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MAY Tue 22 7.30 Wed 23 7.30 Thu 24 7.30 Translations Fri 25 7.30 Sat 26 7.30 by Brian Friel Mon 28 7.30 Tue 29 7.30 Wed 30 7.00 JUNE Wed 6 7.30 Thu 7 2.00 7.30 Fri 8 7.30 Sat 9 2.00 7.30 Cast includes Owen, the prodigal son, returns to rural Donegal Mon 11 7.30 Dermot Crowley from Dublin. With him are two British army Tue 12 7.30 Adetomiwa Edun Wed 13 2.00 Ciarán Hinds officers. Their ambition is to create a map of 7.30 Laurence Kinlan the area, replacing the Gaelic names with Mon 25 7.30 Tue 26 2.00 Colin Morgan English. It is an administrative act with 7.30 Seamus O’Hara radical consequences. Wed 27 2.00 Judith Roddy JULY Director Brian Friel’s modern classic is a powerful Fri 6 7.30 Ian Rickson account of nationhood, which sees the turbulent Sat 7 2.00 Designer relationship between England and Ireland play CAP 7.30 Rae Smith out in one quiet community. Additional Lighting Designer performances to Neil Austin Colin Morgan (Humans, Merlin) plays Owen be announced Music and Ciarán Hinds (Girl from the North Country, Stephen Warbeck There Will Be Blood) plays his father. Sound Designer Ian Rickson directs. Ian Dickinson ‘This is Brian Friel’s finest and most universal play.’ Sunday Times

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Talks and events Exploring Julie Cries and Whispers and the work of (film screening) August Strindberg Mon 23 July, 5.30 – 7pm, Wed 20 June, Cottesloe Room, £5/£3 10.30am – 4.30pm, Cottesloe Room, £55/£40/£7.50 Feminism and Hierarchy on Stage Wed 18 July, 6 – 7pm, Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Photography (Vanessa Kirby and Eric Kofi Abrefa) by Rosaline Shahnavaz Kirby and Eric Kofi Abrefa) Photography (Vanessa

7 A co-production with Neal Street Productions JULY Wed 4 7.00 Thu 5 7.00 Sat 7 7.00 The Lehman Trilogy Mon 9 7.00 Tue 10 7.00 by Stefano Massini Wed 11 7.00 Thu 12 7.00 adapted by Ben Power Fri 13 7.00 Sat 14 1.00 7.00 Mon 16 7.00 Tue 17 1.00 7.00 Wed 18 7.00 Wed 25 7.00 Thu 26 7.00 Cast includes Told in three parts on a single evening. Fri 27 7.00 Adam Godley Sat 28 1.00 Ben Miles On a cold September morning in 1844 a young 7.00 Simon Russell Beale Mon 30 7.00 man from Bavaria stands on a New York Tue 31 1.00 Director dockside. Dreaming of a new life in the new 7.00 Sam Mendes world, he is joined by his two brothers and an AUGUST Set Designer American epic begins. 163 years later, the firm Mon 6 CAP 7.00 Es Devlin they establish – Lehman Brothers – spectacularly Tue 7 1.00 Video Designer 7.00 Luke Halls collapses into bankruptcy, and triggers the Wed 8 CAP 7.00 largest financial crisis in history. Costume Designer Additional Katrina Lindsay performances to Sam Mendes returns to the National to be announced Lighting Designer direct Ben Power’s English version of Jon Clark Stefano Massini’s vast and poetic play, Music and Sound a hit across Europe. Nick Powell Adam Godley, Ben Miles and Simon Russell Beale play the Lehman brothers, their sons and grandsons.

Lyttelton Theatre

Talks and events The Stages of Up Close: Talks and Translating a Play Show package Tue 10 July, Tue 7 Aug, 10.30am – 5.30 – 6.30pm, 5.30pm and Wed 8 Aug, Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 10am – 4.30pm, Cottesloe Room, Adam Godley, Ben Miles £175/£165 The story of a family and a and Simon Russell Beale Thu 26 July, 3 – 4pm, company that changed the world. Lyttelton, £7/£5 New York photography courtesy National Archives and Records Administration. Tightrope walker photography by Sorted Administration. Tightrope and Records photography courtesy National Archives New York

9 A co-production with the Orange Tree Theatre JUNE Thu 7 7.30 Fri 8 7.30 Sat 9 7.30 An Octoroon Mon 11 7.30 Tue 12 7.30 by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Wed 13 7.30 Thu 14 7.00 Fri 15 7.30 Sat 16 2.00 7.30 Mon 18 7.30 Tue 19 2.00 JULY Mon 2 7.30 Tue 3 7.30 Cast includes Described by the New York Times as ‘this Wed 4 2.00 Cassie Clare decade’s most eloquent statement on race in 7.30 Emmanuella Cole Thu 5 CAP 7.30 Celeste Dodwell America today’, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Fri 6 7.30 Iola Evans extraordinary play comes to the National Theatre Sat 7 2.00 7.30 Ken Nwosu after a sold-out run at the Orange Tree Theatre. Mon 9 7.30 Alistair Toovey Tue 10 7.30 Kevin Trainor In 1859, white Irish playwright Dion Boucicault Wed 11 7.30 Director writes a hit play about America. Today, a black Thu 12 7.30 Ned Bennett Fri 13 AD 7.30 American playwright attempts to do the same. Sat 14 AD TT 2.00 Designer 7.30 Georgia Lowe Both old and new, An Octoroon gleefully Mon 16 7.30 Tue 17 CAP 2.00 Lighting Designer remixes a Victorian melodrama into ‘a dazzling 7.30 Elliot Griggs deconstruction of racial representation’ Wed 18 2.00 Movement Director (WhatsOnStage). Ivan Blackstock ‘It’s bold, fearless playwriting: laughing in the Music Theo Vidgen face of racism as well as allowing the horror Sound Designer of history to spell itself out.’ George Dennis Time Out Puppetry Jimmy Grimes Music Director Michael Henry Fight Director Kev McCurdy The New American Work Programme is supported by The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Lawton W Fitt & James I McLaren Foundation and Kathleen J Yoh Dorfman Theatre

