Royal Court Theatre
On the 8th May 1956, John Osborne's 'Look Back In Anger' opened at the Royal Court on Sloane Square. Unfortunately for the theare and the playwright ' Look Back In Anger' opened to empty houses and terrible reviews. Yet, today it is considered as the play which marks the beginning of modern British drama. Throughout the 1960s the Royal Court Theatre regularly came into conflict with the Lord Chamberlain office, which was the official censor for the London stage. Three plays that the theatre wished to put on, were refused a license to be performed at all. It was these battles that led to the abolition of the Lord Chamberlain office in 1968.
The Royal Court is Britain's first national theatre company, and considers itself to be a writers theatre. The plays that are usually performed at the theatre push back the boundaries than was at first considered acceptable. But it is also a theatre that encourages new writers from all parts of society to find their voice.
50-51 Sloane Square
SW1W 8AS
0207 565 5000
0207 565 5050
A work-shy writer discovers a Victorian man living in the wall of his flat. Everyone’s pretty surprised. Adjustments need to be made.
Can the strange visitor unlock his hopeless career? His flagging relationship? A story buried in these walls for over a century? (Doubt it. Maybe. Yes.)
Contains jokes, songs, banging on recycling boxes, a talking fridge…
Samuel Beckett’s landmark one-woman piece Not I returns to the Royal Court Theatre, 40 years after its UK premiere.
Beckett’s Not I is an intense monologue, set in a pitch-black space lit by a single beam of light. A disembodied female mouth floats eight feet above the stage and delivers a stream of consciousness, spoken, as Beckett directed, at the speed of thought.
A young entrepreneur sets out on a quest for wealth with priceless ambition and a purse of gold.
A fable of free market economics and cut-throat capitalism.
Bruce Norris’ previous credits include Clybourne Park, for which he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and received the Tony Award for Best Play. It opened at the Royal Court in September 2010 to critical acclaim before transferring to the West End. His other credits include The Pain and the Itch at the Royal Court, The Infidel, Purple Heart and The Unmentionables.
