What's on
Season productions
The Unbelievers
Written by Nick Payne. Directed by Marianne Elliott
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‘I love my son. My son is alive.’ A teenager disappears. Time fractures. His mother will never give up hope. The Unbelievers is a new play about the moments…
Porn Play
Written by Sophia Chetin-Leuner. Directed by Josie Rourke
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‘You can’t fight it anymore. So, you give in to your temptation.’ Ani is a dazzling young academic with a secret addiction to violent pornography. As her…
Guess How Much I Love You?
Written by Luke Norris. Directed by Jeremy Herrin
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'Everything is going to be all right.'An expectant couple wait in a hospital room as the future they had planned unravels. A story about impossible choices…
The Shitheads
Written by Jack Nicholls. Directed by David Byrne and Aneesha Srinivasan
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'We’re all trapped in a cave, Clare. Each of us, all on our own. Staring out of our own little skull-shaped caves.'Tens of thousands of years ago, Britain’s…
John Proctor is the Villain
Written by Kimberly Belflower. Directed by Danya Taymor
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'One day, maybe, the new world we were promised will actually be new.'Five young women running on pop music, optimism, and fury are about to shed light on the…
Between The River and The Sea
Written by Yousef Sweid and Isabella Sedlak. Directed by Isabella Sedlak
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'Yes, I am an Arab… from Israel… a Palestinian Israeli.' Yousef was raised as a Christian-Arab-Palestinian-Israeli kid in Haifa, and is now raising two…
Krapp's Last Tape / Godot's To-Do List
Written by Samuel Beckett. Directed by Gary Oldman
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'Perhaps my best years are gone. When there was a chance of happiness. But I wouldn’t want them back. Not with the fire in me now.' On his 69th birthday, a man…
Godot's To Do List
Written by Leo Simpe-Asante. Directed by Aneesha Srinivasan
Fri 8 - Sat 30 May
'Could I leave? Please? It's just, I really have somewhere to be.' A bewildered person wrestles with an endless series of surreal tasks dictated by a snarky,…
Are You Watching?
Written by Georgie Dettmer.
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'He undresses. He stands behind the camera and presses record. He approaches.' Porn. Deepfakes. Disappearing girls. A journalist wired to a machine. A mother’s…
Archduke
Written by Rajiv Joseph. Directed by Lyndsey Turner
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'Maybe the world don’t have to end at all. We can just get off the train… go get a sandwich.' Belgrade, 1914. Three hungry young men are offered something to…
Man to Man
Written by Manfred Karge, translated by Anthony Vivis. Directed by Stephen Unwin
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In 1930s Germany, a woman puts on her dead husband’s trousers and never takes them off. As the world around her changes, she endures war and dictatorship,…
Blood of my Blood
Written by Joy Nesbitt. Directed by Tatenda Shamiso
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'This belongs to me as much as it belongs to you.' Bullock Creek, South Carolina, 1862: Ginnie Good raises five children in a cabin as a war rages…
The Afronauts
Written by Ryan Calais Cameron
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'As long as a man can dream, he can push the limits of what’s possible.' Zambia, 1964: the space race has a new contender. As the world’s great powers set…
Monument
Written by Rhys Warrington. Directed by Francesca Goodridge
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'…But it’s us that have to live with it.' With the eyes of the world watching, a Welsh farming community, torn apart by tragedy, gathers to debate a planned…
Other Events
Script's the Thing
Were you at The Script’s The Thing this year in Dorset? If you were, come and celebrate what happened – if not, come and find out more! The Festival…
Backstage Tours
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Step behind the vermillion wall and discover the history of the Royal Court Theatre — described by The New York Times as “the most important theatre in…
Writers' Card: Writers' Canteen
Come for lunch!Once a month, the building will open from 10am-5.30pm as a shared workspace across the front of house areas, with a buffet lunch served from 1pm…
Writers' Night: The Unbelievers
An invitation to watch our shows among peers, and build new artistic networks and creative conversations.Every full production in our Upstairs and Downstairs…
Writers' Card: Zoom Focus Sessions
Struggling to focus on your own?Keep putting off starting a draft, finishing a rewrite or getting an idea out of your head and onto the page? We know the…
Writers' Night: Porn Play
An invitation to watch our shows among peers, and build new artistic networks and creative conversations.Every full production in our Upstairs and Downstairs…
Directors' Night: The Unbelievers
Join us post-show for free drinks, nibbles and an exclusive Q&A with a member of the show's directing team. A great way to connect with peers and discuss…
Writers' Card: Career Surgeries (in-person)
Fancy a free coffee and a chat? We’re here for you.We know avenues for independent and freelance writers seeking guidance can be limited, and the challenges…
Writers' Card: Career Surgeries (on zoom)
Fancy a free coffee and a chat? We’re here for you.We know avenues for independent and freelance writers seeking guidance can be limited, and the challenges…