Talks and events The Untold History Ned Bennett and of Blackface Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Tue 19 June, 6 – 7pm, Fri 6 July, 6 – 6.45pm, Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Dorfman, £7/£5 HHHH The Lasting Impact All That Jazz of the Slave Trade (film screening) ‘Bizarrely brilliant. Tue 3 July, 6 – 7pm, Mon 9 July, 5 – 7pm, Extraordinary.’ Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Cottesloe Room, £5/£3 Guardian Photography (Ken Mwosu) by Sebastian Nevols

11 APRIL Wed 18 7.00 Thu 19 7.00 Fri 20 7.00 Absolute Hell Sat 21 7.00 Mon 23 7.00 by Rodney Ackland Tue 24 7.00 Wed 25 7.00 Thu 26 7.00 Fri 27 7.00 Sat 28 1.30 7.00 Mon 30 7.00 MAY Tue 1 1.30 7.00 Cast includes Bomb-blasted London. A Soho den in the Wed 2 7.00 Esh Alladi hangover from World War II, where members Thu 3 7.00 Elizabeth Andrewartha Fri 4 7.00 Ashley Byam drink into the darkness, night after night. Sat 5 1.30 Jonathan Coote Lying, fighting and seducing, these lost souls 7.00 Mon 7 7.00 Carole Dance and bruised lovers struggle from the rubble of Tue 8 7.00 Joanna David war towards an unknown future. Wed 9 1.30 Charles Edwards 7.00 Patricia England Rodney Ackland’s extraordinarily provocative Thu 10 7.00 Kate Fleetwood play was condemned as ‘a libel on the British Fri 11 7.00 Simon Hepworth Sat 12 1.30 Lloyd Hutchinson people’ when first performed in 1952. Now it 7.00 emerges as an intoxicating plunge into Mon 14 CAP 7.00 Jenny Galloway Tue 15 7.00 Aaron Heffernan post-war Soho; full of despair and longing. Wed 16 7.00 Martins Imhangbe Thu 17 1.30 Stephanie Jacob Joe Hill-Gibbins returns to the NT to direct 7.00 Fiz Marcus a large ensemble in this new production. Fri 18 AD 7.00 Sinéad Matthews Sat 19 AD TT 1.30 Connor Mills 7.00 Mon 21 7.00 Prasanna Puwanarajah Tue 22 CAP 1.30 Anita Reynolds 7.00 John Sackville Wed 23 7.00 Liza Sadovy JUNE Jonathan Slinger Eileen Walsh Tue 12 CAP 7.00 Danny Webb Wed 13 CAP 7.00 Thu 14 1.30 Jade Yourell 7.00 Director Fri 15 7.00 Joe Hill-Gibbins Sat 16 1.30 7.00 Set Designer Lizzie Clachan Costume Designer Nicky Gillibrand Lyttelton Theatre Lighting Designer Jon Clark Associate Director and Movement Talks and events Jenny Ogilvie Censorship in Kate Fleetwood and Sound Designer Post-War Theatre Jonathan Slinger Paul Arditti Fri 27 Apr, 5.30 – 6.30pm, Wed 13 June, 4 – 5pm, Music Director Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Lyttelton, £7/£5 Harvey Brough Absolute Hell – British Joe Hill-Gibbins Theatre after the Blitz and Lizzie Clachan An intoxicating plunge Tue 15 May, 2 – 5pm, Wed 13 June, 5.30 – 6.15pm, Cottesloe Room, Lyttelton, £7/£5 into post-war Soho. £30/£20/£7.50

