Timothée Chalamet’s West End debut cancelled after two years of postponements

The Old Vic theatre says its much-anticipated production of 4000 Miles, co-starring Eileen Atkins, will no longer go ahead

It was one of London's hottest theatre tickets for 2020: a Pulitzer-nominated play with the enticing pairing of actors Timothee Chalamet and Eileen Atkins. But just over two years after Amy Herzog's drama 4000 Miles had been scheduled to have its first performance at the Old Vic, the long-postponed production has finally been cancelled.

A message from Chalamet, Atkins and the Old Vic's artistic director, Matthew Warchus, was emailed to ticket bookers on Thursday morning. Despite an enormous amount of effort from all involved, we have now sadly and reluctantly concluded that we are unable to reschedule the show at a time possible for everyone involved," it stated.