Two Royal Court productions transfer to Berlin as Katie Mitchell is named Schaubühne Find Festival 2026 Artist in Focus
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The Royal Court Theatre are delighted to announce that two of their productions directed by Katie Mitchell will transfer to Berlin’s Schaubühne in April 2026 as part of FIND, Europe’s foremost international festival of contemporary theatre. Bluets and Cow I Deer will run as part of the festival’s 2026 edition where Mitchell is the 2026 FIND Artist in Focus.
Every year the FIND Festival spotlights an exceptional artist, recognised for their unique contributions to contemporary theatre. They are artists who bring diverse global perspectives, push boundaries in theatre with documentary approaches, explore social issues, and use innovative forms as part of their process. Previous Artists in Focus have included Elizabeth LeCompte & The Wooster Group, Angélica Liddell and Caroline Guiela Nguyen. The appointment marks Mitchell’s significant contribution to the European and UK theatre scene over her career to date.
Mitchell will open the FIND Festival with her production of Maggie Nelson’s Bluets adapted by Margaret Perry, which was part of David Bynre’s inaugural season for the Royal Court Theatre in 2024. Her most recent production in the UK, Cow I Deer will also transfer, having originally premiered at the Royal Court in 2025 in a co-production with the National Theatre of Greece. Co-created with Nina Segal and Melanie Wilson, it follows the lives of a cow and a deer with sounds and noises, but no words. Katie’s production of Orlando, for the Schaubühne in 2019, a queer biography that transverses four centuries of human history in a radical adaptation by Alice Birch after the novel by Virginia Woolf, will also be part of the programme.