What's on by event
At the South Bank
Nye
Nye
Michael Sheen is Nye Bevan in an epic Welsh fantasia about one man's dream of the NHS.
Until 11 May 2024
Underdog: The Other Other Brontë
Underdog: The Other Other Brontë
Sarah Gordon’s new play is an irreverent retelling of the life and legend of the Brontë sisters.
Until 25 May 2024
London Tide
London Tide
Ian Rickson returns to direct Ben Power's adaptation of Dickens' Our Mutual Friend, with music by PJ Harvey
Until 22 June 2024
Boys from the Blackstuff
Boys from the Blackstuff
James Graham’s (Dear England) powerful new adaptation comes to the South Bank, 40 years after Alan Bleasdale’s ground-breaking television series.
22 May — 8 June 2024
Mnemonic
Mnemonic
25 years after its first staging, Complicité bring their ‘Astonishing, transfixing, transcendent production’ (New York Times) back to the National Theatre.
22 June — 10 August 2024
The Hot Wing King
The Hot Wing King
Katori Hall’s Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy makes its London debut in a fiery new production directed by Roy Alexander Weise.
11 July — 14 September 2024
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
Carrie Cracknell (Julie, The Deep Blue Sea) directs Frank Galati’s Tony Award-winning adaptation of John Steinbeck’s masterpiece.
17 July — 14 September 2024
Ballet Shoes
Ballet Shoes
The beloved best-selling book is spectacularly reinvented for stage in this new adaptation by Kendall Feaver.
From 23 November
Booking soon
Coriolanus
Coriolanus
David Oyelowo makes his highly anticipated return to the London stage in Lyndsey Turner’s thrilling new production of Shakespeare’s timeless political tragedy.
11 September — 9 November 2024
A Tupperware of Ashes
A Tupperware of Ashes
Meera Syal is Queenie in Tanika Gupta's new play, a vivid and heart-breaking family drama about life, immigration and the Indian spiritual cycle of death and rebirth.
25 September — 16 November 2024
The Other Place
The Other Place
Emma D’Arcy is Annie in this retelling of the classic Antigone story, from Alexander Zeldin (The Confessions). With music by Yannis Philippakis (Foals).
27 September — 9 November 2024
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest
Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa and Hugh Skinner, in Max Webster’s joyful and flamboyant production of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.
20 November 2024 — 25 January 2025
West End and on tour
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.
Now playing
Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre
Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre
The Tony and Grammy Award®-winning musical phenomenon by singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and director Rachel Chavkin, makes its long-awaited West End premiere in February 2024.
Now playing
People, Places and Things
People, Places and Things
Denise Gough reprises her Olivier Award-winning role in Duncan Macmillan’s intoxicating hit play, directed by Jeremy Herrin.
Until 10 August 2024
Boys from the Blackstuff at the Garrick Theatre
Boys from the Blackstuff at the Garrick Theatre
James Graham’s (Dear England) powerful new adaptation makes it’s West-End premier 40 years after Alan Bleasdale’s ground breaking television series.
13 June — 3 August 2024
War Horse UK Tour
War Horse UK Tour
Our acclaimed production is an unforgettable theatrical experience, which takes audiences on an extraordinary journey in a remarkable story of courage, loyalty and friendship.
From 5 September
The Lehman Trilogy
The Lehman Trilogy
The Tony Award®-winning Best Play tours to the American Conservatory Theater’s Toni Rembe Theater in San Francisco.
25 May — 23 June 2024
In cinemas
Vanya
Vanya
Andrew Scott (Fleabag) features in this radical new production of Chekhov’s classic.
In cinemas now
The Motive and the Cue
The Motive and the Cue
Sam Mendes directs Mark Gatiss and Johnny Flynn in the fierce and funny new play.
In cinemas now
Nye
Nye
Michael Sheen is Nye Bevan in the epic Welsh fantasia, following one man's dream of the NHS.
In cinemas now
Dear England
Dear England
Joseph Fiennes plays Gareth Southgate in this gripping examination of both nation and game. A new play by James Graham, directed by Rupert Goold.
In select international cinemas
Fleabag
Fleabag
Phoebe Waller-Bridge's award-winning one-woman show returns to the big screen.
In select international cinemas
Online
The Little Big Things: A New Musical
The Little Big Things: A New Musical
An extraordinary true story about an ordinary family. Stream this colourful new musical based on the Sunday Times best-selling autobiography by Henry Fraser.
Live premiere 7pm BST 9 May
Constellations
Constellations
Four casts. One relationship. Infinite Possibilities. Stream the Olivier award-winning Constellations on National Theatre at Home.
Now streaming
Kin
Kin
Kin - a powerful show from critically acclaimed physical theatre company Gecko. Streaming now on National Theatre at Home
Now streaming
The House of Bernarda Alba
The House of Bernarda Alba
Forced to live under their mother’s tight grip as they mourn their father’s death, can five sisters survive when young Adela dares for passion and freedom?
Now streaming
The Father and the Assassin
The Father and the Assassin
Stream Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera in the gripping play that traces Godse’s life over 30 years: from a devout follower of Gandhi, through to his radicalisation and their tragic final encounter in Delhi in 1948.
Now streaming
Grenfell: in the words of survivors
Grenfell: in the words of survivors
A powerful new verbatim play from the testimony of residents at the heart of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
For a limited time only
The Effect
The Effect
Jamie Lloyd directs Lucy Prebble’s funny and intimate examination of love and ethics, with Paapa Essiedu as Tristan and Taylor Russell as Connie.
Now streaming
The Crucible
The Crucible
A witch hunt is beginning in Arthur Miller's epic parable of power, with Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Brendan Cowell (Avatar: The Way of Water).
Now streaming
International touring
The Lehman Trilogy
The Lehman Trilogy
The Tony Award®-winning Best Play tours to the American Conservatory Theater’s Toni Rembe Theater in San Francisco.
25 May — 23 June 2024
Grenfell: in the words of survivors at St Ann's Warehouse
Grenfell: in the words of survivors at St Ann's Warehouse
The powerful new verbatim play, from the testimony of residents at the heart of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, will be performed in Brooklyn, NY
Until 12 May 2024