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Other ways Friday Rush to get tickets £20 tickets are released online every Friday at 1pm for the following week’s performances. , or The Old The Welkin Death of England Lady Comes to Call Playing from 15 Jan 31 Jan – 7 Mar Day Tickets Playing from 31 Jan £20/£15 tickets available in person on the day of the performance.

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‘Master Harold’… My Brilliant Friend The Antipodes and the boys Parts One and Two 21 Oct – 23 Nov Your carrier to the USA and beyond Playing until 17 Dec 12 Nov – 22 Feb

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The Ocean at the Faith, Hope and Charity Hansard End of the Lane Playing until 12 Oct Playing until 25 Nov 3 Dec – 25 Jan

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JANUARY Wed 15 7.30 Thu 16 7.30 Fri 17 7.30 The Welkin Sat 18 7.30 Mon 20 7.30 a new play by Lucy Kirkwood Tue 21 7.30 Wed 22 7.00 Thu 23 7.30 Fri 24 7.30 Sat 25 2.15 7.30 FEBRUARY Mon 3 7.30 Tue 4 7.30 Wed 5 7.30 Cast includes Rural Suffolk, 1759. As the country waits for Mon 10 7.30 Nadia Albina Halley’s comet, Sally Poppy is sentenced to Tue 11 2.15 Natasha Cottriall 7.30 Aysha Kala hang for a heinous murder. Wed 12 7.30 Wendy Kweh Fri 21 7.30 Sat 22 CAP 2.15 Cecilia Noble When she claims to be pregnant, a jury of 12 matrons are taken from their housework 7.30 Philip McGinley Mon 24 CAP 7.30 Maxine Peake to decide whether she’s telling the truth, Tue 25 2.15 Dawn Sievewright or simply trying to escape the noose. 7.30 Brigid Zengeni Wed 26 CAP 7.30 Ria Zmitrowicz Thu 27 7.30 With only midwife Lizzy Luke prepared to Fri 28 7.30 Director defend the girl, and a mob baying for blood Sat 29 2.15 James Macdonald outside, the matrons wrestle with their new 7.30 Set and Costume Designer authority, and the devil in their midst. MARCH Bunny Christie Fri 27 AD 7.30 Lighting Designer Lucy Kirkwood (Mosquitoes, Chimerica) Sat 28 AD TT 2.15 Lee Curran returns to the National Theatre with her new play, 7.30 Sound Designer directed by James Macdonald. Maxine Peake Further Carolyn Downing performances (, Funny Cow) plays Lizzy, and to be announced Fight Directors Ria Zmitrowicz (The Doctor), Sally. Rachel Bown-Williams and Ruth Cooper-Brown of Rc-Annie Ltd.

This play is a recipient of an Edgerton Lyttelton Theatre Foundation New Plays Award

Talks and events Actor Maxine Peake Making Dramatic Violence on The Welkin Thu 27 Feb, 5.30 – 7pm, Wed 12 Feb, 3 – 4pm, Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 Lyttelton, £9/£6 Exploring the Show: The Welkin One life in the Mon 24 Feb, 10.30am – 4pm, Cottesloe Room, hands of 12 women. £60/£40/£15 Photography (Maxine Peake) by Felicity McCabe

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JANUARY Fri 31 8.00 FEBRUARY Death of England Sat 1 8.00 Mon 3 8.00 a new play by Clint Dyer and Roy Williams Tue 4 8.00 Wed 5 8.00 Thu 6 7.00 Fri 7 8.00 Sat 8 3.00 8.00 Mon 10 8.00 Tue 11 8.00 Wed 12 3.00 8.00 Thu 13 8.00 Cast After the death of his dad, Michael is powerless Fri 14 8.00 Rafe Spall and angry. Sat 15 3.00 Director 8.00 Mon 17 8.00 Clint Dyer In a state of heartbreak, he confronts the difficult Tue 18 3.00 Set and Costume truths about his father’s legacy and the country 8.00 Designers that shaped him. Wed 19 8.00 Sadeysa Greenaway- Thu 20 8.00 Fri 21 8.00 Bailey and ULTZ At the funeral, unannounced and unprepared, Sat 22 3.00 Lighting Designer Michael decides it is time to speak. 8.00 Jackie Shemesh Mon 24 8.00 Rafe Spall (Hedda Gabler, Black Mirror) Tue 25 CAP 8.00 Sound Designer Wed 26 3.00 Pete Malkin performs this fearless one-person play which 8.00 Thu 27 8.00 Movement asks explosive and enduring questions about Fri 28 AD 8.00 Lucy Cullingford identity, race and class in Britain. It is written Sat 29 AD TT 3.00 for him by Roy Williams (Sucker Punch, Sing 8.00 Yer Heart Out for the Lads) and Clint Dyer (The MARCH Happy Tragedy of Being Woke), who becomes Mon 2 8.00 the first Black British artist to have performed, Tue 3 8.00 Wed 4 8.00 written and directed at the National Theatre. Thu 5 CAP 3.00 8.00 Fri 6 8.00 Sat 7 CAP 3.00 8.00

Dorfman Theatre

Talks and events Writer Roy Williams and Writer/Director Clint Dyer Fri 14 Feb, 6.30 – 7.15pm, Dorfman, £9/£6 Designers Greenaway- Bailey and ULTZ A family in mourning. Fri 28 Feb, 6.30 – 7.15pm, A man in crisis. Dorfman, £9/£6 Photography (Rafe Spall) by Spencer Murphy

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An Ex Machina production MARCH Fri 6 3.00 Sat 7 3.00 Sun 8 3.00 The Seven Streams Fri 13 3.00 Sat 14 3.00 Sun 15 3.00 Fri 20 3.00 of the River Ota Sat 21 AD 3.00 Sun 22 CAP 3.00 by Ex Machina / Robert Lepage

