Royal Court Theatre announces 2027 season

The Royal Court Theatre has announced its 2027 season, including Jessie Buckley who makes her debut at the venue in the world premiere of Afterbirth.

Summary

• The Royal Court Theatre's 2027 season will include one Broadway transfer and six world premieres
• Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner *Purpose* by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will transfer from Broadway
• Looking forward to 2028, Oscar winner Jessie Buckley makes her Royal Court debut in the world premiere of Afterbirth
• In May, The Briar Patch, starring Olivier Award winner Juliet Stevenson, will make its world premiere
• Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner, Purpose, by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will transfer from Broadway

The Royal Court Theatre's 2027 season will include one Broadway transfer and six world premieres.

The European premiere of 2025 Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Purpose by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will transfer from Broadway. a family drama centred on a Black American political dynasty will be directed by Phylicia Rashad and will run from 16 January - 27 February 2027.

Theatre company Complicité will return to the Court with the world premiere of The Apology from 19 March - 24 April. Written by and starring Tony-winner V, formerly known as Eve Ensler as herself alongside Emmy Award-winner Tobias Menzies, directed by Complicité Artistic Director Simon McBurney, with set design by Es Devlin.

In May, The Briar Patch, starring Olivier Award winner Juliet Stevenson, will make its world premiere. A domestic thriller about losing trust in the people closest to you, the show is written by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth and directed by Royal Court Artistic Director David Byrne.

Looking forward to 2028, Oscar winner Jessie Buckley makes her Royal Court debut in the world premiere of Afterbirth, a story about the disorienting reality of life after birth by Royal Court Associate Playwright Nina Segal. Running from 15 January - 26 February 2028.

The new season will also feature* We're Gonna Kill Billy*, the professional debut from Alex Medland. War Face reunites Stage Debut Award-winner Georgie Dettmer and director Jess Edwards for a new play created with serving and retired soldiers in collaboration with the Chelsea Pensioners. A new play by Benjamin Kuffuor titled Working Men receives its world premiere following acclaim as winner of the George Devine Award.

Royal Court Artistic Director David Byrne said: “Three years since I became Artistic Director of the Royal Court, and coming out of our 70th anniversary year, this is the most thrilling season we could imagine bringing together. I almost can’t believe it’s ours - but of course it is, because this extraordinary set of knotty, original, adventurous new plays couldn’t be truly at home anywhere else.”

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