December 2019 to June 2020 at the National Theatre
Public booking opens on 6 December for the new shows listed below, and the continuing performances of The Visit and The Welkin. To be amongst the first to book for new shows and continuing runs, find out about becoming a member.
Booking is open now for all other shows.
Jack Absolute Flies Again
Thea Sharrock (After The Dance) directs a riotous new comedy based on Sheridan’s The Rivals, co-written by Richard Bean (One Man, Two Guvnors) and Oliver Chris.
Manor
A mother and daughter struggle to keep the roof on their run-down manor house during a storm, when neighbours begin to appear on their doorstep, seeking shelter from the floods.
All of Us
Writer and comedian Francesca Martinez leads an ensemble cast in her debut play about what defines us.
Sea Sick
Written and performed by Alanna Mitchell, following a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Festival and a Canadian tour.
Hamlet
Join us for this energetic and engaging retelling of Shakespeare’s most well-known tragedy, suitable for ages 8 – 12
The Visit
Lesley Manville and Hugo Weaving are former lovers in Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s visionary revenge play, transported into mid-20th-century America by Tony Kushner
The Welkin
Rural Suffolk, 1759. As the country waits for Halley’s comet, Sally Poppy is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder.
‘ Master Harold’… and the boys
In Tony Award-winning playwright Athol Fugard’s semi-autobiographical and deeply moving play, racism lurks dangerously beneath liberalism.
Translations
Ian Rickson’s exquisite production of Brian Friel’s modern classic returns, following a sold-out run in 2018. Ciarán Hinds reprises his critically acclaimed role of patriarch and schoolmaster, Hugh.
My Brilliant Friend
Based on the celebrated novels by Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend is an epic story of love, violence, ambition and self-destruction
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
A modern myth from the imagination of Neil Gaiman, creator of Good Omens, Coraline, Stardust and the Sandman series. Recommended for 12yrs+.
Three Sisters
Chekhov’s iconic characters are relocated to Nigeria in this bold new adaptation by Inua Ellams.
The Seven Streams of the River Ota
First staged at the National Theatre in 1996, Robert Lepage’s masterpiece returns to London to mark 75 years since the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima.
Find out more and book for The Seven Streams of the River Ota
Death of England
Rafe Spall performs this fearless one-person play which asks explosive and enduring questions about identity, race and class in Britain.
A Taste of Honey at Trafalgar Studios
Shelagh Delaney’s ground-breaking British classic returns to the West End for the first time in 60 years. From 5 Dec – 29 Feb