Text First staged at the National Theatre in 1996, Éric Bernier Robert Lepage’s masterpiece returns to London Gérard Bibeau Normand Bissonnette for just nine performances. Presented as part of Rebecca Blankenship a world tour, this new staging marks 75 years Marie Brassard since the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima. Anne-Marie Cadieux Normand Daneau Tracing survivors and their descendants across Richard Fréchette five decades, this giant theatrical journey through Marie Gignac Patrick Goyette time and space explores the way in which a few Robert Lepage kilograms of uranium falling on Japan changed Macha Limonchik the course of human history. Ghislaine Vincent Cast ‘Lepage’s shows have dazzled a global Rebecca Blankenship audience. His profound theatrical Lorraine Côté experiences explore history and the Christian Essiambre Richard Fréchette tiny humans swept up within it.’ Tetsuya Kudaka Guardian Myriam Leblanc The performance will last 7 hours and includes two intervals Umihiko Miya Audrée Southière plus a 45-minute dinner break and two pauses. Philippe Thibault-Denis Dialogue is presented in English, French, Donna Yamamoto German and Japanese with English subtitles. Director and Designer Robert Lepage Creative Director Steve Blanchet Dramaturg Gérard Bibeau A co-production with Chekhov International Theatre Festival, Music and Sound Designer Moscow, the National Theatre, Michel F. Côté Lyttelton Theatre London, and Le Diamant, Québec Set Designer (Original) Carl Fillion Set Designer (Adaptation) Ariane Sauvé Lighting Designer Sonoyo Nishikawa Images Designer Keven Dubois Costumes Designer ‘Of all Lepage’s magic boxes, Virginie Leclerc Properties Designer this is the masterpiece.’ Claudia Gendreau Independent on Sunday Photography by Elias Djemil-Matassov

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A co-production with Fuel D ECEMBER Tue 3 7.30 Wed 4 7.30 Love and longing Thu 5 7.30 Three Sisters Fri 6 7.30 in 1960s Nigeria. Sat 7 7.30 a new play by Inua Ellams Mon 9 7.30 Tue 10 7.00 after Chekhov Wed 11 7.30 Thu 12 7.30 Thu 19 7.30 Fri 20 7.30 Sat 21 2.15 7.30 Mon 23 7.30 Thu 26 7.30 Fri 27 7.30 Cast Chekhov’s iconic characters are relocated Sat 28 2.15 Ronke Adekoluejo to Nigeria in this bold new adaptation. 7.30 Jonathan Ajayi Mon 30 7.30 Jude Akuwudike Owerri, 1967, on the brink of the Biafran Civil Tue 31 2.15 Tobi Bamtefa War. Lolo, Nne Chukwu and Udo are grieving the JA NUARY Peter Bankole Wed 1 7.30 Anni Domingo loss of their father. Months before, two ruthless Thu 2 7.30 Lola May military coups plunged the country into chaos. Fri 3 CAP 7.30 Sarah Niles Fuelled by foreign intervention, the conflict Sat 4 2.15 Jerome Ngonadi 7.30 Ken Nwosu encroaches on their provincial village, and Mon 6 7.30 Racheal Ofori the sisters long to return to their former home Tue 7 7.30 Mon 27 7.30 Joseph Ogeleka in Lagos. Tue 28 CAP 7.30 Nasa Ohalete Wed 29 CAP 2.15 Offue Okegbe Following his smash-hit Barber Shop Chronicles, 7.30 Chloe Okora Inua Ellams returns to the National Theatre Thu 30 7.30 Fri 31 AD 7.30 Sule Rimi with this heartbreaking retelling, directed by Natalie Simpson FEBRUARY Diana Yekinni Nadia Fall (Home, Dara). Sat 1 AD TT 2.15 Director ‘Warmth, wisdom and global reach.’ 7.30 Nadia Fall Thu 6 7.30 Daily Telegraph on Barber Shop Chronicles Fri 7 7.30 Set and Costume Sat 8 2.15 Designer ‘Vital theatre. Funny, moving, unflinching.’ 7.30 Katrina Lindsay Thu 13 7.30 Sunday Times on Inua Ellams' The Half God of Rainfall Lighting Designer Fri 14 7.30 Sat 15 2.15 Peter Mumford Hundreds of £15 tickets 7.30 Movement Director for every performance Mon 17 7.30 Polly Bennett Tue 18 2.15 7.30 Composer Wed 19 7.30 Femi Tomowo Production supported by Leila Maw Sound Designer Straus and Cockayne – Grants Donato Wharton for the Arts and The London Lyttelton Theatre Community Foundation Music Director and Vocal Arranger Michael Henry Talks and events Writer Inua Ellams and Exploring Three Director Nadia Fall Sisters and Chekhov Fri 7 Feb, 6 – 6.45pm, Fri 7 Feb, 2 – 5pm, Lyttelton, £9/£6 Cottesloe Room, £35/£20/£7.50 The Three Sisters Actors in Conversation Three Sisters Fri 14 Feb, 3 – 4pm, Student Conference Lyttelton, £9/£6 Fri 31 Jan, 10.30am – 3.30pm, Lyttelton, £45/£30/£7.50 Photography (Sarah Niles, Natalie Simpson and Rachael Ofori) by Lakin Ogunbanwo

13 OCTOBER Tue 15 7.30 Wed 16 7.30 Thu 17 7.30 HHHHH Translations Fri 18 7.30 Sat 19 2.00 by Brian Friel 7.30 ‘A flawless production. Mon 21 7.00 Tue 22 7.30 A culture-clash masterpiece.’ Wed 23 7.30 Thu 24 2.00 Guardian 7.30 Fri 25 7.30 Sat 26 2.00 7.30 Mon 28 7.30 N OVEMBER Cast HHHHH Jack Bardoe Fri 29 7.30 Gareth Clarke ‘A true modern classic. Directed Sat 30 2.00 Adam Collier with immense sensitivity.’ 7.30 Dermot Crowley Sunday Times DE CEMBER Liadán Dunlea Mon 2 7.30 Fra Fee Following a sold-out run in 2018, ’s Tue 3 CAP 2.00 Ciarán Hinds exquisite production returns. 7.30 Paul Lloyd Mon 9 7.30 Sarah Madigan Owen, the prodigal son, returns to rural Tue 10 CAP 7.30 Michael-David McKernan Wed 11 2.00 Julian Moore-Cook Donegal from . With him are two British 7.30 Thu 12 7.30 Amy Molloy army officers. Their ambition is to create a Fri 13 AD 7.30 Seamus O’Hara map of the area, replacing the Gaelic names Sat 14 AD TT 2.00 Judith Roddy with English. It is an administrative act with 7.30 Rufus Wright Mon 16 7.30 radical consequences. Tue 17 2.00 Director 7.30 Ian Rickson Brian Friel’s modern classic is a powerful Wed 18 7.30 Set and Costume Designer account of nationhood, which sees the turbulent Rae Smith relationship between England and Ireland play Lighting Designer out in one quiet community. Neil Austin Composer Stephen Warbeck Sound Designer Ian Dickinson Movement Anna Morrissey

