Witness for the Prosecution Tickets at London County Hall
Tickets for Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution are on sale into 2027 at London County Hall, by Westminster Bridge on the South Bank. The play has run here since 2017, in the old council chamber of the London County Council, which the production has dressed as a courtroom with the audience seated all around the trial.
From £212 hours 15 minutes, with an intervalAges 10 and up
At London County Hall, near Waterloo and WestminsterBooking to 19 September 2027
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Who's Witness for the Prosecution For?
For you if you like a thriller with a proper plot. It is a courtroom drama with plenty of twists and turns.
For you if you want to feel part of it. The trial is played in the middle of the audience, and nobody is far from the witness box.
For you if you are after a play rather than a musical, and a well-made one.
Not for you if you want something light and fast. It's an Agatha Christie play from 1953, and sometimes it feels like that.
What Tickets Cost
Tickets start from around £20. Most seats, which are in the Courtroom Stalls, cost from around £75 up to around £120.
The Galleries upstairs are the cheapest seats, and the front rows up there cost the most. The Jury Box is the top price.
On the dates we checked, Saturday evenings cost a little more than midweek. Where to sit in each area is in the Tickets and Best Seats tab.
About Witness for the Prosecution at County Hall
Witness for the Prosecution began as an Agatha Christie short story in 1925. She turned it into a stage play in 1953, changing the ending at the same time.
Lucy Bailey's production opened at London County Hall on 23 October 2017. It paused from March 2020 to September 2021 and has played ever since, and it was nominated for Best Revival at the 2018 Olivier Awards.
The building was home to the London County Council, and the play is staged in the council's old debating chamber, which was turned into a theatre for this production and has never staged anything else. William Dudley's design makes it the courtroom, and the audience sits in leather seats all around the trial.
The running time is 2 hours 15 minutes, including a 20-minute interval. The producer's warning is that "The show contains reference to hanging and some characters smoke on stage."
What's Witness for the Prosecution About?
Leonard Vole is on trial at the Old Bailey for murder. He is accused of killing a wealthy widow to inherit her money, and he says he did not do it. If the jury finds him guilty, he hangs.
His barrister, Sir Wilfrid Robarts QC, takes on the case, but Leonard's alibi rests on his wife, Romaine, and everything depends on what she tells the court.
Most of the play is the trial itself, with witnesses called and cross-examined, so you are weighing up the evidence as you go, and there are plenty of twists along the way.
Performance Schedule
Witness for the Prosecution plays Tuesday to Saturday evenings at 7:30pm, with matinees on Thursday and Saturday at 2:30pm and on Sunday at 3pm. There is no Monday performance. Times may change over Christmas.
| Day | Matinee | Evening |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | - | - |
| Tuesday | - | 7:30pm |
| Wednesday | - | 7:30pm |
| Thursday | 2:30pm | 7:30pm |
| Friday | - | 7:30pm |
| Saturday | 2:30pm | 7:30pm |
| Sunday | 3pm | - |
A 7:30pm performance finishes around 9:45pm, a 2:30pm matinee around 4:45pm and the Sunday 3pm around 5:15pm.
Best Seats for Witness for the Prosecution
The Courtroom Stalls. Our pick. You sit on the chamber floor, level with the actors, around the witness box and the judge's bench.
The Galleries. The cheapest seats, looking down on the whole courtroom. Some have a pillar in the way, so go for the centre of the front rows if you can.
The Jury Box. The top price, on stage as the jury. Fun, but for most people the Courtroom Stalls are the better buy.
Most seats see the whole courtroom well. The exceptions are Gallery seats behind a pillar. The full seating plan is in our London County Hall guide.
Call us on 020 7193 9050 and we will tell you what is left on your date.
Cast and Creative Team
A new cast took over on 22 September 2026, and the leads are named in the FAQs below. Lucy Bailey directs, with design by William Dudley, and the full company is in the Cast and Creatives tab.
Book Your Witness for the Prosecution Tickets
Tickets from around £20. All-in pricing, so the price you see is what you pay.
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FAQs
From around £20 upstairs in the Galleries, with most seats from around £75 up to around £120. Call us on 020 7193 9050 for your date.
For most people, no. It costs a lot more than the best Courtroom Stalls seats, and the Stalls view is very good without it.
A little, and nothing strenuous. The producer says Jury Box ticket holders have the chance to take part in deciding the verdict. Nobody outside the Jury Box is asked to join in.
No. The play has twists the 2016 BBC series does not, so the series gives nothing away. Seen the 1957 film? Then you will probably know how it ends, but there are plenty of twists and turns on the way there, and anyone who enjoyed the film will love it on stage.
No. The courtroom is the production's set. County Hall was never a court, and the chamber was where London's councillors held their debates.
Yes, and it is done very well. County Hall is on the South Bank rather than in the streets around Covent Garden and Soho, but this is a full-scale professional production with a large cast.
2 hours 15 minutes, including a 20-minute interval. An evening performance finishes around 9:45pm.
Arrive 15 to 20 minutes before the performance, no later. Every bag is searched on the way in, so don't cut it fine. The bar opens an hour before the start.
You'll be held outside until a sensible moment to go in, and you may not get in at all, so be in your seat before the start.
A bag is fine if it fits under your seat, but suitcases aren't allowed, and there's no cloakroom or anywhere to leave luggage.
The official guidance is 10 and over, and under 5s are not let in. It is a long, talk-heavy play with a plot to follow, so think about whether a younger child will stay with it. Anyone under 16 sits next to an adult of 18 or over, and every child needs their own ticket.
At London County Hall, Belvedere Road, London SE1 7PB, beside the London Eye. The entrance is on Belvedere Road, not the riverside. Westminster station is about 7 minutes' walk and Waterloo about 9.
