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August: Osage County

National Theatre presents Steppenwolf’s production

by Tracy Letts

Broadway's biggest hit comes to London for 8 weeks only.

5 STARS
Independent, Sunday Telegraph, Mail on Sunday, Sunday Express, What's on Stage, thelondonpaper, London Lite, City AM

4 STARS
Daily Telegraph, Guardian, The Times, Sunday Times

'Tracy Letts' painfully funny portrait of America is the must-see play of the year - possibly a lifetime.'
Mail on Sunday

'MAGNIFICENT... satisfies a palpable hunger for big theatrical experiences.'
The Guardian

‘Acting at its finest.'
The Times

Winner of 5 Tony Awards and Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama

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When the large Weston family unexpectedly reunites in Oklahoma, after their father disappears, their home explodes in a maelstrom of repressed truths and unsettling secrets. This new play unflinchingly – and uproariously – exposes the dark side of the Midwestern American family.

The internationally renowned Steppenwolf Company, last seen at the National Theatre with The Grapes of Wrath, returns to London with this Broadway smash-hit production, winner of the 2008 Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize for Best Play.

‘The most exciting new American play Broadway has seen for years.’ The New York Times

‘This original and corrosive black comedy deserves a seat at the dinner table with the great American family plays.’ Time Magazine

‘Tracy Letts lets fly so many original and diabolically funny ideas that he reinvigorates the family drama and brings it up to date.' Daily News

From 21 November, the programme for August: Osage County is available to buy from the NT Bookshop, and from the ushers at performance times, priced at £3.

Read an extract from the programme.

Read in the Guardian how August: Osage County will be made into a film by the Weinstein brothers.

Read Tracy Lett's interview in the Telegraph where he talks about his experience with August: Osage County.