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  • The Amen Corner

    by James Baldwin

    ★★★★★ ‘A little piece of heaven.’ Telegraph

    ★★★★★ ‘Superb. Magnificent. Exhilarating.’ Financial Times 

    Rufus Norris directs Marianne Jean-Baptiste as the uncompromising pastor of a Harlem church.

    Now playing. 500 Travelex £12 Tickets available for every performance.

    The Amen Corner - Marianne Jean-Baptiste

  • Strange Interlude

    Anne-Marie Duff plays Nina in Eugene O’Neill’s audacious epic – one of the great masterpieces of American theatre.

    ★★★★★
    'Startlingly funny as well as touching. The performances are superb.' Daily Telegraph

    Now playing. Good seats available in June.

    strange interlude poster

  • The Shed: Mission Drift

    Created by award-winning New York company The TEAM

    ★★★★
    'A theatrical tornado, and a sideways glimpse into America's tarnished, weary soul.' Guardian

    A pioneering journey across the USA, told through music, atomic blasts and lizard ballet.

    Now playing - good seats available this week.

    The Shed: Mission Drift

  • Children of the Sun

    by Maxim Gorky
    in a new version by Andrew Upton

    ★★★★ Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Guardian, Independent, Sunday Times, The Times

    ‘Howard Davies' rare and brilliant revival... a richly rewarding evening.’ Independent

    Travelex £12 Tickets available in June.

    Children of the Sun laboratory scene

  • The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable

    The award-winning Punchdrunk return to London following The Masque of the Red Death and their New York smash-hit Sleep No More, with their biggest production to date.

    ‘Without question the most extraordinary dramatic event you will find in any British theatre.’
    Sunday Telegraph on The Masque of the Red Death

    Now Previewing. Extra tickets released this week.

    The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable. Punchdrunk
  • Children of the Sun laboratory scene
  • The Shed
  • The Amen Corner - Marianne Jean-Baptiste
  • strange interlude poster with title
  • Liola poster with title
  • Connections 2013
  • Romeo and Juliet - sun shining through a heart shaped by hands
  • Othello title poster image
  • The Light Princess - a floating princess
  • Edward II - a king as a candle, upturned and melting
  • War Horse
  • One Man, Two Guvnors Theatre Royal Haymarket
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
  • This House
  • The Audience
  • Macbeth with Kenneth Brannagh
  • Othello title poster image
  • One Man, Two Guvnors Theatre Royal Haymarket
  • War Horse
  • People by Alan Bennett
  • A scene from The Pitmen Painters
  • The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable. Punchdrunk
  • Pope Joan
  • Romeo and Juliet - Priest and lovers on street corner
  • Prince of Denmark - Young Ophelia and cast outside old warehouse
  • Tory Boyz - three young men in blazers
  • Romeo and Juliet and Prince of Denmark composite image
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  • Peter Brook in conversation

    Peter Brook talks to Mark Lawson about his career, the theatre and directing Shakespeare.

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  • Working on the Spectrum: The Making of Curious Incident and the Dog in the Night-Time

    The creative team talk about bringing the novel to the stage in this short documentary for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

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  • Positioning The Shed

    This film looks at the position of The Shed on the South Bank and in front of the National Theatre building.

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