The newly announced season is the first under new Artistic Director Rupert Goold.
The Old Vic Theatre has announced details of its latest season which will include musicals and revivals.
First on stage for 2027 will be Rupert Goold’s production of Henry V, starring Damian Lewis. Running at the theatre from the 26th January until the 27th March, the production will see the creative team also including set designer Miriam Buether, costume designer Evie Gurney, lighting designer Jack Knowles, sound designer and composer Adam Cork bringing Shakespeare’s history play to life.
This will then be followed in April by the arrival of August Strindberg’s Miss Julie, with this revival being directed by Rebecca Frecknall. Set to star rMilly Alcock, the production will run from the 10th April until the 29th May. The production also marks the first time that Strindberg’s play will be seen on The Old Vic stage since 1966 in a production that starred Maggie Smith.
From the 15th June until the 21st August, Rupert Goold will direct a revival of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s musical Assassins. Casting and further details about the production have yet to be announced.
Arinzé Kene is set to star in Kohlhaas, a one-person show adapted by Marco Baliani and Remo Rostagno from Heinrich von Kleist’s 1810 novella. Translated and directed by Omar Elerian, the show will run from the 27th August until the 4th September.
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.”
For more information about the productions visit: https://www.oldvictheatre.com/