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2 3 The plays The plays

Exit the King Home I’m Darling Julie Absolute Hell Playing from 17 July 24 July – 5 Sep 31 May – 8 Sep Playing until 16 June

Hadestown Follies An Octoroon 2 Nov – 26 Jan Returns from 12 Feb Playing from 4 July 7 June – 18 July

Pericles Translations The Star Seekers River Stage 26 – 28 Aug 22 May – 11Aug 8 Aug – 1 Sep 13 July – 12 Aug

4 5 JULY

Exit the King Tue 17 7.30 by Eugène Ionesco Wed 18 7.30 in a new version by Thu 19 7.30 Fri 20 7.30 Sat 21 7.30 Mon 23 7.30 Olivier Theatre Tue 24 7.30 Wed 25 7.00 Thu 26 7.30 Cast includes Somewhere in Europe the kingdom is Sarah Campbell disintegrating. It’s the last day of King AUGUST Debra Gillett Bérenger’s life. Queen Marguerite is Derek Griffiths preparing for the end and Queen Marie Fri 3 7.30 Sat 4 2.00 Rhys Ifans is in denial. The King is 400 years old and 7.30 Amy Morgan dying, but he’s clinging on for dear life... Mon 6 7.30 This great tragi-comedy is brought to life Tue 7 7.30 Tue 14 7.30 on the Olivier stage this summer, the first Wed 15 7.30 Director time Eugène Ionesco’s work has been Thu 16 2.00 Patrick Marber performed at the National Theatre. Photography (Rhys Ifans, Indira Varma, 7.30 Amy Morgan, Debra Gillett, Derek Fri 17 7.30 Designer Patrick Marber (‘Three Days in the Country’, Griffiths and Adrian Scarborough) Sat 18 2.00 Anthony Ward ‘’) directs his new version of by Jay Brooks. 7.30 Mon 20 7.30 Lighting Designer ‘Exit the King’ with Rhys Ifans (‘A Christmas Talks and Events ‘Exit the King’ Talks Thu 30 7.30 Hugh Vanstone Carol’) in the title role and Indira Varma Free Will: Do We Thu 6 Sep, Fri 31 7.30 Music and Sound (‘Man and Superman’) as his first Queen. Have a Choice? individual events Adam Cork Mon 6 Aug, 6 – 7pm, £7/£5, combined SEPTEMBER tickets £15/£12 Movement Cottesloe Room, Sat 1 2.00 Naomi Said £7/£5 Actors Rhys Ifans 7.30 Exploring and Indira Varma Mon 3 7.30 3 – 4pm Tue 4 2.00 ‘Exit the King’ 7.30 Wed 5 Sep, Three Perspectives Wed 5 7.30 10.30am – 4.30pm, on Dying Thu 6 7.30 Cottesloe Room, 4.30 – 5.30pm Fri 7 AD 7.30 Sat 8 AD TT 2.00 £55/£40/£7.50 Director and 7.30 Adapter Patrick Sponsored by Marber Additional 6 – 6.45pm performances to be announced 6 7 A co-production with Theatr Clwyd JULY SEPTEMBER

Tue 24 7.30 Sat 1 7.30 Home, I’m Darling Wed 25 7.30 Mon 3 7.30 Thu 26 7.30 Tue 4 7.30 a new play by Laura Wade Fri 27 7.30 Wed 5 2.30 Sat 28 2.30 7.30 7.30 Dorfman Theatre Mon 30 7.30 Tue 31 7.00

