The musical will be a cornerstone of Rufus Norris' final season leading the National.

The appointment is the first from incoming Director and Chief Executive Indhu Rubasingham.

Both productions, which played the London theatre in 2023, are coming to the platform as archival filmings.

Grochala will receive £12,000 and the opportunity to have her work produced.

The prize campaigns for equality in the number of male and female writers whose plays are produced on national stages in the U.K. and Ireland.

The plays will next be narrowed down to a shortlist, then a pool of finalists.

Indhu Rubasingham directs Anupama Chandrasekhar’s gripping play about the murder of Mahatma Gandhi.

Indhu Rubasingham will direct Anupama Chandrasekhar’s gripping play about the murder of Mahatma Gandhi.

Clare Perkins, currently leading the full returning company at ART, will continue as Alvita in the upcoming BAM run.

The National will also welcome a revival of Dancing at Lughnasa and more in 2023.

Clint Dyer will direct Olivier winner Terera in the Shakespeare classic, marking the first time a Black man has directed the tragedy at a major British theatre.

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 and The Wife of Willesden will join Life of Pi for the upcoming season at the Cambridge, Massachusetts, theatre.