National Theatre :: Shows

The Habit of Art

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:52:05 +0100

Alan Bennettos new play imagines a meeting between Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, and his former collaborator and friend, W H Auden.

Pains of Youth

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:50:44 +0100

A shocking, erotically charged play set in Vienna 1923, in which a discontented post-war generation diagnose youth to be their sickness and do their best to destroy it.

War Horse in the West End

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:44:07 +0000

Following its sell out run, War Horse transfers to The New London Theatre, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, from 31 March 2009.

Mixed Up North

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:39:38 +0100

Based on real events, Mixed Up North is a fiercely funny and moving new play about an attempt to unite communities in the Lancashire mill town of Burnley

Endgameat the Duchess Theatre

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:45:08 +0000

Complicite present a new production of Samuel Beckett's classic play Endgame directed by Simon McBurney with Mark Rylance in London this autumn.

Nation

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:37:19 +0100

Mark Ravenhillos exhilarating adaptation of Terry Pratchettos Nation, his latest witty and challenging adventure story, follows His Dark Materials, Coram Boy and War Horse, onto the National's stage.

Our Class

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:22:05 +0100

Polish playwright, Tadeusz Slobodzianek, confronts his countryos involvement in the atrocities of the last century and follows the one-time classmates into the next.

The Power of Yes

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:26:43 +0100

A dramatist seeks to understand the financial crisis.

Mother Courage and Her Children

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:36:41 +0100

Fiona Shaw returns to the National to take the title role in Tony Kushneros inventive and vigorous translation of Bertolt Brechtos uncompromising masterpiece. This is the final Travelex production for 2009.

The Pitmen Painters

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:10:45 +0100

Lee Hallos new play is a humorous, deeply moving and timely look at art, class and politics.

Dr. SeussosThe Cat in the Hat

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:51:33 +0100

Based on the much-loved book by Dr. Seuss, this tale will be colourfully adapted for the stage, for 3-6-year olds, by director Katie Mitchell.

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour 2010

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:06:07 +0100

A dissident is locked up in an asylum. If he accepts that he was ill, has been treated and is now cured, he will be released. Tom Stoppard and Andr� Previnos darkly funny and provocative play asks if denying the truth is a price worth paying for liberty.