Kimberly Belflower’s John Proctor is the Villain is to transfer to the West End next year, following its present run at the Royal Court Theatre, producers have confirmed.
The manufacturing, directed by Danya Taymor, is at present enjoying a sold-out run in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, the place it continues till 25 April as a part of the Royal Court’s seventieth anniversary season.
In the West End, it’s going to play a strictly restricted 12-week season at Wyndham’s Theatre from 2 February to 24 April 2027.
The present Royal Court solid is led by Sadie Soverall as Shelby Holcomb and Dónal Finn as Mr Smith, with Lauryn Ajufo, Charlie Borg, Reece Braddock, Holly Howden Gilchrist, Clare Hughes, Miya James and Molly McFadden finishing the firm. Taymor reunited the unique Broadway inventive staff for the manufacturing.
The present acquired a five-star rave from WhatsOnStage’s Sarah Crompton, being described as “art that helps us to understand life, a tribute to literature as a map for comprehension, and to dance for expressing all the things that words cannot.”
The play acquired seven Tony Award nominations throughout its Broadway run at the Booth Theatre in 2025, together with Best Play and Best Actress in a Play for star Sadie Sink.
The Royal Court was additionally the venue the place Arthur Miller’s The Crucible – the play Belflower’s work immediately responds to – had its London premiere in the Court’s first-ever season in 1956.
Belflower and Taymor stated at this time: “Bringing John Proctor is the Villain to the West End is a true honour and profound joy for us, especially on the heels of its very witchy UK debut in the Royal Court’s 70th anniversary season. The play has been igniting London audiences, and we have fallen deeply in love with this great city. We are so grateful that our spells worked and more people will be able to see the play here – and come back again and again – at the incredible Wyndham’s Theatre in 2027.”
Full casting for the West End transfer is nonetheless to be confirmed.
