Dear England (New Wimbledon Theatre)
Dear England (New Wimbledon Theatre)
Opens Feb 24 2h 50m London: Wimbledon
92% 152 reviews
92%
(152 Ratings)
Positive
97%
Mixed
3%
Negative
0%
Members say
Entertaining, Great staging, Absorbing, Great acting, Funny

About the Show

James Graham's Olivier Award-winning play about the England men’s football team.

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Critic Reviews (19)

London Theatre
June 22nd, 2023
For a previous production

“It’s our national story told with heart, humour and headers, and a beautiful celebration of an unlikely hero. Fiennes is definitely man of the match, but this is a joyful, and victorious, team effort.”
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London Theatre
March 19th, 2025
For a previous production

" 'Dear England' is undoubtedly thoughtful, detailed, entertaining and absorbing."
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The Arts Desk
June 21st, 2023
For a previous production

“The world is indeed a mysterious thing, as this quasi-shamanistic Southgate seems somehow to intuit...The play's extraordinary achievement is to suggest that this impossibly tall order may in fact lie within reach.”
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Time Out London
June 21st, 2023
For a previous production

“ ‘Dear England’ is a big-hearted, technically dazzling celebration of football first and a critique of it second. If it was the other way around I wonder if it might feel a little more like a play for the ages. Graham’s best work is so improbably brilliant it carries the audacious rush of putting ten past the other team’s keeper.”
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Time Out London
March 19th, 2025
For a previous production

"A third run for Dear England is an indulgence, but it’s a well earned one."
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The Telegraph (UK)
June 21st, 2023
For a previous production

"State-of-the-nation playwright James Graham brilliantly captures the blokey awkwardness within our wider national story."
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The Telegraph (UK)
March 19th, 2025
For a previous production

"a brisk update of the decade’s biggest theatrical triumph"
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The London Evening Standard
June 21st, 2023
For a previous production

“This is a thrilling piece of work, popular and political as Graham always intends his plays to be, and – appropriately – a consummate team effort.”
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