Pictured: **Samuel Blenkin**, **Marli Siu**, and more in the National Theatre production of *The Ocean at the End of the Lane*. Images shot by © **Manuel Harlan**.
### *The Ocean at the End of the Lane* is coming to [**London's Duke of York's Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/30/duke-of-yorks-theatre.aspx)!
The news was officially announced today in a [**tweet**](https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/1230048625578766336?s=20) by **Neil Gaiman** himself, who urged fans to book early to avoid sorrow and disappointment. *The Ocean at the End of the Lane *tickets for the West End transfer are expected to go on sale sometime soon in March. The show will run at the Duke of York's Theatre **from 31 October 2020 until 6 February 2021**.
*The play's plot remains true to the original source material and follows a boy becoming friends with a coven of witches, which soon yields disastrous consequences.*
### *The Ocean at the End of the Lane *cast and creative team
The popular fantasy book was adapted for the London theatre stage by **Joel Horwood** in a production directed by **Katy Rudd**. The Duke of York's Theatre cast of *The Ocean at the End of the Lane* will be announced in due time.
The original London cast of *The Ocean at the End of the Lane* at the National Theatre starred** Samuel Blenkin** as Boy, **Marli Siu** as Lettie Hempstock, **Fred Davis** as Ensemble, **Ginnie Hempstock** as Carlyss Peer, **Jade Croot** as Sis/Ensemble, **Jeffrey Sangalang** as Lodger/Ensemble, **Jess Williams** as Policewoman/Ensemble, **Josie Walker** as Old Mrs Hempstock, **Justin Salinger **as Dad, **Owain Gwynn** as Policeman/Ensemble, and **Pippa Nixon** as Ursula/Skarthach.
The creative team includes composer **Jherek Bischoff**, costume and puppetry designer **Samuel Wyver**, designer **Fly Davis**, lighting designer **Paule Constable**, magic and illusions director and designer **Jamie Harrison**, movement director **Stephen Hoggett**, puppetry director **Finn Caldwell**, and sound designer **Ian Dickinson** for Autograph.
**Neil Gaiman** is a best-selling children's author perhaps best known for his book *Coraline:* a dark and twisted children's story that focuses on **Sigmund Freud**'s notion of The Uncanny and later spawned an animated feature-length film. Other works of his include *The Sandman* comic book series, *Stardust*, and most recently, *Norse Mythology,* which is a retelling of such stories as the theft of Thor's hammer among many others.
## Tickets for *The Ocean at the End of the Lane *on sale soon!
*The Ocean at the End of the Lane *tickets are expected to become available next month, so be sure to keep checking back on [**our news pages**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news) for all the latest details!
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