Paul Mescal, Tracy Letts & Uzo Aduba Among Names Set For National Theatre Productions In 2027

The National Theatre in London has set its 2027 lineup, with Tracy Letts and Uzo Aduba among the actors making their debut at the venue, and Paul Mescal among the returning performers. 

Letts will perform alongside Mescal in a rep production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, directed by Rebecca Frecknall in the National’s Lyttelton Theatre. The production will be held in the summer and autumn of 2027. Further cast joining Mescal and Letts include Peter Corboy, Eimhin Fitzgerald Doherty, Ryan Donaldson, Ciarán Hinds, Aisling Loftus, Julian Moore-Cook, and Monica Dolan. 

Alongside Death of a Salesman, Mescal will also perform in a summer/autumn 2027 production of Tom Murphy’s A Whistle in the Dark at the National. Caitríona McLaughlin will direct the production. Following its run at the National Theatre, A Whistle in the Dark will play at Ireland’s Abbey Theatre from 13 – 30 October 2027, as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival.

Aduba is set to make her National debut in The Adeyemis – A Family Saga, written by Oladipo Agboluaje. The production will be held in winter 2027 in the Dorfman Theatre. The new play follows the fortunes of a wealthy but troubled clan through a turbulent period in Nigeria’s recent history. Lucian Msamati is set to direct. 

Elsewhere, Emma Corrin will star in a revival of Tennessee Williams’s Suddenly Last Summer alongside Harriet Walter. Michael Grandage will direct the production, while Richard Eyre will direct a new production of David Hare’s Plenty. 

Dear England and Ink scribe James Graham will also debut a new production titled Major. It will be directed by Jeremy Herrin. The play is said to explore the pivotal moment when John Major took over from Margaret Thatcher.