Square² international theatre

What's On

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• Life Streaming

  Dries Verhoeven (Netherlands)

  23 June - 3 July

  Within a mobile internet café, this unique performance takes place simultaneously in London and Asia; the audience connects directly with the performers, learning about their experience of the tsunami and the subsequent complexities of international aid – as the light, sound and smell of the foreign country begin to permeate the café… www.driesverhoeven.com

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  Capacity 20; seated in a mobile café; performed in English; recommended age 12+; 70mins. ‘Priceless’ Previews: Wed 23 June at 10.30am & 12.30pm.

  Life Streaming is presented by LIFT in association with the National Theatre

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• Carbón Club

  Markeliñe (Basque Country)

  6 - 10 July

  After taking Square² by storm last year, the high-energy of coalminers Carbón Club is back. From deep within the mines of the Basque Country the miners come back to life in an exuberant cabaret where we hear their tales of unrequited bisexual love, lonely life in the pit and the sorrows of the women they leave behind – not forgetting miners disco-dancing with pick axes! www.markeline.com

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  Capacity 350; promenade performance; performed in English; age recommendation 14+, 50mins. Priceless Preview: Tue 6 July at 9.30pm. Audio-Described performance: Wed 7 July at 9.30pm

  Carbón Club is supported by the Basque Goverment and the Spanish Ministry of Culture.

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• Carmen Funebre

  Teatr Biuro Podróży (Poland)

  13 - 17 July

  One of Poland’s leading theatre companies returns to the National with its most celebrated production – an electrifying and startling theatrical experience using fire, stilts and dramatic visual images to depict the terrible nature and impact of war. Based on the stories of refugees from the Bosnian conflict, this is outdoor theatre at its most powerful, and its themes are, unfortunately, timeless. www.teatrbiuropodrozy.ipoznan.pl

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  Capacity 350; Performed in an open space with standing and seated places around the performance area, with limited bench seating available; with English voice-over; age recommendation 12+; 45mins. Priceless Preview: Tue 13 July at 9.30m.

  Carmen Funebre is supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of POLSKA! YEAR 

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• Domini Públic

  Roger Bernat (Spain)

  20 - 25 July

  Through a set of headphones a series of questions are posed; responding as a group, the audience become pawns in a lifesize board game. Factions come together and break apart in a complex narrative journey. Roger Bernat is a celebrated theatre-maker based in Barcelona and Domini Públic is his largest and most ambitious piece to date. www.rogerbernat.com

  Listen to some Audio from the show

  See photos on Flickr

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  Capacity 150; promenade performance; in English; age recommendation 15+; 1hr. Priceless Preview: Tue 20 July at 7.30pm.

  Domini Públic is presented by Gate Theatre in association with the National Theatre

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• Chez Cocotte

  Compagnie Carabosse (France)

  27 - 31 July

  A theatrical fantasy for a retired railwayman and 55 pressure cookers. ‘Cocotte’ invites you to his hissing world of gas flames, boiling kettles and airborne potatoes. A close relative of the Heath Robinson school of engineering, this National Theatre debut is French steam-powered theatre at its most explosive.

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  Capacity 200; grandstand seating; in French with some translation; age recommendation 8+; 1hr. Priceless Preview: Tue 27 July at 9.30pm. Audio-Descibed performance: Wed 28 July at 9.30pm.

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• FIB

  metro-boulot-dodo (UK)

  3 - 8 August

  Fourteen people enter fourteen boxes, each packed with three minutes of far-fetched fabrications and unflinching honesty. Metro-boulot-dodo have collaborated with musicians, dancers and digital artists to ask the question: why do we lie? Innovative, insightful and utterly unique, FIB is a big, bold eclectic mix of contemporary art forms.

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  Capacity 14; promenade, moving between all 14 boxes; in English; 1hr. Priceless Preview: Tue 3 August at 6pm & 8pm

Square² is from Wed 23 June - 8 August

At the same time as Watch This Space Festival we also have a programme of international theatre in Square²; our outdoor theatre space located on the riverside next to the National Theatre's Stage Door.

Tickets can be booked in advance and are £10 each. To book, you can buy tickets online, or call Box Office on 020 7452 3000.

We also have a ‘Priceless Preview’ on Tuesdays (the first day of each show that are marked with a 'P') - this is where you set the ticket price! With each ticket you'll get an envelope... how much you put in at the end is up to you. Tickets for these performances are only available on the day, in person, from the National Theatre Box Office from 9.30am.

There are Audio-Described performances (marked with an 'A') for blind and visually impaired people via headsets on certain performances; if you require a headset please request this when booking with the Box Office.

Contego Audio Amplication is available for partially hearing people on all Square² performances of Carbón Club, Carmen Funebre and Chez Cocotte; please request when booking with the Box Office.