Damian Lewis will lead Rupert Goold’s first Old Vic season as Henry V

The Old Vic’s 2027 season will open with Damian Lewis playing Henry V, the first production under new artistic director Rupert Goold. Goold will direct a version of Shakespeare’s play that aims to question how leaders become legends, marking Lewis’s return to a major theatre role after nearly a decade.

The season also includes Julie, Rebecca Frecknall’s adaptation of Miss Julie starring Milly Alcock, a summer revival of the musical Assassins, and Kohlhaas starring Arinzé Kene. Henry V begins previews on 26 January. The theatre will also offer £20 front-row tickets for the first five previews of each main-house show through its new Old Vic New Rush scheme.