Jermyn Street Theatre and Mint Theater Company have announced full casting for a new production of Teresa Deevy’s Wife to James Whelan, which opens this summer.
The production is directed by Mint Theater Company Artistic Director Jonathan Bank and runs from 25 June to 25 July 2026, with a press performance on Wednesday 1 July.
The cast includes Darragh Feehely, Clíona Flynn, Eavan Gaffney, Molly Hanly, Fiach Kunz, Patrick McBrearty, David Rawle, and Benjamin Reilly.
Wife to James Whelan traces seven years in the life of its central character, exploring ambition, compromise, and the social expectations placed on women in early 20th-century Ireland.
Jonathan Bank said, “Wife to James Whelan is a play that challenges theatergoers to hear the unspoken thoughts of its characters—and there is no better place for that than the intimate Jermyn Street Theatre. Having worked on Deevy’s plays since Mint Theater Company launched the ‘Teresa Deevy Project’ in New York in 2010, I now look forward to learning from an exceptional Irish cast – assembled by the brilliant casting director Sarah Jones. Thank you, Stella and David, for the opportunity to continue this work in London.”
Jermyn Street Theatre’s Stella Powell-Jones and David Doyle added, “Unfairly forgotten playwrights and plays can have no better advocate than Jonathan Bank and Mint Theatre Company. And Wife to James Whelan is an extraordinary play – and asks a question we still can’t answer. How much of ourselves are we willing to surrender for the joys and comforts of partnership? London audiences have waited far too long to encounter Teresa Deevy’s remarkable writing, but this glorious cast makes the wait more than worthwhile.”
Set in a small Irish town in 1937, the play follows Nan Bowers and her community as personal desire collides with social ambition, culminating in the return of James Whelan seven years later.
The creative team includes set designer Neil Irish, costume designer Anett Black, lighting designer Chris McDonnell, composer and sound designer Jane Shaw, and casting director Sarah Jones.
Listings and ticket information can be found here.