13 A co-production with the Tricycle Theatre MARCH Sat 10 7.30 Mon 12 7.30 Tue 13 7.30 An epic new thriller. The Great Wave Wed 14 7.30 Thu 15 7.30 a new play by Francis Turnly Fri 16 7.30 Sat 17 2.30 7.30 Mon 19 7.00 Tue 20 7.30 Wed 21 2.30 7.30 Thu 22 7.30 Fri 23 7.30 Sat 24 2.30 7.30 Cast On a Japanese beach, teenage sisters Hanako Mon 26 7.30 Kae Alexander and Reiko are caught up in a storm. Reiko Tue 27 2.30 Chike Chan 7.30 Rosalind Chao survives while Hanako is lost to the sea. Their Wed 28 7.30 Tuyen Do mother, however, can’t shake the feeling that her Thu 29 7.30 Vincent Lai Sat 31 2.30 missing daughter is still alive, and soon family 7.30 Kwong Loke tragedy takes on a global political dimension. Frances Mayli McCann APRIL Kirsty Rider Set in Japan and North Korea, Francis Mon 2 7.30 Leo Wan Turnly’s epic new thriller is directed by Tue 3 2.30 David Yip 7.30 Indhu Rubasingham in a co-production Wed 4 7.30 Director with the Tricycle Theatre. Thu 5 7.30 Indhu Rubasingham Fri 6 AD 7.30 Designer Sat 7 AD TT 2.30 7.30 Tom Piper Mon 9 7.30 Video Designer Tue 10 CAP 2.30 Luke Halls 7.30 Wed 11 7.30 Lighting Designer Thu 12 CAP 7.30 Oliver Fenwick Fri 13 7.30 Sat 14 CAP 2.30 Music 7.30 David Shrubsole Sound Designer Alex Caplen Movement Director Polly Bennett Fight Director Kev McCurdy

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Talks and events Indhu Rubasingham and The Lovers and the Despot Francis Turnly (film screening) Mon 26 Mar, 6 – 6.45pm, Mon 9 Apr, 5.30 – 7pm, Dorfman, £7/£5 Cottesloe Room, £5/£3 Designing The Great Inside the World’s Most Wave with Tom Piper Secretive Nation Wed 28 Mar, 5.30 – 7pm, Tue 10 Apr, 6 – 7pm, Duffield Studio, £7/£5 Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Photography (Kae Alexander) by Linda Brownlee

15 APRIL Sat 21 7.30 Mon 23 7.30 Tue 24 7.30 Nine Night Wed 25 7.30 Thu 26 7.30 a new play by Natasha Gordon Fri 27 7.30 Sat 28 7.30 Mon 30 7.00 MAY Tue 1 7.30 Wed 2 7.30 Thu 3 2.30 7.30 Fri 4 7.30 Sat 5 2.30 Cast Gloria is gravely sick. When her time comes, 7.30 Oliver Alvin-Wilson the celebration begins; the traditional Jamaican Mon 7 7.30 Franc Ashman Tue 8 2.30 Ricky Fearon Nine Night Wake. But for Gloria’s children and 7.30 Michelle Greenidge grandchildren, marking her death with a party Wed 9 7.30 Thu 10 7.30 Hattie Ladbury that lasts over a week is a test. Nine nights of Fri 11 7.30 Rebekah Murrell music, food, sharing stories – and an endless Sat 12 2.30 Cecilia Noble parade of mourners. 7.30 Director Mon 14 7.30 Roy Alexander Weise Tue 15 2.30 Natasha Gordon’s debut play Nine Night is 7.30 Designer a touching and very funny exploration of the Wed 16 CAP 7.30 Rajha Shakiry rituals of family. Roy Alexander Weise Thu 17 7.30 Fri 18 7.30 Lighting Designer directs a cast including Cecilia Noble Sat 19 CAP 2.30 Paule Constable (The Amen Corner). 7.30 Sound Designer Mon 21 7.30 Tue 22 2.30 George Dennis 7.30 Movement Director Wed 23 7.30 Shelley Maxwell Thu 24 7.30 Fri 25 AD 7.30 Sat 26 AD TT 2.30 7.30

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Talks and events Natasha Gordon and The Stuart Hall Project Roy Alexander Weise (film screening) on Nine Night Mon 21 May, 5.30 – 7.15pm, Thu 10 May, 6 – 6.45pm, Cottesloe Room, £5/£3 Dorfman, £7/£5 Malika Booker on Rituals Culture After Windrush Fri 25 May, 6 – 7pm, Family, food, music and mourning. Thu 17 May, Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 5.45 – 6.45pm, Dorfman, £7/£5 Photography by Sorted

MARCH Thu 15 7.00 Fri 16 7.00 Sat 17 1.30 Pinocchio 7.00 Tues 27 7.00 by Dennis Kelly Wed 28 CAP 7.00 Thu 29 2.00 with songs and score from the Walt Disney film 7.00 by Leigh Harline, Ned Washington and Paul J Smith Sat 31 2.00 adapted by Martin Lowe 7.00 APRIL Mon 2 7.00 Tues 3 7.00 Wed 4 2.00 7.00 Cast HHHH Thu 5 7.00 Stuart Angell Fri 6 7.00 Trieve Blackwood- ‘Brilliant. The puppets are ingenious Sat 7 2.00 Cambridge and the songs are a joy.’ 7.00 Audrey Brisson Mon 9 7.00 Guardian Tues 10 2.00 Stephanie Bron 7.00 James Charlton On a quest to be truly alive, Pinocchio leaves Gershwyn Eustache Jnr Geppetto’s workshop with Jiminy Cricket in tow. Mark Hadfield David Langham Their electrifying adventure takes them from Joe Idris-Roberts alpine forests to Pleasure Island to the bottom Rebecca Jayne-Davies of the ocean. Linford Johnson Sarah Kameela Impey This spectacular new production is brought to David Kirkbride the stage by an extraordinary team including the Anabel Kutay director of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Michael Lin Annette McLaughlin and the writer of Matilda the Musical. Jack North Featuring unforgettable music and songs from Dawn Sievewright Clemmie Sveaas the Walt Disney film including I’ve Got No Michael Taibi Strings, Give a Little Whistle and When You Scarlet Wilderink Wish upon a Star in dazzling new arrangements, Jack Wolfe Pinocchio comes to life as never before. Director John Tiffany For brave 8-year-olds and above. Set and Costume Designer and Tickets for families Puppet Co-designer Bob Crowley Half-price tickets for under-18s – see p34 Music Supervisor and Orchestrations Martin Lowe Lyttelton Theatre Movement Director Steven Hoggett Puppetry Director and Puppet Co-designer Toby Olié Lighting Designer Paule Constable Sound Designer HHHH Simon Baker Illusions ‘A dark and magical retelling Jamie Harrison Music Director Sponsored by of the Disney classic.’ Tom Brady

