Othello
By William Shakespeare.
Booking and details
Audiences will also be able to watch with Audio Description and British Sign Language along with dedicated introduction notes.
Captions are available on all versions.
To celebrate 60 years on stage, we invite you to take your seats for a special free screening of Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedy, Othello, made possible by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Directed by Clint Dyer with a cast that includes Giles Terera (Hamilton), Rosy McEwen (The Alienist) and Paul Hilton (The Inheritance).
She’s a bright, headstrong daughter of a senator; elevated by her status but stifled by its expectations. He’s refugee of slavery; having risen to the top of a white world, he finds love across racial lines has a cost.
Wed in secret, Desdemona and Othello crave a new life together. But as unseen forces conspire against them, they find their future is not theirs to decide.
Performed Watch on NT at Home in the Lyttelton Theatre.
Reviews
‘extraordinary… revelatory and relevant’
WhatsOnStage
‘Clint Dyer makes this tragedy feel utterly new’
Guardian
‘Giles Terera shines in this powerful, brutal staging’
Evening Standard
‘a visceral piece of theatre’
The Times
‘transfixing, full of vision’
The Independent
‘the National’s latest triumph’
Daily Mail
Suitability
This production contains racially offensive language and imagery, and depictions of mental and domestic abuse and violence, which some people may find upsetting. The production also contains strobe lighting and loud noises. Rated 12A
Supporters
The free stream has been made possible by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Gallery
Videos
Cast
Jack Bardoe
Roderigo / System
Jack Bardoe
Joe Bolland
Joe Bolland trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Kirsty J Curtis
Bianca / System
Kirsty J Curtis
Peter Eastland
Peter Eastland trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
Patrick Elue
For the National Theatre: Coriolanus and Othello
Rory Fleck Byrne
Cassio / System
Rory Fleck Byrne
Tanya Franks
Emilia / System
Tanya Franks
Colm Gormley
Gentlemen / Officer / System / Understudy Duke of Venice + Lodovico
Colm Gormley
Paul Hilton
Iago
Paul Hilton
Gareth Kennerley
Montano / System / Understudy Iago
Gareth Kennerley
Joshua Lacey
For the National Theatre: London Tide, Othello, The Visit, or the old lady comes to call, Macbeth, wonder.land, Everyman, One Man, Two Guvnors and The Magistrate
Martin Marquez
Duke of Venice
Martin Marquez
Katie Matsell
System / Understudy Bianca
Katie Matsell
Rosy McEwen
Desdemona
Rosy McEwen
Amy Newton
System / Understudy Desdemona
Amy Newton
Sabi Perez
System / Understudy Emilia
Sabi Perez
Steffan Rizzi
Gentleman / Senator / System / Understudy Montano
Steffan Rizzi
Jay Simpson
Brabantio / Gratiano / System
Jay Simpson
Giles Terera
Giles Terera trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.
Ryan Whittle
For the National: Dear England (also in the West End) and Othello
Production team
Director
Clint Dyer
Clint Dyer
Clint Dyer was appointed as Deputy Artistic Director of the National Theatre in 2021.
Set Designer
Chloe Lamford
Chloe Lamford
For the National: Phaedra, Othello, The Antipodes (co-director), John, Amadeus, Rules for Living and The World of Extreme Happiness.
Costume Designer
Michael Vale
Michael Vale
Michael Vale has designed the sets and costumes for over 200 theatre and opera productions both in the UK and abroad, including those he has directed. He is an associate of Told By An Idiot.
Lighting Designer
Jai Morjaria
Jai Morjaria
Jai trained at RADA and won the 2016 Association of Lighting Designer’s ETC Award.
Sound Design & Composition
Pete Malkin
Pete Malkin
At the National: Death of England: Delory (co-sound designer), Death of England (co-sound designer)
Sound Design & Composition
Benjamin Grant
Benjamin Grant
Benjamin Grant studied Theatre Sound at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Co-Composer
Sola Akingbola
Sola Akingbola
Sola Akingbola is the percussionist band member with the internationally renowned acid jazz funk group Jamiroquai. Sola Akingbola is in the final stages of writing his second album, due for release in 2023.
