show if accompanied by an adult.

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What	Let The Right One In, Apollo Theatre
Where	Apollo Theatre, 31 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 7ES \| MAP
Nearest tube	Leicester Square (underground)
When	26 Mar 14 – 27 Sep 14, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
Price	£25 to £60
Website	Click here to book via the Apollo website

What the critics say

The Evening Standard

'John Tiffany’s production is technically assured. It doesn’t have the sheer haunting power of the film, and there are some grating moments of humour. But there’s plenty to admire, not least a memorably bleak design by Christine Jones and the stunning mix of purity and danger in Ólafur Arnalds’s score. This is a vivid picture of adolescence and human failings, which contains bursts of nightmarish intensity.'

The Guardian

'I suspect the original story must have had something meaningful to say about the contrast between post-war Swedish affluence and the unhappiness of an emotionally neglected younger generation. But, because of the deracinated nature of Thorne's adaptation, this vampire fable never provides spectators with quite enough to bite on.'

Let The Right One In, Apollo Theatre

First a novel, then a film and now a critically acclaimed stage play, Let the Right One In was all blood on the snow at the Royal Court last Christmas.