'Game of Thrones' Play Sets World Premiere at Royal Shakespeare Theatre

[MezzA101]

Posted: 2/18/26 at 1:05pm

https://variety.com/2026/theater/news/game-of-thrones-play-world-premiere-royal-shakespeare-company-1236666407

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 2/18/26 at 1:38pm

I'm so tired. 

 

Thing is, high genre stuff should have more of a place in theater. But it's mostly only ever coming to us through this cynical IP sludge. 

[James885]

Posted: 2/18/26 at 3:25pm

It sounds intriguing. And the Game of Thrones-verse has certainly been on an upswing lately with the new show which has been very well received. 

I would love to see more high-genre fare produced more. But I’m not surprised at all that so many of them are IP based. It stretches credulity to believe that any theater or producer these days would mount a new premiere of an epic medieval-age fantasy play that wasn’t based on some form of IP. That would be the biggest of big swings.

Updated On: 2/18/26 at 03:25 PM

[darquegk]

Posted: 2/18/26 at 4:55pm

It's very much like the Star Wars conundrum: audiences historically love Star Wars, but historically HATE any other (non-anime) science-fantasy/space-opera. So it has become, in the mainstream, more or less a genre of one.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 2/18/26 at 4:55pm

Never heard of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

[Alex Kulak2]

Posted: 2/18/26 at 5:07pm

It's one of two theaters owned by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 2/18/26 at 6:09pm

Alex Kulak2 said: "It's one of two theaters owned by the Royal Shakespeare Company."

Oh, okay. I was thinking RST was an independent company. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 2/18/26 at 6:48pm

They could do a lot worse than Duncan Macmillan and Dominic Cooke...