Olivier Theatre

Talks and events A Short History Translations and of Ireland the Irish Stage Mon 28 Oct, 6 – 7pm, Tue 10 Dec, 2 – 5pm, Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 Cottesloe Room, £35/£20/£7.50 Lost in Translation? Fri 29 Nov, 6 – 7pm, Actors Ciarán Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 Hinds and Fra Fee Mon 16 Dec, 3 – 4pm, Olivier, £9/£6 Photography Ciarán Hinds and Fra Fee) by David (Judith Roddy, Stewart

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OCTOBER Tue 1 7.00 Wed 2 7.30 Mon 7 7.30 ‘Master Harold’… Tue 8 2.15 7.30 Wed 9 7.30 Wed 16 7.30 and the boys Thu 17 2.15 7.30 by Fri 18 7.30 Sat 19 2.15 7.30 Fri 25 7.30 Sat 26 2.15 7.30 Mon 28 7.30 Cast St George’s Park Tea Room, Port Elizabeth, Tue 29 CAP 2.15 Hammed Animashaun 1950. On a long rainy afternoon, employees 7.30 Mensah Bediako NOV EMBER Anson Boon Sam and Willie practise their steps for the Jake Lampert finals of the ballroom dancing championship. Fri 1 AD 7.30 Sat 2 AD TT 2.15 Lucian Msamati 7.30 Obi Opara Hally arrives from school to hide out in his Fri 8 7.30 Director parents’ tea room. These two men have Sat 9 CAP 2.15 Roy Alexander Weise been unlikely best friends to Hally his whole 7.30 Fri 15 7.30 Set and Costume life. But it is apartheid era South Africa: he’s Sat 16 CAP 2.15 Designer Master Harold, and they are the boys. 7.30 Rajha Shakiry Mon 18 7.30 Tue 19 2.15 Lighting Designer Tony Award-winning playwright 7.30 Paule Constable Athol Fugard’s semi-autobiographical and Wed 20 7.30 Movement Director blistering masterwork explores the nature D ECEMBER Shelley Maxwell of friendship, and the ways people are Fri 13 7.30 Sound Designer capable of hurting even those they love. Sat 14 2.15 Giles Thomas 7.30 Roy Alexander Weise (Nine Night) Mon 16 7.30 Tue 17 2.15 directs Lucian Msamati (Amadeus) 7.30 and Hammed Animashaun (Barber Shop Chronicles) as Sam and Willie.

Production generously supported by the 'Master Harold'...and the Lyttelton Theatre Boys Production Syndicate

Talks and events Director Roy The Radical Nature of Alexander Weise Black Joy in Theatre Mon 28 Oct, 6 – 6.45pm, Fri 15 Nov, 6 – 7pm, Lyttelton, £9/£6 Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 Making the Show: Actors Hammed ‘Master Harold’… Animashaun and Courage and friendship in and the boys Lucian Msamati Fri 8 Nov, 10.30am – 4pm, Mon 18 Nov, 3 – 4pm, apartheid South Africa. Cottesloe Room, Lyttelton, £9/£6 £60/£40/£15 (Captioned) Photography (Hammed Animashaun and Lucian Msamati) by Sebastian Nevols

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A co-production with NOVEMBER Tue 12 7.30 Wed 13 7.30 Fri 15 7.30 My Brilliant Friend Tue 19 7.30 Thu 21 7.30 Parts One and Two Mon 25 7.30 Thu 28 7.30 based on Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels adapted by April De Angelis D ECEMBER Wed 4 7.30 Fri 20 7.30 JA NUARY

Mon 6 CAP 7.30 Thu 9 7.30 Cast Mon 13 7.30 Justin Avoth HHHH Tue 14 7.30 Adam Burton ‘As if Ferrante has materialised in front of us.’ Thu 16 7.30 Mon 20 7.30 Observer Amiera Darwish Part Two Trevor Fox When the most important person in her life Danielle Henry goes missing without a trace, Lenu Greco, NOVEMBER Martin Hyder now a celebrated author, begins to recall a Thu 14 7.30 Kezrena James Fri 22 7.30 David Judge relationship of more than 60 years. Wed 27 7.30 Catherine McCormack D ECEMBER Ira Mandela Siobhan First meeting on the dangerous streets of post- Fri 6 7.30 Wela Mbusi war Naples, friends Lila and Lenu experience Victoria Moseley turbulent social and political change, from the JA NUARY Emily Mytton rise of the Camorra to the sexual revolution and Tue 7 7.30 Al Nedjari Fri 10 7.30 Mary Jo Randle the transformation of their neighbourhood, Tue 14 AD 2.00 Jonah Russell city and nation. Even as life repeatedly tries to Wed 15 CAP 7.30 Colin Ryan Fri 17 7.30 pull them in separate directions, they remain John Sandeman inextricably bound to one another. Two-show days Badria Timimi Ben Turner Based on the celebrated novels by Elena NOVEMBER Emily Wachter Ferrante – published in over 50 countries – Sat 16 2.00 Toby Wharton Wed 20 2.00 Elizabeth Mary My Brilliant Friend is an epic story of love, Sat 23 2.00 (Em) Williams violence, ambition and self-destruction. Tue 26 1.30 Director D ECEMBER Following a sold-out run at Rose Theatre Thu 5 2.00 Set and Costume Kingston, the acclaimed two-part adaptation Sat 7 2.00 Designer by April De Angelis (Jumpy) is reworked for Sat 21 CAP 2.00 Mon 23 2.00 Soutra Gilmour the Olivier stage by Melly Still (Coram Boy). Fri 27 2.00 Composer Niamh Cusack and Catherine McCormack Sat 28 CAP 2.00 Mon 30 2.00 Jim Fortune return to play Lenu and Lila. Lighting Designer JA NUARY Malcolm Rippeth Thu 2 2.00 Fri 3 2.00 Sound Designer Olivier Theatre Sat 4 AD TT 2.00 Jon Nicholls AD 7.30 Movement Director Wed 8 2.00 Sarah Dowling Sat 11 2.00 Talks and events Sat 18 2.00 Video Designer Tue 21 2.00 Tal Yarden Actors Niamh Cusack A Short History of Extra HHHH Fight Director and Catherine McCormack Modern Italy performances John Sandeman Fri 10 Jan, 3 – 4pm, Fri 17 Jan, 6 – 7pm, added in Feb. Olivier, £9/£6 Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 See p32 – 33 ‘As addictive as the books.’ Puppetry Designer and Director Time Out Making My Brilliant Friend Adapter April De Angelis Toby Olié Thu 16 Jan, and Director Melly Still Casting 10.30am – 4pm, Tue 18 Feb, 6 – 6.45pm, Charlotte Sutton CDG Cottesloe Room, Olivier, £9/£6