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Paul Arditti Sound Designer Jon Clark Lighting Designer Imogen Knight Choreographer Simon Slater Additional Music Music Director and Chloe Lamford Designer

Olivier Theatre production syndicate Supported bytheAmadeus Southbank Sinfonia In associationwith Olivier, £7/£5 Mon 23Apr, 6–6.45pm, Southbank Sinfonia David OwenNorrisand Salieri Explored with Olivier, £7/£5, Thu 15Mar, 3–4pm, Lucian Msamati Adam Gillenand Talks andevents CAP

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Each year the National Theatre commissions Be the first to see work by the next generation HHHHH ten new plays for young people to perform, of playwrights. ‘Beautifully funny and touching.’ Following its sell-out run in the Dorfman bringing together some of the UK’s most Daily Telegraph Theatre, the acclaimed production is now exciting writers with the theatre-makers Hundreds of students from across the UK playing in the West End for a limited season. of tomorrow. have followed an in-depth, online course and HHHHH have been mentored by a team of professional ‘David Eldridge’s hilarious, bittersweet Justine Mitchell and Sam Troughton 260 youth theatre companies and over 5,000 writers as part of our nationwide playwriting rom-com. A modern classic.’ reprise their critically acclaimed roles in this young people from every corner of the UK are tender and funny story about the first fragile programme. In April, they will submit their short Radio Times producing a Connections play this year. Ten plays to the New Views competition. moments of risking your heart and companies will come to the National Theatre Every story starts somewhere. taking a chance. with their productions of plays by Alice Birch, Eight shortlisted plays will be given rehearsed Brad Birch, Chris Bush, In-Sook Chappell, readings and the winning play will be It’s the early hours of the morning and Fiona Doyle, Phoebe Eclair-Powell, performed in the Dorfman Theatre. Danny’s the last straggler at Laura’s party. Natalie Mitchell, Barney Norris, Chinonyerem The flat’s in a mess. And so are they. Winning play announced 4 June. Odimba and Chris Thompson. One more drink? Tickets on sale 11 June. Tickets on sale 25 May. All performances will be captioned.

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National Theatre Live has enabled over eight million people across the Sponsor of NT Live in the UK War Horse The Curious Incident UK and around the world to experience high quality theatre, through based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo live broadcasts or encore screenings in their local cinema. adapted by Nick Stafford, in association with the of the Dog in the award-winning Handspring Puppet Company Night-Time HHHHH based on the novel by Mark Haddon ‘Be sure not to miss this stunning show.’ adapted by Simon Stephens Julius Caesar Cat on a Hot Tin Roof The Times HHHHH by William Shakespeare by Tennessee Williams On a UK tour until March 2019 ‘Magical and moving.’ directed by Benedict Andrews Nicholas Hytner directs a thrilling new Daily Mail production, starring Ben Whishaw, Captured live from the West End, this ‘thrilling This House On an international tour until August 2018 David Morrissey, Michelle Fairley and revival’ (New York Times) from the Young Vic by James Graham David Calder. featured Sienna Miller, Jack O’Connell and Colm Meaney. HHHHH Angels in America Broadcast live from the Bridge Theatre ‘Ferociously witty.’ A Gay Fantasia on National Themes on Thu 22 Mar. Encore screenings continue. Daily Telegraph by Tony Kushner On a UK tour until June 2018 HHHHH Macbeth With more shows to be announced, visit our ‘A true theatrical epic.’ website at ntlive.com for the latest news and by William Shakespeare Macbeth Evening Standard to find a cinema near you. On Broadway until June 2018 Rufus Norris’ new production of ntlive @ntlive by William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s tragedy will see Rory Kinnear Macbeth embarks on tour, following and Anne-Marie Duff play Macbeth and a sell-out run in London. Tour cast to Lady Macbeth. be announced. Broadcast live from the National Theatre UK and Ireland tour from October 2018 on Thu 10 May.

Macbeth on tour in partnership with Lloyds Bank Private Banking. Assisted performances at some tour venues. Visit venue websites for more information.

