MRS DALLOWAY TO RECEIVE WORLD PREMIERE AT STORYHOUSE THIS MONTH

The countdown is on with just two weeks to go until an unmissable new stage version of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway opens at Storyhouse.

The production will receive its world premiere from 29 May to 6 June 2026 at the award-winning Chester venue before going on to thrill audiences in Harlow, London and Manchester.

The immersive new staging has been co-created by award-winning director Jen Heyes and Olivier Award-winning writer and performer Kit Green who also embodies the lead role and a host of other unforgettable characters in this contemporary reimagining which combines theatre, film and bold reinterpretations to create something both surprising and entertaining.

Over the course of one extraordinary day, lives intertwine. Memory, identity and loss collide and at the centre stands Clarissa Dalloway; vivacious, complex, unforgettable.

Funny and moving, Mrs Dalloway is a vibrant celebration of life, love, survival and the moments that make us who we are.

Mrs Dalloway is a co-production between Storyhouse, Harlow Playhouse and CutToTheChase Productions.

Following its nine-day run in Chester, the production will visit Harlow Playhouse where it will be staged on 10-11 June and the historic Wilton’s Music Hall in London from 16-20 June. The final date of the tour is HOME Manchester where audiences can see the production from 24-26 September.

Tickets for all venues are on sale and the first look at Kit in rehearsals have been released.

Jen Heyes is known for a cinematic approach to theatre, crafting productions that combine striking visuals, emotional depth, and distinctive storytelling. Her work has been recognized internationally across stage and screen. Her production of London Artists Projects’ Truth to Power Café has toured worldwide, including a US premiere at Lincoln Center, New York, earning accolades such as ONComm Awards Finalist (Innovation) and Winner at the Adelaide Fringe Festival 2024.

As writer and director, Jen’s reimagining of HEDDA (after Ibsen), starring David Hoyle, was an ONComm Awards nominee in 2022, showcasing her bold and innovative vision across live and digital platforms. Heyes has also directed the acclaimed Epstein: The Man Who Made The Beatles, starring Andrew Lancel, in Liverpool and the West End; the sell-out Blood Wedding at Liverpool Playhouse; and Tony Teardrop by multi-award-winning writer Esther Wilson.

Kit Green is an artist whose work covers theatre, music, cabaret, comedy and broadcast. Among many other awards, Kit won an Olivier, and last year was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the National Film Awards for playing Tinkerbell in Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare.

A founder member of the Duckie collective, Kit has worked extensively on BBC Radio 4 while TV comedy creations include Nashville legend Tina C and Artificial Hip Hop star Ida Barr. Kit is also the creator of many ‘experiential entertainments’ including Prurience, Office Party, VIP, Music Hall Monster and The Home, about residential care homes for the elderly, from which came The Digital Home (thedigitalhome.com). In 2024, she created Legacy 6, (legacy-6.com) a place for digital memorialisation.

Current and recent work includes The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions, a contemporary classical piece by Ted Huffman and Philip Venables which has toured extensively, most recently with a landmark season at New York’s The Park Avenue Armoury 2025 (“Kit Green, a presence at once charismatic, commanding and thoroughly comedic”.   New York Times); Sex Strike – a modern retelling of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata; Entertain Us, a hybrid memoir/novel about life as a TV music producer in the early 90s, and The Law of Mayhem, playing trans icon Roberta Cowell in Tabby Lamb’s new play.

Kit’s second solo album of original songs, Four Letter Words – the follow up to the 2023 album Always Here, was released at the end of 2025 and is a collaboration with astonishing classical musician Yshani Perinpanayagam.  (available through all streaming services).

Suzie Henderson, Creative Director at Storyhouse said: 

“It’s thrilling having Jen and Kit in the rehearsal room and watching them creating theatrical magic to share with audiences both here in Chester and then in Harlow, London and down the road at HOME in Manchester. With just a fortnight to go, the sense of excitement is building, and I can guarantee this new stage adaptation of Mrs Dalloway is going to be an unforgettable experience.”

Jen Heyes, Director said: 

"We’re fully immersed in, and busy exploring, the world of Viriginia Woolf’s wonderful and vital creation in all her brilliant complexity. I hope our Mrs Dalloway will captivate, and resonate with, theatregoers both in Chester - where the production opens in a fortnight’s time - and across the country. I can’t wait.”

Pictured - Kit Green in Rehearsals.