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Suit her! Beaming Nicole Kidman stuns in plunging tux as she heads to Photograph 51 opening night party with husband Keith Urban after return to West End stage

By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 18:50 EST, 14 September 2015 | Updated: 02:39 EST, 15 September 2015

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She took to the stage in front of critics on Monday night for the official opening of her new show.

And clearly elated after performing in Photograph 51, was Nicole Kidman, who was later spotted smiling from ear-to-ear attending the press night after party in London.

The 48-year-old Academy Award winner turned heads wearing a plunging tux and heels to the event held at The National Cafe, and certainly upstaged her man Keith Urban, 47, who was also suited up for the occasion.

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Suited up! Nicole Kidman stole the spotlight at the Photograph 51 press night after party at The National Cafe in London on Monday night wearing a plunging tux

The famous redhead, who had just performed at the Noel Coward Theatre with Keith in the audience, stepped out in a navy tux featuring tailored pants, a low cut and buttoned blazer with a black collar.

Giving only a glimpse of her simple black top underneath, Nicole teamed her look with plain black heels and dangling earrings.

Her hair was immaculately styled into a bun with her fringe kept out, and she sported touches of foundation with lashings of mascara and a pink lip.

Looking good! The famous redhead, who had just performed at the Noel Coward Theatre with Keith in the audience, stepped out in a navy tux featuring tailored pants, a low cut and buttoned blazer with a black collar

Her support: Nicole's husband, rocker Keith Urban, also wore a suit for the event

Turning heads: Giving only a glimpse of her simple black top underneath, Nicole teamed her look with plain black heels and dangling earrings

Sorry, Keith! The 48-year-old certainly upstaged her man on the night with her version of the suit

Keith, meanwhile, cut a stylish figure in a black suit with white shirt and black tie.

Throughout the evening he gazed affectionately at his wife as they posed with their arms around one another.

Earlier he had walked the red carpet at the theatre solo ahead of the opening.

NICOLE'S RETURN TO THE WEST END: WHAT THE CRITICS SAY...

Michael Billington, The Guardian

★★★★

'It’s a commanding, intelligent performance and my only complaint about Anna Ziegler’s intriguing, informative 95-minute play is that it is not longer...Even if the play could go still further, it proves that science is inherently dramatic and that the neglect of Rosalind Franklin’s contribution to uncovering the secret of life remains a blot on our history.'

Paul Taylor, The Independent

★★★★

'In her compelling and subtle performance, Kidman beautifully captures the prickly defensiveness, the lonely dedication, and the suppressed emotional longings of the scientist...Michael Grandage's superb 95-minute production expertly balances its energies as detective thriller and as interactive speculation about the hovering moments where her life could have taken a different turning.'

Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph

★★★★

'Although the supporting male performances suffer from scantily written roles, Grandage directs it all with characteristically fluid aplomb, placing the action (sometimes using neat, quasi-scientific symmetries) amid a towering set by Christopher Oram that evokes the bombed-out Palladian magnificence of King’s, piles of rubble lapping at arches. Can one image tell us almost everything? Yes, it can. A triumph.'

Ben Brantley, The New York Times

'Photograph 51 sustains a crisp dramatic tension even when it skirts banality or expository tedium. And Ms. Kidman, who turns Franklin’s guardedness into as much a revelation as a concealment of character, is pretty close to perfection.

The character she plays, after all, would surely demand nothing less.'

Loved up! The happy duo walked and posed together arm-in-arm

Looking cosy! The couple put their heads together in a candid moment

Picture perfect: Her hair was immaculately styled into a bun with her fringe kept out, and she sported touches of foundation with lashings of mascara and a pink lip

Back onstage: The show is a first for Nicole after a 17-year hiatus from the stage

At the after party, Nicole was also joined by her castmates including Stephen Campbell Moore, director Michael Grandage and playwright Anna Ziegler.

After her performance, Nicole was greeted by fans outside who eagerly tried to take her photograph and get autographs.

And like the perfect gentleman, Keith escorted his wife out of the venue.

Nicole, who is known for films including The Hours, The Others and Eyes Wide Shut, plays Rosalind Franklin, a British scientist.

REVIEW: All the elements are there - but scientist Nicole is a tad frosty

BY QUENTIN LETTS

★★★★

Science is not easy to portray on stage but Michael Grandage’s fluent direction and Nicole Kidman’s stellar control make Photograph 51 – a play about microscopic images of DNA – a gripping, if slightly frosty affair.

Miss Kidman has the willowy looks of the young Queen Elizabeth II. Aged 48, she just about passes for this 30-something scientist. She is not quite dark enough for Franklin and I could have done with her making this devoted scientist a little less detached.

She could do with some of Will Attenborough’s animation. Franklin was a brave, brilliant Jewish intellectual. Miss Kidman makes her more like something out of Brief Encounter or Rattigan at his most repressed.

There is complete confidence about her on stage. We need never worry that she is not entirely consumed by the role. But do we weep at Franklin’s fate? When, in a passage near the end, she talks of her desire to be kissed, does it chime with the way Miss Kidman has played her? I was not wholly convinced. This brilliant X-ray scientist could have been a little more transparent, showing a little more flesh and blood.

Treading the boards: Nicole is earning triumphant reviews for her return to the London stage

Rock solid: The pair married in Sydney in 2006

Celebrating: Nicole was also joined by her castmates, including Stephen Campbell Moore

Happy: The Academy Award winner is seen here alongside director Michael Grandage

Job well done: Nicole hugged playwright Anna Ziegler

Star of the show! When she first left the theatre having graced the stage, Nicole was greeted by fans outside who eagerly tried to take her photograph and get autographs

A host of celebrities came out to watch Nicole perform in the production, including Dawn French, Sir Kenneth Branagh, Tom Fletcher and Elizabeth McGovern.

David Walliams was also in attendance and was joined by his mother Kathleen.

The show is a first for Nicole after a 17-year hiatus from the stage.

Forgotten face: Nicole plays Rosalind Franklin, whose scinetific achievements have been largely skipped over in history

Looking thrilled! The leggy star blew kisses as she left the theatre

A frenzy! Nicole signed autographs for her admirers

Leading the way! Keith escorted his wife throughout the evening

Leaning on her man: Nicole held tightly on to Keith's arm as they walked out of the theatre

Getting good reviews: Earlier this month, she performed previews and wowed crowds who later took to social media to commend the star

Earlier this month, she performed previews and wowed crowds who later took to social media to commend the star.

One Twitter user commented: 'Brilliant performance by Nicole Kidman on her opening night on stage at the Noel Coward Theatre. #Photograph51', while another wrote: 'As a PhD student in chemistry and crystallography at Oxford, #Photograph51 was a phenomenal! @NicoleKidman was superb! #Inspired'.

Earlier this year, Nicole spoke about her new project to Dailymail.com, saying her late biochemist father Antony was 'excited' about her new role.

Job well done: One Twitter user wrote that Nicole in a preview show, put on a 'brilliant performance'

Doing it for her dad: Earlier this year, Nicole spoke about her new project to Dailymail.com, saying her late biochemist father Antony was 'excited' about her new role