The world premiere of Mike Bartlett’s new play Unicorn, directed by James Macdonald, will debut at the Garrick Theatre in the West End from 4 February for strictly limited run until 26 April 2025.
“Nick: Have you two kissed already?
Polly: No
Kate: Yes”
Polly and Nick have it all. Happily married, two children, successful careers. And yet there’s something missing…something rare and unforeseen…waiting to add a much-needed sparkle…
Unicorn is Mike Bartlett’s explicit, funny and provocative new play, starring Nicola Walker (Unforgotten, The Split), Stephen Mangan (The Split, Episodes) and Erin Doherty (The Crown, Chloe).
Unicorn sees James Macdonald, Mike Bartlett and Kate Horton reuniting following their collaboration on the original production of Cock at Royal Court in 2009.
Joining director James Macdonald is designer Miriam Buether, lighting designer Natasha Chivers and sound designer Ian Dickinson.
Mike Bartlett is a multi-award-winning writer for both stage and screen.
Theatre includes: Scandaltown (Lyric Hammersmith Theatre); The 47th (The Old Vic); Cock (The Ambassadors’ Theatre/Royal Court); Mrs Delgado (Arts at the Old Fire Station/Theatre Royal Bath/Oxford Playhouse); Albion, Game (Almeida); Snowflake (Arts at the Old Fire Station); Wild (Hampstead Theatre); King Charles III (Almeida Theatre/Wyndham’s Theatre/Music Box Theatre, New York) which won an Olivier Award for Best New Play; An Intervention (Paines Plough/Watford); Bull (Sheffield Theatres/Off Broadway/Young Vic); Medea (Headlong/Glasgow Citizens/Watford/Warwick); Chariots of Fire (Hampstead Theatre/Gielgud Theatre); 13 (National Theatre); Decade (Headlong); Earthquakes in London (Headlong, National Theatre); Love, Love, Love (Paines Plough / Plymouth Theatre Royal/Royal Court/Roundabout Theatre Company, New York/Lyric Hammersmith Theatre);Contractions (Royal Court/Crucible Theatre, Sheffield); My Child (Royal Court); Artefacts (Bush Theatre/ Nabokov). Mike has previously been Writer In Residence at the National Theatre and is currently an Associate Playwright at the Royal Court Theatre. Television includes: Life, Doctor Foster SE2, King Charles III, Doctor Foster SE1 (Drama Republic/BBC); Sticks and Stones, Trauma (Tall Story Pictures/ITV); Press (Lookout Point/BBC).
Access performances
BSL – Friday 7 March 2025
Audio Described – Wednesday 19 March 2025
Captioned – Saturday 5 April 2025
Age Guidance: 16+ contains explicit content and scenes of a sexual nature, which some audience members may find intriguing.
