4.48 PSYCHOSIS to play at Royal Court and RSC’s The Other Place in 2025
The Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court Theatre have announced a new co-production of 4.48 Psychosis, which sees the original cast and creative team re-visit Sarah Kane’s final masterpiece 25 years on.
Following its opening at the Royal Court Theatre from 12 June - 5 July 2025, the production transfers to The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon for twenty performances only from 10 – 27 July.
The final performance will take place at 4.48am on the morning of Sunday 27 July 2025. The unique event will also include a post-show discussion with the cast and creative team over breakfast.
First performed at the Royal Court Jerwood Upstairs on 23 June 2000, 4.48 Psychosis plunges the audience into the mind of an unnamed protagonist grappling with severe depression. This unflinching portrait of a psyche teetering on the edge of oblivion returns to the stage in a new production directed by James Macdonald, with original cast members Daniel Evans, Jo McInnes and Madeleine Potter reprising their critically acclaimed roles.
RSC Co-Artistic Directors Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey said: “Sarah Kane’s final work cemented her legacy as a seminal playwright of British theatre. 25 years on from the play’s premiere at the Royal Court Theatre, this new production of 4.48 Psychosis represents a landmark moment for the RSC in 2025. To be staging this era-defining work in The Other Place, a theatre synonymous with radical new productions, is particularly thrilling. To mark this moment in time, we are also offering Stratford audiences the unique opportunity to experience the final performance of this play at 4.48am in the morning, at the break of dawn."
Joining James Macdonald on the creative team are set & costume designer Jeremy Herbert, lighting designer Nigel Edwards, and sound designer Paul Arditti.
