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Shows:
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...some trace of her
A multimedia performance using live video. Adapted by Katie Mitchell and the company from Dostoevsky's The Idiot.
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Afterlife
A new play by Michael Frayn, with Roger Allam as Max Reinhardt.
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August: Osage County
The internationally renowned Steppenwolf Company production. This new play unflinchingly – and uproariously – exposes the dark side of the Midwestern American family.
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De Profundis
During his sentence in Reading Gaol, Oscar Wilde wrote a letter to his lover, agonising over the lack of contact. A century later De Profundis remains an astonishing tour-de-force of self analysis. Read by Corin Redgrave.
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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.
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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.
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Her Naked Skin
London 1913. Militancy in the Suffragette Movement has led to women of all classes serving time in Holloway Prison. Lady Celia Cain meets a young seamstress, and her life spirals into an erotic but dangerous chaos
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in-i
A major new work of dance theatre created by one of the world’s leading dancer/choreographers, Akram Khan, and actress Juliette Binoche.
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Landscape and A Slight Ache
Following a limited initial run, A Slight Ache returns in a double bill with Pinter's Landscape, in the Lyttelton theatre.
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Macbeth
A National Theatre touring production for younger audiences.
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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.
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Oedipus
Sophocles’ magnificent tragedy in an intense and raw new version by Frank McGuinness.
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The Pitmen Painters
Lee Hall’s new play is a humorous, deeply moving and timely look at art, class and politics.
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To Be Straight with You
a work conceived and directed by Lloyd Newson
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The Walworth Farce
Direct from a critically acclaimed run in New York, this remarkable play by Enda Walsh delivers an achingly tender insight into what happens when we become stuck in the stories we tell ourselves about our lives.
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War Horse
Following its sell out run, War Horse returns to the National. From 10 September.
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Waves
Following a sell-out run in 2006, and prior to Broadway, a second chance to see the original National Theatre cast in this unique and acclaimed production.
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The Year of Magical Thinking
Adapted for the stage by Joan Didion from her best-selling memoir of the same name, chronicles the aftermath of her husband’s sudden death.
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Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
Powerful, lyrical songs and evocative readings tell the story of two brothers-in-arms in the First World War battlefields of Ypres.
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An Evening with Private Eye
The annual round-up of the year's events with Ian Hislop and special guests
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Bill Paterson
Actor Bill Paterson, brought up in 50s Glasgow, reads from Tales from the Back Green
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Christopher Bigsby on Arthur Miller
Christopher Bigsby introduces his much-anticipated biography of one of the 20th century’s greatest playwrights.
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Denis Norden
The distinguished comedy writer and presenter is joined by Barry Cryer to look back on his career in Clips from a Life.
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Doris Lessing
In her new book, Alfred and Emily, the Nobel Laureate explores the lives of her parents, both irrevocably damaged by the Great War.
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Elaine Paige
The iconic star of Evita, Cats and Sunset Boulevard celebrates 40 years on the stage.
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Enda Walsh and Mikel Murfi on The Walworth Farce
the playwright and director reflect on the play's journey from Galway to Edinburgh and Broadway.
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The Horse Whisperers
A unique chance to see the celebrated ‘Man Who Listens to Horses’, Monty Roberts, and the horse psychologist, Kelly Marks working with a live horse and a War Horse puppet..
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Ian Kelly on Casanova
Ian Kelly reveals a very different Casanova from the legendary lover in his new biography.
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In Conversation with Clare Higgins
The actress talks about her current role as Jocasta in Oedipus and her career.
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In Conversation with Lesley Manville
The actress talks about her current role in Her Naked Skin and her career, and answers your questions.
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In Conversation with Ralph Fiennes
The actor talks about his current role in Oedipus and his career, and answers your questions.
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In Conversation with Tamsin Greig
Currently appearing in Gethsemane, Tamsin Greig talks about her career.
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Jonathan Croall on Sybil Thorndike
Biographer Jonathan Croall talks about Sybil Thorndike’s glittering career.
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Jonathan Kent on Oedipus
The director reflects on his production of Sophocles' tragedy.
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Julie Walters
s her autobiography is published, a comedy legend returns to the National to reflect on her hugely diverse 25-year career.
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Juliette Binoche and Akram Khan on in-i
Dancer and choreographer Akram Khan and actress Juliette Binoche discuss their new collaboration.
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Katie Mitchell
One of the most adventurous directors working today talks about her new book, The Director’s Craft.
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Marianne Elliott and Samuel Adamson on Mrs Affleck
The director and playwright talk about this new production, inspired by Ibsen’s Little Eyolf.
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Michael Holroyd and Richard Briers on Ellen Terry and Henry Irving
Michael Holroyd is joined by fellow Irving-enthusiast, Richard Briers, to examine the dramatic lives of Ellen Terry and Henry Irving.
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Michael Morpurgo
As the revival of War Horse continues in the Olivier, the author reflects on Joey’s journey to the stage.
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Mike Brearley on The Oedipus Complex
The psychoanalyst and former England cricket captain explores the connection between Sophocles’ telling of the Oedipus story, and Freud’s analysis.
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No Strings Attached - See puppets made of newspaper, puppets like muppets, and a life-size puppet boy!
A practical demonstration by Improbable Theatre, Blind Summit and Avenue Q celebrates the increasingly popular trend of using puppets alongside performers in the theatre.
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On To Be Straight With You
Guests including Munira Mirza (GLA Director of Arts, Culture and Creative Industries), Douglas Murray (Centre for Social Cohesion) and Andrea Minichiello Williams (Christian Legal Centre), discuss the challenging themes of this work.
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Peter Gill
Apprenticeship is Peter Gill’s potent recollection of the changing theatrical landscape of the 60s and his journey from being a young actor to becoming a director and playwright.
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Rebecca Lenkiewicz on Her Naked Skin
The playwright talks about her new play on the Suffragette Movement
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Richard Attenborough
Together with his co-author, Diana Hawkins, he reflects on Entirely Up To You, Darling, their account of his extraordinarily diverse career.
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Roald Dahl Day with Quentin Blake, Lesley Manville and Alistair McGowan
Dahl's principal illustrator Quentin Blake draws live on stage as actors read a selection from Dahl's stories.
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Roger Moore
UNICEF ambassador and legendary screen actor, Roger Moore, talks about his long and illustrious career
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Russell T Davies
The man who rejuvenated one of the BBC’s most iconic programmes talks to Benjamin Cook about Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale.
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Sheila Hancock
Just Me is the moving and honest account of Sheila Hancock’s life since the death of her husband, John Thaw.
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Stella Duffy
Writer and actor Stella Duffy talks about her new novel The Room of Lost Things.
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Theatre Quiz
Two rival National Theatre companies do battle over theatrical knowledge in the festive annual quiz.
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Tracy Letts and Anna D Shapiro on August: Osage County
The playwright, Tracy Letts, and director, Anna D Shapiro, discuss Steppenwolf’s award-winning production.