Cast includes Every couple needs a little fantasy to keep AUGUST Sara Gregory their marriage sparkling. But behind the Wed 1 7.30 Richard Harrington gingham curtains, things start to unravel, Thu 2 7.30 Barnaby Kay and being a domestic goddess is not as Fri 3 7.30 Katherine Parkinson easy as it seems. Sat 4 2.30 Sian Thomas 7.30 Katherine Parkinson (‘The IT Crowd’, Thu 9 7.30 Director ‘Humans’) plays Judy in this unsettling new Fri 10 7.30 Tamara Harvey comedy about one woman’s quest to be Sat 11 7.30 Mon 13 7.30 Designer the perfect 1950s housewife, written by Photography (Katherine Parkinson) Tue 14 7.30 Anna Fleischle Laura Wade (‘Posh’). Wed 15 7.30 by David Stewart. Thu16 2.30 Lighting Designer 7.30 Lucy Carter Talks and Events Fri 17 AD 7.30 Choreographer Sat 18 AD TT 2.30 Actor Katherine Parkinson 7.30 Jack Murphy Wed 29 Aug, 4 – 5pm, Mon 20 7.30 Sound Designer Dorfman, £7/£5 Tue 21 7.30 Wed 22 7.30 Tom Gibbons Director Tamara Harvey Thu 23 2.30 and Writer Laura Wade 7.30 Tue 4 Sep, 6 – 6.45pm, Fri 24 7.30 Sat 25 7.30 Dorfman, £7/£5 Mon 27 7.30 Gender and Feminisim Tue 28 7.30 in the 1950s and Today Wed 29 7.30 Thu 30 7.30 Mon 3 Sep, 6 – 7pm, Fri 31 7.30 Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 ‘Pleasantville’ (film screening) Sponsored by Mon 20 Aug, 5 – 7pm, Cottesloe Room, £5/£3 8 9 Hadestown NOVEMBER JANUARY Fri 2 7.30 Fri 4 7.30 music, lyrics and book by Anaïs Mitchell Sat 3 7.30 Sat 5 AD TT 2.00 developed with Rachel Chavkin Mon 5 7.30 7.30 Tue 6 7.30 Mon 7 AD 7.30 Wed 7 7.30 Tue 8 2.00 Thu 8 7.30 7.30 Olivier Theatre Fri 9 7.30 Tue 22 7.30 Sat 10 7.30 Wed 23 CAP 7.30 Mon 12 7.30 Thu 24 2.00 Cast to be Following record-breaking runs at New York Tue 13 7.00 7.30 announced Theatre Workshop and Canada’s Citadel Wed 14 7.30 Fri 25 7.30 Theatre, ‘Hadestown’ comes to the National Thu 15 7.30 Sat 26 2.00 Director Fri 16 7.30 7.30 Rachel Chavkin Theatre prior to Broadway. Sat 17 2.00 In the warmth of summertime, songwriter 7.30 Set Designer Mon 19 7.30 Rachel Hauck Orpheus and his muse Eurydice are Tue 20 2.00 living it up and falling in love. But as 7.30 Costume Designer Mon 26 7.30 Michael Krass winter approaches, reality sets in: these young dreamers can’t survive on songs Tue 27 2.00 Lighting Designer 7.30 alone. Tempted by the promise of plenty, Wed 28 7.30 Bradley King Eurydice is lured to the depths of industrial Thu 29 7.30 Sound Designer Hadestown. On a quest to save her, Nevin Steinberg Orpheus journeys to the underworld where Talks and Events DECEMBER Choreographer their trust is put to a final test. To be announced later Wed 12 7.30 David Neumann in the year Thu 13 2.00 Celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs CAP 7.30 Music Director Mitchell and director Rachel Chavkin have Fri 14 7.30 Liam Robinson transformed Mitchell’s acclaimed concept Sat 15 2.00 7.30 Arrangements album into a genre-defying new musical that mixes modern American folk music with Fri 21 7.30 and Orchestrations Sat 22 2.00 Michael Chorney vintage New Orleans jazz to reimagine a 7.30 sweeping ancient tale. Wed 26 7.30 Additional/ Thu 27 CAP 2.00 Co-Arrangements ‘Inventive. Beguiling. Luminous. 7.30 and Orchestrations Spellbinding.’ Todd Sickafoose ‘New York Times’ Produced in association with Mara Isaacs, Dale Franzen, Hunter Arnold and Tom Kirdahy Co-conceived by Ben t Matchstick 10 11 2019 DATES

