LET THE RIGHT ONE IN adapted by Jack Thorne
The National Youth Theatre (NYT) today announces that its 2026 REP season will include a production of Let the Right One In, NYT alum Jack Thorne’s (Adolescence) stage adaptation of the hit Swedish novel and film by John Ajvide Lindqvist. It will be performed at Underbelly Boulevard Soho from 5 - 23 May 2026, directed by Olivier Award winner James Dacre and starring Britain’s best young performing talent from the NYT. Tickets are now on sale at https://underbellyboulevard.com/tickets/
A dark coming-of-age vampire thriller, Let the Right One In continues the REP’s 2026 ‘Love Bites’ season as part of its wider 70th anniversary celebrations, which also includes Dracula, running at the NYT Workshop Theatre from 21 February - 13 March. This world premiere production is written by Tatty Hennessy, writer of the 2025 UK Theatre Award-winning and Olivier Award-nominated adaptation of Animal Farm, and directed by UK Theatre Award Best Director Nominee Atri Banerjee.