An Inspector Calls UK and Ireland tour 2027 to 2028: full dates and venues

From the 2024 touring production. Photo: Mark Douet.

Stephen Daldry's National Theatre production of An Inspector Calls is heading back on the road. J B Priestley's thriller opens a UK and Ireland tour at Alexandra Palace Theatre in London on Friday 3 September 2027, playing there for three weeks until 25 September, then visits 22 more venues before it finishes at Leeds Grand Theatre on Saturday 27 May 2028.

Presented by PW Productions, the tour follows the production's last visit to theatres around the country in 2024 and 2025. It takes in Belfast and Dublin, Edinburgh, Cardiff and a two week stay at The Lowry in Salford, with further venues and casting still to be announced.

On sale dates

Several venues are already selling, and two more join them this Friday. The Gaiety Theatre in Dublin goes on sale on Friday 30 October 2026, as does Norwich Theatre Royal, where general sale opens at 10am that day after earlier priority windows for its Friends. In Edinburgh, the King's Theatre opened general sale on Tuesday 27 October.

The official tour listings show Cardiff, Shrewsbury, Sunderland, Wolverhampton and Leeds as on sale soon, so it is worth checking each venue for its own date.

The production

First staged at the National Theatre in 1992, Daldry's staging has won 19 major awards, including four Tony Awards and three Olivier Awards, and has been seen by more than six million theatregoers worldwide. Ian MacNeil's design, which perches the Birling family home above a rain soaked street, is one of the most recognisable images in British theatre.

The creative team is completed by lighting designer Rick Fisher, composer Stephen Warbeck and associate director Charlotte Peters.

What the director says

Daldry said: “When we first created An Inspector Calls at the National Theatre in 1992, none of us could have imagined that we would still be touring the production 35 years later. It’s extraordinary that Priestley’s play continues to resonate so strongly with audiences, and perhaps more importantly, that its message remains as relevant today as ever.”

He added: “I’m delighted that a new generation of audiences will have the opportunity to experience it on this latest tour.”

The story

When Inspector Goole arrives unexpectedly at the prosperous Birling family home, their peaceful dinner party is shattered by his investigation into the death of a young woman. Each revelation shakes the family's account of their own lives.

Tour dates

• Alexandra Palace Theatre, London, 3 to 25 September 2027
• Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, 1 to 9 October 2027
• Grand Opera House, Belfast, 12 to 16 October 2027
• Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, 19 to 23 October 2027
• King's Theatre, Edinburgh, 2 to 6 November 2027
• Blackpool Grand Theatre, 9 to 13 November 2027
• Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 16 to 20 November 2027
• Congress Theatre, Eastbourne, 23 to 27 November 2027
• Festival Theatre, Malvern, 30 November to 4 December 2027
• The Lowry, Salford, 11 to 22 January 2028
• Theatre Royal, Norwich, 1 to 5 February 2028
• The Alexandra, Birmingham, 8 to 12 February 2028
• Darlington Hippodrome, 15 to 19 February 2028
• Milton Keynes Theatre, 22 to 26 February 2028
• Theatre Royal, Nottingham, 29 February to 4 March 2028
• Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, 7 to 11 March 2028
• Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells, 14 to 18 March 2028
• Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 21 to 25 March 2028
• Liverpool Empire, 28 March to 1 April 2028
• Hull New Theatre, 4 to 8 April 2028
• Sunderland Empire, 24 to 29 April 2028
• Wolverhampton Grand Theatre, 9 to 13 May 2028
• Leeds Grand Theatre, 23 to 27 May 2028

How long does the tour run?

It opens on Friday 3 September 2027 and closes on Saturday 27 May 2028. After three weeks in London and a fortnight in Salford in January, most stops run for a single week from Tuesday to Saturday.

Has the cast been announced?

Not yet. Casting will be announced later, along with any further venues.

More to read

Look back at our guide to the 2024 and 2025 tour and our review from the Playhouse Theatre.