Lisa Spirling

Theatre503 has announced the appointment of five new Trustees plus an Associate Trustee. Learn more about the Trustees here!

Harlem playwright Nia Akilah Robinson's 2023 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award finalist The Great Privation: How to flip ten cents into a dollar premieres in May, directed by Theatre503's Carne Associate Director and 2023 JMK Award Winner Kalungi Ssebandeke. Learn more about the full season lineup here!

Theatre503 has announced the cast and full creative team for Roxy’s Cook’s debut play A Woman Walks Into a Bank with Keith Dunphy (Under Black Rock, Arcola) playing C/A Debt Collector, Giulia Innocenti (Inspector Sands’ Wuthering Heights) playing A/An Old Woman, and Sam Newton (Big Big Sky, Hampstead) playing B/A Young Man. The part of a cat, Sally is played by all three.

The Mono Box’s extensive play and audio monologue libraries to be donated to Northern Academy of Performing arts, Powerhouse, Theatre503 and Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass Trust. Learn more about the collection here!

Theatre503 has announced the appointment of Emily Carewe as its new Executive Director. She will take up the position at the start of October. Learn more about Emily here!

Theatre503 has announced an autumn line-up featuring world premieres by three debut writers. From September to December, Theatre503’s programme exemplifies the ways in which the new writing powerhouse encounters, nurtures, and launches a new generation of writers and theatre-makers –including through its 503Five residency, International Playwriting Award, and unsolicited script engagement.

Vardy V Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial brings a social media nightmare to a shocking and amusing reality. This adaptation of a well-known cultural phenomenon is an autopsy of the intricacies behind existence as a partner of one of England’s highest profile footballers.

Vardy V Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial is now playing at the Ambassadors Theatre through 20 May 2023. Check out all new photos of the production here!

See new photos of Vardy V Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial as it awaits kick-off at the Ambassadors Theatre.

Emerging  playwright Roxy Cook was announced today as the winner of the 2023 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award for her first play A Woman Walks Into a Bank. Roxy accepted the Award from Erica Whyman, Chair of the Award Judging Panel at an event taking place in the shell of the 503Studio at Nine Elms, which will become a world-class centre for debut playwrights.

Following a strictly limited run at the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End (6 April – 20 May 2023),Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial  will tour beginning in May.

Zak Zarafshan’s debut play dives into playground politics and marital disputes, but with a touch of divine intervention, and some Britney Spears for good measure. The show follows two sets of parents meeting to discuss a kiss between their two nine-year-olds sons, and the glittery queer guardian angels that help them figure it out.

Theatre503 presents the world premiere of The Boys are Kissing, the debut play from Zak Zarafshan – an alumni of Theatre503's celebrated 503Five. Directed by Artistic Director Lisa Spirling, the cast is: Shane Convery, Philip Coreia, Amy McAllister, Seyan Sarvan, Kishore Walker, and Eleanor Wyld.

Due to popular demand, Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial will play for a strictly limited run at the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End, opening on 6 April – 20 May 2023. The final 4 remaining performances at the Wyndham's Theatre on 6th, 13th and 20th Dec 2022 and 10th January 2023 are now sold-out.

Get a first look at Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial is running 29th November, 6th, 13th and 20th Dec and 10th January all at the Wyndham's Theatre.

Due to popular demand, a further six performances have been confirmed for Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial

Adapted from seven days of the High Court transcript by Liv Hennessy (finalist in the Paines Plough's Women's Prize for Playwriting) and directed by Lisa Spirling (Artistic Director of Theatre503), Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial will bring the dramatic legal action to life. 

For one night only, theatre audiences will be able to watch the trial that gripped the nation.  Adapted from seven days of the High Court transcript by Liv Hennessy (finalist in the Paines Plough's Women's Prize for Playwriting) and directed by Lisa Spirling (Artistic Director of Theatre503), Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial will bring the dramatic legal action to life. 

Theatre503 has announced its programme until June 2023, featuring six world premieres by outstanding debut playwrights. Two brand new Theatre503 productions open alongside co-productions with emerging and established theatre companies and producers, including plays by writers discovered through the Theatre503 International Playwriting Award and 503Five alumni, plus 503Studio Masterclasses.

From modern day inequities to porn addiction, betting shops, spiritual and sexual liberation and an octopus taught to believe in God, 17 new plays have been longlisted for the 40th anniversary of Soho Theatre's Character 7 sponsored Verity Bargate Award.