Insights: 4:48 Psychosis

Join cast and creatives in conversation as 4.48 Psychosis prepares to make its Linbury Theatre debut.

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How to watch

Tickets

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Dates

7 October 2026

Location

Clore Studio

Approximate timings

This event lasts approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes with no interval

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Guidance

Suitable for all

Generous support from

Generously supported by

The Paul Hamlyn Education Trust

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Opera Insights in partnership with Rolex, Principal Partner, The Royal Opera

Discover

Join cast and creatives in conversation as Philip Venables’s 4.48 Psychosis prepares to make its Linbury Theatre debut, with director Ted Huffman returning, alongside conductor Naomi Woo (Last Days).

A stream-of-consciousness cry of psychological anguish. Based on the devastating 2000 play by Sarah Kane, 4.48 Psychosis charts the fragmented mind of a patient struggling with clinical depression and the often-violent clash between selfhood and psychiatric intervention. Pulsing with urgency, the opera’s elliptical text is underpinned by Venables’s thrilling, and at times, startling, score. 

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Access and resources

Contact the Box Office to book step-free seating options or two wheelchair spaces available in Row A in the Clore.

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