This production is recommended for ages 14+.
Performance dates
3 December 2025 - 25 April 2026
Run time: 1hr 20mins
No interval
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Oh, Mary! is an uproariously dark comedy about a miserable, suffocated Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Unrequited yearning, alcoholism, and suppressed desires abound in this 80-minute one-act play that finally examines the forgotten life and dreams of Mrs. Lincoln, through the lens of an idiot (playwright Cole Escola).
Declared “one of the best comedies in years” by The New York Times, Oh, Mary! received Tony Awards for Best Leading Actor in a Play (Cole Escola) and Best Direction of a Play (Sam Pinkleton).
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Captioned Performance: 8 January 2026 at 5.30pm, Audio Described Performance: 28 February at 3.30pmLatest Oh, Mary! News
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West End’s standing ovation for history’s unsung women
For much of theatre history, women were erased twice over: from the stories and from the stage. Before King Charles II’s royal warrant in 1662, women in England weren’t allowed to perform, meaning that every Juliet, Ophelia, and Desdemona was played by a man. And once women finally stepped into the light, they were often boxed into one-note roles: the wife, the lover, the mother, or the tragic figure waiting to be rescued. More prop than protagonist.
Today, the West End is making up for lost time. Theatreland is rolling out a wave of productions that put women - real, complex, occasionally chaotic women - at the centre of their own stories.
Take Six the Musical. What started as a student-made pop concert is now a full-blown global hit. The show gives Henry VIII’s six wives the mic they never got in history class. Catherine, Anne, Jane, Anna, Katherine, and Catherine fire off their own versions of events, trading the old tragic-queen narrative for sharp, witty, Beyoncé-esque bangers. Instead of being defined by how they died, they tell us how they lived.
Then there’s Hamilton. It may be marketed as the story of America’s “ten-dollar founding father,” but its emotional backbone belongs to the women. Angelica Schuyler’s brilliance and Eliza Hamilton’s quiet resolve reshape the narrative, especially in the final moments of the show. Eliza’s gasp, her decades of work at the orphanage she co-founded, and her stubborn commitment to telling the story (his and hers) give Hamilton its lasting punch. She becomes far more than “the best of wives and best of women.”
3 Dec, 2025 | By Sian McBride
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Rehearsal Images Released for West End Premiere of Oh, Mary!
Rehearsal photos have been unveiled for the highly anticipated West End premiere of the hit comedy Oh, Mary!, which opens at Trafalgar Theatre on 3 December 2025.
Directed by Tony® Award-winner Sam Pinkleton and written by Tony® Award-winner Cole Escola, the production stars Mason Alexander Park as Mary Todd Lincoln. Joining him on stage are Kate O’Donnell as Mary’s Chaperone, Oliver Stockley as Mary’s Husband’s Assistant, Dino Fetscher as Mary’s Teacher, and Giles Terera as Mary’s Husband. The show is booking until 25 April 2026.
Oh, Mary! is a darkly comic exploration of the final weeks of Mary Todd Lincoln’s life before Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. The one-act, 80-minute play delves into Mary’s unfulfilled desires, struggles with alcoholism, and suppressed dreams, presenting her story through the irreverent lens of playwright Cole Escola. Find out more in our Everything You Need to Know About Oh, Mary! article.
18 Nov, 2025 | By Hay Brunsdon
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Everything You Need to Know About Oh, Mary!: Story, Cast, Broadway Reviews & London Performances
What Is Oh, Mary! About?
Broadway’s smash-hit comedy Oh, Mary! is a dark, outrageous new play from writer-performer Cole Escola. Set in the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, it transforms the First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln into a tragicomic figure riddled with heavy drinking, thwarted ambitions and a desperate yearning for the stage. This bold one-act piece doesn’t aim for historical accuracy – it gleefully tears up the rulebook to deliver 80 minutes of chaotic, laugh-out-loud theatre.
3 Oct, 2025 | By Hay Brunsdon
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