Tilda Swinton is returning to the stage for the first time in more than 35 years as part of the Royal Court Theatre ’s 70th anniversary celebrations, which will see Gary Oldman back at the theater that helped launch his career.

Swinton will reprise her acclaimed 1988 performance in Manfred Karge’s Man to Man , which will see her reunite with the play’s original director Stephen Unwin and designer Bunny Christie. The production will run in the Royal Court’s Jerwood Theatre Downstairs from September 5 next year.

Man to Man will also play the Berliner Ensemble before transferring to an off-Broadway theater in Spring 2027 .

Oldman’s relationship with the Royal Court stretches back four decades when he appeared in a string of plays – the last one being Caryl Churchill’s S

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