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Keira Knightley returns to West End in The Lives of Others

moviesApr 29, 2026811

Keira Knightley will return to the West End to star in Robert Icke's stage adaptation of The Lives of Others. She will co-star with Stephen Dillane and Luke Thompson in a psychological surveillance thriller set in 1984 East Berlin that follows a writer and his actress lover under Stasi watch. The production opens at the Adelphi Theatre on 14 October and reimagines the 2006 German film that won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The casting marks Knightley's West End return after 15 years and brings the film's intimate spying drama into a live theatrical confrontation with state surveillance and performance.

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