Adolescence writer Jack Thorne has announced a “mysterious” and “unsettling” new stage show based on a best-selling novel.
Thorne, who created the critically acclaimed Netflix drama alongside Stephen Graham, will be returning to the world of theatre for an adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist’s 2004 vampire novel, Let the Right One In.
The novel, which has previously been adapted into two feature films and a television series, details the relationship between a 12-year-old boy and a centuries-old vampire girl in 1980s Stockholm.
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Thorne, whose stage work includes Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, will work with director Bryony Shanahan to bring back the play he first adapted back in 2013, with the latest tour taking place across the UK from October 2025 until April 2026.
“It was such a privilege to adapt Let The Right One In, a story that is so deceptive in terms of the way it looks at genre, gender and at love,” said Thorne (via RadioTimes). “I am so excited that more people are going to have the opportunity to see Bryony’s sinewy, dangerous production.”
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“Mysterious and unsettling, Eli is unlike anyone Oskar has ever met before,” reads the synopsis. “However, an unlikely friendship sparks between them – one that is as deep as it is strange. But when gruesome murders are discovered across the town, Oskar slowly unravels the truth about Eli and their strange bond is stretched to breaking point.”
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Let the Right One In was previously adapted into a Swedish-language film by Tomas Alfredson in 2008, with Matt Reeves helming an American remake, Let Me In, two years later. A limited series, which starred Demián Bichir and Anika Noni Rose, aired on Showtime in 2022.
Ticketing information is not yet available, but the dates for the UK tour of Let the Right One In can be found below:
- 16th – 25th Oct 2025 – Northampton, Royal & Derngate
- 28th Oct – 1st Nov 2025 – Bromley, Churchill Theatre
- 4th – 15th Nov 2025 – Bristol, Old Vic
- 18th – 22nd Nov 2025 – Salford, The Lowry
- 13th – 17th Jan 2026 Fareham Live
- 20th – 24th Jan 2026 – Cardiff, New Theatre
- 27th – 31st Jan 2026 – Southend, Palace Theatre
- 3rd – 7th Feb 2026 – Eastbourne, Devonshire Park
- 17th – 21st Feb 2026 – Glasgow, Pavilion
- 17th – 21st Mar 2026 – Birmingham, Rep
- 14th – 18th Apr 2026 – Liverpool, Everyman
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