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American Express and the National Theatre have been working in partnership since 2011, to provide Cardmembers with exclusive access to presale tickets and reserved seating for National Theatre productions, at the South Bank and for shows that transfer to the West End.

Reserved seating for American Express Cardmembers is available for The Visit, The Welkin, My Brilliant Friend, Three Sisters, Hansard, 'Master Harold'... and the boys, and Translations, at the National Theatre, and War Horse at the Troubadour Wenbley Park and A Taste of Honey at Trafalgar Studios.

For Presale bookings and Reserved seating, don’t forget to enter the first digits of your Card in the American Express Experiences box below before booking.

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To check ticket availability for American Express Cardmembers, please enter the first four digits of your card number (the long number on the front of the card):

American Express and the National Theatre

American Express has a proud history of supporting the best in the arts from around the world.
 

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Cardmember Benefits

American Express Cardmembers have access to exclusive benefits at the National Theatre, including discounts at the National Theatre bookshop.

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Reserved seating from American Express is available for these shows at the National Theatre and elsewhere in London:

The Visit or The Old Lady Comes to Call, with Lesley Manville and a black panther in a waiting area of an old public building

The Visit

Lesley Manville and Hugo Weaving are former lovers in Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s visionary revenge play, transported into mid-20th-century America by Tony Kushner

Find out more about The Visit

The Welkin, with Maxine Peake and Ria Zmitrowicz

The Welkin

Rural Suffolk, 1759. As the country waits for Halley’s comet, Sally Poppy is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder.

Find out more about The Welkin

My Brilliant Friend poster with photo of Catherine McCormack and Niamh Cusack

My Brilliant Friend

Based on the celebrated novels by Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend is an epic story of love, violence, ambition and self-destruction

Find out more about My Brillilant Friend

An image of Alex Jennings and Lindsay Duncan

Hansard

Simon Godwin directs Simon Woods’ witty and devastating portrait of the governing class, with Lindsay Duncan and Alex Jennings.

Find out more about Hansard

Master Harold and The Boys poster image with Hammed Animashaun and Lucian Msamati in tuxedos, practicing ballroom dancing

‘ Master Harold’… and the boys

In Tony Award-winning playwright Athol Fugard’s semi-autobiographical and deeply moving play, racism lurks dangerously beneath liberalism.

Find out more about ‘ Master Harold’… and the boys

Three Sisters

Chekhov’s iconic characters are relocated to Nigeria in this bold new adaptation by Inua Ellams.

Find out more about Three Sisters

Translations

Translations

Ian Rickson’s exquisite production of Brian Friel’s modern classic returns, following a sold-out run in 2018. Ciarán Hinds reprises his critically acclaimed role of patriarch and schoolmaster, Hugh.

Find out more about Translations

War Horse poster: close-up photo of a horse's face overlaid with a cartoon of horse and rider

War Horse at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

War Horse returns to London for a strictly limited run at an exciting new venue located just steps from Wembley Stadium.

Find out more about War Horse at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

A Taste of Honey poster with Jodie Prenger, Gemma Dobson & Alvin Ikenwe

A Taste of Honey at Trafalgar Studios

Shelagh Delaney’s ground-breaking British classic returns to the West End for the first time in 60 years. From 5 Dec – 29 Feb

Find out more about A Taste of Honey at Trafalgar Studios