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  • King Lear

    by William Shakespeare

    ★★★★★ 
    'Never ceases to astonish.'     Evening Standard

    ‘Sam Mendes and Simon Russell Beale's production is worth the wait.' Independent

    More tickets now on public sale. Good availability for performances from 3 June.

    King Lear with Simon Russell-Beale

  • A Small Family Business

    by Alan Ayckbourn

    Playing until 27 August

    ★★★★ 
    'Classic Ayckbourn. Delivers laughs and chills with great panache' Daily Telegraph

    A Small Family Business will also be broadcast live to cinemas around the world on 12 June by National Theatre Live.

    A Small Family Business. With Nigel Lindsay in a warehouse

  • The Silver Tassie

    Ireland, World War One. From the Dublin tenements to the trenches.

    Sean O’Casey’s powerful, huge and rarely performed anti-war play, in a new production by Howard Davies.

    Now in previews - some good seats available this week.

     

    The Silver Tassie, with a photo of Ronan Raftery in British army uniform

  • A Taste of Honey

    by Shelagh Delaney

    One of the great defining and taboo-breaking plays of the 1950s. 

    ★★★★★ 
    'Unmissable.' 
    Mail on Sunday 

    ★★★★ 
    'Pioneering.' 
    Evening Standard

    Playing until 11 May

    A Taste of Honey with Lesley Sharp and Kate O'Flynn on a terraced street

  • The Elephantom

    Transfers to the New London Theatre

    From 30 June

    ★★★★
    'The National Theatre has another hit on its hands.'     Telegraph

    ★★★★
    'Full of fun. Magical.    '
    The Times

  • A Small Family Business. With Nigel Lindsay in a warehouse
  • The Silver Tassie, with a photo of Ronan Raftery in British army uniform
  • King Lear with Simon Russell-Beale
  • A Taste of Honey with Lesley Sharp and Kate O'Flynn on a terraced street
  • Home by Nadia Fall
  • Yellow Face
  • James I - photo of James McArdle against a stormy sky
  • James II - photo of Andrew Rothney against a stormy sky
  • James III - photo of Jamie Sives against a stormy sky
  • Ballyturk
  • The Animals and Children Took to the Streets, by 1927
  • Treasure Island. graphic outline of a sailing galleon on a calm sea at night with stars
  • 100 Acts of Minor Dissent. Photo of Mark Thomas
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
  • War Horse
  • King Lear with Simon Russell-Beale
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
  • A Small Family Business. With Nigel Lindsay in a warehouse
  • War Horse - two horse puppets rearing up, with puppeteers
  • War Horse on Tour - close up of horse's eye, with sketch of horse and rider just below
  • One Man Two Guvnors poster with Owain Arthur
  • Moon on a Rainbow Shawl tour poster with title
  • The Roof - title treatment on concrete chasm looking up with free-runner leaping across the void
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  • Home - behind the scenes

    This film looks at the creation of this story, featuring interviews with director and writer Nadia Fall, musicians Tom Green and Shakka Philips, and cast member Grace Savage.

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  • A Taste of Honey: Shelagh Delaney and Joan Littlewood

    Shelagh Delaney wrote A Taste of Honey when she was nineteen, sending the script to Joan Littlewood at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. It became one of the great defining and taboo-breaking plays of the 1950s.

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  • A guide to making verbatim theatre

    Robin Belfield gives advice on how to create your own piece of verbatim theatre.

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