The Wanderers
A man with dark hair and a beard sits beside a woman with long brown hair, both looking thoughtfully.
Katerina Tannenbaum as Esther and Eddie Toll as Schmuli, both in period costumes, on a stage set.
Eddie Toll as Schmuli and Katerina Tannenbaum as Esther interact on stage, dressed in period costumes.
Anna Popplewell as Julia and Alexander Forsyth as Abe stand together, smiling, in a softly lit setting.
Katerina Tannenbaum as Esther and Eddie Toll as Schmuli, both in period costumes, on stage.
Alexander Forsyth as Abe and Paksie Vernon as Sophie, both in casual clothing, seated together outdoors.
Alexander Forsyth as Abe and Anna Popplewell as Julia, both in period costumes, are engaged in conversation.
Katerina Tannenbaum as Esther, wearing a flowing blue dress, stands confidently against a dark, textured backdrop.
Anna Popplewell as Julia, wearing a dark dress, stands thoughtfully against a blurred outdoor background.
A man with short dark hair, wearing a brown coat, stands in a dramatic pose against a dark background.

The Wanderers

Venue

Marylebone Theatre

Inspired in part by true events, The Wanderers makes its highly anticipated UK premiere, following critically acclaimed, sold-out performances in New York  and across the US.‍

‍An unexpected email from a Hollywood star.
A marriage unravelling. A life beginning to fall apart.

This is a tale of two marriages in Brooklyn that have seemingly little in common: Esther and Schmuli are Orthodox Jews navigating strictly defined rules and roles, while Sophie and Abe are secular and free to make their own choices.
Abe is a prizewinning novelist attempting to capture his family’s untold history, but when actress Julia Cheever begins writing to him, their electric correspondence threatens his work — and his marriage to Sophie, a fellow writer and tortured artist.

Esther and Schmuli are newly married, young and idealistic, caught between tradition and yearning. Their life and marriage become a portrait of struggle and mismatched expectations.

In the convergence of these two stories, the play reveals the ties that bind us and asks:

‍Can we escape the stories we’ve inherited, or do we lose ourselves in the fictions of those who love us?
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Closing

29/11/2025

Running Time

2h20, inc. interval

Genre

Drama

Age & Content

12+

Cast:

Alexander Forsyth as

Abe

Anna Popplewell as

Julia

Katerina Tannenbaum as

Esther

Eddie Toll as

Schmuli

‍Paksie Vernon as

Sophie

Creative:

Director -

Igor Golyak

Writer -

Anna Ziegler

‍Set Designer -

Jan Pappelbaum

Costume Designer -

Sasha Ageeva

Lighting Designer -

Alex Musgrave

Composer -

Anna Drubich

Sound Designer -

Julian Starr

Producers -

Sarig Peker for Grapevine Shoot Productions Keren Misgav for Norel Productions

General Manager -

Alex Turner

No accessibility performances are currently scheduled for this show.