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Shows:
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Dr. Seuss’s
The Cat in the Hat at the Young VicTransfer to the Young Vic. Based on the much-loved book by Dr. Seuss, this tale will be colourfully adapted for the stage, for 3-6-year olds, by director Katie Mitchell.
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The 14th Tale
The 14th Tale is a free-flowing narrative that tells the hilarious exploits of a natural born mischief growing from the clay streets of Nigeria to the rooftops of Dublin, and finally to London.
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After the Dance
First staged in 1939, the play now often thought to be Terence Rattigan’s masterpiece offers a subtle, witty unmasking of the hedonistic 20s generation and a devastating study of repression and the human heart.
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Beyond the Horizon
Beyond the Horizon is the powerful Pulitzer prize-winning drama that formulated Eugene O’Neill’s vision of America.
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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 and André Previn’s darkly funny and provocative play asks if denying the truth is a price worth paying for liberty.
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The Habit of Art
Alan Bennett’s new play imagines a meeting between Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, and his former collaborator and friend, W H Auden.
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London Assurance
Simon Russell Beale and Fiona Shaw play Sir Harcourt and Lady Spanker – two of the great comic roles of the English stage.
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Love the Sinner
Drew Pautz’s tense and provocative new play considers what we may be willing to sacrifice, personally and in the public sphere, for what we believe to be right.
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Mark Thomas
With a general election looming, join him to create a strictly five-policy-only People’s Election Manifesto which will then be handed to a special independent parliamentary candidate.
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Nation
Mark Ravenhill’s exhilarating adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s Nation, his latest witty and challenging adventure story, follows His Dark Materials, Coram Boy and War Horse, onto the National's stage.
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NT Live The Habit of Art 22 April 2010
The live cinema screening of Alan Bennett’s new play, which imagines a meeting between Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, and his former collaborator and friend, W H Auden.
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Really Old, Like Forty Five
Tamsin Oglesby’s furious comedy confronts head-on our embarrassment and fear about old age.
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Spring Storm
The European premiere production of Spring Storm – a gripping early play by Tennessee Williams.
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Stewart Lee
Comedian Stewart Lee’s celebrated show begins in a high street coffee chain and ends in a pear cider which is 100% disappointment.
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Twelfth Night
discover: primary classics. Suitable for schools and families with children aged 8yrs+.
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War Horse in the West End
Following its sell out run, War Horse transfers to The New London Theatre, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, from 31 March 2009.
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The White Guard
Andrew Upton’s vigorous new version of Mikhail Bulgakov’s rarely performed masterpiece, unrivalled in its depiction of the near-farcical mayhem of civil war across a vast and vivid canvas.
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Women Beware Women
Corruption will not go unpunished in Thomas Middleton’s blackly funny, fast and ferocious tragedy.
Discover Events:
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Light and Sound Masterclass
Light and sound masterclass with lighting designer Jon Clark and sound designer Gareth Fry.
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Replay/Reveal - Nation
Members of the NT's technical team reveal what happens behind the scenes while the action is replayed on stage.
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Writing for the Stage
Writing masterclass with Tamsin Oglesby, author of Really Old, Like Forty Five and Sebastian Born, NT Associate Director, Literary.
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A Study of Art 1: Benjamin Britten
Discover more about the composer at the centre of Alan Bennett’s The Habit of Art.
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A Study of Art 2: W H Auden
Discover more about the poet at the centre of Alan Bennett’s The Habit of Art.
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Alison Chitty
To coincide with the NT exhibition, one of our leading theatre designers talks about her llustrious career.
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Bulgakov: Russian Satirist
Journalist and author Misha Glenny, and writer James Meek examine the life of the troubled Soviet novelist and playwright, and reveal their passion for his work.
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Contemporary European Theatre Directors
This new study of the latest generation of European auteur-directors, looks at how theatre has responded to the fall of the Berlin wall, the rise of globalisation and the expansion
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David Hare
To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of his debut, and the sixteen plays he has had performed at the National Theatre, he talks about his long life as a dramatist.
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In Conversation with Alex Jennings
A chance to hear NT company members talking about their career and current role, and answering your questions.
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In Conversation with Fiona Shaw
A chance to hear NT company members talking about their career and current role, and answering your questions.
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In Conversation with Richard Briers
A chance to hear NT company members talking about their career and current role, and answering your questions.
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In Conversation with Richard Griffiths
A chance to hear NT company members talking about their career and current role, and answering your questions.
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In Conversation with Simon Russell Beale
A chance to hear NT company members talking about their career and current role, and answering your questions.
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John Bridcut: Britten – Truth about Love?
The documentary-maker and writer talks about the life of Benjamin Britten, which formed the basis of Britten’s Children.
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John Caird with Simon Russell Beale
In Theatre Craft, the director of Stanley, Peter Pan and Hamlet (2000) at the National offers practical advice on all areas of directing, from Acting and Adaptation, to Sound Effects and Wardrobe.
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John Humphrys
John Humphrys reflects on the journalist as author and political interrogator, and why he decided to write a funny book .
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Josephine Hart: Auden – Truth Out of Time
The author Josephine Hart is joined by special guests to present her selection of the work of WH Auden.
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Laurie Sansom on Beyond the Horizon and Spring Storm
The director discusses his productions of the O’Neill and Williams plays as they arrive at the NT from Northampton.
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Marianne Elliott on Women Beware Women
Director Marianne Elliott talks about her new production of Thomas Middleton’s revenge tragedy.
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Matthew Dunster and Drew Pautz on Love the Sinner
Drew Pautz talks with his director Matthew Dunster about this new play.
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Middleton: Renaissance Man
“Men buy their slaves, but women buy their masters.” Gary Taylor, editor of The Oxford Middleton talks about a playwright called ‘feminist’ by some and ‘misogynist’ by others.
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Nicholas Hytner on London Assurance
The National’s Director talks about his new production of Boucicault’s comedy.
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O’Neill & Williams: American Giants
A scholarly pairing of Christopher Bigsby and Gilbert Debusscher celebrates two giants of the American stage.
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Rattigan Revisited
Terence Rattigan was one of our most important playwrights, whose work fell hugely out of fashion in the 1950s. Biographer Geoffrey Wansell discusses this abrupt dismissal, his recent reappraisal and a life of concealment.
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Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim’s work includes West Side Story, Follies, and Sweeney Todd. Marking his 80th birthday, he talks about a life spent meticulously ‘putting it together’.
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Tony Benn
Letters to my Grandchildren is Tony Benn’s impassioned correspondence to the next generation to help them avoid the mistakes their parents and grandparents made and to fan “the flame of anger against injustice and the flame of hope.”
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Victorian Fancies
A chance to discover more about the age of melodrama, music hall and richly comic drama – with extracts, songs, discussion and a special presentation of Boucicault’s version of The Corsican Brothers.