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Schools Talks and Events Opening up theatre for students and teachers An eclectic programme of talks, discussions across the UK with inspiring, creative projects and events. Highlights include talks with covering a range of skills from performance actors Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley to playwriting to technical theatre. NT On and Ben Miles, directors Joe Hill-Gibbins Demand In Schools allows UK students and Ian Rickson and playwright Branden to watch NT productions for free in their Jacobs-Jenkins. If you’re interested in classrooms. For teachers, we offer an exciting playwriting, chose from a ten-week course programme of professional development, or individual Saturday morning sessions curriculum-linked resources and with current NT playwrights Ben Power, networking events. Polly Stenham and Laura Wade. nationaltheatre.org.uk/learning Join us in May for our Macbeth-inspired debate, Who’s Got the Power? nationaltheatre.org.uk/talks

Families Exhibitions and Tours Discover the skills and secrets behind We showcase the work of photographer productions at the National Theatre with our Charlie Phillips in How Great Thou Art to Family events. Sign up to create an exciting coincide with the NT production of Nine Night. play in a day, explore lighting, sound and The Old Vic’s bicentenary is marked with our design with our production teams and much exhibition The National Theatre at more. Bring your imagination and dive into the The Old Vic 1963 – 1976. world of theatre-making. nationaltheatre.org.uk/exhibitions nationaltheatre.org.uk/families Discover the secrets that bring our work to the stage and visit unseen areas in our backstage tours. nationaltheatre.org.uk/tours

Young People Archive Learn how to create special effects make- Explore the history of the NT and up, gain a practical insight into the rehearsal its productions through recordings, room with workshops led by NT directors, or correspondence, posters, scripts make a performance from scratch at Space and much more. to Create. From workshops and courses, to creative projects, if you are aged 16 – 21 then Free. Open to all, including groups, there is an opportunity at the NT for you. by appointment. nationaltheatre.org.uk/young-people nationaltheatre.org.uk/archive

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In the Olivier, Patrick Marber directs his In the Dorfman, Tamara Harvey directs a cast adaptation of Ionesco’s Exit the King with which includes Katherine Parkinson in Laura a cast including Rhys Ifans and Indira Wade’s Home, I’m Darling. Varma. Later in the year Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play the title roles in Simon In November, the multi-award-winning Godwin’s highly anticipated new production adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s War Horse, of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. returns to the National Theatre. We also welcome back David Hare, with his new Drink In 2019, Dominic Cooke’s five-star play I’m Not Running. production of Stephen Sondheim’s Get early access to all of this and more From Espresso Martinis to Pomegranate Follies returns to the Olivier. with NT Membership. Bellinis, treat yourself to a delicious drink nationaltheatre.org.uk/member from our cocktail menu at one of the many NT bars. Our Espresso Bar is a local favourite. Enjoy a Mozzo coffee, with a treat from our range of cakes and pastries.

