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Shows
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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FELA!
In the Olivier Theatre. A provocative and wholly unique hybrid of dance, theatre and music exploring the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.
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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.
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Hamlet
Travelex £10 Tickets in the Olivier Theatre. Following his celebrated performances at the National in Burnt by the Sun, The Revenger's Tragedy, Philistines and The Man of Mode, Rory Kinnear plays Hamlet.
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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.
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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.
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War Horse in the West End
The National Theatre's smash hit is now playing at the New London Theatre in Drury Lane.
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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.
Platforms
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40 years of The Young Vic
To celebrate the 40th anniversary, founder Frank Dunlop is joined by original company members and the current Artistic Director, David Lan.
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The Art of Revolution
This extended Platform is an opportunity to discover how The French Revolution of 1789 has inspired artists, writers and composers.
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Craig Brown: The Lost Diaries with Eleanor Bron, Jon Culshaw and Edward Fox
Private Eye’s Craig Brown and guests read from The Lost Diaries, prying into the intimate daily comings and goings of celebrated diarists.
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In Conversation with Bill Paterson
A series of informal afternoon Platforms with members of the company talking about their work and answering your questions. Chaired by Al Senter.
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J T Rogers on Blood and Gifts
The playwright talks about his new play, set in a country facing an emerging war – Afghanistan in 1981.
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John Simpson
John Simpson, the BBC’s World Affairs Editor, focuses on the way the British press has reported key moments in history in his book Unreliable Sources.
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Josie Rourke on Men Should Weep
The Artistic Director of the Bush discusses her NT production of Ena Lamont Stewart’s play Men Should Weep, set in Glasgow in the 1930s depression.
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Neil Bartlett, Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler on Or You Could Kiss Me
The founders of the South African puppet company Handspring, creators of the celebrated War Horse puppets, discuss this new play with their director and collaborator, Neil Bartlett.
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Nicholas Hytner on Hamlet
The National’s current Director, like his predecessors – Olivier in 1963, Hall in 1976 and Eyre in 1989 – has now directed this iconic play; he talks about the production.
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The Roald Dahl Funny Prize with Michael Rosen and Philip Ardagh
Michael Rosen is joined by Philip Ardagh, winner for Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky in 2009, plus special guests including Shappi Khorsandi, for a morning of side-splitting stories and a few great giggles!
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Steven Berkoff
In Diary of a Juvenile Delinquent, the actor, director, writer and playwright paints a startling portrait of his East End childhood and the beginning of his career.
