Playwright's Podcast

Together with director Katie Mitchell, Nina Segal and Melanie Wilson make up the team co-creators behind Cow | Deer, a new experiment in performance, in which using only sound and no words, a quartet of performers and Foley artists evoke the lives of two animals – a cow and a deer.

Daniel Evans, Jo McInnes and Madeleine Potter make up the cast of the original production of Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis, which opened at the Royal Court in the year 2000.  Daniel, Jo and Madeleine, reprised their roles in 4.48 Psychosis here at the Royal Court, 25 years on from its debut, directed by original director James Macdonald. The production ran here until 5 July, before embarking on a run at the RSC.

Billy Barret, Ellice Stevens and Frew make up the team behind After the Act.  Exploring a defining moment in LGBTQ+ history, After the Act played at the Royal Court following an acclaimed national tour, in May 2025.

Joel Tan has been described as one of the most exciting Singaporean playwrights of his generation. In Singapore his plays have been produced by leading theatre companies including Checkpoint Theatre and Wild Rice. Recently, his work in the UK includes the Living Newspaper at the Royal Court, as well as Love in the Time of the Ancients, and No Particular Order. Joel's play Scenes from a Repatriation runs at the Royal Court Theatre this April.

Khawla Ibraheem is a playwright, actor and director based in the Majdal Shams in the occupied Golan Heights. She is a regular at many theatres in Palestine and outside of Palestine she has collaborated with many theatres and institutions, including as a fellow at the McDowell, and as an artist in residence at the Sundance Theatre Lab. Khawla's one-woman play, A Knock on the Roof, opens at the Royal Court later this month.