Stratford East announces 2027 season

Noises Off

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Stratford East Artistic Director Lisa Spirling (Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy) directs Michael Frayn’s multi award-winning comedy about a theatre company that's desperately trying to keep a disastrous production on the road. But the real drama is happening behind the scenes: the leading lady can't find her props, one of the actors is still in the pub, and everyone is in love, lust, or in a sulk. Noises Off stars Tameka Empson (EastEnders) and Paterson Joseph (Peep Show, Vigil, Wonka, Sancho & Me).

• 5 February - 13 March 2027

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Talking in Tongues

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Winsome Pinnock’s acclaimed comedy-drama Talking in Tongues returns to the stage for the first time since its 1991 premiere, directed by Olivier Award-winner and Stratford East Associate Artistic Director Jade Lewis (Sleepova, Bush Theatre; Superhoe, Royal Court). Set between London and Jamaica, it follows friends and lovers as they attempt to understand each other. What happens when the people closest to us speak a language we can't quite translate? Tamara Lawrance (Time, BBC; Get Millie Black, Channel 4) stars as Claudette, with Kayla Meikle (Time, Small Axe, BBC) as Leela. 

• 1 April - 1 May 2027

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Uncle Vanya

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Translated by David Lan, Bristol Old Vic Associate Artistic Director Rikki Henry’s wonderfully creative production of Chekhov's tragic comedy relocates Uncle Vanya to a rundown modern office. Suffering a midlife crisis, Vanya, along with his niece Sonya and the local doctor Astrov, are visited by Sonya's father, who arrives with his glamourous new wife and a surprising decision to sell the business. While Vanya and Astrov appear to fall under Yelena’s charms, Sonya is less convinced.

• 19 May - 19 June 2027

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The Fingerprint Bureau

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Award-winning writer Sonali Bhattacharyya (Chasing Hares - Sonia Friedman Production Award and Theatre Uncut Political Playwriting Award and King Troll (The Fawn) - finalist for the Women's Prize for Playwriting) joins forces with two time Olivier Award nominee director Milli Bhatia (Seven methods of killing kylie jenner and Blue Mist, Royal Court Theatre) team up for the world premiere of this new thriller. In Calcutta in British-occupied India, two Bengali mathematicians Azizul Haque and Chandra Bose, are given an impossible task: to develop new methods of identifying and categorising people through their fingerprints.

• Dates to be announced

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Jack and the Beanstalk

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Vikki Stone (Olivier Award winning Hey Duggee: The Live Theatre Show; upcoming Coyote Ugly stage adaptation) and Tonderai Munyevu (The Moors; Mugabe, My Dad and Me - UK Theatre Award Best New Play 2022) unite for a joyful new panto retelling of the classic fairy tale, filled with plenty of laughs, catchy songs, and plenty of audience participation.

• 20 November - 31 December 2027

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