Royal Court Theatre announces programme from December 2021

The Royal Court Theatre has announced its new season of shows running from December 2021-June 2022.

Pablo Manzi’s A Fight Against…(Una Lucha Contra…) will run from 9 December 2021-22 January 2022. This darkly comic odyssey across the Americas explores whether violence brings us closer together and what it takes to make a community. Developed on a residency at the Royal Court, this play marks the English language debut of one of Chile’s most significant new voices.

Alistair McDowall’s The Glow runs from 21 January-5 March 2022. 1863. An asylum. A woman locked in a windowless cell, with no memory as to who she is, or how she arrived there. When spiritualist medium Mrs Lyall requires a new assistant, this nameless woman seems the perfect candidate. But as the woman’s past begins to reveal itself, so do new powers neither are prepared for.  The Glow was the 2018 Pinter Commission, an award given by Lady Antonia Fraser to support a new commission at the Royal Court Theatre.

Purple Snowflakes & Titty Wanks, written and performed by Sarah Hanly, plays from 1-12 February 2022.  Saoirse Murphy moves from one chaotic world to another. From her religious home in Dublin, to a new exciting life in London. She’s had a taste of freedom and she’s making the most of it; but underneath it all she’s struggling to manage a big secret, and there’s only one person she can talk to about it.  This marks Irish playwright Sarah Hanly's debut play.

two Palestinians go dogging by Sami Ibrahim won the Theatre Uncut Political Playwriting Award and uses the lens of humour to explore how the everyday becomes political and the political becomes everyday in a conflict zone. This production runs from 6 May-1 June 2022.

Finally, The Song Project returns in 2022 with nine performances in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs from 9-18 June 2022. A mix of a gig and theatre, The Song Project is a collection of songs by five playwrights exploring the hopes and anxieties of life, performed live by one Europe’s most exciting artists, Wende and a company of musicians. 

Royal Court Theatre Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone said: “We are nearly there. After months of disruption and postponement, after plagues and flooding, we are delighted to announce the last precious plays which have been waiting not so patiently to be put in front of you our audience. 

The work more than ever feels urgent, dynamic and confirms theatre as a vital and hopeful part of our cultural life. As the mirror we hold up to ourselves, as the place where empathy is fostered, where the unheard are given voice. 

This season involves important international partnerships, first time writers, experienced writers in their prime and global stories reflecting our place in the world. 

Over the next few weeks we will be announcing the new partnerships, the new work, the new ideas but for now we are treasuring the plays we have saved from the last two years. We hope you will treasure them too.”

Tickets go on sale to supporters from 12pm on 13 September 2021 and to the general public at 12pm on 15 September 2021 here.