Twenty-year-old Imogen will do anything to help refugees after an attack on London, even if that does mean inviting a stranger to live in her house, without discussing it with her family first. When John arrives, but he isn't what they expected, he's different from them and although they'd never admit it, he's not what they want.

Almost a character in its own right in our childhood fairytales and fantasies, the forrest extends beyond the physical realm to capture the imagination with its magnetic mystery, darkness and silent reverence. Oxford-born playwright Rob Evans and associate director Lucy Morrison return to the Royal Court Theatre for its 2018/19 season with an enigmatic new work set in the hallowed shade of a wondrous woodland, where dark things lurk behind every bough...

Self described as a "social carrier pigeon" spoken word artist Debris Stevenson uses an alternative, visceral vocabulary of poetry, music, movement and lyrics to explore identity. Tying together themes of mental healthy, sexuality, disability, education, race and gender, Debris' hard-hitting, wise-beyond-her-years rhymes and assured, confident flow land every potent punch, marking her as a voice of her generation.

BAFTA and Olivier Award-winning playwright, and capital letter objector debbie tucker green has cultivated a reputation for boundary-breaking story-telling that's unafraid to address uncomfortable issues head on whilst maintaining nuance and lyricism. Following on from her critically acclaimed works a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun), hang, and truth & reconciliation, Tucker Green presents a poignant new work about the ravages of institutional and systematic racism.

Whilst most may know her from her performances as Anne Frank in the 2009 BBC mini-series and Meera Reed in HBO phenomenon Game of Thrones, Ellie Kendrick is a prolific young writer for stage and screen. Commissioned by the Royal Court Theatre and directed by RashDash physical theatre duo Helen Goalen and Abi Green, her second play Hole merges word, music and movement to examine how patriarchal power structures are formed and used.