Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ, Jodie Campbell, Hannah Morrish, Karene Peter and Patrick Vaill will make up the cast of Blood of my Blood, Joy Nesbitt’s new play that will have its world premiere at the Royal Court Theatre this October.
Directed by Tatenda Shamiso, it marks Nesbitt (Scenes with Black Folk)’s Royal Court playwriting debut as part of the theatre’s 70th anniversary season.
At a former plantation now converted into an Airbnb, a pregnant Black woman communes with her ancestors, seeking answers to the questions she’s afraid to ask anyone else. Set between 1862 and the present day, Blood of my Blood is a powerful exploration of family, history and belonging.
Bullock Creek, South Carolina, 1862. As war rages beyond the plantation, Ginnie Good raises her five children in a cabin that will outlast them all. Today: A woman rents the cabin on AirBnB to conjure her ancestors.
Joy Nesbitt makes her Royal Court debut with a haunting new play about inheritance, belonging, and what we hear when we listen to the voices of the past.
The full creative team is set & costume designer Natalie Pryce, lighting designer Simisola Majekodunmi, movement and intimacy director Ingrid Mackinnon, and sound designer Kayodeine. The full team is completed by Royal Court dramaturg Laetitia Somé and casting director Saffeya Shebli, alongside dialect coach Aundrea Fudge, dramatherapist Samantha Adams and assistant director Marley-Rose Liburd.
The production runs in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs from Thursday, October 1 until Saturday, November 7, 2026.
Tickets here.
Top image: Blood of my Blood artwork (image supplied)