Photography (Catherine McCormack and Niamh Cusack) by Jillian Edelstein & Bryony Jarvis-Taylor £60/£40/£15

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OC TOBER Mon 21 7.30 Tues 22 7.30 Wed 23 7.30 The Antipodes Thu 24 7.30 Fri 25 7.30 by Sat 26 2.30 7.30 Mon 28 7.30 Tue 29 7.30 Wed 30 7.00 Thu 31 2.30 7.30 N OVEMBER Fri 1 7.30 Sat 2 2.30 Cast Following acclaimed runs of The Flick and John, 7.30 Fisayo Akinade Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Baker returns to the Mon 4 7.30 Matt Bardock Tue 5 7.30 Arthur Darvill National Theatre with her latest extraordinary play. Wed 6 CAP 2.30 Imogen Doel 7.30 Their phones switched off, a group of people Thu 7 7.30 Hadley Fraser Fri 8 7.30 sit around a table telling, categorising and Sat 9 2.30 Stuart McQuarrie theorising stories. 7.30 Sinéad Matthews Mon 11 CAP 7.30 Bill Milner This is a world that is both familiar and fantastical. Tue 12 7.30 Wed 13 7.30 Directors Their real purpose is never quite clear, but they Thu 14 2.30 Annie Baker continue on, searching for the monstrous. 7.30 and Chloe Lamford Fri 15 7.30 Set and Costume Part satire, part sacred rite, The Antipodes asks Sat 16 2.30 7.30 Designer what value stories have for a world in crisis. Mon 18 7.30 Chloe Lamford Tue 19 CAP 2.30 Lighting Designer ‘An intensely vivid hypnotizing act.’ 7.30 Natasha Chivers Time Out New York Wed 20 7.30 Thu 21 7.30 Sound Designer Fri 22 AD 7.30 Tom Gibbons Sat 23 AD TT 2.30 7.30 Movement Director Sasha Milavic Davies Illusion Designer Steve Cuiffo

The New American Work Programme is supported by The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Lawton W Fitt & James I McLaren Foundation Dorfman Theatre and Kathleen J Yoh

Talks and events Annie Baker and Telling Your ‘Own’ Chloe Lamford Story: Workshop Tue 29 Oct, 6 – 6.45pm, Sat 9 Nov, 10.30am – 1pm, Dorfman, £9/£6 Cottesloe Room, £40/£25

How Many Stories in the World? ‘In-all-ways fabulous. An endlessly Fri 1 Nov, 6 – 7pm, fascinating work. Deeply funny.’ Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 New York Times Art by Dan Hillier

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D ECEMBER Tue 3 7.30 Thu 5 7.30 Fri 6 7.30 Sat 7 7.30 Mon 9 7.30 Tue 10 7.30 Wed 11 7.00 Thu 12 7.30 Fri 13 7.30 Sat 14 2.00 7.30 Mon 16 7.30 Tue 17 2.00 7.30 Wed 18 7.30 Thu 19 7.30 Fri 20 7.30 Sat 21 2.00 7.30 Mon 23 7.30 Thu 26 7.30 Fri 27 7.30 Sat 28 2.00 7.30 Mon 30 7.30 Tue 31 2.00 JA NUARY Wed 1 7.30 Thu 2 CAP 2.00 7.30 Fri 3 7.30

Sat 4 2.00 Illustration by Nicolas Delort Photography by David Stewart Photography ( and ) by Jay Brooks 7.30 Mon 6 7.30 Tue 7 7.30 Dorfman Theatre Wed 8 7.30 The Ocean at the Faith, Hope and Charity Hansard Thu 9 2.00 a new play by Alexander Zeldin a new play by Simon Woods 7.30 End of the Lane Fri 10 AD 7.30 Sat 11 AD TT 2.00 based on the novel by Neil Gaiman 7.30 adapted by Joel Horwood Mon 13 CAP 7.30 Dorfman Theatre | Playing until 12 Oct Lyttelton Theatre | Playing until 25 Nov Tue 14 7.30 Talks and events Wed 15 2.00 Returning to his childhood home, Alex finds himself 7.30 standing beside the duck pond of the old Sussex ‘An essential watch’ HHHH Thu 16 7.30 Creating the Puppets ‘Touching and illuminating all at ’ Fri 17 7.30 farmhouse where he used to play. He’s transported for The Ocean at the Time Out on LOVE Sat 18 ® 2.00 End of the Lane to his thirteenth birthday, Spring half term. When his In a run-down community hall on the edge 7.30 Sat 25 Jan, Mon 20 7.30 dad was struggling to make ends meet and his friend 11.30am – 1pm, of town, a woman has been cooking lunch Access to tickets for Hansard Tue 21 2.00 Lettie claimed it wasn’t a pond, but an ocean… 7.30 Duffield Studio, £12/£7 for those in need. Wed 22 CAP 7.30 This adventure will excite and thrill those brave Making the Show: Friday Rush Thu 23 7.30 A choir is starting up, run by a volunteer Every Friday at 1pm a limited number Fri 24 7.30 enough to face its hidden depths. Bestselling author The Ocean at the End of the Lane who’s looking for a new beginning. A mother of £20 tickets for the following week’s Sat 25 2.00 Neil Gaiman is the creator of the epic American Gods, 7.30 Tue 21 Jan, 2 – 5pm, is seeking help in her fight to keep her young performances are released to buy online. Coraline, Stardust and the Sandman series. Cottesloe Room, daughter from being taken into care. An older £35/£20/£7.50 Day Tickets Suitable for ages 12+ man sits silently in the corner, the first to arrive, the last to leave. Outside the rain is falling. A limited number of £20/£15 tickets are available in person on the day Tickets for families Alexander Zeldin’s new play promises to be of the performance. another uncompromising theatrical experience Half-price tickets for under-18s – see p34 that goes to the heart of our uncertain times. Cast includes Josie Walker Costume and Lighting Designer Broadcast to cinemas from Thu 7 Nov. Samuel Blenkin Jess Williams Puppet Designer Paule Constable Find your nearest venue: ntlive.com Production supported by The Polonsky Foundation Jade Croot Director Samuel Wyer Sound Designer Fred Davis Production supported by Marcia Grand in loving memory of Katy Rudd Movement Director Ian Dickinson Richard Grand, and by Leila Maw Straus Owain Gwynn Steven Hoggett Justin Salinger Set Designer Puppetry Director This play is a recipient of an Egerton Foundation New Plays Award Jeffrey Sangalang Fly Davis Composer Finn Caldwell Marli Siu Jherek Bischoff