Follies FEBRUARY book by James Goldman music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Thu 14 7.30 Fri 15 7.30 Sat 16 7.30 Mon 18 7.30 Tue 19 7.30 Olivier Theatre Sat 23 2.00 7.30 Tue 26 7.30 Cast includes After a sold-out run, ‘Follies’, winner of Wed 27 2.00 Janie Dee the Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, 7.30 Peter Forbes returns in 2019. Thu 28 7.30 Director New York, 1971. There’s a party on the stage Dominic Cooke MARCH of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the Designer iconic building will be demolished. Thirty Fri 1 7.30 Vicki Mortimer years after their final performance, the Follies Sat 2 2.00 girls gather to have a few drinks, sing a few 7.30 Choreographer Fri 8 7.30 Bill Deamer songs and lie about themselves. Sat 9 2.00 Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical 7.30 Music Supervisor Mon 11 7.30 Nicholas Skilbeck includes such classic songs as Broadway Tue 12 7.30 Baby, I’m Still Here and Losing My Mind. Talks and Events Wed 13 2.00 Orchestrations 7.30 Jonathan Tunick Featuring a cast of 37 and an orchestra To be announced later Thu 14 7.30 with Josh Clayton of 21, Follies is directed by Dominic Cooke in the year Fri 15 7.30 (‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’). Sat 16 2.00 Music Director 7.30 Nigel Lilley Mon 18 CAP 7.30 Lighting Designer Tue 19 7.30 Wed 20 2.00 Paule Constable 7.30 Sound Designer Thu 21 7.30 Fri 22 AD 7.30 Paul Groothuis Sat 23 AD TT 2.00 7.30 Mon 25 7.30 Tue 26 CAP 2.00 7.30 Exclusive Crystal Provider

Additional Supported by the ‘Follies’ performances to production syndicate be announced 12 13 Pericles AUGUST Sun 26 7.00 by Mon 27 7.00 in a version by Chris Bush Tue 28 7.00 with music by James Fortune

Tickets: Olivier Theatre £15 adults / £7.50 under-18s

See website for Prince Pericles has everything but cast and creatives understands little. When a reckless act Partners threatens his safety, he must flee his home Partners and take to sea. Reliant on the whims of Body & Soul the fates and the kindness of strangers, The Bromley by Pericles is driven from shore to shore. Bow Centre Only by reaching the ends of the earth Coram may he finally understand what it means DABD to come home. Havering Asian Photography (Colin Morgan) Social Welfare A huge company of all ages from across by David Stewart Association London join together with professional artists to breathe new life into this classic tale in a Public Acts is inspired by (HASWA) Public Works, the Public Open Age musical version on the Olivier stage. Theater’s ground-breaking Thames Reach programme in New York. 3FF Public Acts Theatre Partner ‘Pericles’ launches Public Acts, our new Supported by Arts Council Queen’s Theatre initiative to create extraordinary acts of England’s Strategic Hornchurch theatre and community. The production Touring Fund, Bloomberg marks the centre point of a two-year Philanthropies, Hertz,

partnership, building in-depth relationships The Sackler Trust and with eight organisations who deliver Garfield Weston Foundation. visionary work in their communities, together with Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch.

14 15 Translations MAY AUGUST Tue 22 7.30 Wed 1 7.30 by Brian Friel Wed 23 7.30 Thu 2 7.30 Thu 24 7.30 Wed 8 7.30 Fri 25 7.30 Thu 9 CAP 2.00 Sat 26 7.30 7.30 Mon 28 7.30 Fri 10 CAP 7.30 Olivier Theatre Tue 29 7.30 Sat 11 2.00 Wed 30 7.00 7.30

