The Score Tickets

In The Score, be transported to Potsdam, Prussia in the spring of 1747 when one of Europe's most tyrannical leaders summons one of the world's greatest composers. Book The Score tickets on London Theatre.

The Score is a play that stars multi-award-winning actor Brian Cox (Succession) as Johann Sebastian Bach, and Cox's wife Nicole Ansari-Cox (Deadwood) stars as Bach's wife Anna. They tell the story of Johann Sebastian Bach being summoned by Frederick II. The men are vastly different, with Frederick being an atheist who enjoys war while Bach is profoundly religious and is against war. Frederick presents Bach with a musical challenge that leads to the unexpected.

The Score in London was first staged at Theatre Royal Bath in 2023. This staging was Cox's first time returning to the stage since 2006, and the production was met with rave reviews. The 4-star The Telegraph review said, "Brian Cox is magnificent as he returns to the stage."

The play is written by Oliver Cotton, known for his work writing for theatre as well as television and film, including the Netflix mini-series The English Game and Wet Weather Cover for King's Head Theatre. The show boasts an exceptional creative team, including decorated director Sir Trevor Nunn (Fiddler on the Roof), set and costume designer Robert Jones (The Unfriend), lighting designer Johanna Town (The Habit of Art), composer and sound designer Sophie Cotton (Winner's Curse), and casting by Ginny Schiller CDG.

As the Daily Mail's 4-star review said of the Theatre Royal Bath production, "The staging impresses, too, thanks to Robert Jones's design featuring a pretty collection of harpsichords, as well as a series of backdrops displaying Imperial portraits, and a huge pastoral tapestry."