Young Vic announces 2026/27 season, including World Premiere of Thelma and Louise Musical

The Young Vic has unveiled its 2026/27 season, which is a programme full of compelling international storytelling from world-class theatre makers and exciting new voices, many of whom are making their Young Vic debuts between September 2026 - July 2027.

What is playing in the Main House at the Young Vic?

Opening the season will be the World Premiere of Thelma & Louise, a brand-new musical adaptation of Callie Khouri’s Oscar and Golden Globe-winning road movie, featuring music and lyrics by Grammy-nominated iconoclast Neko Case. Directed by Trip Cullman (Choir Boy) and starring Amy Lennox (Cabaret, Kinky Boots) and Rachel Tucker (Wicked, Come From Away) in the title roles, Thelma & Louise has been reimagined for the stage at a time when the politics of the original film feel more relevant than ever. It will run from 3 September to 24 Oct 2026.

The premiere of the English language adaptation of Eurotrash reunites the creative team behind the Young Vic's hit production Kafka's Monkey. Ben Whishaw (Peter Hujar’s Day and This is Going to Hurt) and Kathryn Hunter (Poor Things & Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo) from the hit Netflix series Black Doves reunite here as a mother and son who embark on a road trip through the Swiss Alps to give away their vast family fortune in an attempt to escape the shadows of their past. This new adaptation of Christian Kracht’s internationally best-selling novel by Colin Teevan (The Tank, Das Boot, Monkey!), directed by Walter Meierjohann (Blindness, In the Red and Brown Water) is a darkly comedic search for absolution. 13 Nov 2026 - 9 Jan 2027.

Tiago Rodrigues (By Heart), Portuguese playwright and director, and current director of the Festival d’Avignon, presents the UK premiere of his intimate and inventive play La Distance. First performed at the Festival d’Avignon in 2025, La Distance, performed in French with English surtitles, is a profoundly human exploration of separation, hope, and the bond between parent and child, set within a collapsing world. Original cast members Alison Dechamps and Adama Diop reprise their roles as father and daughter. 22 Jan – 13 Feb 2027.

Olivier and BAFTA award-winner debbie tucker green (ear for eye) writes and directs the World  premiere of dissent, an explosive new play about humanity's capacity for monstrous behaviour. 5 Mar - 24 Apr 2027.

Young Vic Artistic Director and CEO Nadia Fall (Entertaining Mr Sloane) directs the first UK staging in 20 years of August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean, a moving exploration of resistance, redemption, and the enduring search for freedom.  14 May - 10 July 2027.

What is playing in the Maria at the Young Vic?

Straight from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Shedinburgh lands in London for the very first time. The immersive venue will be re-built in the Maria to present the very best of the Fringe, showcasing over 40 shows from artists including Inua Ellams, Sara Pascoe, Bryony Kimmings and Rosie Jones. This month-long residency will celebrate the creativity and diversity of the Fringe, featuring iconic shows alongside brand new work. The full programme of intimate shed-style performances will span theatre, music, comedy and everything in between, with all shows announced next month. 19 Sept - 10 Oct 2026.

Ewa Dina (The Welsh Dragon), winner of the 2026 JMK Award makes her Young Vic debut directing Theresa Ikoko’s (Rocks) award-winning play Girls. Set in Nigeria during the 2014 militant insurrection when hundreds of girls were kidnapped from their homes, Girls is a powerful story of three friends and the difficult choices they make to survive. 22 Oct - 21 Nov.

Further programming for the Maria Studio will be announced in the autumn.

For information about booking your tickets, can be found here.