London’s National Theatre announced its 2027 program, featuring performances by Paul Mescal, Emma Corrin, and Emilia Clarke among others. The season includes 18 productions, eight of which are world premieres, across the venue’s three stages.
Paul Mescal will return to the Lyttelton theater for a repertory season. He will play Biff Loman in Rebecca Frecknall’s staging of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” and then Michael Carney in Caitríona McLaughlin’s production of Tom Murphy’s “A Whistle in the Dark,” a co-production with Ireland’s Abbey Theatre. Tracy Letts will make his U.K. stage acting debut as Willy Loman, opposite Monica Dolan as Linda Loman, with Ciarán Hinds also joining the cast.
Emma Corrin will star as Catharine Holly in Michael Grandage’s revival of Tennessee Williams’ “Suddenly Last Summer,” marking Grandage’s first National Theatre production since 2010. Arty Froushan and Harriet Walter will also appear in the production. Emilia Clarke will make her National Theatre debut in David Hare’s “Plenty,” directed by former National Theatre director Richard Eyre, ahead of Hare’s 80th birthday and the play’s 50th anniversary.
Uzo Aduba will also debut at the venue in “The Adeyemis, A Family Saga,” a family drama by Oladipo Agboluaje in the Dorfman theater, directed by Lucian Msamati in his National Theatre directing debut. Rosamund Pike will reprise her role in Suzie Miller’s “Inter Alia” on Broadway, beginning November 10th at the Music Box Theater, with Jamie Glover and Cormac McAlinden also making their Broadway debuts.
Indhu Rubasingham, director and co-chief executive of the National Theatre, stated the program “brings together a remarkable range of work that looks across the last century to explore the perspectives, cultures and conflicts that continue to shape our world.” Kate Varah, executive director and co-chief executive, said the 2027 slate “reflects a scale, ambition and reach that places us at the heart of the U.K.’s thriving cultural ecosystem,” noting the National Theatre’s audience now spans 184 countries.
Additional world premieres include James Graham’s “Major,” directed by Jeremy Herrin, dramatizing John Major’s rise to prime minister; Rubasingham’s staging of Moira Buffini’s “The Great Indaba,” a co-production with MGC dramatizing the 1998 Good Friday Agreement; Carmen Nasr’s “Samira,” starring May Calamawy, Joshua McGuire and Sirine Saba; Natasha Gordon’s stage adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo’s “Mr Loverman,” with Gary Beadle, Jo Martin and Danny Sapani; Phyllida Lloyd’s new musical “Glorious Madness,” built around songs written by Joan Armatrading, with Iman Qureshi penning the book; and a Punchdrunk immersive experience.
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