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March to August 2020 at the National Theatre

Due to the measures in place to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, booking is currently open for performances from 1 July 2020 for the shows listed below.

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National Theatre booking period: March to August 2020

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New shows

Paradise with Lesley Sharp in grey t-shirt with tag chain

Paradise

Kate Tempest's powerful new version of the Greek tragedy Philoctetes is directed by Ian Rickson (Translations) with Lesley Sharp as the mighty warrior

Find out more about Paradise

The Corn is Green with Nicola Walker. A photo of Nicola Walker pushing her bicycle towards the camera, through a crowd of black coated miners all walking away from camera

The Corn is Green

Nicola Walker (The Split, Unforgotten) plays the visionary Miss Moffat, in Emlyn Williams’ semi-autobiographical play, in a bold new staging by director Dominic Cooke (Follies).

Find out more about The Corn is Green

Welcome to Iran. Poster image with photo of a seated young Iranian woman, in trousers, patterned top and headscarf, and red-rimmed sunglasses, and an older woman walking by, dressed all in black, except for a white strip along the front of her headscarf.

Welcome to Iran

Nadia Fall (Home, Three Sisters) returns to the National Theatre with a tender and  witty snapshot of modern Iran based on real-life interviews.

Find out more about Welcome to Iran

Romeo and Julie poster image, with a couple asleep on a mattress on the floor, with a baby between them

Romeo and Julie

The National Theatre and Sherman Theatre present Romeo and Julie, a powerful and funny new play inspired by Shakespeare's romantic tragedy.

Find out more about Romeo and Julie

Small Island poster. A photo of the original production with Hortense ( Leah Harvey) standing before a projection of HMT Empire Windrush with silhouettes of people queuing to board.

Small Island

Following a sold-out run in 2019, the critically acclaimed production of Andrea Levy’s epic novel returns to the Olivier stage.

Find out more about Small Island

More performances announced

Jack Absolute Flies Again - illustration of a smiling, freefalling pilot giving the thumbs up, whlist pursued by enemy fighter planes

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.

Find out more and book for Jack Absolute...

Manor by Moira Buffini - a photo of Ben Daniels and Michele Austin standing and Nancy Carroll and David Hargreaves sitting over a body under a sheet

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.

Find out more and book for Manor

Final performances already announced

The Visit or The Old Lady Comes to Call, with Lesley Manville and a black panther in a waiting area of an old public building

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

Find out more and book for The Visit

The Welkin, with Maxine Peake and Ria Zmitrowicz

The Welkin

Rural Suffolk, 1759. As the country waits for Halley’s comet, Sally Poppy is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder.

Find out more and book for The Welkin

Sea Sick with photo of Alanna Mitchell

Sea Sick

Written and performed by Alanna Mitchell, following a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Festival and a Canadian tour.

Find out more and book for Sea Sick

All of Us - half-portrait photo of Francesca Martinez treated as if a sectionhas been torn out across the middle

All of Us

Writer and comedian Francesca Martinez leads an ensemble cast in her debut play about what defines us.

Find out more and book for All of Us

The Seven Streams of the River Ota - photo from the show, of a woman running, carrying a suitcase, reflected multiple times across the image

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

Hamlet Primary Theatre poster with a child-like ghost with the white sheet held in place by a crown

Hamlet

Join us for this energetic and engaging retelling of Shakespeare’s most well-known tragedy, suitable for ages 8 – 12

Find out more and book for Hamlet

Death of England - portrait of Rafe Spall, injureded and distressed

Death of England

Rafe Spall performs this fearless one-person play which asks explosive and enduring questions about identity, race and class in Britain.

Find out more and book for Death of England

In the West End and on tour

The Ocean at the End of the Lane poster illustration with a young boy in pajamas on a country lane, looking up at a lightning-filled sky

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Following a sold out run at the National Theatre, the acclaimed production of The Ocean at the End of the Lane transfers to the West End this October.

Find out more and book for The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Romeo and Julie poster image, with a couple asleep on a mattress on the floor, with a baby between them

On Tour: Romeo and Julie

The National Theatre and Sherman Theatre present Romeo and Julie, a powerful and funny new play inspired by Shakespeare's romantic tragedy.

More information on Romeo and Julie on tour

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at Troubadour Wembley Park

The National Theatre’s smash hit production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time returns to London this Autumn, for seven weeks only!

Find out more and book for The Curious Incident...

For shows that have been announced but are not yet on sale, see our Coming up at the NT page