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Casting call for young performers with German / Polish heritage
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Announcing new standards for apprenticeships
We’ve teamed up with Royal Ballet and Opera to deliver new, much-needed early career pathways for the UK’s world-leading live performance industry.
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Plays about love for every kind of Valentine's Day
Skip the usual Valentine’s Day clichés and experience love in a new way: through theatre that explores the many sides of relationships.
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The Best Seat In The House: A cinema showcase
We asked National Theatre Live venues to show us their best seat in the house.
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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
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
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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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.