Martin Guerre

Martin Guerre London Tickets

From the creators of Les Misérables, Martin Guerre returns to London in a bold new reimagining at the Old Vic for a strictly limited five-week season. Featuring new music, new lyrics, folk-inspired orchestrations and an immersive in-the-round staging, this preview production offers audiences an exclusive first look at the next chapter of the Olivier Award-winning musical.

About Martin Guerre

Inspired by an extraordinary true story, Martin Guerre follows a young woman whose husband disappears, only for a man claiming to be him to return years later. As questions of identity, love and loyalty unfold, the village is forced to decide who is telling the truth in this gripping tale of passion, deception and justice.

Why watch Martin Guerre?

• A newly reimagined musical from the creators of Les Misérables.
• Based on the legendary true story of a 16th-century French peasant who abandoned his wife and village
• A thrilling in-the-round staging at the Old Vic.

Martin Guerre creatives

• Book: Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg
• Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg
• New lyrics: Alain Boublil, Annabel Mutale Reed & Paul Hodge
• Original lyrics: Alain Boublil & Stephen Clark
• Additional material: Paul Hodge
• Developed and directed by: Matthew Warchus