British Egyptian playwright, poet and performer Sabrina Mahfouz first rose to prominence with With A Little Bit of Luck, a cultural exploration of the UK garage-scene in the early 2000s. Drawing upon her own rich mixed heritage she carries on her insightful and deeply poetic anthropological examinations in her latest work The History of Water in the Middle East, showing as part the Royal Court Theatre's 2019/20 season this Autumn.

Once a thriving community hub known for being a place you could pick up just about anything, Bear Ridge Stores and the tiny village it services has gone a bit Brigadoon of late. Although it has seemingly vanished from maps or is just too isolated for any tourists, owners John Daniel and Noni keep the doors open, reminiscing about the good old days and depleting the last stocks of booze. But who's that coming out of the darkness? Could it be a much longed-for customer, or something far less welcome?

Innovative playwright Eve Leigh takes us into the heart of the online experience, namely the identities we create for ourselves in this exciting new venture premiering at the Royal Court this winter. Layering spoken word, performance, British Sign Language, audio descriptions and subtitles, Midnight Movie is billed as a relaxed production, open to a full range of abilities.

Emerging British Sikh writer Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti has received much critical acclaim for her contributions to stage, screen and theatre, which also include a previous stint at the Royal Court with heartwarming family dramedy Khandan. Bhatti returns to the London theatre with a brand new work, this time exploring the colourful shades of a contemporary multicultural British community.

Originally developed during a residency at the Royal Court Theatre in 2017, Chilean playwright Pablo Manzi's arresting dark comedy A Fight Against returns to the venue during a fully fledged production as part of the RCT's summer 2020 season programming. Exploring violence, its often unexpected aftermath, isolation and the antidote of human contact, A Fight Against sweeps across the Americas and unites a cast of radically different people.