The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Jane Eyre on stage

Love London Love Culture announces a stage production of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall for September 2027.

The production is set to open at the  Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford on 9th September 2027 before embarking on a UK tour.

The Yvonne Arnauld Theatre and Shared Experience their co-production of a new stage adaptation of Anne Brontë’s pioneering novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, which has been adapted for the stage by Katherine Moar and directed by Joanna Read.

Following its run at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford, the production will then head to Oxford, Bath, Blackpool, Eastbourne and Malvern with other venues to be confirmed.

With tickets set to go on sale on the 6th November, casting and creative team has yet to be announced.

Commenting on the announcement, Joanna Read says: “It is with great pleasure that we can announce this new production in partnership with our co-producers, Shared Experience. Katherine is a dazzling writing talent, and we were thrilled to commission her to adapt Anne Brontë’s trailblazing novel about a woman’s fight for domestic independence and creative freedom. We look forward to bringing this emotional, gripping and shockingly relevant story to life on stage, both here at the Yvonne Arnaud and in theatres up and down the country.” 

Who is the mysterious tenant of Wildfell Hall? High on the Yorkshire fells, isolated from society, Helen lives with her son in the ruined and desolate Wildfell Hall. Content until the intrusions of her gossiping neighbours and the affections of local farmer Gilbert force her to reveal her devastating story. 

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is the compelling story of a woman fleeing a perilous marriage to find safety for her child and her pursuit of a self-sufficient life, eventually finding love on her own terms. Written in the mid-19th century, Anne Brontë’s radical and redemptive novel challenged contemporary notions of a woman’s place in society and is now considered to be one of the first feminist novels.  

Still on stage, Great British Life recommends the production of Jane Eyre which opens on November 10th at Storyhouse in Chester.

A fresh stage adaptation is bringing new energy to a literary classic.

Jane Eyre will open at Storyhouse in Chester on November 10, 2026 and run until November 21, 2026, offering audiences a bold retelling of Charlotte Brontë’s iconic novel.

The production is a co-production between Storyhouse, Mercury Theatre Colchester, and Rose Theatre, in association with Northern Stage, supported by a grant from the Royal Theatrical Support Trust (RTST).

Suzie Henderson, creative director at Storyhouse, said: "Excitement is building with just two weeks to go until this thrilling new adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s much-loved masterpiece opens on the Storyhouse stage as one of the undoubted highlights of our autumn season.

"Jane Eyre is a Storyhouse Originals production in partnership with the Mercury Theatre at Colchester and Rose Theatre at Kingston, and it’s been an exhilarating collaboration, creating a very special piece of live theatre which under Lily Dible’s exciting direction is both powerful and utterly compelling."

Directed by Lily Dyble, winner of the 2025 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award, the production is based on the acclaimed adaptation by Sally Cookson, Mike Akers, and the original company. (Matthew Dougherty)

News and Star announces the Wordsworth Grasmere Gothic fiction book club programme.

The series runs throughout the winter and into the spring, exploring Wilkie Collins’ The Woman in White on November 14, Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla on February 6, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea on March 13, and Mary Shelley’s The Last Man on April 24. With just 12 places per session, tickets cost £7 per person.