5 Dec 2018 to 9 Jan 2019
Running Time: Approx 2 hrs 20 mins inc. interval
The Tell-Tale Heart is a twisted, graphic and darkly-comic treat.
Renowned for his ground-breaking work, Anthony Neilson (The Prudes, Unreachable, The Wonderful World of Dissocia) makes his National Theatre debut with this contemporary reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tale of a haunted conscience.
A young playwright rents an attic flat in Brighton, hoping it will break the writer’s block that’s preventing her from following up on her wildly successful debut. Whilst there, she forms a relationship with her landlady, a lonely young woman with a life-altering condition.
But pressure mounts on the writer, and her relationship with the landlady becomes ever-more suffocating.
Please note: This production contains strobe lighting, provocative language, some violent scenes, and moments and themes that some people may find distressing - it's definitely not for children!
Director and Writer Anthony Neilson Mon 7 January, 6pm
Exploring the Gothic in Culture Wed 9 January, 6pm
Monday - Thursday eves, all matinees
£40 - £15
Friday & Saturday eves
£45 - £18
Ways to save
Previews 5 - 11 December
£34 - £15
Audio-described performances, for blind and visually impaired people:
Fri 28 December, 7.30pm
Sat 29 December, 2.30pm preceded by a Touch Tour
Captioned performances, for deaf or hard-of-hearing people:
Thu 3 January, 7.30pm
Tue 8 January, 2.30pm
