Today at 5pm join us online as Caretaker finishes its 6-month shift. Link in bio. “The last moment will be a micro piece of its own, rather than another short phrase we might blink and miss. Instead of an ending, this is the handing over of a baton, the end of a long shift, as life begins to stir in the Royal Court in preparation for Living Newspaper which is shortly to be occupying the building. I think in a time when isolation has been widespread, and we are almost always at a distance from each other, a moment when you can turn up, virtually, and know that others are doing the same (even if you can't see them) is important.” Hester Chillingworth Image by Helen Murray as part of the Our Empty Theatre series.

We’re delighted, relieved & grateful to have received investment from the @aceagrams @dcmsgovuk @ukhmtreasury #CultureRecoveryFund today. This, alongside the support from you, our audiences, enables us to sustain our work with writers & theatre-makers into a more secure future. #HereforCulture #BackSoon Photo: Robert Smael

Tonight we're lighting the Royal Court red as part of the #WeMakeEvents campaign, in solidarity with all the brilliant freelancers we work with and the whole events industry. Image of Lighting Technicians Max Cherry and Cat Roberts. Photo by Stephen Hamilton #freelancersmaketheatrework #lightitinred

Are you longing for some space and a few words of encouragement right now? Artist Hester Chillingworth is offering you our theatre. ⠀ ⠀ Their durational installation Caretaker began in May and continues in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs. Visit virtually wherever you are, whenever you want. Link in bio. ⠀ The theatre is beautifully captured in these images by Helen Murray, part of the photographer’s Our Empty Theatres series – a photography story featuring 22 empty theatres, all taken during lockdown. Follow @helenmurraypix for more.  ⠀ #Caretaker #ouremptytheatres

Getting ready for the sunny weekend @courtinthesquare, our outdoor pop-up Bar & Café. Open from 12noon - 10pm today and tomorrow, and until 8pm on Sunday. All profits support the theatre. #sloanesquare #outdoorbar #popupbar

ICYMI: On Monday we announced our plans to reopen the Royal Court in November with Living Newspaper - a major writer-based project drawing on the radical history of The Federal Theatre Project of the US. Link in bio for full details. “I first learnt about The Federal Theatre Project when I was 18. It galvanised me then about theatre as a force for change and stuck with me over the years. One day during lockdown I remembered it and how vital it had been not only for saving the theatre industry after the Great Depression but for encouraging those previously underrepresented and for speaking truth to power with celebration and joy. As ever at the Royal Court we turn to our diverse community of writers whose ideas, perspectives, experiences can challenge us, surprise us and can make us imagine the impossible. The aims of Living Newspaper are quite simple, to give as many people as possible work, to bring our theatre back to life and to create something which is urgent, dynamic, political and disruptive – acknowledging the hugely changed and changing times. It is a massive experiment but it is only something radical which has a chance. Onwards! ” Vicky Featherstone Photo by Helen Murray as part of ‘Our Empty Theatres’ series.

It’s a sunny Tuesday in Sloane Square. Our outdoor pop-up Bar & Café is open until 8pm tonight for those of you making the most of the September sun. Search ‘Court in the Square’ online to find more details and follow @courtinthesquare. #courtinthesquare #sloanesquare #outdoorbar #popupbar

Just announced: In November we’re reopening the doors of the Royal Court to create six weekly editions of a living newspaper.⠀ ⠀ Each edition will be available to watch in person at the Royal Court or online at home.⠀ ⠀ Living Newspaper is a major writer-based project drawing on the radical history of the Federal Theatre Project of the US - an arts programme to mobilise and employ unemployed artists and theatre workers surfacing from the Great Depression. ⠀ Each weekly edition will be created and edited by a collective of writers, working with freelance artists, to make a live newspaper with headlines, features and columns which will be performed in spaces around the Royal Court building.⠀ ⠀ More details will be announced in the coming weeks and tickets will go on sale in late October. Join the Royal Court Theatre mailing list to be kept updated.⠀ ⠀ Today we’re launching a fundraising campaign to raise £100,000 to reopen the doors, to support Living Newspaper and the theatre’s future. Every £1 raised will be doubled thanks to a matched funding pot generously donated by the Royal Court Theatre Board and Development Council. ⠀ ⠀ Link in bio for more info.

Our brilliant bar team have been busy making cocktails this sunny Thursday afternoon @courtinthesquare. Take a look at today’s Insta Story where Sam shows you how to make one of his favourites. You can visit Court in the Square, our outdoor pop-up Bar & Café Tue - Sun from noon until late. All profits support the theatre. #thursdaytakeover #cocktails #outdoorbar #courtinthesquare

Tonight, as part of the #StandWithBelarus campaign by @belarusfreetheatre, & exactly one month on from the presidential elections, we're lighting up the Royal Court in the white-red-white colours of the Belarusian flag to show solidarity with repressed artists & people of #Belarus.

We’re delighted to let you know that Court in the Square, our outdoor pop-up Bar & Café, will continue throughout September. Whether you’re looking for a space to write (we’ve got free WiFi and charge points for laptops), or somewhere central to meet for a cocktail, we’d love to welcome you here. All profits will support the theatre. Link in bio for more info. Plus follow @courtinthesquare #courtinthesquare #sloanesquare #popupbar #londonbars #theatrebar #outdoorbar

Thanks to everyone who has purchased prints from the Custodians for Covid photo series by @joannavestey and helped raise over £100k for London theatres. The series includes this beautiful image of the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs featuring our Bar & Kitchen Manager and current building caretaker Robert Smael. ⠀ Proceeds from sales of prints go directly to the theatre featured. To see the whole collection and purchase prints search for ‘Custodians of Covid’ in your web browser.