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It is one of Newcastle’s favourite stories, and now it is heading to the capital.
Following a sell out run at Newcastle Theatre Royal in October 2024, Gerry And Sewell – the smash-hit North East tale of two Geordie lads desperate to get their hands on a pair of converted Newcastle United season tickets – is set tohead to London’s West End.
Based on Jonathan Tulloch’s novel The Season Ticket and the cult Geordie film Purely Belter, Gerry & Sewell, written and directed by Olivier Award-winner Jamie Eastlake and co-produced by Newcastle Theatre Royal, kicks off a two week-long run at the prestigious Aldwych Theatre on the corner of Drury Lane.
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The show will run from Tuesday, January 13 to Saturday, January 24 2026.
The show began life in 2022 at Laurels, a 60-seat pub theatre in Whitley Bay, where it premiered to sold-out audiences and critical acclaim. Its popularity led to a return engagement later that same year before transferring in 2023 to Newcastle’s Live Theatre.
In 2024, promotion to the city’s premier stage saw the iconic Grey Street venue transformed into a sea of black and white when Gerry And Sewell became Newcastle Theatre Royal’s second co-production that year.
It will return to the Newcastle city centre theatre in June 2026.
Gerry And Sewell follows the fortunes of two Gateshead lads who have nothing but a dream of securing season tickets to follow their beloved Newcastle United.
Against a backdrop of austerity, unemployment and fierce local pride, the pair embark on a mission filled with scrapes, schemes and fierce friendship.
The production features original cast members Dean Logan, Jack Robertson and Becky Clayburn, all making their West End debuts, alongside Erin Mullen, who joined the company for the run at Newcastle Theatre Royal.
Writer and director Jamie Eastlake said: “The story of Gerry and Sewell is all about chasing a dream, overcoming adversity, being the little guys trying to be someone.
“The fact that this show started in a little 60-seater pub theatre in North Tyneside and now is transferring to the West End feels like everything at its core is being mirrored. Young people from the North. From nowt. Their stories deserve to be told. Everywhere.”
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