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Shows:

August: Osage County

Explosive, unexpected and uproariously dark. Broadway's biggest hit comes to London.
Berlin

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall, David Hare reads a 55-minute meditation about Germany’s restored capital – both what it represents in European history, and the peculiar part it has played in his own life.
Burnt by the Sun

Poised at the beginning of Stalin’s Great Terror, Burnt by the Sun shows a brutal future encroaching on the last days of a fading world.
Death and the Kings Horseman

Nigeria, 1943. The King is dead, and tonight his Horseman must escort him to the Ancestors.
Dido, Queen of Carthage

The wit, daring and sheer poetry of Christopher Marlowe’s first play were so new and exciting in English theatre that Hamlet was still talking about it seventeen years later.
England People Very Nice

A riotous journey through four waves of immigration from the 17th century to today. As the French Huguenots, the Irish, the Jews and the Bangladeshis in turn enter the chaotic world of Bethnal Green.
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

A dissident is locked up in an asylum. If he accepts that he was ill, has been treated and is now cured, he will be released. Tom Stoppard’s darkly funny and provocative play asks if denying the truth is a price worth paying for liberty.
Gethsemane

This richly imagined ensemble play about British public life looks at the way business, media and politics are now intertwined to nobody’s advantage.
Macbeth

A National Theatre touring production for younger audiences.
Mrs Affleck

Samuel Adamson’s new play takes Ibsen’s Little Eyolf as the inspiration for a passionate and tragic tale of obsessive love, set in 1950s England.
Oedipus

Sophocles’ magnificent tragedy in an intense and raw new version by Frank McGuinness.
The Pitmen Painters

Lee Hall’s new play is a humorous, deeply moving and timely look at art, class and politics.
Stovepipe

When a mercenary goes missing en route to Iraq, his closest surviving friend embarks on a hunt across the post-war Middle East. A promenade performance in Shepherd's Bush.
Time and the Conways

The Conways, celebrating Kay’s 21st birthday in 1919, seem a golden family – safe and well after the Great War, looking forward to future careers, marriages, and a brave new world.
War Horse

Following its sell out run, War Horse returns to the National. From 10 September.

Platforms:

The Satanic Verses – Twenty Years On

English PEN and the National bring together actors and writers to read from Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses and discuss the implications of the fatwa against the writer.
Alain de Botton

Alain de Botton introduces The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, exploring the modern workplace and what makes jobs either fulfilling or soul-destroying.
An Evening with Private Eye

The annual round-up of the year's events with Ian Hislop and special guests
Christopher Bigsby on Arthur Miller

Christopher Bigsby introduces his much-anticipated biography of one of the 20th century’s greatest playwrights.
Ian Kelly on Casanova

Historian and actor Ian Kelly, currently appearing in The Pitmen Painters, unveils a very different Casanova from the legendary lover.
Immigration in Literature

Writers, including Charles Nicholl and Robert McLiam Wilson, discuss the literary history of migrating Huguenots, Irish, Jewish and Bangladeshi communities.
In Conversation with Claire Skinner

Company members chat informally about their work and answer your questions. Chaired by Al Senter.
In Conversation with Rory Kinnear

Company members chat informally about their work and answer your questions. Chaired by Al Senter.
In Conversation with Tamsin Greig

Currently appearing in Gethsemane, Tamsin Greig talks about her career.
James Macdonald on Dido, Queen of Carthage

The director talks about his production of Marlowe’s intense tale of love, betrayal and suicide.
Jonathan Croall on Sybil Thorndike

Biographer Jonathan Croall talks to Polly Toynbee about the great actress, pacifist and socialist, Sybil Thorndike.
Jonathan Dimbleby

In Russia, Jonathan Dimbleby looks at how her past has shaped her current identity, and investigates what modern Russia means to her people now.
Julie Walters

s her autobiography is published, a comedy legend returns to the National to reflect on her hugely diverse 25-year career.
Marianne Elliott and Samuel Adamson on Mrs Affleck

The director and playwright talk about this new production, inspired by Ibsen’s Little Eyolf.
Michael Kustow

Outspoken writer, producer and cultural activist Michael Kustow, reflects on In Search of Jerusalem, his year-long spiritual journey from India to Israel and Palestine.
Michael Morpurgo

As the revival of War Horse continues in the Olivier, the author reflects on Joey’s journey to the stage.
Paris Calling: Readings

A chance to hear extracts from three newly translated contemporary French plays.
Peter Flannery on Burnt by the Sun

Peter Flannery talks about his theatrical adaptation of this story set in Soviet Russia.
Richard Bean on England People Very Nice

The writer discusses his new play about immigration into London’s East End.
Rufus Norris on Death and the King’s Horseman

Rufus Norris talks about his new production of Wole Soyinka’s play.
Rupert Goold on Time and the Conways

The director talks about his new production of Priestley’s ‘time play’.
Sandi Toksvig presents The Great Feminist Quiz

Sandi Toksvig, Fiona Laird and friends celebrate the post-feminist age.
Ten Years of the Children’s Laureate

Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo, Michael Rosen and Jacqueline Wilson celebrate the tenth anniversary of the inauguration of the Children’s Laureate.
Theatre Quiz

Two rival National Theatre companies do battle over theatrical knowledge in the festive annual quiz.
Tom Stoppard on Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

The playwright discusses his play for actors and orchestra.
Virginia McKenna

Virginia McKenna’s autobiography looks back on her career as an actor and her role in the conservation and animal welfare movement.