Damian Lewis, Milly Alcock, Arinzé Kene to star in Old Vic 2027 season

Damian Lewis (Homeland, Band of Brothers) will star as Henry V in Goold’s new production of Shakespeare’s history play from 26 January to 27 March 2027.

Summary

• The Old Vic has announced Rupert Goold's first season as artistic director at the London venue
• The new season includes a revival of the Tony Award-winning musical Assassins
• Damian Lewis will star in a new production of Henry V
• House of the Dragon star Milly Alcock will perform in psychological drama Julie
• Arinzé Kene will perform in one-man show Kohlhaas

The first shows in the Old Vic's new season of theatre have been revealed, including performances from Damian Lewis, Milly Alcock, and Arinzé Kene. The season also marks Rupert Goold’s first as artistic director of the London venue.

Lewis (Homeland, Band of Brothers) will star as Henry V in Goold’s new production of Shakespeare’s history play from 26 January to 27 March 2027. From 10 April to 29 May, Alcock (Supergirl, House of the Dragon) will then play the titular role in a contemporary new version of August Strindberg’s psychological drama Miss Julie. The play will be adapted and directed by Old Vic Associate Director Rebecca Frecknall.

Goold will direct Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Tony Award-winning musical Assassins from 15 June to 21 August. The satire assembles a group of misfits who have attempted to assassinate presidents of the United States.

Arinzé Kene (Misty, Girl from the North Country) performs in the one-man show Kohlhaas from 27 August to 4 September. This true story — and adaptation of the novella Michael Kohlhaas — by Marco Baliani and Remo Rostagno, translated and directed by Omar Elerian, explores the line between justice and revenge when a 16th-century horse dealer takes law and order into his own hands.

Goold said: "I am thrilled to be presenting my first Season with a collection of plays that speaks to the Old Vic’s rich history of classical theatre, European repertoire and musical revivals. I hope my Old Vic will be able to draw on this theatre’s storied legacy of sensational acting in groundbreaking and accessible productions.

"The Old Vic, which has always sat between the subsidised and commercial sectors, dancing to its own distinctive tune, is innately a maverick playhouse. Home of national companies, birthplace of national treasures, I feel both excited and humble before its history. Building on the fine work of Matthew Warchus, I hope this new era may find its inspiration from that marriage of tradition and contemporary daring that has characterised its glorious past."

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