23 Also in London On Tour and in New York Photography by Seamus Ryan War Horse A Taste of Honey based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford by Shelagh Delaney presented in association with the award-winning Handspring Puppet Company On a UK tour London Troubadour Wembley Until 16 Nov 18 Oct – 23 Nov

HHHH One of the great taboo-breaking plays of HHHHH Based on the beloved novel by ‘A tough, tenacious play with an the 1950s, offering an explosive celebration ‘World-class in every way.’ Michael Morpurgo, this powerfully emotional bite.’ of the vulnerabilities and strengths of the female spirit in a deprived and restless world. The Times moving and imaginative drama, filled with Guardian stirring music and songs, is a show of Bijan Sheibani (Barber Shop Chronicles), phenomenal inventiveness. At its heart are When her mother Helen runs off with a car HHHHH directs Jodie Prenger (Oliver!, One astonishing life-sized horses by South Africa’s salesman, feisty teenager Jo takes up with ‘A remarkable achievement. Man, Two Guvnors) as Helen in this Handspring Puppet Company, who bring Jimmy, a sailor who promises to marry her, An astonishing piece of theatre.’ before he heads for the seas. new production. Time Out breathing, galloping, charging horses to thrilling life on stage. War Horse returns to London this autumn for Suitable for 10yrs+ Also on a UK tour until Nov: Now playing in New York: a limited season at Troubadour Wembley Park A Fuel, National Theatre and Theatre, an exciting new venue located just Leeds Playhouse co-production Hadestown steps away from Wembley Stadium. music, lyrics and book by Anaïs Mitchell Also on an international tour Barber Shop Chronicles developed with Rachel Chavkin a new play by Inua Ellams In New York from March 2020: HHHHH A co-production with Neal Street Productions Preferred ‘Joyous. Brilliantly acted. Card Life affirming. Go.’ The Lehman Trilogy Partner Independent by Stefano Massini adapted by Ben Power

24 25 National Theatre Live Coming Soon Photograph ( and ) in ) by Manual Harlan Scott and Indira Varma) Photograph (Andrew Photography by Philip Vile

For ten years, National Theatre Live has brought the best of British theatre to Sponsor of NT Live in the UK Get early access to tickets for over 20 amazing productions a year – just one reason cinema screens all over the UK and beyond. Since our first broadcast in 2009, to become a National Theatre Member. we’ve released more than 80 titles and been seen by more than 9,000,000 people around the world. Find your nearest venue: ntlive.com One Man, Two Guvnors Hansard In the Olivier Theatre In the Dorfman Theatre by Richard Bean, a new play by Simon Woods In April 2020, Thea Sharrock directs Jack Francesca Martinez debuts at the NT with her based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, a National Theatre production Absolute Flies Again, written by Richard new play, All of Us, which explores life and love with songs by Grant Olding Bean and , based on Sheridan’s during a time of austerity. Martinez herself plays directs Olivier Award-winners The Rivals – with the action relocated to the lead role; Ian Rickson directs. Welcome to ’s hilarious Tony Lindsay Duncan and Alex Jennings the Battle of Britain. Lyricist, novelist, poet Iran, a new play written and directed by Nadia Award-winning performance as Francis in Simon Woods’ witty and devastating and playwright, Kate Tempest makes her Fall, will play a limited run opening in May. Henshall returns to cinemas only in portrait of the governing class, set against NT debut with Paradise, a potent and This is a Theatre Royal Stratford East and celebration of our 10th birthday. the political backdrop of Britain in 1988. dynamic reimagining of Philoctetes by National Theatre co-production. In cinemas 26 September* Broadcast live 7 November* Sophocles. Lesley Sharp will play the title role with Ian Rickson directing. Membership A Midsummer Present Laughter In the Lyttelton Theatre Our memberships offer incredible value for Night’s Dream by Noël Coward money – sign up now for advance booking From Moira Buffini’s timely new playManor , with for National Theatre productions. by a production directs Andrew Scott Nancy Carroll and Ben Daniels, directed by nationaltheatre.org.uk/member in this provocative comedy: a surprisingly Fiona Buffini, opens in April 2020. directs Gwendoline modern reflection on fame, desire Christie, Oliver Chris, David Moorst and loneliness. and Hammed Animashaun as Titania, Oberon, Puck and Bottom. In cinemas 28 November* In cinemas 17 October*

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Talks and Events Eat Join us for pre-show talks with writers, Celebrate the festive season with our three directors and actors; talks from experts that course menu in The Green Room, including add context to shows; full day sessions modern twists on Christmas favourites. exploring the themes and making process of productions; and playwriting courses. Find out more at nationaltheatre.org.uk/restaurants New events include Inua Ellams and Nadia Fall on Three Sisters, April De Angelis To book call 020 7452 3600 and Melly Still on My Brilliant Friend, and Roy Williams (pictured) and Clint Dyer on Death of England. Actor Maxine Peake discusses her role in The Welkin, and our playwriting courses return. nationaltheatre.org.uk/talks