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Mon 5 Macbeth P 7.30 Network 7.30 Tue 6 Macbeth PRESS 7.00 Network 7.30 Wed 7 Macbeth 7.00 Network 2.00+7.30 Thu 8 Macbeth 7.30 Network 7.30 Fri 9 Macbeth 7.30 Network 7.30 Sat 10 Macbeth 2.00+7.30 Network AD TT 2.00+7.30 The Great Wave P1 7.30 Sun 11 Mon 12 Amadeus 7.30 Network 7.30 The Great Wave P2 7.30 Tue 13 Amadeus 2.00+7.30 Network 2.00+7.30 The Great Wave P 7.30 Wed 14 TALK: Bryan Cranston 3.00 Amadeus 7.30 Network 7.30 The Great Wave P 7.30 Thu 15 TALK: Gillen & Msamati CAP 3.00 Amadeus 7.30 Pinocchio 7.00 The Great Wave P 7.30 Fri 16 Macbeth 7.30 Pinocchio 7.00 The Great Wave P 7.30 Sat 17 Macbeth 2.00+7.30 Pinocchio 1.30 +7.00 The Great Wave 2.30+7.30 Sun 18 Mon 19 Macbeth 7.30 Network CAP 7.30 The Great Wave PRESS 7.00 Tue 20 Macbeth 7.30 Network 7.30 The Great Wave 7.30 Wed 21 Macbeth 2.00+7.30 Network 2.00+7.30 The Great Wave 2.30+7.30 Thu 22 NT DEBATE: The Influence 5.30 of the Media Macbeth 7.30 Network 7.30 The Great Wave 7.30 Fri 23 TALK: Antony Sher 6.00 Macbeth 7.30 Network 7.30 The Great Wave 7.30 Sat 24 Macbeth 2.00+7.30 Network LAST 2.00+7.30 The Great Wave 2.30+7.30 Sun 25 We want to make our work accessible to as many people as Mon 26 TALK: Rubasingham & Turnly 6.00 Macbeth 7.30 The Great Wave 7.30 possible. Here are some of the ways we aim to meet different Tue 27 Macbeth 2.00+7.30 Pinocchio 7.00 The Great Wave 2.30+7.30 audience members’ needs. Wed 28 Macbeth 7.30 Pinocchio CAP 7.00 The Great Wave 7.30 Thu 29 Amadeus 7.30 Pinocchio 2.00+7.00 The Great Wave 7.30 Audio-described performances have a live Relaxed performances are aimed at Fri 30 BUILDING CLOSED Sat 31 Amadeus 2.00+7.30 Pinocchio 2.00+7.00 The Great Wave 2.30+7.30 audio description that can be heard through anyone who would benefit from a more headphones. We also have programme relaxed performance environment including notes available as a sound file ahead of people with an autistic spectrum condition, Apr Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman the performance. sensory or communication disorders or Sun 1 a learning disability. The next Relaxed Mon 2 Amadeus 7.30 Pinocchio 7.00 The Great Wave 7.30 Touch tours are for blind and partially performance will be Pinocchio on Tue 3 Amadeus 7.30 Pinocchio 7.00 The Great Wave 2.30+7.30 sighted audiences to familiarise themselves Saturday 17 March at 1.30pm. Wed 4 Amadeus 2.00+7.30 Pinocchio 2.00+7.00 The Great Wave 7.30 with the set ahead of the performance. Above Thu 5 Amadeus 7.30 Pinocchio 7.00 The Great Wave 7.30 is a photo of audience member Yusuf at a Alternative formats: we have large-print and Fri 6 Amadeus 7.30 Pinocchio 7.00 The Great Wave AD 7.30 Sat 7 Amadeus 2.00+7.30 Pinocchio 2.00+7.00 The Great Wave AD TT 2.30+7.30 touch tour for Mosquitoes with Olivia Colman braille cast lists at our Box Office. Large-print, Sun 8 and Olivia Williams. CD and braille versions of this brochure are Mon 9 Amadeus 7.30 Pinocchio 7.00 The Great Wave 7.30 available on request from Tue 10 Amadeus 2.00+7.30 Pinocchio LAST 2.00+7.00 The Great Wave CAP 2.30+7.30 Captioned performances have captions on [email protected] Wed 11 Amadeus CAP 7.30 The Great Wave 7.30 screens at the front of the auditorium so that Thu 12 Macbeth 7.30 The Great Wave CAP 7.30 deaf and hard-of-hearing people, or anyone Wheelchair loan for anyone who would Fri 13 Macbeth 7.30 The Great Wave 7.30 who would like to read along, can also enjoy welcome the use of a wheelchair. Sat 14 Macbeth 2.00+7.30 The Great Wave LAST CAP 2.30+7.30 Sun 15 the performance. Synopses are available for Mon 16 Macbeth 7.30 all productions. To book tickets at the Disabled concession rate please subscribe to our Access List. Tue 17 Macbeth 7.30 Wed 18 Macbeth 7.30 Absolute Hell P1 7.00 Infrared audio systems are available in For more information visit Thu 19 Macbeth CAP 2.00+7.30 Absolute Hell P2 7.00 all theatres for every performance. Free nationaltheatre.org.uk/access Fri 20 Amadeus 7.30 Absolute Hell P 7.00 headsets and neck loops are essential Sat 21 Amadeus CAP 2.00+7.30 Absolute Hell P 7.00 Nine Night P1 7.30 and available from the Box Office. Sun 22 Mon 23 TALK: Salieri Explored 6.00 Amadeus 7.30 Absolute Hell P 7.00 Nine Night P2 7.30 Tue 24 Amadeus LAST 2.00+7.30 Absolute Hell P 7.00 Nine Night P 7.30

