23 April 2026

Acclaimed actor and Artistic Director Michael Sheen and his newly created Welsh National Theatre company will premiere a brand-new production of Amadeus at New Theatre Cardiff in 2027.

Directed by Jeremy Herrin and starring Michael Sheen (Frost/Nixon, The Queen) as Salieri opposite Callum Scott Howells (It’s A Sin) as Mozart, this marks the first major revival of Peter Shaffer’s iconic play in over a decade – and the first time two Welsh actors take on these legendary roles.

The production will open at the New Theatre Cardiff, running from 9 to 27 March 2027, before transferring to the Noël Coward Theatre for a 16-week season from 17 April to 7 August 2027.

Tickets go on general sale at 10am on 24 April. A total of 15,000 tickets priced at £30 or less will be available across both venues.

Vienna, 1820. A respected composer makes a shocking confession. Antonio Salieri has everything – status, success, and the certainty that he has earned them. Until he meets musical prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Vulgar and childish, but utterly brilliant, Mozart possesses a gift so extraordinary that Salieri believes it can only be divine. And that God has chosen the wrong man.

Faced with a brilliance he cannot rival, Salieri begins a dangerous obsession that threatens to consume them both – channelling his jealousy into a calculated campaign to destroy the man he both worships and despises.

Fuelled by some of the greatest music ever written, Amadeus is an electrifying story of ambition, faith, and the unbearable cost of greatness – where talent battles genius, devotion turns to betrayal, and man dares to challenge God.

Sheen launched his new theatre production company, Welsh National Theatre, last year. In January 2026 he was placed at number one on The Stage 100 list.