Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy led the UK premiere of The Magic Faraway Tree, Ben Gregor’s film of Enid Blyton’s books, in Leicester Square.
Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy led the UK premiere of The Magic Faraway Tree at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in the West End on Sunday 22 March 2026. Nicola Coughlan and Jessica Gunning joined them on the carpet.
Garfield began on the West End stage and in British television, where Boy A gave him his breakout in 2007. The Social Network and two films as Spider-Man followed.
Hacksaw Ridge and Tick, Tick… Boom! each brought him an Academy Award nomination, and he holds a Tony Award and a BAFTA for television.
Foy played Anne Boleyn in Wolf Hall and won two Emmy Awards as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown.
Ben Gregor directed from Simon Farnaby’s adaptation of Enid Blyton’s Faraway Tree books. Garfield and Foy play Tim and Polly Thompson, who move their three screen-bound children to the countryside, where the children find a tree that opens onto magical worlds.
The film opened in British cinemas five days after the premiere, and two sequels were announced in May. Nonso Anozie, Jennifer Saunders and Rebecca Ferguson complete the cast with Coughlan and Gunning.