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Wed 25 Absolute Hell PRESS 7.00 Nine Night P 7.30 Fri 15 Macbeth 7.30 Absolute Hell 7.00 An Octoroon 7.30 Thu 26 Macbeth 7.30 Absolute Hell 7.00 Nine Night P 7.30 Sat 16 Macbeth AD TT 2.00+7.30 Absolute Hell LAST 1.30+7.00 An Octoroon 2.00+7.30 Fri 27 Macbeth AD 7.30 Absolute Hell 7.00 Nine Night P 7.30 Sun 17 Sat 28 Macbeth AD TT 2.00+7.30 Absolute Hell 1.30+7.00 Nine Night P 7.30 Mon 18 Macbeth 7.30 An Octoroon 7.30 Sun 29 Tue 19 Macbeth 2.00+7.30 Julie 7.30 An Octoroon 2.00 Mon 30 TALK: Duff & Kinnear CAP 3.00 Wed 20 Macbeth CAP 7.30 Julie 7.30 TALK: Performing Shakespeare CAP 4.30 Thu 21 Macbeth 7.30 Julie 7.30 TALK: Rufus Norris CAP 6.00 Fri 22 Macbeth 7.30 Julie 7.30 Macbeth 7.30 Absolute Hell 7.00 Nine Night PRESS 7.00 Sat 23 Macbeth LAST 2.00+7.30 Julie 2.30+7.30 Sun 24 Mon 25 Translations 7.30 Julie 7.30 May Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Tue 26 Translations 2.00+7.30 Connections CAP 7.00+ CAP 8.30 Wed 27 Translations 2.00 Connections CAP 7.00+ CAP 8.30 Tue 1 Macbeth 2.00+7.30 Absolute Hell 1.30+7.00 Nine Night 7.30 Thu 28 Connections CAP 7.00+ CAP 8.30 Wed 2 Macbeth CAP 7.30 Absolute Hell 7.00 Nine Night 7.30 Fri 29 Connections CAP 7.00+ CAP 8.30 Thu 3 Macbeth 7.30 Absolute Hell 7.00 Nine Night 2.30+7.30 Sat 30 Connections CAP 7.00+ CAP 8.30 Fri 4 DEBATE: Who’s Got the Power? 5.45 Macbeth 7.30 Absolute Hell 7.00 Nine Night 7.30 Sat 5 Macbeth 2.00+7.30 Absolute Hell 1.30+7.00 Nine Night 2.30+7.30 July Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Sun 6 Mon 7 Macbeth 7.30 Absolute Hell 7.00 Nine Night 7.30 Sun 1 Tue 8 Macbeth 7.30 Absolute Hell 7.00 Nine Night 2.30+7.30 Mon 2 An Octoroon 7.30 Wed 9 Macbeth 7.30 Absolute Hell 1.30+7.00 Nine Night 7.30 Tue 3 An Octoroon 7.30 Thu 10 TALK: Gordon & Alexander Weise 6.00 Wed 4 The Lehman Trilogy P1 7.00 An Octoroon 2.00+7.30 Macbeth NT LIVE 7.00 Absolute Hell 7.00 Nine Night 7.30 Thu 5 The Lehman Trilogy P2 7.00 An Octoroon CAP 7.30 Fri 11 Macbeth 7.30 Absolute Hell 7.00 Nine Night 7.30 Fri 6 TALK: Bennett & Jacobs-Jenkins 6.00 Sat 12 Macbeth CAP 2.00+7.30 Absolute Hell 1.30+7.00 Nine Night 2.30+7.30 Translations 7.30 An Octoroon 7.30 Sun 13 Sat 7 Translations 2.00+ CAP 7.30 The Lehman Trilogy P 7.00 An Octoroon 2.00+7.30 Mon 14 Macbeth 7.30 Absolute Hell CAP 7.00 Nine Night 7.30 Sun 8 Tue 15 Macbeth 7.30 Absolute Hell 7.00 Nine Night 2.30+7.30 Mon 9 The Lehman Trilogy P 7.00 An Octoroon 7.30 Wed 16 Absolute Hell 7.00 Nine Night CAP 7.30 Tue 10 The Lehman Trilogy P 7.00 An Octoroon 7.30 Thu 17 TALK: Culture After Windrush 5.45 Wed 11 New Views 5.30 Absolute Hell 1.30+7.00 Nine Night 7.30 The Lehman Trilogy P 7.00 An Octoroon 7.30 Fri 18 Absolute Hell AD 7.00 Nine Night 7.30 Thu 12 New Views 5.30 Sat 19 Absolute Hell AD TT 1.30+7.00 Nine Night CAP 2.30+7.30 The Lehman Trilogy PRESS 7.00 An Octoroon 7.30 Sun 20 Fri 13 New Views 5.30 Mon 21 Absolute Hell 7.00 Nine Night 7.30 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 An Octoroon AD 7.30 Tue 22 Translations P1 7.30 Absolute Hell CAP 1.30+7.00 Nine Night 2.30+7.30 Sat 14 The Lehman Trilogy 1.00+ 7.00 An Octoroon AD TT 2.00+7.30 Wed 23 Translations P2 7.30 Absolute Hell 7.00 Nine Night 7.30 Sun 15 Thu 24 Translations P 7.30 Nine Night 7.30 Mon 16 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 An Octoroon 7.30 Fri 25 Translations P 7.30 Nine Night AD 7.30 Tue 17 The Lehman Trilogy 1.00+ 7.00 An Octoroon CAP 2.00+7.30 Sat 26 Translations P 7.30 Nine Night LAST AD TT 2.30+7.30 Wed 18 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 An Octoroon 2.00 Sun 27 Thu 19 Julie 7.30 Mon 28 Translations P 7.30 Fri 20 Julie AD 7.30 Tue 29 Translations 7.30 Sat 21 Julie AD TT 2.30+7.30 Wed 30 Translations PRESS 7.00 Sun 22 Thu 31 Macbeth 7.30 Julie P1 7.30 Mon 23 Julie CAP 7.30 Tue 24 Julie 2.30+7.30 Wed 25 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 June Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Thu 26 TALK: Godley, Miles, Russell Beale 3.00 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 Fri 1 Macbeth 7.30 Julie P2 7.30 Fri 27 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 Sat 2 Macbeth AD TT 2.00+7.30 Julie P 7.30 Sat 28 The Lehman Trilogy 1.00+7.00 Sun 3 Sun 29 Mon 4 Macbeth 7.30 Julie P 7.30 Mon 30 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 Tue 5 Macbeth 2.00+7.30 Julie P 7.30 Tue 31 The Lehman Trilogy 1.00+7.00 Wed 6 Translations 7.30 Julie P 7.30 Thu 7 Translations 2.00+7.30 Julie PRESS 7.00 An Octoroon P1 7.30 Fri 8 TALK: Ian Rickson 6.00 Aug Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Translations 7.30 Julie 7.30 An Octoroon P2 7.30 Sat 9 Translations 2.00+7.30 Julie 2.30+7.30 An Octoroon P 7.30 Wed 1 Julie 7.30 Sun 10 Thu 2 Julie 7.30 Mon 11 Translations 7.30 Julie 7.30 An Octoroon P 7.30 Fri 3 Julie 7.30 Tue 12 Translations 7.30 Absolute Hell CAP 7.00 An Octoroon P 7.30 Sat 4 Julie 2.30+7.30 Wed 13 TALK: Fleetwood & Slinger 4.00 Sun 5 TALK: Hill-Gibbins & Clachan 5.30 Mon 6 The Lehman Trilogy CAP 7.00 Translations 2.00+7.30 Absolute Hell CAP 7.00 An Octoroon P 7.30 Tue 7 The Lehman Trilogy 1.00+7.00 Thu 14 Macbeth 7.30 Absolute Hell 1.30+7.00 An Octoroon PRESS 7.00 Wed 8 The Lehman Trilogy CAP 7.00

