Picture this: you buy tickets for a buzzy London play, you’re buzzing for the lead performer… and then you step into the foyer and two future Bridgerton love-story powerhouses are just standing there, smiling, taking photos like it’s totally normal.
That’s basically what happened on October 20, 2025, when fans spotted Hannah Dodd (Francesca Bridgerton) and Masali Baduza (Michaela Stirling) in the audience for The Maids at London’s Donmar Warehouse—and the first off-set photo of the pair together quickly became catnip for “Franchaela” supporters.
The photo itself isn’t a dramatic red-carpet rollout. That’s the point. This wasn’t a Netflix press line or a perfectly lit promo day—fans clocked the duo at the theater, and Dodd and Baduza happily posed for pictures.
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