Jermyn Street Theatre has announced the UK premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Everybody, running from 28 January to 6 March 2027, with an official press performance on 3 February.
Directed by former Gate Theatre Artistic Lead Atri Banerjee, the production will see Jermyn Street Theatre reconfigure its intimate 70-seat auditorium into an in-the-round space for the first time since 2015.
A contemporary reinvention of the 15th-century morality play Everyman, Everybody follows a character named Everybody as they confront mortality and search for companions on a journey into the afterlife.
The play is best known for its innovative structure, with principal roles assigned by lottery at each performance. Every member of the cast learns the entire script, creating 120 possible cast combinations and ensuring no two performances are the same.
Atri Banerjee said: “I’ve been a fan of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ work for a long time – his wit, his mischief, his extraordinary theatrical imagination – and I’m so excited that UK audiences will meet this play. Everybody takes on one of the oldest questions there is: what is the meaning of life, and what, in the end, really matters? Its answer unfolds in a form that is gloriously, unpredictably alive. And there’s something particularly fitting about staging such a iconoclastic play in Jermyn Street Theatre’s deconstructed, in-the-round space – a radical setting for such an unconventional piece. I’m looking forward to working with such an intrepid cast and creative team on this production.”
Written by Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, the play has earned international acclaim for its inventive approach to storytelling and theatrical form.
Banerjee’s previous credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Scenes from the Climate Era at the Gate Theatre and Look Back in Anger at the Almeida Theatre.
The production follows Jermyn Street Theatre’s current productions of Ghosts and It’s a Wonderful Life! as the venue continues its 2026-27 season.
Listings and ticket information can be found here.
