National Theatre to open for performances as restrictions are lifted

On Friday the National Theatre announced its commitment to begin creating new work again, with plans to resume socially-distanced live performances in the Olivier Theatre in late October. A new one-person play, DEATH OF ENGLAND: DELROY, by Clint Dyer and Roy Williams, will be directed by Dyer, and performed by Giles Terera.This follows on from Dyer and Williams’ play Death of England, which Dyer also directed, and was performed by Rafe Spall in the Dorfman Theatre, closing a few weeks before lockdown.

The new play was commissioned by the NT’s New Work Department at the start of lockdown and written over the subsequent five months. It explores a different side of the Death of England story as it focuses on the character of Delroy, the best friend of Michael, the protagonist of the first piece.