Cunard reunites with Olivier Award-winning producer David Pugh for Royal Shakespeare Company’s new production of The Constant Wife
October 1, 2025 [Valencia, Calif.,]
Cunard is supporting the 2026 UK tour of the hit comedy starring Strictly Come Dancing winner Kara Tointon as a proud partner. The tour opens at Blackpool Grand Theatre on 16 January and continues nationwide for four months.
The critically acclaimed production will then make its debut at sea taking centre stage during a Transatlantic Crossing on board Queen Mary 2, the world’s only ocean liner, on 29 May 2026.
Prices for this unique sailing currently start at £1,124 per person based on two sharing a Britannia Balcony stateroom. Travellers booking before midnight on 4 December 2025 can take advantage of a new promotion that could earn them up to $560 on board spending money per balcony stateroom*.
The Constant Wife
Written by Olivier Award-winning playwright Laura Wade (Home, I’m Darling), and based on the comedy by W Somerset Maugham, this sparkling new Royal Shakespeare Company production is produced by David Pugh and Cunard and directed by the co-Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company Tamara Harvey – opening to enormous critical acclaim during the summer.
Featuring original music composed by Britain’s best-selling jazz artist and MOBO Award-winner, Jamie Cullum, The Constant Wife is a sparkling comedy of the 1920s. Constance is the perfect wife and mother, with a husband who is as devoted to her as he is to his mistress, who just happens to be her best friend.
David Pugh, the five-time Olivier Award and two-time Tony Award-winning producer said: “I’m delighted to have commissioned Laura Wade to adapt this comedy and to be working with the Royal Shakespeare Company on this new production of The Constant Wife. Partnering again with Cunard, with whom I’ve had such a wonderful ongoing relationship, continues to be a joy. For me, in the times that we’re in, there is nothing better than to bring comedy to audiences in theatres all around the UK and to hear people laughing.”
Katie McAlister, President of Cunard, added: “We are extremely proud to support this fresh, witty and thoroughly entertaining production. We’re especially pleased that it will be performed on Queen Mary 2 during a Transatlantic Crossing next May, continuing our longstanding collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company and David Pugh and giving our guests the chance to enjoy exceptional theatre at sea.”
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