Schools Drink Opening up theatre for students and Beat the queues with our National Theatre teachers across the UK with inspiring Bars app to order your pre-theatre and creative projects covering a range of interval drinks or snacks. Download the skills from performance to playwriting National Theatre Bars app or visit the NT to technical theatre. website for more details. Enter WELCOME promo code to get 20% discount on your NT On Demand In Schools allows UK first order. students to watch NT productions for free in their classrooms. For teachers, we offer an exciting programme of professional development, curriculum-linked resources and networking events. nationaltheatre.org.uk/learning

Exhibition and Tours Shop Free exhibitions about the work on our stages, Costume at the National Theatre is a the NT Archive or theatre design and history. beautiful new book exploring what goes into designing and creating the unique costumes Costume at the National Theatre invites you seen in NT productions. The perfect gift into the fascinating world of one of the most for the theatre-lover in your life, or a great complex backstage departments at the complement to our Costume exhibition National Theatre. Concrete Reality explores (see left). Available from October at an the architecture of the National Theatre and exclusive price of £19.99 from the Bookshop. the Sherling Backstage Walkway allows you to see set and props being created. For other unique Christmas gift ideas, nationaltheatre.org.uk/exhibitions try Play in the Post our book subscription for theatre-lovers. Discover the secrets that bring our work to the stage and visit unseen areas in our Find out more at backstage tours. shop.nationaltheatre.org.uk nationaltheatre.org.uk/tours

28 29 AD Audio-Described P Preview Performance KEY Nov Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Oct 19 – Mar 20 CAP Captioned PRESS Press Night TT Touch Tour Relaxed Performance Mon 18 TALK: Animashaun & Msamati CAP 3.00 Master Harold 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Tue 19 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P 7.30 Master Harold 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes CAP 2.30+7.30 Wed 20 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P 2.00 Oct Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman My Brilliant Friend Part 2 P 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Thu 21 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P 7.30 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Tue 1 Peter Gynt 1.00 Fri 22 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 P 7.30 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes AD 7.30 TALK: McArdle, Hare and Kent CAP 6.30 Master Harold PRESS 7.00 Faith, Hope & Charity 7.30 Sat 23 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P 2.00 Wed 2 Peter Gynt CAP 7.00 Master Harold 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity 2.30+7.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 P 7.30 Hansard CAP 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes LAST AD TT 2.30+7.30 Thu 3 Peter Gynt 7.00 Hansard 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity 7.30 Sun 24 Fri 4 TALK: David Suchet 6.00 Mon 25 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P 7.30 Hansard LAST 7.30 Peter Gynt 7.00 Hansard 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity AD 7.30 Tue 26 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 PRESS 1.30 Sat 5 Peter Gynt 1.00+7.00 Hansard 2.15+7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity AD TT 2.30+7.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 PRESS 7.00 Sun 6 Wed 27 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Mon 7 Peter Gynt 7.00 Master Harold 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity CAP 7.30 Thu 28 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 Tue 8 Peter Gynt LAST 7.00 Master Harold 2.15+7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity CAP 2.30+7.30 Fri 29 Translations 7.30 Wed 9 TALK: Harry Potter Illustrations 6.00 Sat 30 Translations 2.00+7.30 Master Harold 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity 7.30 Thu 10 Hansard 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity 7.30 Dec Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Fri 11 Hansard AD 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity 7.30 Sat 12 Hansard AD TT 2.15+7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity LAST 2.30+7.30 Sun 1 Sun 13 Mon 2 Translations 7.30 Mon 14 Hansard CAP 7.30 Tue 3 Translations CAP 2.00+7.30 Three Sisters P1 7.30 The Ocean P1 7.30 Tue 15 Translations P1 7.30 Hansard 7.30 Wed 4 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 Three Sisters P2 7.30 Wed 16 Translations P2 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 Thu 5 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Thu 17 Translations P 7.30 Master Harold 2.15+7.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters P 7.30 The Ocean P2 7.30 Fri 18 Translations P 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 Fri 6 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters P 7.30 The Ocean P 7.30 Sat 19 Translations PRE-PRESS 2.00+7.30 Master Harold 2.15+7.30 Sat 7 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Sun 20 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters P 7.30 The Ocean P 7.30 Mon 21 Translations PRESS 7.00 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes P1 7.30 Sun 8 Tue 22 TALK: Peter Brook CAP 6.00 Mon 9 Translations 7.30 Three Sisters P 7.30 The Ocean P 7.30 Translations 7.30 Hansard CAP 7.30 The Antipodes P2 7.30 Tue 10 Translations CAP 7.30 Three Sisters PRESS 7.00 The Ocean P 7.30 Wed 23 Translations 7.30 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes P 7.30 Wed 11 Translations 2.00+7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean PRESS 7.00 Thu 24 Translations 2.00+7.30 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes P 7.30 Thu 12 TALK: Theatre Quiz 5.30 Fri 25 Translations 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 The Antipodes P 7.30 Translations 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Sat 26 Translations 2.00+7.30 Master Harold 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes P 2.30+7.30 Fri 13 TALK: Private Eye 5.30 Sun 27 Translations AD 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Mon 28 TALK: Roy Alexander Weise 6.00 Sat 14 Translations AD TT 2.00+7.30 Master Harold 2.15+7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Translations 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 The Antipodes P 7.30 Sun 15 Tue 29 TALK: Baker and Lamford 6.00 Mon 16 TALK: Hinds and Fee 3.00 Master Harold CAP 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes PRE-PRESS 7.30 Translations 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Wed 30 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes PRESS 7.00 Tue 17 Translations 2.00+7.30 Master Harold LAST 2.15+7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Thu 31 Hansard 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes 2.30+7.30 Wed 18 Translations LAST 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Thu 19 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Nov Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Fri 20 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Sat 21 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 CAP 2.00 Fri 1 Master Harold AD 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 CAP 7.30 Three Sisters 2.15+7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Sat 2 Master Harold AD TT 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes 2.30+7.30 Sun 22 Sun 3 Mon 23 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Mon 4 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Tue 5 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Tue 24 BUILDING CLOSED Wed 6 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes CAP 2.30+7.30 Wed 25 BUILDING CLOSED Thu 7 Hansard NT LIVE 7.00 The Antipodes 7.30 Thu 26 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Fri 8 Master Harold 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Fri 27 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Sat 9 Master Harold CAP 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes 2.30+7.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Sun 10 Sat 28 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 CAP 2.00 Mon 11 TALK: Shakespeare for Every Day 6.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 CAP 7.30 Three Sisters 2.15+7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes CAP 7.30 Sun 29 Tue 12 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P1 7.30 Hansard 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Mon 30 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Wed 13 TALK: Duncan & Jennings CAP 3.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P2 7.30 Hansard CAP 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Tue 31 Three Sisters 2.15 The Ocean 2.00 Thu 14 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 P1 7.30 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes 2.30+7.30 Fri 15 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Sat 16 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 P2 7.30 Master Harold CAP 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes 2.30+7.30 Sun 17