32 33 Ticket Prices Information Book early for the best seats No booking fee online or in person Opening Times Ticket Exchange Prices may change according to demand. £2.50 fee per transaction for phone bookings. For a full list of individual outlets and building There are no refunds on tickets, but you can Book early to ensure the best seats. Excludes Members at Priority level and above, opening times, visit nationaltheatre.org.uk exchange them for another performance or for credit. and Access list subscribers. The entire building will be closed on Friday 30 Terms and conditions and a small administration fee March. From 21 May 2018 the building will be open apply, call the Box Office for details:020 7452 3000. on Sundays. Opening hours on bank holidays may Mon – Thu evening; all mats Fri & Sat evening Ways to save All discounts are subject to availability and at the vary, check the website to find out more. discretion of the Box Office. Travelex £15 Tickets: £45, £38, £34, £26, £15 £50, £44, £36, £28, £15 Previews 1 & 2 £32 – £15 Age guidance Car Park Julie, Translations We don’t publish specific age recommendations for Car spaces in the NT car park are £8 for cars entering Hundreds of tickets at £15 all our shows. For guidance on content and suitability after 5pm or if you attend a daytime ticketed event for every performance please call 020 7452 3000. Children under four and leave before 7pm. Combined matinee/evening are welcome in the foyers, however they cannot be show rate: £14. Sunday/public holidays: £8 all day. admitted to the auditoriums. All performances Ways to save Free parking for Blue Badge holders attending a For your safety and comfort performance – validate at the Box Office. Pinocchio £62, £54, £44, £31, £15 Half-price for under-18s* Strobe lighting, smoke effects and gunshots are For details on accessible parking please visit sometimes used in productions. Details are available nationaltheatre.org.uk/travel from the Box Office after the first preview. Mon – Thu evening; all mats Fri & Sat evening Ways to save Programme changes Latecomers may not be admitted. All bulky items Programme details are published in good faith, Absolute Hell, Amadeus, £62, £54, £44, £31, £15 £67, £58, £48, £34, £18 Previews £47 – £15 such as bags and rucksacks must be left at the but changes may occasionally be necessary. The Lehman Trilogy free cloakrooms.

Dorfman Theatre Mon – Thu evening; all mats Fri & Sat evening Ways to save ® The Great Wave £40 – £15 £40 – £18 Previews £34 – £15 American Express Programme credits Nine Night £35 – £15 £40 – £18 Previews £30 – £15 Card members have exciting ticket benefits Cover photography by Graham Pearson. An Octoroon £35 – £15 £40 – £18 Previews £30 – £15 for National Theatre shows. For details visit With thanks to Giuseppe Cannas, Helen Casey, nationaltheatre.org.uk/amex For Macbeth and Network ticket information see website. Daisy Beer, Laura Romain, Kathy Adams, Natalie Shepherd, Jean Carlos De Blas Moreno, Kim Kasim and Fiona Matthews from the More ways to save Preferred National Theatre Wigs, Hair & Make-Up Department. Card Friday Rush £18/£15 Tickets Partner Brochure design and imagery by the Every Friday at 1pm a limited number of £20 tickets In the Olivier and Lyttelton theatres these stalls seats National Theatre Graphic Design Studio, for the following week’s performances are released are narrower and may offer a restricted view. In the unless otherwise credited. to buy online. Dorfman theatre these seats are restricted view. Photo of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (p27) Two per customer per production, excluding Day Tickets John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Travelex season. A limited number of £18/£15 tickets are available Registered Charity No. 224223 in person on the day of the performance. Groups Seat location varies. Call 020 7452 3010 for discounts on groups of 8+ for selected productions. nationaltheatre.org.uk/groups

Concessions Entry Pass Senior Citizens – save on midweek matinees 16 – 25-year-olds can access £7.50 tickets by joining For Absolute Hell, Amadeus, The Lehman Trilogy Entry Pass. nationaltheatre.org.uk/entrypass and Pinocchio, save £20 on £54 and £44 tickets. Save £10 on £45 and £38 tickets for Travelex *Under-18s productions. £30 tickets available for midweek Half price for Monday – Friday evenings and matinees in the Dorfman. all matinees (all performances of Pinocchio). Excludes tickets under £30 and Travelex productions. Disabled People £16 tickets at the South Bank plus £16 companion UK Schools, Colleges and Universities tickets (£15 tickets on Travelex productions) are Under-19s £12; 19 – 25s £15 for groups of 10+ available for Access list subscribers. on selected performances. Call 020 7452 3010 nationaltheatre.org.uk/accesslist for availability. nationaltheatre.org.uk/groups

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