Keira Knightley to Star in "The Lives of Others" Stage Adaptation

Keira Knightley is set to lead a stage adaptation of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Oscar-winning 2007 film “The Lives of Others” on London’s West End.

“Bridgerton” star Luke Thompson and Stephen Dillane (“The Hours,” “Game of Thrones”) will also star in the production.

Adapted and directed by Olivier winner Robert Icke and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, the play will world premiere at the Adelphi Theatre on October 29, with previews from October 14, and will run through January 9, 2027.

The film, which won the international feature Oscar, centers around the covert audio surveillance of East Berlin residents by a senior operative for East Germany’s secret police, aka the Stasi.

“Listening changes everything,” the play’s plot description reads. “1984. East Germany. A writer and an actor are placed under state surveillance. From the attic above their apartment, their Stasi man listens for evidence of subversion. But to observe a life is to risk changing your own.”

“The Lives of Others” is the latest collaboration between Icke and Friedman, who has produced his acclaimed works including “Oedipus,” “Manhunt,” “Hamlet,” “The Doctor,” “Oresteia” and “1984.”

It also marks a reunion for Knightley and Friedman after “The Children’s Hour.”

The set is designed by Hildegard Bechtler with lighting design by Jon Clark, sound design by Giles Thomas, and original music from “Hamnet” composer Max Richter.