London's The Royal Court has partnered with Tony-winning producers Brian and Dayna Lee following the success of their collaboration on the Olivier Award-winning play Giant, due to transfer to Broadway this season.

The Canadian-born, New York-based husband and wife team have produced works garnering three Tony Awards and two Olivier Awards. The duo will work with The Royal Court to develop the future life of productions originating in the Court’s Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, increasing investment in ambitious new work on the Royal Court's main stage while growing pathways for new plays to reach wider national and international audiences.

Lee and Lee's first collaboration with the Royal Court was Mark Rosenblatt’s Giant, directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring John Lithgow as Roald Dahl. The production had sold out runs at the Royal Court’s Jerwood Theatre Downstairs in 2024 and broke capacity and box office records at Harold Pinter Theatre in London’s West End in 2025. Brian and Dayna Lee’s other credits include Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s Fiddler on The Roof, which received 13 Olivier nominations before transferring to the Barbican.

“Working together on Giant, from our first meeting, Brian and Dayna were dream collaborators. It wasn’t long before we were discussing all our future plans together—and it became clear we needed to make them an extended part of the Court team. We couldn’t be happier that this new partnership will see us expand the future life possibilities for the work presented in our Jerwood Theatre Downstairs to audiences around the world,” said Royal Court Artistic Director David Byrne and Executive Director Will Young in a joint statement.

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