Pride, the new British musical drawn from the 1984 miners' strike and the friendships it made, moves to the Bridge Theatre on 12 November 2026 after sold-out runs in Cardiff and at the National Theatre. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday 2 September, and the show becomes the first production at the Bridge under Trafalgar Entertainment.
Pride transfers to the Bridge Theatre on Thursday 12 November 2026. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday 2 September 2026, and the run marks the first production at the 900-seat riverside theatre under its new owner, Trafalgar Entertainment.
The musical has already had two runs this year. It opened at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff, where it broke the venue's box office records, before receiving its world premiere in June at the National Theatre's Dorfman, where the sold-out run continues until 12 September. The transfer is presented by P&P Productions in association with the National Theatre, Pathé, Calamity Films and David Binder Productions.
The story is a true one. In the summer of 1984, with the coal industry in crisis and the AIDS crisis worsening, the 24-year-old activist Mark Ashton gathered a group of lesbian and gay campaigners into Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, who threw their weight behind a small village in South Wales. The alliance was improbable and it held, changing both communities. Matthew Warchus and Stephen Beresford told the same story in the 2014 film, and reunite here: Beresford writes book and lyrics, Warchus develops and directs.
The cast for the transfer includes Samuel Barnett as Jonathan, Matthew Durkan as Mike, Gillian Elisa as Gwen, Chris Jenkins as Gethin, Darren Lawrence as Cliff, Kirsty Malpass as Hefina, Sarah Pugh as Siân, Caroline Sheen as Maureen, Courtney Stapleton as Steph and Matthew Woodyatt as Dai, with Madeleine Morgan in the ensemble. Further casting is to be announced.
The score is by Christopher Nightingale, Josh Cohen and DJ Walde, and moves between protest anthems, pop, rock, disco and the Welsh choral tradition. Bunny Christie designs set and costume, Lizzi Gee choreographs, Hugh Vanstone lights and Bobby Aitken designs sound. Orchestrations are by Christopher Nightingale and Tom Kelly, who also supervises the music, with additional orchestrations by Josh Cohen and DJ Walde. Hair, wig and make-up design is by Campbell Young Associates and casting is by David Grindrod CDG CSA. Nia Janis is executive producer and Playful Productions is general manager.
Between them the creative team accounts for a good deal of recent London musical theatre: Warchus directed Matilda The Musical, Nightingale wrote the music for A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic, and Cohen and Walde wrote Sylvia.
"It's a joyous comedy of kindness which makes you laugh uproariously, weep helplessly and then stand and cheer with a renewed belief in the human capacity for good," said Matthew Warchus. "A true story of hope that we need now more than ever."
Indhu Rubasingham, director of the National Theatre, said: "Pride has been such an honour to have at the National Theatre in my opening season. Stephen Beresford and Matthew Warchus have created something truly wonderful."
