Did the ticket really include the book?

Yes. A paperback of Middleland, RRP £12.99, came with every ticket at every price.

What is Middleland about?

Rural Britain, and Cumbria in particular. It came out of columns he wrote for a local newspaper while he was the MP there, and it is positioned as the counterpart to Politics on the Edge.

Lewis Goodall, the broadcaster and News Agents co-host.

Were there audience questions?

Yes. They were part of the format.

The promoter never published one.

Rory Stewart: Middleland at the Dominion Theatre

The Rest Is Politics co-host played the Dominion for one night, on Sunday 13 September 2026, in conversation with Lewis Goodall. Every ticket came with a paperback of the book.

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At the Dominion Theatre, near Tottenham Court Road, directly outside

This show has closed

This run at Dominion Theatre has finished.

What It Was

An evening with Rory Stewart, built around his book Middleland, with an audience question section.

Lewis Goodall asked the questions, which is why it ran as a conversation rather than a lecture.

Who It Was For

Listeners of The Rest Is Politics, which he has co-hosted with Alastair Campbell since 2022 and which is one of the biggest political podcasts in the country.
Anyone who read Politics on the Edge, his memoir of Westminster, which went to number one in the Sunday Times chart.
Readers of The Places in Between, the account of his walk across Afghanistan.
Anyone who wanted to ask him something. The audience question section was part of the format.
It was not a party-political rally. He left the Conservative Party in 2019 and the book is about rural Cumbria.

Where to See Rory Stewart Next

No further Middleland dates are listed by the promoter.

FAQs

Where to Sit

The one-night events used the same seating as the resident musical.

The Stalls hold 1,305 and are ten steps down from the foyer. The Circle holds 752 and is 32 steps up, with no lift.

For a talk, the priority shifted. You were listening rather than watching staging, so the Circle was better value than it would have been for a musical, and being further back cost you less. If you wanted to ask a question, the Stalls put you where you could be seen.

Our Dominion Theatre guide has both levels in full.

Seating plan

See the full Dominion Theatre seating guide

Dates & tickets

The Dominion Theatre

268-269 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 7AQ, on the corner of New Oxford Street. The theatre sits directly above Tottenham Court Road station, on the Central, Northern and Elizabeth lines. Step-free access to the station is via the New Oxford Street corner entrance.

It holds 2,067 across the Stalls and the Circle, in a 1929 Art Deco building that opened as a cinema. Bars, cloakroom and where to eat are in our Dominion Theatre guide.

Address

268-269 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 7AQ

Nearest Tube

Tottenham Court Road, directly outside

See full Dominion Theatre venue page

Who Was On Stage

Rory Stewart. MP for Penrith and the Border for nearly a decade, in what was Britain's most rural constituency. He served as Environment Minister, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Minister of State for Justice, and Secretary of State for International Development, and was awarded the OBE for services in Iraq. He ran for the Conservative leadership in 2019 and then left the party.

Since 2022 he has co-hosted The Rest Is Politics with Alastair Campbell.

Lewis Goodall, broadcaster and News Agents co-host, joined him on stage.

About This Event

Middleland: Dispatches from the Borders was published in February 2026 by Jonathan Cape. Michael Morpurgo called it "a remarkable book about community and countryside", Caroline Lucas "urgent and inspiring", and the Literary Review "a triumph".

It was one of six one-night events at the Dominion this autumn, all on Sundays, the day the resident musical does not play. Our Dominion Theatre guide lists what else is on.