30 31 Jan Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Feb Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Wed 1 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Wed 19 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Thu 2 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters LAST 7.30 Death of England 8.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean CAP 2.00+7.30 Thu 20 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Fri 3 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Fri 21 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England 8.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters CAP 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Sat 22 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Sat 4 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 AD TT 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 LAST 7.30 The Welkin CAP 2.15+7.30 Death of England 3.00+8.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 AD 7.30 Three Sisters 2.15+7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Sun 23 Sun 5 Mon 24 The Welkin CAP 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Mon 6 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 CAP 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Tue 25 The Visit 7.00 The Welkin 2.15+7.30 Death of England CAP 8.00 Tue 7 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Wed 26 The Visit 7.00 The Welkin CAP 7.30 Death of England 3.00+8.00 Wed 8 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Thu 27 The Visit 1.00+7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England 8.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Fri 28 TALK: Greenaway-Bailey and ULTZ 6.30 Thu 9 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 The Visit 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England AD 8.00 Fri 10 TALK: Cusack & McCormack 3.00 Sat 29 The Visit 1.00+7.00 The Welkin 2.15+7.30 Death of England AD TT 3.00+8.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Ocean AD 7.30 Sat 11 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Mar Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Ocean AD TT 2.00+7.30 Sun 12 Sun 1 Mon 13 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 The Ocean CAP 7.30 Mon 2 The Visit 7.00 Death of England 8.00 Tue 14 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 AD 2.00 Tue 3 The Visit 7.00 Death of England 8.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Wed 4 The Visit CAP 7.00 Death of England 8.00 Wed 15 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 CAP 7.30 The Welkin P1 7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Thu 5 The Visit 1.00+7.00 Death of England CAP 3.00+8.00 Thu 16 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 The Welkin P2 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Fri 6 The Visit 7.00 Seven Streams 3.00 Death of England 8.00 Fri 17 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Welkin P3 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Sat 7 The Visit 1.00+7.00 Seven Streams 3.00 Death of England LAST CAP 3.00+8.00 Sat 18 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Sun 8 Seven Streams 3.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Welkin P 7.30 The Ocean ® 2.00+7.30 Mon 9 Sun 19 Tue 10 The Visit 7.00 Mon 20 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 The Welkin P 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Wed 11 The Visit CAP 1.00+7.00 Tue 21 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Thu 12 The Visit 7.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Welkin P 7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Fri 13 The Visit AD 7.00 Seven Streams 3.00 Wed 22 The Welkin PRESS 7.00 The Ocean CAP 7.30 Sat 14 The Visit AD TT 1.00+7.00 Seven Streams 3.00 Thu 23 The Welkin 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Sun 15 Seven Streams 3.00 Fri 24 TALK: Horwood and Rudd 6.00 Mon 16 The Visit 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Tue 17 The Visit 7.00 Sat 25 The Welkin 2.15+7.30 The Ocean LAST 2.00+7.30 Wed 18 The Visit 1.00+7.00 Sun 26 Thu 19 The Visit 7.00 Mon 27 Three Sisters 7.30 Fri 20 TALK: Lesley Manville 3.00 Tue 28 Three Sisters CAP 7.30 The Visit 7.00 Seven Streams 3.00 Wed 29 Three Sisters CAP 2.15 +7.30 Sat 21 The Visit 1.00+7.00 Seven Streams AD 3.00 Thu 30 Three Sisters 7.30 Sun 22 Seven Streams LAST CAP 3.00 Fri 31 Student Conference 10.30 Mon 23 The Visit 7.00 The Visit P1 7.00 Three Sisters AD 7.30 Death of England P1 8.00 Tue 24 The Visit 1.00+7.00 Wed 25 The Visit 7.00 Feb Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Thu 26 The Visit 7.00 Fri 27 The Visit 7.00 The Welkin AD 7.30 Sat 1 The Visit P2 7.00 Three Sisters AD TT 2.15+7.30 Death of England P2 8.00 Sat 28 The Visit CAP 1.00+7.00 The Welkin AD TT 2.15+7.30 Sun 2 Sun 29 Mon 3 The Visit P 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England P 8.00 Mon 30 The Visit CAP 7.00 Tue 4 The Visit P 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England P 8.00 Tue 31 The Visit 7.00 Wed 5 The Visit P 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England P 8.00 Thu 6 The Visit P 7.00 Three Sisters 7.30 Death of England PRESS 7.00 Fri 7 The Visit P 7.00 TALK: Ellams and Fall 6.00 Apr Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Three Sisters 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Sat 8 The Visit PRE-PRESS 7.00 Three Sisters 2.15+7.30 Death of England 3.00+8.00 Wed 1 The Visit 1.00+7.00 Sun 9 Thu 2 The Visit 7.00 Mon 10 The Visit PRE-PRESS 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Fri 3 The Visit 7.00 Tue 11 The Visit PRE-PRESS 7.00 The Welkin 2.15+7.30 Death of England 8.00 Sat 4 The Visit 1.00+7.00 Wed 12 TALK: Maxine Peake 3.00 The Visit PRE-PRESS 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England 3.00+8.00 Thu 13 The Visit PRESS 7.00 Three Sisters 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Fri 14 TALK: Actors in Conversation 3.00 TALK: Dyer and Williams 6.30 The Visit 7.00 Three Sisters 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Sat 15 The Visit 1.00+7.00 Three Sisters 2.15+7.30 Death of England 3.00+8.00 Sun 16 Mon 17 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Tue 18 TALK: De Angelis and Still 6.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters 2.15+7.30 Death of England 3.00+8.00

