{"id":471097,"date":"2025-10-03T12:45:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T12:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/471097\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T12:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T12:45:15","slug":"smash-hit-john-le-carre-spy-thriller-coming-to-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/471097\/","title":{"rendered":"Smash hit John le Carr\u00e9 spy thriller coming to Edinburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The critically acclaimed production of John le Carr\u00e9\u2019s\u00a0The Spy Who Came In From The Cold\u00a0will set off on a major UK tour beginning at Leicester Curve on the\u00a012\u00a0March 2026 then continuing on a 21 week tour across the rest of the country.<\/p>\n<p>A global best-seller for more than six decades,\u00a0The Spy Who Came In From The Cold revolutionised the modern espionage genre and is the first of le Carr\u00e9\u2019s novels to be adapted for the stage. <\/p>\n<p>Following a sold out premiere at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2024, the production, directed by Jeremy Herrin, will run for 14 weeks @sohoplace in London\u2019s West End from 17 November \u2013 21 February 2026 before setting out on tour<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/mustseetheatre.com\/john-le-carres-spy-who-came-in-from-the-cold-to-embark-on-major-tour-heres-where-to-see-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"617331\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/the-spy-who-came-in-from-the-cold\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/F92qk9bnhVOT8KcXbWkWyg\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/10\/John-Ramm-as-George-Smiley-in-The-Spy-Who-Came-In-From-The-Cold-at-Chichester-Festival-Theatre-c-Johan-Persson.jpeg\/w=1200,h=800\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Johan Persson&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-9M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD  by John le Carr\\u00e9 Adapted by David Eldridge\\nDirector - Jeremy Herrin \\u2028Designer - Max Jones \\u2028Lighting Designer - Azusa Ono \\u2028Composer - Paul Englishby \\u2028Sound Designer - Elizabeth Purnell \\u2028Movement Director - Lucy Cullingford \\u2028Fight Director - Bret Yount \\nCasting Director - Jessica Ronane CDG \\u2028Associate Director - Joe Lichtenstein \\u2028Voice &amp; Dialect Coach - Hazel Holder \\nChichester Festival Theatre, 2024, Credit: Johan Persson&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1724420678&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9JOHAN PERSSON, for press and publicity while production is being performed. All other usages must be agreed with Johan Persson&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;150&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD  by John le Carr\u00e9 Adapted by David Eldridge&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Director \u2013 Jeremy Herrin \u2028Designer \u2013 Max Jones \u2028Lighting Designer \u2013 Azusa Ono \u2028Composer \u2013 Paul Englishby \u2028Sound Designer \u2013 Elizabeth Purnell \u2028Movement Director \u2013 Lucy Cullingford \u2028Fight Director \u2013 Bret Yount&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Casting Director \u2013 Jessica Ronane CDG \u2028Associate Director \u2013 Joe Lichtenstein \u2028Voice &amp; Dialect Coach \u2013 Hazel Holder&lt;br \/&gt;&#10;Chichester Festival Theatre, 2024, Credit: Johan Persson&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/F92qk9bnhVOT8KcXbWkWyg\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/10\/John-Ramm-as-George-Smiley-in-The-Spy-Who-Came-In-From-The-Cold-at-Chichester-Festival-Theatre-c-Johan-Persson.jpeg\/w=300,h=200\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759495514_72_w=1024.jpeg,h=683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759495514_72_w=1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-617331\"  \/>THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD  by John le Carr\u00e9 Adapted by David Eldridge<br \/>\nDirector \u2013 Jeremy Herrin \u2028Designer \u2013 Max Jones \u2028Lighting Designer \u2013 Azusa Ono \u2028Composer \u2013 Paul Englishby \u2028Sound Designer \u2013 Elizabeth Purnell \u2028Movement Director \u2013 Lucy Cullingford \u2028Fight Director \u2013 Bret Yount<br \/>\nCasting Director \u2013 Jessica Ronane CDG \u2028Associate Director \u2013 Joe Lichtenstein \u2028Voice &amp; Dialect Coach \u2013 Hazel Holder<br \/>\nChichester Festival Theatre, 2024, Credit: Johan Persson<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"m-a-box-avatar-url\" href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/author\/liam-rudden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/7e3165247ed2c4153a29d80e1f456f0d2096b8697fbcb0de0f4a758ac39d52d7\"  class=\"avatar avatar-100 photo\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leither. Writer | Broadcaster | Actor | Award-winning playwright\/director| Content Creator. Entertainment commentator. Theatre consultant. Former Edinburgh Evening News Arts and Entertainment Editor. 40 years in media.<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The critically acclaimed production of John le Carr\u00e9\u2019s\u00a0The Spy Who Came In From The Cold\u00a0will set off on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":471098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4154,4155,4884,152691,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-471097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-edinburgh-local-news","11":"tag-edinburgh-news","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-john-le-carre","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115310305216277311","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}