Current and forthcoming shows
Shows
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Danton’s Death
In the Olivier Theatre. With its hair-raising on-rush of scenes and vivid dramatisation of complex, visionary characters, Danton’s Death has a claim to be the greatest political tragedy ever written.
Sep 06, 07, 08, 09, 14, 15 > -
Earthquakes in London
In the Cottesloe Theatre. An all-pervasive fear of the future and a guilty pleasure in the excesses of the present drive Mike Bartlett’s epic rollercoaster of a play from 1968 to 2525 and back again.
Sep 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11 > -
War Horse in the West End
The National Theatre's smash hit is now playing at the New London Theatre in Drury Lane.
Sep 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11 > -
Blood and Gifts
In the Lyttelton Theatre. 1981. As the Soviet army burns its way through Afghanistan and toward the critical Pakistani border, CIA operative Jim Warnock is sent to try and halt its bloody progress.
Sep 08, 09, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 > -
Welcome to Thebes
In the Olivier Theatre. Inspired by ancient myth, this is a passionate exploration of an encounter between the world’s richest and the world’s poorest countries set in the aftermath of a brutal war.
Sep 10, 11, 12 -
The Habit of Art
In the Lyttelton Theatre. Alan Bennett’s new play imagines a meeting between Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, and his former collaborator and friend, W H Auden.
Sep 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 -
Or You Could Kiss Me
In the Cottesloe Theatre. Neil Bartlett returns to the National in collaboration with the War Horse team of Handspring Puppet Company and designer Rae Smith to create this fierce and tender meditation on love, memory and the power of the unspoken.
Sep 28, 29, 30, Oct 01, 02, 04, 05 > -
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discover: Prince of Denmark
A company of teenage actors drawn from the National Youth Theatre and a technical team from local FE colleges have been paired with experienced NT practitioners to produce this specially-commissioned new play.
Oct 14, 15, 22, 25 > -
Men Should Weep
In the Lyttelton Theatre. Ena Lamont Stewart’s moving and funny portrayal of impoverished 1930s Glasgow, a raw salute to the human spirit.
Oct 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25 > -
