NT : What's On : Productions
Current and forthcoming shows
Shows:
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in-i
A major new work of dance theatre created by one of the world’s leading dancer/choreographers, Akram Khan, and actress Juliette Binoche.
Oct 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 -
Oedipus
Sophocles’ magnificent tragedy in an intense and raw new version by Frank McGuinness.
Oct 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 23 > -
The Walworth Farce
Direct from a critically acclaimed run in New York, this remarkable play by Enda Walsh delivers an achingly tender insight into what happens when we become stuck in the stories we tell ourselves about our lives.
Oct 11, 22, 23, 24, 25 > -
...some trace of her
A multimedia performance using live video. Adapted by Katie Mitchell and the company from Dostoevsky's The Idiot.
Oct 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 > -
The Year of Magical Thinking
Adapted for the stage by Joan Didion from her best-selling memoir of the same name, chronicles the aftermath of her husband’s sudden death.
Oct 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24 > -
War Horse
Following its sell out run, War Horse returns to the National. From 10 September.
Oct 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 > -
To Be Straight with You
a work conceived and directed by Lloyd Newson
Oct 29, 30, 31, Nov 01, 02, 04, 05 > -
Gethsemane
This richly imagined ensemble play about British public life looks at the way business, media and politics are now intertwined to nobody’s advantage.
Nov 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 10, 11 > -
August: Osage County
The internationally renowned Steppenwolf Company production. This new play unflinchingly – and uproariously – exposes the dark side of the Midwestern American family.
Nov 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29 > -
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
A dissident is locked up in an asylum. If he accepts that he was ill, has been treated and is now cured, he will be released. Tom Stoppard’s darkly funny and provocative play asks if denying the truth is a price worth paying for liberty.
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Mrs Affleck
Samuel Adamson’s new play takes Ibsen’s Little Eyolf as the inspiration for a passionate and tragic tale of obsessive love, set in 1950s England.
Jan 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27 > -
The Pitmen Painters
Lee Hall’s new play is a humorous, deeply moving and timely look at art, class and politics.
Jan 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, Feb 02 > -
Macbeth
A National Theatre touring production for younger audiences.
Feb 10, 11, 12, 18 >