Matthew McGivern plays Leonard Vole and Sophie Craig plays Romaine, with Jo Stone-Fewings as Sir Wilfrid Robarts QC.
Mostly, yes. When it opened in October 2017 most national critics gave it three or four stars, the two theatre titles were cooler, and audiences have rated it more highly since. The detail is in the News and Reviews tab.
Accessible booking is handled by the venue's own team, not by us. The step-free seats are in the back row of the Courtroom Stalls, and the Galleries are up stairs. No access performances are scheduled at the time of writing.
Tickets and Best Seats for Witness for the Prosecution
On the seating plan the chamber is round. The Courtroom Stalls fill the floor, wrapped around the witness box and the judge's bench, the Jury Box sits in the playing area, and the Central, North and South Galleries run behind and above.
The Courtroom Stalls
The seats to book. You are on the same level as the actors, and they use the aisles, so the trial happens around you rather than in front of you. The seats are leather, and when the play opened the Radio Times critic counted them among the most comfortable theatre seats in London.
The top price in this area is for the centre of rows C, D and E. Row F is the back row and the only step-free one, and it still feels close because the chamber is round. There are two steps between each of rows A to E.
The Jury Box
A limited number of seats on stage, where you sit as the jury and the barristers play to you. It is the only place in the chamber where you get a say in the trial.
We would still spend the money on the centre of the Courtroom Stalls, which costs a lot less for a view that is just as good.
The Galleries
The Central, North and South Galleries look down on the courtroom from behind, and they are the cheapest way in. Prices up here drop as you move back from the front row of the Central Gallery, and the cheapest are the row ends and the rear side seats.
There are several large pillars up here, and they block parts of the stage from some seats, mostly at the sides and towards the back. When you book, the seating plan flags the seats where a pillar gets in the way. Your best bet up here is the middle of the front rows. You sit on benches rather than separate seats, legroom varies, and the steps are steep and narrow. There is no lift, so if stairs or heights are a problem, book the Courtroom Stalls.
A seat behind one of the big marble pillars is still worth having if the price is low enough. The stage is long, so you lose some moments but see plenty of others in full.
Call us on 020 7193 9050 and we will find the best seat left on your date.
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Getting to London County Hall
London County Hall is on Belvedere Road, London SE1 7PB, at the south end of Westminster Bridge with the Houses of Parliament across the river. The London Eye is beside it and the SEA LIFE London Aquarium is inside the same building. Both are a few minutes' walk from the entrance.
Westminster is about 7 minutes' walk, on the Circle, District and Jubilee lines. Waterloo is about 9 minutes, on the Bakerloo, Jubilee, Northern and Waterloo & City lines and National Rail.
The 11, 76, 77, 381 and C10 stop at the County Hall stops near Chicheley Street, about 2 to 3 minutes away. The 11, 12, 148, 159 and 453 stop on Westminster Bridge Road, about 3 to 4 minutes.
Belvedere Road is private, so a taxi cannot drop you at the door. The nearest drop-off is the corner of Belvedere Road and Chicheley Street, about 50 metres away.
Arrive 15 to 20 minutes before the performance, no later. Go in by the main entrance on Belvedere Road, where bags are searched.
The steps up to the chamber, the step-free route and places to eat and drink nearby are in our London County Hall guide.
Address
Belvedere Road, London SE1 7PB
Nearest Tube
Waterloo and Westminster
Witness for the Prosecution Cast
The current cast:
| Role | Performer |
|---|---|
| Leonard Vole | Matthew McGivern |
| Romaine Vole | Sophie Craig |
| Sir Wilfrid Robarts QC | Jo Stone-Fewings |
| Mr Mayhew | Crispin Redman |
| Mr Myers QC | Jude Owusu |
| Mr Justice Wainwright | David Shaw-Parker |
The company also includes Sahar Awad, Philip Battley, William Baylis, Siobhan Bevan, Garon Akbar Clark, Michael Cusick, Sean Paul Jenkinson, Io Munro, Anthony Ofoegbu, Caroline Partridge, Tom Richardson and Tristan Rivelle.
Jo Stone-Fewings is returning to the part of Sir Wilfrid, which he played at County Hall in 2023. The cast changes every six months or so, so check who is on for your date.
The opening cast
When the production opened in October 2017, Jack McMullen played Leonard Vole and Catherine Steadman played Romaine, with David Yelland as Sir Wilfrid, Philip Franks as Mr Myers and Patrick Godfrey as the judge.
Creative team
Written by Agatha Christie. Directed by Lucy Bailey. Design by William Dudley, lighting by Chris Davey and sound by Mic Pool.
Witness for the Prosecution Reviews
When it opened in October 2017, the Guardian, the Telegraph, The Times, Time Out and The Arts Desk gave it four stars, the Evening Standard, the Financial Times and the Radio Times gave three, and WhatsOnStage and The Stage gave two.
Michael Billington in the Guardian (4/5) wrote that the play "fits perfectly in this debating chamber", and Tom Wicker in Time Out (4/5) called it "a deliciously enjoyable revival". Dominic Maxwell in The Times (4/5) went with "If this is tosh, it's terrific tosh".
The reservations were mostly about the scenes away from the courtroom, where the scenery is carried on and off. Tony Peters in the Radio Times (3/5) felt it slowed the pace, and Henry Hitchings in the Evening Standard (3/5) found the production a bit slow-footed.
Those reviews are of the opening cast, led by Jack McMullen and Catherine Steadman, who have since left. Audiences on theatre review sites have rated it more warmly than the critics did.
Every verdict is in What the Critics Say.
Sources: The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, Time Out, The Arts Desk, Evening Standard, Financial Times, Radio Times, WhatsOnStage, The Stage.
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