What's on
Season productions
Archduke
Written by Rajiv Joseph. Directed by Lyndsey Turner
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★★★★ 'Pitch-black farce.... Immensely topical, delivered with enormous flair... A masterpiece of design' Financial Times★★★★ 'A delicious cackle in the dark...…
Are You Watching?
Written by Georgie Dettmer. Directed by Jess Edwards.
★★★★ 'Unflinching... admirably unafraid... Georgie Dettmer’s reckoning with internet culture is brutally realised by director Jess Edwards' The Guardian★★★★ 'A…
About our events
Young Playwrights Award 2026
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We are thrilled to present the Young Playwrights Award Festival 2026, a celebration of the competition's second year, our first with a national reach. This…
Man to Man
Written by Manfred Karge, translated by Anthony Vivis, revised by Stephen Unwin. 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. Co-directed by Ryan Calais Cameron and Monique Touko.
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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
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…
Deaf Republic at Noorderzon Festival of Performing Arts, Groningen
By Dead Centre, adapted from the book by Ilya Kaminsky
Thu 20 - Sun 30 Aug
A gunshot in occupied territory. A deaf boy is killed for disobeying orders he couldn’t hear. The next day, the whole town wakes up deaf. Adapted from the…
First Words
First Tuesday of every month, 1-3pm, Royal Court Theatre Bar
First Words is a group for writers in the first year of parenthood. It is not a formal writers' group. It is also not a creche. It is a chance for writers…
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: 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…
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…
Past Productions
What Makes Black Theatre?
Tuesday 21 July, 3.30 - 5pm, Royal Court Bar
To mark the launch of Black Feminism Spells for Self-Naming: What Makes Black Theatre? - a bold new framework for understanding Black Theatre in the UK,…
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…
