The highly-anticipated third season of The Crown in due to hit our screens later this year.

Although Olivia Colman fans cannot wait to see her step into the perfectly polished shoes of Her Majesty, there is some disappointment that Claire Foy – who she is replacing - and her on-screen husband Matt Smith won’t be returning.

But fear not, royal fiction fans – Foy and Smith are reuniting in a brand new theatre production this year. Both actors are making their Old Vic theatre stage debuts in Duncan McMillian’s production of Lungs during the iconic London venues next season.

The Crown’s Claire Foy and Matt Smith are reuniting on the theatre stage