JERWOOD THEATRE DOWNSTAIRS

The Royal Court Theatre presents 

Upstairs Downstairs: The Ugly One

Written by Marius von Mayenburg

Translated by Maja Zade 

10 - 28 June

Following their sold-out success in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, three Royal Court productions return in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs.

Lette thought he was normal.

When the extent of his ugliness is revealed he turns to a plastic surgeon for help. But after the bandages come off, Lette soon learns that there is such a thing as too beautiful.

"A drop-dead gorgeous play."  Independent

The Ugly One is a scalpel sharp comedy on beauty, identity and getting ahead in life.

"A delectable black comedy... I have not seen a more imaginative, inventive or disturbing theatrical vision."  Evening Standard  

"A viciously comic assault on the warped values of pop-culture-fed modern society."  The Times   

Director Ramin Gray

Designer Jeremy Herbert

Lighting Charles Balfour

Sound Nick Powell

Cast includes Amanda Drew, Michael Gould, Frank McCusker, Simon Paisley Day

International Playwrights: A Genesis Project

Tickets – £25, £15, £10. Mondays all seats £10. Concs £10

To book tickets please call the box office on 020 7565 5000 or click here.

JERWOOD THEATRE UPSTAIRS

The Royal Court Theatre presents

Oxford Street

Written by Levi David Addai

2 - 31 May 

"I don’t want to work here much longer, I got bigger plans than dis place... I gotta make it. Can’t be living in my forties and still working in retail. Can’t be living in the struggle no more."

At Total Sports, security guard Kofi and his workmates are making sure everything runs smoothly, easing the daily grind with plenty of jokes and chat about the future. Young or old, they all want more from life. The only difference is how they'll go about getting it.

This boisterous and comic new play from Levi David Addai (93.2FM & House of Agnes) looks beyond the glossy facade of the high street at the stories and ambitions of the workers within.

Director Dawn Walton

Designer Soutra Gilmour

Lighting Philip Gladwell

Sound Carolyn Downing

Movement Ann Yee

Cast Reece Beaumont, Preeya Kalidas, Daniel Kaluuya, Kristian Kiehling, Amelia Lowdell, Nathaniel Martello-White, Cyril Nri, Ashley Walters, Shane Zaza

Tickets – £15. Mondays all seats £10. Concs £10

To book tickets please call the box office on 020 7565 5000 or click on the link below:

http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whatson01.asp?play=507

JERWOOD THEATRE DOWNSTAIRS

The City by Martin Crimp

24 April – 7June

"And I know what you're thinking: you're thinking it must be pretty easy to kill people who are simply clinging on to life. But the people clinging on to life are the most dangerous people of all."

Clair wants to be kissed - but not now - and certainly not by her husband. Chris wants to celebrate his new job by driving into the oncoming traffic. Jenny arrives to complain about the screaming children - but the garden's empty, and the key to the playroom's disappeared. Just what strange game is being played here?

Three characters fight to make sense of a surreal and collapsing world in this darkly comic mystery.

Martin Crimp's Attempts on her Life premiered at the Royal Court in 1997 and was recently given a new production by Katie Mitchell at the National Theatre. Their previous collaborations include The Country and Face to the Wall at the Royal Court and The Seagull (National). Martin Crimp also created the new translation of Rhinoceros for the Royal Court.

Director Katie Mitchell

Designer Vicki Mortimer

Lighting Paule Constable

Sound Gareth Fry

Sound Associate Sean Ephgrave

Cast

Matilda Castrey

Benedict Cumberbatch

Ruby Douglas

Amanda Hale

Hattie Morahan

Tickets – £25, £15, £10. Mondays all seats £10

For more information and to book, call 020 7565 5000 or click on the link below.

http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whatson01.asp?play=504