July 2019 to January 2020 at the National Theatre
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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.
Death of England
Rafe Spall performs this fearless one-person play which asks explosive and enduring questions about identity, race and class in Britain.
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.
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
Three Sisters
Chekhov’s iconic characters are relocated to Nigeria in this bold new adaptation by Inua Ellams.
Faith, Hope and Charity
The culmination of Alexander Zeldin's trilogy that began with Beyond Caring – ‘Unforgettable’ (The Times) – followed by LOVE – ‘the National’s play of the year, and then some’ (Evening Standard).
Hansard
Simon Godwin directs Simon Woods’ witty and devastating portrait of the governing class, with Lindsay Duncan and Alex Jennings.
‘ 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.
The Antipodes
Following acclaimed runs of The Flick and John, Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Baker returns to the National Theatre with her latest extraordinary play.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
A modern myth from the brilliant imagination of Neil Gaiman, creator of Good Omens, the epic American Gods, Coraline, Stardust and the Sandman series. Recommended for 12yrs+.
War Horse at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
War Horse returns to London for a strictly limited run at an exciting new venue located just steps from Wembley Stadium.
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
