Kara Tointon will star in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Constant Wife.
Penned by Laura Wade, based on the comedy by W Somerset Maugham and directed by Tamara Harvey, the piece will tour the UK from 16 January 2026 before transferring on board the Queen Mary 2 during a transatlantic crossing.
Set in 1927, the play centres on Constance, a wife and mother whose seemingly perfect life masks the fact that her husband is openly devoted not only to her, but also to her best friend, who is his mistress. Maugham’s original comedy was written in 1926 and described as “a sparkling comedy of ill manners”. Wade’s new version follows her Olivier Award-winning Home, I’m Darling and her recent television success with Rivals.