Here We Are Tickets

Stephen Sondheim's posthumously produced surrealist musical, Here We Are, based on two of Luis Buñuel's films, comes to the National Theatre for its UK premiere. Book Here We Are tickets on London Theatre.

Here We Are tells the story of a wealthy couple, Leo and Marianne Brink, who take their friends out for a meal at a highly-reviewed restaurant. However, it quickly becomes clear that things aren't as they seem. Act One is based on Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in which upper-class friends cannot get any food to eat. Act Two is based on Buñuel's film, The Exterminating Angel, in which the wealthy friends have made it to the dinner but cannot leave.

The star-studded cast includes Tony winners Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Take Me Out), Jane Krakowski (She Loves Me), and Paulo Szot (& Juliet). Off-Broadway cast members reprising their roles in the production include Tracie Bennett and Denis O'Hare. Rory Kinnear and Richard Fleeshman are also members of this exceptional cast.

Here We Are is a musical that Sondheim worked on for almost a decade before his death in 2021. The musical's book is by Tony Award-nominee David Ives (All in the Timing, Venus in Fur). In 2023, it had its world premiere at The Shed Off-Broadway in New York City.

The New York production was met with high praise, including Vulture's review, which said, "What a thrill to hear the unmistakable syncopations, the spikes and leaps and the intermittent yearning silkiness of this music, one last first time."

This show boasts an excellent creative team, many of whom were on the original staging in 2023. They include Tony Award-winning director Joe Mantello (WICKED, Assassins), lighting designer Natasha Katz (MJ the Musical), set and costume designer David Zinn (Once Upon a Mattress), choreographer Sam Pinkleton (Oh, Mary!), and sound designer Tom Gibbons (Opening Night).