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Performance dates
26 Mar - 3 May 2026
Run time: 90 mins
No interval
In The Print tickets are now available for this gripping political drama that charts the real-life Battle of Wapping. Set in 1985, the play follows rising trade union leader Brenda Dean as she challenges Rupert Murdoch’s radical overhaul of British newspaper production.
This fast-paced thriller blends history, media power struggles and high-stakes negotiation, making it a must-see for anyone interested in Fleet Street, politics or true events that shaped modern journalism.
Inspired by true events, In The Print reveals the clash between Brenda Dean and Rupert Murdoch as 5,000 jobs hang in the balance. Treachery, technological change and public unrest collide as both sides fight for control of the future of the press. From the writers of The Gang of Three, the show brings sharp dialogue, wit and tension to a defining moment in Britain’s media history.
To be announced.
This production contains strong language. Start times vary, and latecomers may not be admitted.
In the Print (King’s Head) is written by Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky, who had a snowball hit with Gang of Three, which genuinely makes 1970s Labour Party machinations around the party leadership very entertaining. Here they focus on the 1980s battle between media magnate Rupert Murdoch, owner of the Sunday Times, and the print unions led by Brenda Dean, the formidable leader of the union representing the print unions, who opposed Murdoch’s vision to revolutionise newspaper production. Even better, it’s directed by Josh Roche, whose production of The Forsyte Saga was recently seen both in London and at the RSC in Stratford.
If you reckon that ballet is mostly pretty but not very galvanising, think again and head to the Royal Opera House for Mayerling. Kenneth MacMillan’s ballet may hail from 1978, but it is a brutal examination of power, sex and suicide inspired by the deaths of Crown Prince Rudolf of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and his mistress, Mary Vetsera. A massive scandal at the time and one whose dark eroticism is explored, most notably in one of ballet’s most famed pas de deux.
23 Mar, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner