Lenny Henry is one of the stars of the new season of plays at the Donmar Warehouse in London announced today.

Henry will be appearing in Bertolt Brecht’s The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. This satirical masterpiece about the rise of a demagogue will be given a new translation by American playwright and author of Clybourne Park, Bruce Norris. Simon Evans (not the Hove-based stand-up) will direct.

The play, set in jazz era Chicago, is part of what the Donmar has called their "Power Season".  Artistic Director Josie Rourke said: "We have worked with a seriously great group of artists to create the Power Season. Here is a new musical and two plays that concern themselves with truth and accountability; democracy and demagoguery; passion, despair and the rebirth of hope. Throughout this season, characters fight for, rise to and exercise their power. In creating the Power Season, we’re trusting that theatre will deploy its power to speak with swift and urgent clarity into the present."

The play will run from Friday 21 April – Saturday 17 June 2017. Details here.