Power. Fame. Excess. Meet the emperor who changed history forever.

Andrew Barth Feldman – best known for his record-breaking Broadway performance in Dear Evan Hansen and starring opposite Jennifer Lawrence in No Hard Feelings – will make his London debut as Nero in the highly anticipated new musical NERO, with a book and lyrics by Tony Award® winner Steven Sater and music by Tony Award® winner Duncan Sheik.

Directed by Lindsay Posner (Death and the Maiden, A View from the Bridge and Noises Off), NERO will play at the Southwark Playhouse Elephant in London from Monday 2 November to Saturday 5 December 2026, with a press night on Friday 6 November.

From the award-winning creators of Spring Awakening, NERO is a thrilling new musical that reimagines one of history’s most notorious figures for a modern age.

Long before his name became synonymous with tyranny, Nero was an artist, a performer and a reluctant heir thrust into unimaginable power. As ambition collides with family, love and political intrigue, a young ruler’s desperate search for identity spirals into madness, forging one of history’s most infamous legends. Blurring the line between celebrity and leadership, this story reveals why the fall of ancient Rome feels more urgent, and more relevant, than ever.

With Duncan Sheik’s soaring contemporary score, Steven Sater’s poetic storytelling and visionary direction from Lindsay Posner, NERO transforms one of history’s greatest myths into an epic theatrical event