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Dateline: 20th December, 2011
All Change at the Royal Court The next two years will see major changes at the Royal Court. Executive Director Kate Horton is to take up a new position at the National Theatre in April 2012 and Artistic Director Dominic Cooke will step down the following year to focus on freelance work. Cooke will continue to lead the company until April 2013 with two further seasons to announce. Kate Horton said, "I am thrilled to be joining Nick Hytner, Nick Starr and Lisa Burger at the National Theatre. This is an irresistible chance for me to work with the brilliant team leading one of our most vital cultural organisations. "To work alongside Dominic Cooke at the Royal Court has been a privilege and a true joy. "I know that I leave a thriving organisation in very capable hands and will always cherish my time at the greatest new writing house in the world." Dominic Cooke said, "In January 2013 it will be seven years since I was appointed Artistic Director of the Royal Court. This follows eight years as full time Associate Director at the Court and the RSC. After nearly 15 years on the management of two extraordinary companies, and with my trusted colleague Kate Horton moving on to an exciting new role at the National, it feels like the right point to begin the process of handing over to a new Artistic Director. In the spring of 2013, I will move on from the Court to focus on freelance work. "My focus now will be on the next 15 months of programming for the Court. Having just announced nine new plays for the first six months of 2012 I’ll be planning the next two seasons, which we will announce in due course, and will include some exciting surprises. By the time I leave Sloane Square, I will have produced around 100 new plays. There are many people who have given their talent, passion and hard work to make that work happen and I am hugely grateful to all of them." The spring/summer 2012 season will consist of Constellations by Nick Payne (13 January - 11 February), In Basildon by David Eldridge (16 Feb - 24 March 2012), Goodbye to All That by Luke Norris (23 February - 17 March 2012), Vera Vera Vera by Hayley Squires (22 March – 14 April), Belong by Bola Agbaje (26 April - 26 May), Love Love Love by Mike Bartlett (27 April - 2 June), The Witness by Vivienne Franzmann (1 June - 30 June 2012) and Birthday by Joe Penhall (22 June - 04 Aug 2012).
Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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