Death of a Salesman revival and more revealed in York Theatre Royal season

York Theatre Royal has revealed part of its new season, including a major new revival of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman.

A co-production with Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre, Dominic Hill will direct. The production opens on 2 March 2027, with previews from 24 February, and runs at York Theatre Royal until 27 March 2027, before transferring to the Citizens Theatre from 7 April until 1 May 2027.

Hill, artistic director of Citizens Theatre, said: “I am delighted to be directing a new production of this brilliant Arthur Miller play that is one of the most influential works of the 20^th century. It could not be more timely in the age of Donald Trump’s politics of greed and toxic masculinity. But Death of a Salesman is also an ordinary working man’s story, as a family tries to wrestle with living up to expectations and forging their own path. I can’t wait to see the reaction from audiences in York and Glasgow to this new production.”

In addition, York Theatre Royal will continue their creative collaboration with the Emma Rice Company and Nottingham Playhouse with a revival of Kneehigh and Emma Rice’s Tristan & Yseult. Last seen on stage in 2017, the production will be staged at York Theatre Royal in April as part of a nationwide UK tour. The show, adapted and directed by Rice and written by Carl Grose and Anna Maria Murphy, has music by Stu Barker; original set and costume design by Bill Mitchell, set and costume design by Vikki Mortimer, choreography and intimacy coordination by Etta Murfitt, sound design by Simon Baker and lighting design by Malcolm Rippeth.

It will play in York from 7 to 17 April 2027 as part of the tour.

CEO of York Theatre Royal, Paul Crewes, said: “We’re very excited about this upcoming season – most notably in a first for us, we will be working with our friends at Citizens Theatre in Glasgow on Arthur Miller’s modern classic Death of a Salesman, directed by the fabulous Dominic Hill. This is a wonderful collaboration with a great theatre.

“Spring 2027 will also see us co-producing again with the Emma Rice Company and Nottingham Playhouse on a revival of Tristan and Yseult. I have such fond memories of originally producing this show with Emma when we were both at Kneehigh alongside Mike Shepherd. I can’t wait for York audiences to have the chance to finally see this production that successfully toured the world for many years.

The productions join the line-up of other produced work already on sale, including a revival of Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad later this year with Amelia Bullmore, a youth theatre production of Wendy and Peter Pan and their annual pantomime, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Also, there is a dance programme and visiting theatre.