UK tour of Jack Thorne's vampire play cancelled

The UK tour of Let the Right One In, written by the co-creator of Adolescence, has been cancelled due to "unforeseen circumstances".

The production was due to begin its tour at Northampton's Royal and Derngate in October and finish in Liverpool in April 2026.

It is based on the best-selling Swedish novel and award-winning film by John Ajvide Lindqvist.

A spokesperson for the show's producers said: "Due to unforeseen circumstances, the UK tour of Let the Right One In is no longer able to proceed as planned."

They said ticket holders would be contacted directly by their point of purchase with refund information.

The tour was to follow a sold-out run at Manchester's Royal Exchange.

After Northampton, it was due to go to Bromley, Bristol, Salford, Fareham, Cardiff, Southend, Eastbourne, Glasgow and Birmingham.

The play tells a story of vampires, love, loneliness and survival, and was directed by Bryony Shanahan.

It comes after the Netflix series Adolescence, co-written by Thorne and actor Stephen Graham, which shows the aftermath of the stabbing of a teenage girl, with a 13-year-old boy from her school arrested for her murder.

It was released soon after Toxic Town, another hit the 46-year-old wrote for the streamer, which was based on the true story of the Corby toxic waste case.