2023 Brits Off Broadway Season Announced

28 February 2023

Co-curated by NDT, nine productions will make their New York premiere as part of the newly-announced full programme for the 2023 Brits Off Broadway Festival, running 18 April – 2 July at 59E59 Theaters in New York.

Nine UK productions will make their NY debuts
Curated by 59E59 & New Diorama’s Artistic Directors, Val Day and David Byrne
Brits Off Broadway festival’s first full return since the Covid-19
The season includes Defibrillator’s Foxes, the US premiere of Alan Bennett’s The Habit of Art and Laura Horton’s Breathless.

"A highlight of the theatrical year in New York" New York Times

Nine British theatre productions will make their New York premieres as part of the newly announced programme for the 2023 Brits Off Broadway Festival, running this spring-summer in all three 59E59 theater spaces in New York.

Co-curated by 59E59 and New Diorama’s Artistic Directors Val Day and David Byrne, the programme cements the transatlantic partnership between the two theatres and marks the festival’s first full return since the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown

The 2023 season features some of the UK’s most exciting new talent, including NYC debuts for work from The Bush Theatre and Theatre Royal Plymouth, and shows such as Defibrillator’s multi-award-winning Foxes, the US premiere of Alan Bennett’s The Habit of Art and Laura Horton’s Fringe First award-winning Breathless.

The annual Brits Off Broadway season has been running at 59E59 Theaters since 2004. New York's leading showcase for independent British work, helping theatre makers break into international markets by sharing their work audiences and critics in NYC. Previous NYC Brits off Broadway debutantes include Frantic Assembly, Mike Bartlett, John Tiffany, Steven Hoggett, Francesca Moody, Jon Brittain and Moira Buffini.

David Byrne, Artistic Director of New Diorama Theatre says “I had my New York debut as a writer and director at 59E59, and as soon as we met Val Day and I hit it off. I’m delighted to be working together again to ensure this programme of outstanding British theatre talent gets the opportunity to showcase their work to audiences in NYC and make those connections. It’s going to be a brilliant summer.”

Val Day, Artistic Director of 59E59 says “I’m so grateful to have found David so early in my tenure. It’s invaluable to the festival to work with someone so respected by, and connected to, the UK indie theater community. Our partnership feels so natural and easy - he’s a gift, really.”

Full casting and creative teams for the productions will be announced at a later date.

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