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. £3 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 Tuesday 24 Terms and conditions and a small administration fee and Wednesday 25 December. apply, call the Box Office for details:020 7452 3000. Mon – Thu evening; all mats Fri & Sat evening Previews Guidance on suitability All discounts are subject to availability and at the £15 Ticket Season: *£70, £50, £42, £38, £30, £15 *£75, £55, £48, £42, £32, £15 £37 – £15 We don’t publish specific age recommendations for discretion of the Box Office. Three Sisters all our shows. For guidance on content and suitability Hundreds of £15 tickets please call 020 7452 3000. Children under four Car park for every performance are welcome in the foyers, however they cannot be Car spaces in the NT car park are £8.50 for cars admitted to the auditoriums. entering after 5pm or if you attend a daytime ticketed Mon – Thu evening; all mats Fri & Sat evening Previews event and leave before 7pm. Combined matinee/ For your safety and comfort evening show rate: £15. Sunday/public holidays: £8.50 Hansard, Master Harold, *£86, £66, £57, £46, £32, £15 *£89, £69, £60, £52, £35, £20 *£69, £49 – £15 Strobe lighting, smoke effects and gunshots are all day. Free parking for Blue Badge holders attending My Brilliant Friend, sometimes used in productions. Details are available a performance – validate at the Box Office. Peter Gynt, Translations, from the Box Office after the first preview. For details on accessible parking please visit The Visit, The Welkin Latecomers may not be admitted. All bulky items nationaltheatre.org.uk/travel such as bags and rucksacks must be left at the Programme changes My Brilliant Friend: Combined tickets are available on two-show days (see page 13). free cloakrooms. Programme details are published in good faith, All performances but changes may occasionally be necessary.

The Seven Streams Full day ticket of the River Ota *£125, £95, £75, £58, £30 American Express Programme credits Dorfman Theatre Mon – Thu evening; all mats Fri & Sat evening Previews Cardmembers have exciting ticket benefits Cover photography by Graham Pearson. The Antipodes *£66, £51, £40, £29, £15 *£71, £56, £45, £30, £20 *£53, £38 – £15 for National Theatre shows. For details visit nationaltheatre.org.uk/amex With thanks to Kate John, Ken Rose, Laura Wigan, The Ocean *£60, £40, £34, £25, £15 *£65, £45, £36, £25, £20 *£54, £34 – £15 Anielle Marimootoo, Barrie Nield, Joel Baldwin Death of England *£56, £41, £35, £26, £15 *£61, £46, £37, £26, £20 *£54, £38 – £15 and Sam Stacey and the National Theatre Carpentry Department. *Some of the best seats in the house are premium priced. They help to ensure we can continue to offer low price seats Preferred Card for all our productions; the National Theatre is a charity and only 17% government-funded. This year nearly 30% of our Partner Registered Charity No. 224223 tickets are available for £20 or less.

More ways to save Friday Rush £20/£15 Tickets Access Every Friday at 1pm a limited number of £20 tickets In the Olivier and Lyttelton these stalls Audio-Described AD Smart caption glasses for the following week’s performances are released seats are narrower and may offer a restricted view. Performances for blind and visually impaired people. A revolutionary new way for people with hearing to buy online. In the Dorfman theatre these seats are restricted loss to experience theatre. For more information Touch Tour TT view. Two per customer per production. see the website. Day Tickets For blind and visually impaired people. An opportunity A limited number of £20/£15 (£30 for Seven Streams) Groups to visit the stage, handle the props and meet members Infrared audio system tickets are available in person on the day of Call 020 7452 3010 for discounts on groups of 8+ for of the company. Available in all theatres for every performance. the performance. Seat location varies. selected productions. nationaltheatre.org.uk/groups Free headsets and neck loops are essential and Captioned CAP available from the Box Office. Captioned performances for deaf, deafened and Concessions hard-of-hearing people. Loop System There is a loop system installed in the Olivier and Entry Pass Over 60s – save on midweek matinees Relaxed Performance Lyttelton theatres to support people using hearing 16 – 25-year-olds can access £7.50 tickets by joining For Master Harold, Peter Gynt, Translations, The Visit Aimed at anyone who would benefit from a more aids with a T-setting. Entry Pass. nationaltheatre.org.uk/entrypass and The Welkin save £20 on £57 and £46 tickets. relaxed performance environment including people For Three Sisters save £15 on £50 and £42 tickets. with an autistic spectrum condition, sensory or Large-print, CD and Braille versions of this rep Under-18s See website for The Seven Streams of the River Ota communication disorders or a learning disability. brochure are available on request from Half price for Monday – Friday evenings and and My Brilliant Friend. £30 tickets available The next Relaxed Performances will be The Ocean at [email protected] all matinees (all performances of The Ocean at for midweek matinees in the Dorfman. the End of the Lane on Saturday 18 January at 2pm. the End of the Lane). Excludes tickets under £30. P WC Disabled People UK Schools, Colleges and Universities £16 tickets at the South Bank plus £16 T Under-19s £12; 19 – 25s £15 for groups of 10+ tickets (£15 tickets for Three Sisters) are available on selected performances. Call 020 7452 3010 for Access list subscribers. for availability. nationaltheatre.org.uk/groups nationaltheatre.org.uk/accesslist

34 35 This cover was created with the Carpentry department. They are responsible for the construction of scenery that appears on the stages of the National Theatre: even though a door or wall could look marble or concrete, it nearly always starts as sheets of birch ply or MDF. The highly skilled carpenters work from technical drawings to build timber flattage (walls), windows, doors and staircases. They also build large prop elements such as benches, bars and fireplaces. The department is conscious of the environmental impact of scenery making and strives to reuse as much as possible. The Carpentry department ranges from 020 7452 3000 young apprentices to carpenters with over 30 years’ experience. nationaltheatre.org.uk