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The Importance of Being Earnest
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The Importance of Being Earnest

Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa and Hugh Skinner, in Max Webster’s joyful and flamboyant production of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.
Until 25 January 2025
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Lyttelton Theatre - South Bank
Ballet Shoes
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Ballet Shoes

The beloved best-selling book is spectacularly reinvented for the stage in this new adaptation by Kendall Feaver.
Until 22 February 2025
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Olivier Theatre - South Bank
Alterations
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Alterations

In an evening Walker Holt must complete a large order but it’s going to cost him. This seminal comedy illuminates the experience of the Windrush generation in 1970’s London
20 February — 5 April 2025
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Lyttelton Theatre - South Bank
Dear England
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Dear England

James Graham’s Olivier-Award winning smash-hit returns to the National Theatre, directed by Rupert Goold.
10 March — 24 May 2025
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Olivier Theatre - South Bank
Here We Are
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Here We Are

Two-time Tony Award-winner Joe Mantello directs Stephen Sondheim’s ‘cool, and impossibly chic’ (New York Times Critic’s Pick) final musical with a book by David Ives.
23 April — 28 June 2025
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Lyttelton Theatre - South Bank
London Road
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London Road

Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork reunite for their award-winning verbatim musical. Rufus Norris directs this ‘Extraordinary show’ (Financial Times).
5 — 21 June 2025
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Olivier Theatre - South Bank
Nye
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Nye

Michael Sheen reprises his role as Nye Bevan in this ‘valiant and valuable affirmation of the NHS’ (Telegraph). Written by Tim Price and ‘vividly directed’ (The Times) by Rufus Norris.
3 July — 16 August 2025
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Olivier Theatre - South Bank
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Michael Sheen is Nye Bevan in this surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state.

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