V, the writer of The Vagina Monologues, stars opposite Tobias Menzies in the world premiere of her play, directed by Simon McBurney with Complicité and designed by Es Devlin.
V, the writer of The Vagina Monologues, stars in the world premiere of her play The Apology at the Royal Court Theatre in Sloane Square from Friday 19 March 2027. Tobias Menzies plays opposite her, and Simon McBurney directs.
V wrote as Eve Ensler before she took her present name. The Vagina Monologues won her an Obie, and she has since won a Tony.
The Apology began as her 2019 book, a letter written to herself in the voice of her dead father, who abused her as a child. On stage it becomes a ritual in which she conjures him to confront what he did. A choral ensemble joins the two actors in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, on a set by Es Devlin.
The production brings Complicité back to the Royal Court after The Chairs and The Kid Stays in the Picture, its 2017 adaptation of Robert Evans’s memoir. McBurney, the company’s artistic director, also made The Encounter and Mnemonic.
Menzies won an Emmy for playing Prince Philip in The Crown. The run closes on Saturday 24 April 2027, and the play is for audiences aged 14 and over.