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The Witches
Title treatment of Roald Dahl's The Witches, with a cartoon of a claw-like hand reaching down to pick up a belligerent-looking mouse who is standing on the H of Witches.

The Witches

Lyndsey Turner directs a rip-roaring musical version of Roald Dahl’s timeless tale, filled with wit, daring and heart.
Until 27 January 2024
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Olivier Theatre - South Bank
The Motive and the Cue at the Noël Coward Theatre
Two men (Mark Gatiss and Johnny Flynn) stand back to back, with pensive expressions, each with one hand raised to their mouth.

The Motive and the Cue at the Noël Coward Theatre

Following a highly acclaimed, sold-out run at the National Theatre, and named Best Play at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards, The Motive and the Cue transfers to the West End for a strictly limited 15-week run.
Until 23 March 2024
Info & Tickets for The Motive and the Cue at the Noël Coward Theatre
Noël Coward Theatre
Kin
A woman runs, carrying a black suitcase with metal trim, her coat and headscarf billowing and blurred, behind her.

Kin

This powerful piece of physical theatre is a provocative story of desperation, compassion, and acceptance, inspired by the migration stories of Gecko’s international performers. Created and directed by Amit Lahav.
Until 27 January 2024
Info & Tickets for Kin
Lyttelton Theatre - South Bank
Till the Stars Come Down

Till the Stars Come Down

In Beth Steel's new play a family gather for a wedding that threatens to tear them apart.
24 January — 16 March 2024
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Dorfman Theatre
Dear Octopus
A woman in a brown long-sleeved dress stands, smiling, looking straight to camera. She is holding hands with a young girl who looks up at her. The blurred figures of five other people stand either side of them and the girl is also blurred.

Dear Octopus

This captivating revival of Dodie Smith’s play is a moving dissection of family and what it means to grow up and return home.
7 February — 27 March 2024
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Lyttelton Theatre
Nye
A man (Michael Sheen) wearing dark striped pajamas and plaid slippers, is standing amongst billowing pale green curtains.

Nye

Michael Sheen is Nye Bevan in an epic Welsh fantasia about one man's dream of the NHS.
24 February — 11 May 2024
Info & Tickets for Nye
Olivier Theatre
Underdog: The Other Other Brontë
Three women stand together, all facing to camera, the middle one, slightly higher than the others, seems to be trying to push the others, who each hold a pen, aside. All wear red shirts and skirts and the middle one has a large red bow tied at her collar.

Underdog: The Other Other Brontë

Sarah Gordon’s new play is an irreverent retelling of the life and legend of the Brontë sisters.
27 March — 25 May 2024
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Dorfman Theatre
London Tide
Two women in thin white dresses stand in a river, soaking wet, one is pushing her hair back from her face. A low-lying city skyline and bridge are behind them in the distance.

London Tide

Ian Rickson returns to direct Ben Power's adaptation of Dickens' Our Mutual Friend, with music by PJ Harvey
10 April — 22 June 2024
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Lyttelton Theatre
Standing at the Sky's Edge at the Gillian Lynne Theatre

Standing at the Sky's Edge at the Gillian Lynne Theatre

The Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical transfers to the West End, from 8 February 2024, following sold-out runs at the National Theatre and Sheffield Theatres.
From 8 February 2024
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Gillian Lynne Theatre -
A man in a waistcoat, tie and blue shirt stands impassively, arms folded, surrounded by five men wearing England football kits (red shirts and shorts, white socks), celebrating wildly.

Dear England – in cinemas from 25 January.

Joseph Fiennes plays Gareth Southgate in this gripping examination of both nation and game. A new play by James Graham, directed by Rupert Goold.

A live recording of the original Olivier Theatre production.

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Indhu Rubasingham appointed as Director

Indhu will work alongside Executive Director Kate Varah who also becomes Joint Chief Executive in a co-leadership model.

Indhu Rubasingham appointed as Director of the National Theatre
Paapa Essiedu as Tristan and Taylor Russell as Connie in The Effect. They are facing away from one another and are wearing white tracksuits.

Coming up on National Theatre at Home

Jamie Lloyd directs Lucy Prebble’s funny and intimate examination of love and ethics The Effect, streaming on National Theatre at Home from 9 January.

Coming up on National Theatre at Home
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