What's on
Season productions
The Shitheads
Written by Jack Nicholls. Directed by David Byrne and Aneesha Srinivasan
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The Shitheads by Jack Nicholls is sold out.But there are still a few ways to access tickets:£15 Mondays: Legendary since 1979 - every Monday, all Royal Court…
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…
Open Submissions Festival 2026
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A first look at the future of contemporary theatre.The Royal Court receives and reads thousands of new plays every year, with every one considered for…
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
Giant on Broadway
by Mark Rosenblatt
Mon 11 Mar - Sun 28 Jun
“I wanted to put you bang in the picture. Apprise you of the difficulties. Because, in case you hadn’t noticed, he’s a human fucking boobytrap. And now, guess…
Cow | Deer at the Schaubühne Berlin
by Katie Mitchell, Nina Segal and Melanie Wilson
Wed 22 - Sat 25 Apr
At Schaubühne in Berlin this April 2026, two Royal Court productions directed by Katie Mitchell - Cow | Deer and Bluets - will feature in FIND, Europe’s…
Bluets at the Schaubühne Berlin
by Maggie Nelson. In a version by Margaret Perry.
Wed 15 - Sun 19 Apr
At Schaubühne in Berlin this April 2026, two Royal Court productions directed by Katie Mitchell - Cow | Deer and Bluets - will feature in FIND, Europe’s…
Book Club
To celebrate our 70th Anniversary year, we’re reading a groundbreaking play from the Royal Court’s history every month – and then hosting a Book Club to chat…
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' 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…
Backstage Tour
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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…