World Premiere

Wladyslaw Szpilman’s harrowing yet hopeful 1946 memoir receives its world premiere stage adaptation in London. Adapted and directed by Thom Southerland (Titanic the Musical) and featuring the original compositions of Szpilman, who was hailed as “the Polish Gershwin”, Andrew Lloyd-Webber collaborator Simon Lee provides the orchestrations for the production, which features an ensemble of actor-musicians capturing the artistic essence of pre-war Warsaw.

In a rapidly changing Europe, a gifted Jewish pianist’s life is upended by the outbreak of World War II. As the city he loves is transformed by conflict, he struggles for survival in the notorious Warsaw Ghetto. But rather than just a chronicle of hardship, The Pianist is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit when it has art, music and creativity as a lifeline through the darkness.