Grace Pervades Tickets

Grace Pervades in London

Ralph Fiennes stars in the London transfer of Grace Pervades, a new play from Olivier and Tony Award-winning playwright David Hare, about the lives of acclaimed Victorian actors Henry Irving and Ellen Terry. Fresh from a critically acclaimed transfer at the Theatre Royal Bath, this “exceptional” (Guardian) work comes to the Theatre Royal Haymarket, just a stone's throw from Piccadilly Circus. Set an alert to book today!

What is the play Grace Pervades about? 

Grace Pervades follows the lives of groundbreaking Victorian actors Henry Irving and Ellen Terry, interweaving their personal and professional lives in an “elegant love letter to theatre” (Guardian). Irving is an established performer and manager whose wife and children come second to his career and his aim to make theatre respectable; Terry is an acclaimed actress and, scandalously, an unwed mother, who longs to step into the leading roles. As their relationship deepens from mentee and mentor to something more, Irving and Terry must navigate the changing face of the art form they have fought to shape, and contend with what their theatrical legacy might be.

Based on the remarkable true stories of Henry Irving, who was the first actor to be knighted, and Ellen Terry, whose decades-long career was highly influential, Grace Pervades sheds a new light on these theatrical icons. Titled after a scathing review of a performance of Terry’s, in which a reviewer stated “Grace pervades the hussy”, and made disparaging remarks about her children, who were born out of wedlock, Grace Pervades premiered at the Theatre Royal Bath in summer 2025 to critical acclaim. The production comes to the Theatre Royal Haymarket for a strictly limited run - make sure to book early for this “fascinating, absorbing and very funny” (Financial Times) play. 

Who are the cast of Grace Pervades? 

Ralph Fiennes and Miranda Raison reprise their roles as Henry Irving and Ellen Terry from the Theatre Royal Bath run, with further West End casting to be announced.

Ralph Fiennes is a British actor, best known for his roles in Conclave, The English Patient, Schindler’s List, The Menu and as Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter. Fiennes is also an acclaimed stage actor who has performed with the RSC and at the National Theatre, and has won Tony Awards for his roles in Bryan Friel’s Faith Healer and Hamlet, directed by Jonathan Kent. As well as his Tony Awards, Fiennes is a BAFTA, Emmy, Golden Globe and Academy Award winner. 

Miranda Raison is a British actor, best known for her role as Jo Portman in BBC One spy drama Spooks. Her credits also include roles in Doctor Who, HBO’s Warrior, and Silk for BBC One. Her stage roles include originating the role of Anne Boleyn in Howard Brenton's Anne Boleyn at Shakespeare’s Globe, Jez Butterworth’s The River at The Royal Court and starring as Hermione in The Winter’s Tale at the Garrick Theatre, directed by Kenneth Branagh. 

Who are the creative team of Grace Pervades?

Grace Pervades is written by David Hare. Hare is an acclaimed British playwright and screenwriter. He is a three-time Tony winner, a BAFTA and Olivier Award winner, and Golden Globe and Academy Award nominee. Hare’s credits include Academy Award-nominated screenplays for The Hours, starring Meryl Streep and The Reader with Fiennes and Kate Winslet, and plays Racing Demon at the National Theatre, Amy's View at the National Theatre and on Broadway, starring Judy Dench, and Straight Line Crazy at the Bridge Theatre, also starring Fiennes. In 1998, Hare was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to theatre.

Jeremy Herrin directs. Herrin is a British director, a co-founding director of Second Half Productions and a former Artistic Director of acclaimed theatre company Headlong. He is an Evening Standard Theatre Award and South Bank Sky Arts Award winner and three-time Olivier Award winner. Herrin’s credits include the critically acclaimed stage adaptations of Hilary Mantel’s novels Wolf Hall and Bringing Up the Bodies for the RSC and West End, People Places and Things at the National Theatre and Long Day's Journey into Night at the Wyndham's Theatre, starring Brian Cox.

Book Tickets for Grace Pervades at Theatre Royal Haymarket!

Don’t miss your opportunity to see Ralph Fiennes and Miranda Raison’s “mesmerising” (Times) performances in this powerful new play from award-winning playwright David Hare. Grace Pervades is “luminous, magnetic” (What’s On Stage) and comes to London for a strictly limited run in April 2026, with full dates to be announced soon. Set an alert today and make sure to secure your tickets for Grace Pervades at the Theatre Royal Haymarket as soon as they go on sale!