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

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/old-vic-2027-season-to-open-with-damian-lewis-as-henry-v/
- Published: 2026-11-10T12:04:21+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T12:32:42+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/nov/10/old-vic-2027-season-damian-lewis-henry-v
- Topics: Culture, Entertainment, TV

## Key points

- Damian Lewis will lead the Old Vic’s first 2027 production.
- Rupert Goold’s season spans Shakespeare, Strindberg and Sondheim.
- £20 front-row tickets will be available for early previews.

## Summary

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.

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