Arcola Theatre has unveiled its autumn/winter 2026 season, featuring a mix of contemporary and classic drama from September 2026 to February 2027. The season includes Henrik Ibsen’s The Master Builder with Greg Hicks in the lead, alongside new works and adaptations in its two Studio spaces.

The 2026 season at Arcola runs from 9 September 2026 to 20 February 2027, opening with Fire Fire by John Webber. The production, directed by Jennifer Tang and co-presented with Metal Rabbit Productions, HighTide, and Harlow Playhouse, explores the encounters and activism of Eddie and Paige around a climate protest, playing in Studio 2 from 9 September to 3 October.

In Studio 1, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s adaptation of Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw runs from 11 September to 10 October. Presented with Blackeyed Theatre and directed by Nicky Allpress, the production follows a governess confronting eerie events while caring for two children in a remote mansion.

Julia Pascal’s The Banality of Evil: Hannah Arendt, France, 1940 runs in Studio 2 from 7 October to 7 November. Presented by Arcola and Pascal Theatre Company, and written and directed by Pascal, it focuses on Hannah Arendt, Charlotte Salomon, and Eva Daube detained in Camp Gurs after their 1940 arrests in France.

Henrik Ibsen’s The Master Builder, adapted by David Edgar, is staged in Studio 1 from 16 October to 21 November. Directed by Arcola’s artistic director Mehmet Ergen, it stars Greg Hicks as architect Halvard Solness, who confronts his legacy and the mysterious Hilde Wangel.

The season concludes with Arthur Miller’s Incident at Vichy in Studio 1 from 15 January to 20 February 2027. Directed by Melly Still, the play is set in a Nazi-occupied France detention room where a group of men face interrogation after arrest without cause.

Arcola continues its Pay What You Can ticket initiative on Tuesdays, with prices ranging from £12 to £39, maintaining its commitment to accessibility throughout the season.