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Professional Training Informed by Experience
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Professional Training Informed by Experience

Read about our recent facilitators’ career journeys and how their professional roles inform and enrich their work as facilitators for Theatreworks.

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Weekend Watch with National Theatre at Home: Perfect Cocktails for a Cosy Night In
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Weekend Watch with National Theatre at Home

This winter, create the perfect homemade cocktail inspired by one of our shows from National Theatre at Home, hand-picked each week.

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Archive Unboxed: children’s adaptations
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Archive Unboxed: children’s adaptations

This winter, the National Theatre is staging a re-imagining of Noel Streatfeild’s much-loved children’s book, Ballet Shoes, continuing the National Theatre’s tradition in programming children’s adaptations which started in 1976.

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Second national meet-up of the Speak Up Council
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Second national meet-up of the Speak Up Council

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The classics reimagined: 10 plays every theatre lover should experience this festive season
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The classics reimagined: 10 plays every theatre lover should experience this festive season

We’ve curated a list of ten quintessential plays, celebrated worldwide and cherished by audiences as timeless classics which you can watch from the comfort of your own home with a subscription from National Theatre at Home.

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Cate Blanchett, James Graham OBE and Sarah Wiggins to join National Theatre Board
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Cate Blanchett, James Graham OBE and Sarah Wiggins to join National Theatre Board

Sir Damon Buffini, Chair of the National Theatre, has announced today that Cate Blanchett, James Graham and Sarah Wiggins are to join the National Theatre Board from November.

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Exploring Macbeth: A Deep Dive into Shakespeare's Timeless Tragedy
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Watch Macbeth on National Theatre at Home.

Macbeth remains one of Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedies, captivating audiences with its exploration of ambition, power, and guilt.

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The Art of National Theatre Live: Posters that take the spotlight

The Art of National Theatre Live: Posters that take the spotlight

We asked the team behind National Theatre Live, as well as cinema staff and our brand ambassadors, to tell us their favourite NT Live artwork and why it speaks to them.

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Archive Unboxed: Celebrating Wole Soyinka’s 90th birthday
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Archive Unboxed: Celebrating Wole Soyinka’s 90th birthday

Nobel Prize-winning writer Wole Soyinka is celebrating his 90th birthday! During this Black History Month, the National Theatre Archive would like to spotlight two of Soyinka’s plays, Death and the King’s Horseman and his adaptation of Euripides’ The Bacchae – honouring his extraordinary career across novels, poetry, and drama.

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