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Current and forthcoming shows

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  • Collaborators in the Olivier

    Collaborators in the Olivier

    Transferring to the Olivier Theatre. Inspired by historical fact, Collaborators embarks on a surreal journey into the fevered imagination of Mikhail Bulgakov as he loses himself in a macabre and disturbingly funny relationship with Stalin.
    May 17, Jun 04, 05, 06, 07, 11 >

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  • Misterman

    Misterman

    Cillian Murphy returns to the London stage to play the population of an entire town in a tour-de-force solo performance of epic proportions.
    May 17, 23, 24, 25, 26 >

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  • Moon on a Rainbow Shawl

    Moon on a Rainbow Shawl

    Set as returning troops from the Second World War fill the town with their raucous celebrations, Errol John’s Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, written in 1953, depicts a vibrant, cosmopolitan world that is as harsh as it is filled with colour and warmth.
    May 17, 18, 19, 21, 22 >

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  • One Man, Two Guvnors at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

    One Man, Two Guvnors at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

    The National Theatre's smash-hit production transfers to the Theatre Royal Haymarket.
    May 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23 >

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  • War Horse in the West End

    War Horse in the West End

    The National Theatre's smash hit is now playing at the New London Theatre in Drury Lane.
    May 17, 18, 19, 21, 22 >

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  • Travelling Light

    Travelling Light

    Antony Sher plays Jacob in a funny and fascinating tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywood’s golden age.
    May 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 29 >

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  • Antigone

    Antigone

    Desperate to gain control over a city ravaged by civil war, Creon refuses to bury the body of Antigone’s rebellious brother. Outraged, she defies his edict.
    May 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30 >

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  • Detroit

    Detroit

    Lisa D’Amour’s brutal, hilarious play makes its London premiere in a new production by Austin Pendleton, who directed its hugely acclaimed premiere at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre.
    May 24, 25, 26, 31, Jun 01, 02 >

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  • GATZ at the Noël Coward Theatre

    GATZ at the Noël Coward Theatre

    A remarkable re-enactment of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece The Great Gatsby. An epic 8-hour theatrical experience.
    Jun 08, 09, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17 >

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  • The Last of the Haussmans

    The Last of the Haussmans

    Stephen Beresford’s The Last of the Haussmans examines the fate of the revolutionary generation and offers a funny, touching and at times savage portrait of a family full of longing that’s losing its grip.
    Jun 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19 >

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  • Crow in Greenwich

    Crow in Greenwich

    Handspring Puppet Company breathe new theatrical life into Ted Hughes' mythic Crow poems
    Jun 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25 >

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  • Get Stuff Break Free

    Get Stuff Break Free

    Made in China ask 'If this is not freedom, what is?' in a secret rooftop location at the National.
    Jun 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, Jul 01 >

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  • you’ll see [me sailing in antarctica]

    you’ll see [me sailing in antarctica]

    non zero one's new work explores the way we look and the way we see.
    Jul 06, 07, 08, 09 >

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  • Cupboard of Surprises

    Cupboard of Surprises

    A captivating new play for young children aged 2 - 5 years and their grown-ups.
    Jul 07, 08, 21, 22, 24 >

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  • Timon of Athens

    Timon of Athens

    Simon Russell Beale takes the title role in Shakespeare’s strange fable of conspicuous consumption, debt and ruin, written in collaboration with Thomas Middleton.
    Jul 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 >

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  • Play Without Words at Sadler's Wells

    Play Without Words at Sadler's Wells

    Matthew Bourne’s Play Without Words was a critical and popular success when it was first produced by the National Theatre in 2002. It debuts at Sadler’s Wells in a strictly limited four week season as part of New Adventures 25th Anniversary.
    Jul 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18 >

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  • The Doctor’s Dilemma

    The Doctor’s Dilemma

    Disturbingly funny and psychologically incisive, Bernard Shaw’s The Doctor’s Dilemma takes on with an irreverent glee the dubious ethics of the men who play God.
    Jul 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24 >

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  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

    Simon Stephens’ adaptation offers a richly theatrical exploration of the touching and bleakly humorous, award-winning novel by Mark Haddon.
    Jul 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31, Aug 01 >

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  • London Road in the Olivier

    London Road in the Olivier

    Following a sell-out run in the Cottesloe last year, the award-winning production returns, this time to the Olivier Theatre
    Jul 28, 30, 31, Aug 01, 02, 09 >

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  • Cesario

    Cesario

    Inspired by the twins in Shakespeare's plays, this funny and touching new play is performed by a cast of young people from London schools and youth theatres.
    Aug 22, 23, 24, 25 >

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  • Roundabout Season: The Sound of Heavy Rain

    Three extraordinary new plays by Nick Payne, Duncan Macmillan and Penelope Skinner performed by an ensemble of actors in a miniature in-the-round auditorium.
    Sep 19, 22, 26, 29, 30, Oct 05, 06 >

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  • Roundabout Season: Lungs

    Three extraordinary new plays by Nick Payne, Duncan Macmillan and Penelope Skinner performed by an ensemble of actors in a miniature in-the-round auditorium.
    Sep 20, 22, 27, 29, 30, Oct 03, 06 >

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  • Roundabout Season: One Day When We Were Young

    Three extraordinary new plays by Nick Payne, Duncan Macmillan and Penelope Skinner performed by in a miniature in-the-round auditorium at Shoreditch Town Hall.
    Sep 21, 22, 28, 29, 30, Oct 04, 06 >

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  • The Count of Monte Cristo

    The Count of Monte Cristo

    Alexandre Dumas’s classic tale comes to the National Theatre in a theatrical adventure for family audiences.
    Nov 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 >

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