Old Vic announces Rupert Goold's inaugaral season

Henry V

Damian Lewis for Henry V. Photo by Nadav Kander.

Rupert Goold directs Shakespeare's great war epic and history play with Damian Lewis starring as Henry V. England's famous warrior-king leads his army into battle against the French forces. From the walls of Harfleur to the fields of Agincourt, they will face insurmountable odds and cement Henry's place in history as one of the greatest kings in memory. 

• Tuesday 26 January - Saturday 27 March 2027

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Julie

Milly Alcock for Julie. Photo by Nadav Kander.

Rebecca Frecknall brings her acclaimed contemporary adaptation of August Strindberg's Miss Julie to the Old Vic in her first production as Associate Director following its world premiere at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam. On her 21st birthday, Julie engages in a reckless flirtation with her father's employees John and Christine, and finds herself embroiled in a battlefield of class and sexual politics.  Milly Alcock stars in the title role in this thriller about lust and ruin.

• Saturday 10 April - Saturday 29 May 2027

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Assassins

Assassins. Photo by Nadav Kander.

Rupert Goold directs Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Tony Award-winning musical, which assembles together an unruly band of misfits who have attempted to assassinate the President of the United States, and asks the question: why have so many people throughout American history sought to give a voice to violence?

• Tuesday 15 June - Saturday 21 August 2027

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Kohlhaas

Arinze Kene for Kohlhaas. Photo by Nadav Kander.

Marco Baliani and Remo Rostagno adapt Heinrich Von Kleist's 1810 novella in which Michael Kohlhaas embarks on a quest for justice after a nobleman wrongfully seizes two of his horses, going up against an oppressive establishment. Director Omar Elerian reunites with Arinze Kene following their Olivier-nominated Misty, in this one-man-show about power and resistance.

• Friday 27 August - Saturday 4 September 2027

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Goold described the new season as "a collection of plays that speaks to the Old Vic’s rich history of classical theatre, European repertoire and musical revivals" and expressed his hope that it would continue to delivery on the Old Vic's "storied legacy of sensational acting in groundbreaking and accessible productions."