Royal Court Theatre has announced that upcoming production The Afronauts writer Ryan Calais Cameron and Monique Touko will co-direct the play, which will have its world premiere this November.
Zambia, 1964: the space race has a new contender. As the world’s great powers set their sights on the moon, a schoolteacher gathers a group of misfit dreamers and trains them for lift-off. The Afronauts tells the true(ish) story of the Zambian Space Program, and a nation’s defiant dream to reach for the stars.
Tuoko was last at the Royal Court Theatre for world premiere play G by Tife Kusoro and Cameron is an associate playwright at the Royal Court, following recent West End run Retrograde.
The Afronauts marks the finale of the Royal Court Theatre’s 70th anniversary, and runs from Saturday, November 14 until Saturday, December 19, 2026.
Top image: Ryan Calais Cameron and Monique Touko – credit Severine Howell-Meri (image supplied)