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  • Emil and the Detectives

    by Erich Kästner,
    adapted by Carl Miller

    ★★★★
    'Terrific. One of the all time great adventure stories.'
    Time Out

    ★★★★ 
    'A thrill to see.'
    Evening Standard 

    Some tickets available this weekend. Must end 18 March.

  • 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

    Best availability from April.

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

  • The Silver Tassie

    Sean O’Casey’s powerful, huge and rarely performed anti-war play of 1928.

    From 15 April

    Booking now open.

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

  • A Small Family Business

    Alan Ayckbourn’s riotous exposure of entrepreneurial greed, returns to the National where it premiered in 1987.

    From 1 April

    Booking now open.

    A Small Family Business. With Nigel Lindsay in a warehouse

  • 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
  • The Shed
  • Analog.Ue Cassette player button controls Image © Shutterstock
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
  • War Horse
  • One Man Two Guvnors poster with Owain Arthur
  • Coriolanus NT Live broadcast with Tom Hiddlestone as Coriolanus
  • War Horse - two horse puppets rearing up, with puppeteers
  • King Lear with Simon Russell-Beale
  • A Small Family Business. With Nigel Lindsay in a warehouse
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
  • Hamlet with Rory Kinnear repeat NT Live broadcast
  • Frankenstein with Benedict Cumberbatch and Johnny Lee-Miller repeat NT Live broadcast
  • The Habit of Art with Alex Jennings and Richard Griffiths NT Live 50 Cinema Broadcast
  • 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 - Running figure in white kit with shadow on white tiled wall behind, with Space Invader figure marked out in shaded tiles
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  • riverrun, the voice of the river in Finnegans Wake by Olwen Fouéré

    Olwen Fouéré (adapter, director, performer), Kellie Hughes (co-director), Alam Kelliher (sound designer / composer) and Stephen Dodd (lighting designer) talk about the process behind riverrun.

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  • An Introduction to Verbatim Theatre

    Verbatim theatre is a type of theatre-making where the text is generated from interviews with 'real life' people. There are various methods of using and practicing this form of theatre, explored... More info

  • Designing Emil and the Detectives

    Bunny Christie talks about her approach in designing Carl Miller's adaptation of Emil and the Detectives, collaborating with the Lighting Designer and Animation & Projection Designer to bring the sense of adventure to life.

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