Movement Director
Co-Video Designer
Nina Dunn
Nina Dunn
Theatre
Nina Dunn is an award-winning video and projection designer who has created work for a wide range of shows internationally, working across theatre, opera, dance, musical theatre, immersive, fashion, live events and public art.
For the National: Othello, Manor and Emperor and Galilean
In London’s West End: Bonnie & Clyde, City of Angels, No Man’s Land, 9 to 5 – The Musical (also on UK and Australia tour) and Cookies
Other productions include: A Museum in Baghdad, Venice Preserved, Miss Littlewood, The Seven Acts of Mercy and Volpone for the RSC; The Trials at the Donmar Warehouse; The Shark Is Broken for Sonia Friedman; Hamlet and The Mountaintop at the Young Vic; The House with Chicken Legs for HOME; Extinct at Theatre Royal Stratford East; Shedding a Skin at Soho Theatre; Don Quixote and Lazuli Sky for Birmingham Royal Ballet; Cinderella for Imagine Theatre; Plenty, Copenhagen, Fiddler on the Roof and Forty Years On at Chichester; The Assassination of Katie Hopkins at Theatr Clwyd; L’Orfeo, Der Freischütz and Macbeth for Wiener Staatsoper; Spring Gala at the Royal Opera House; Phantom of the Opera for Cameron Mackintosh on UK, US and Australian tour; The Flying Dutchman at English National Opera; La traviata and Hippolyte et Aricieat Glyndebourne; The Rocky Horror Show on European tour; and Hansel and Gretel for the BBC at the Edinburgh Playhouse.
Awards
- Knight of Illumination Award – Video and Electronic Content
- Great British Pantomime Awards – Best Design
- LIT Award
- Two WhatsOnStage nomination
- Lumen Prize shortlist
(Published November 2022)
Co-Video Designer
Gino Ricardo Green
Gino Ricardo Green
Gino Ricardo Green is a director and video or projection designer. He is co-founder of Black Apron Entertainment.
Fight Director
Kev McCurdy
Kev McCurdy
Recent National Theatre includes: Till the Stars Come Down, Othello, Antony & Cleopatra, An Octoroon and Network
Casting
Alastair Coomer CDG
Alastair Coomer CDG
For the National Theatre: over 50 productions including Alterations, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Other Place, The Grapes of Wrath, Mnemonic (2024), Nye (also Wales Millennium Centre), The House of Bernarda Alba, Othello, The Crucible (also West End), Blues for an Alabama Sky, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Mosquitoes, This House, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, One Man, Two Guvnors and War Horse
Casting
Naomi Downham
Naomi Downham
For the National Theatre, as casting director: Alterations, A Tupperware of Ashes, The Grapes of Wrath, Underdog: The Other Other Brontë (also Northern Stage), The House of Bernarda Alba, The Crucible (also West End), The Ocean at the End of the Lane (UK tour), Hamlet (school tour) and Jekyll & Hyde (school tour)
Dramatherapist
Samantha Adams
Samantha Adams
For the National Theatre: War Horse (2024 tour), The Hot Wing King, Mnemonic (2024), a co-production with Complicité, Othello and Trouble in Mind
Associate Director
Mumba Dodwell
Mumba Dodwell
Mumba Dodwell is a London-based actor, director and facilitator.
Associate Set Designer
Shankho Chaudhuri
Shankho Chaudhuri
Shankho Chaudhuri is a set and graphic designer based in London.
Dramaturg
Zoë Svendsen
Zoë Svendsen
Zoë Svendsen is associate artist at Cambridge Junction, and lectures on dramaturgy at the University of Cambridge, undertaking practice-led research.
Shakespeare Consultant
Paul Prescott
Paul Prescott
Paul Prescott is Professor of English and Theatre at the University of California, Merced.
Stories Start Here
As a charity, the National Theatre relies on your support to continue making world-class theatre for everyone.
Please consider making a donation to share more unforgettable stories, like Nye, with audiences around the world.
Find out more about the impact you can have when making a gift.
To donate by text
To donate in the UK, text;
STORIES 10 to 70560 to donate £10
STORIES 20 to 70560 to donate £20
Texts cost your donation amount plus one standard rate message. UK networks only.
Photography (Rosy McEwen, Giles Terera and Paul Hilton) by Felicity McCabe