Wed 11 – Sun 15 August

What's On

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• Madame Galina: The Forces’ Sweetheart

  Iestyn Edwards (UK)

  Wed 11 August at 6.30pm

  Fresh from her tour of Iraq and Afghanistan, Madame Galina, Prima Ballerina of the Bolshoi, has been sent to the UK by the Moscow Mafia to be adored at the highest Gracie Fields level. www.myspace.com/iestynedwards

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• Perlas y Plumas

  Los Gingers (Spain)

  Thu 12 & Fri 13 August at 6.15pm

  It’s rare to see a full standing ovation in Theatre Square, but that’s what Perlas y Plumas (Pearls and Feathers) got last year – on the spot we invited them back; so here they are, the joyously over-the-top, high-skill, high-camp, high-energy acrobatic delights of Los Gingers! www.losgingers.com

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• Atempo Circ

  Atempo (Spain)

  Fri 13 & Sat 14 August 9pm

  Three young and exceptionally talented circus performers and a musician in a superb performance which combines music, German Wheel, Chinese Pole and Cloud Swing. One of the most breathtaking shows you’ll see this summer. www.atempocirc.com

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• Merci Bien

  Mumusic Circus (Spain)

  Sat 14 August at 1pm & 6.15pm

  Sun 15 August at 1pm

  Mumusic Circus got rained off last year. We saw them in Tàrrega two years ago and we’re determined to have it, so they’re back with a combo of trumpets, drums, acrobatics and an upside-down tea party. www.mumusiccircus.com

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• Revolutionary Steps

  Stan’s Café (UK)

  Thu 5 - Mon 30 August (during NT opening hours)

  The story of Danton’s Death has leaked out of the Olivier Theatre and into the foyer, up the stairs and all around the National. The ‘script’ for this radically reimagined version of the French Revolution story is marked out in vinyl footprints, handprints and speech bubbles waiting for you to perform it. Solve the mini performance puzzles to work out what happens in each scene and make the piece your own; act it out with friends and family of all ages. Be playful. Be revolutionary. Have fun.

  Revolutionary Steps is the most recent in the Steps Series by the adventurous theatre company Stan’s Café. www.stanscafe.co.uk

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• The Corsican Brothers

  The British Stage in Miniature

  Minature performances projected live on the Flytower Fri 13 & Sat 14 August at 10pm.

  The Toy Theatre first appeared in the early 1800s, miniaturising the great productions of the day into intricately detailed cardboard cut-out versions. Young Blood lovingly recreates these mini-masterpieces in his outsize Corinthian Theatre and his hand-coloured, cut-out figures and scenery burst into life with accompanying music adding a contemporary twist. In The Corsican Brothers, Dion Boucicault’s tragic story of ill-fated twin brothers and a deadly duel in the Forest of Fontainebleau.

  Find out more about this and all Flytower events

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• Playspace Storytelling

  Voyages of the Imagination

  In an inflatable mini auditorium for the younger theatre-goer listen to Voyages of the Imagination by Shonaleigh Cumbers on Fri 13 August. Tickets £3.

  Visit the Playspace page for full details and to book.

• Green Room

  Late bar with music & games every Fri & Sat 10pm - 1am.

  Join us in the Green Room where the performers for both our indoor and outdoor shows hang out after their performances with the National's resident DJs, Bring&Share. Friday night is Games Night - come and play Bring&Share's all new Beetle Drive.

  Find out more about all events in the Green Room

Week 8: Viva Variétés

A good old-fashioned variety week of diverse entertainment featuring superb circus skills, heart-stopping flying and uplifting percussion from Spain, as well as a balletic treat from Wales.