Swinton back on stage for Royal Court anniversary

Tilda Swinton will return to the stage for the first time in more than 30 years as part of the Royal Court's 70th anniversary programme, in a reprisal of her 1988 one-woman performance in Manfred Karge's Man to Man.

- Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

Swinton’s return to the role, in which she plays a widow who takes on the identity of her deceased husband, is one of two star turns in David Byrne’s third season as artistic director, which will also feature Gary Oldman in another revival: Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape, which was first performed in 1958.

Byrne said the London theatre’s programme was inspired by going back to look at its debut season and was “a yearlong party” featuring “complete treats, which speak to where we are now and where we might be going next”.