Cast Owen, the prodigal son, returns to JUNE Steve Cash rural Donegal from Dublin. With Adam Collier him are two British army officers. Wed 6 7.30 Dermot Crowley Their ambition is to create a map of Thu 7 2.00 7.30 Aidan Dooley the area, replacing the Gaelic names Fri 8 7.30 Aoife Duffin with English. It is an administrative Sat 9 2.00 Adetomiwa Edun act with radical consequences. 7.30 Mon 11 7.30 Nigel Fairs Brian Friel’s modern classic is a powerful Michelle Fox Tue 12 7.30 account of nationhood, which sees the Wed 13 2.00 Ciarán Hinds turbulent relationship between England and Photography (Colin Morgan) 7.30 Laurence Kinlan Ireland play out in one quiet community. by David Stewart Mon 25 7.30 Niamh McGowan Tue 26 2.00 Colin Morgan (‘Humans’, ‘Merlin’) plays Talks and Events 7.30 Colin Morgan Wed 27 2.00 Seamus O’Hara Owen and Ciarán Hinds (‘Girl from the Disappearing Languages North Country’, ‘There Will Be Blood’) plays Wed 6 June, 6 – 7pm, Judith Roddy JULY Rufus Wright his father. Ian Rickson directs. Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Director Introduction to Fri 6 7.30 Irish Drama: Sat 7 2.00 Ian Rickson ‘This is Brian Friel’s finest and CAP 7.30 Boucicault to Friel Designer most universal play.’ Mon 9 7.30 Fri 8 June, 2 – 5pm, Tue 10 7.30 Rae Smith ‘Sunday Times’ Cottesloe Room, Fri 27 7.30 Lighting Designer £30/£20/£7.50 Sat 28 AD TT 2.00 Neil Austin 7.30 Ian Rickson Mon 30 AD 7.30 Music Fri 8 June, 6 – 6.45pm, Tue 31 2.00 Stephen Warbeck Olivier, £7/ £5 7.30 Sound Designer Exploring Translations Ian Dickinson Sponsored by Mon 9 July, 10.30am – 4pm, Movement Cottesloe Room, Anna Morrissey £55/£40/£7.50 16 17 MAY AUGUST Julie Thu 31 7.30 Wed 1 7.30 by Stenham Thu 2 7.30 after Strindberg JUNE Fri 3 7.30 Sat 4 2.30 Fri 1 7.30 7.30 Sat 2 7.30 Wed 15 7.30 Lyttelton Theatre Mon 4 7.30 Thu 16 CAP 2.30 Tue 5 7.30 7.30 Wed 6 7.30 Fri 17 7.30 See website for Wild and newly single, Julie throws a Thu 7 7.00 Sat 18 2.30 cast and creatives late night party. In the kitchen, Jean and Fri 8 7.30 CAP 7.30 Kristen clean up as the celebration Sat 9 2.30 Fri 24 7.30 Sat 25 2.30 heaves above them. 7.30 Mon 11 7.30 7.30 Crossing the threshold, Julie initiates a Tue 19 7.30 Mon 27 7.30 power game with Jean. It descends into Wed 20 7.30 a savage fight for survival. Thu 21 7.30 SEPTEMBER Fri 22 7.30 Fuelled by social division, Strindberg’s Sat 23 2.30 Mon 3 7.30 masterpiece remains shocking and 7.30 Tue 4 7.30 Photography ( and Mon 25 7.30 Wed 5 7.30 fiercely relevant in this new version by Eric Kofi Abrefa) by Rosaline Shahnavaz Thu 6 7.00 Polly Stenham (‘That Face’, ‘Neon Demon’). JULY Fri 7 7.30 Sat 8 2.30 Carrie Cracknell (‘The Deep Blue Sea’) Talks and Events Thu 19 7.30 7.30 directs a cast including Vanessa Kirby Exploring ‘Julie’ Fri 20 AD 7.30

(‘The Crown’) and Eric Kofi Abrefa and the work of Sat 21 ADTT 2.30 (‘The Amen Corner’). 7.30 National Theatre August Strindberg Mon 23 CAP 7.30 Live broadcast Wed 20 June, Tue 24 2.30 on Thu 6 Sep 10.30am – 4.30pm, 7.30 Cottesloe Room, £55/£40/£7.50 Feminism and Director Carrie Hierarchy on Stage Cracknell and Wed 18 July, 6 – 7pm, Writer Polly Stenham Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Fri 7 Sep, 6 – 6.45pm, Vanessa Kirby Lyttelton, £7/£5 Sponsored by Fri 7 Sep, 4.30 – 5.30pm, Lyttelton, £7/£5 18 19 Absolute Hell MAY Mon 7 7.00 by Rodney Ackland Tue 8 7.00 Wed 9 1.30 7.00 Thu 10 7.00 Fri 11 7.00 Lyttelton Theatre Sat 12 1.30 7.00 Mon 14 CAP 7.00 See website for Bomb-blasted London. A Soho den in the Tue 15 7.00 cast and creatives hangover from World War II, where members Wed 16 7.00 drink into the darkness, night after night. Thu 17 1.30 7.00 Lying, fighting and seducing, these lost souls Fri 18 AD 7.00 and bruised lovers struggle from the rubble Sat 19 AD TT 1.30 of war towards an unknown future. 7.00 Mon 21 7.00 Rodney Ackland’s extraordinarily Tue 22 CAP 1.30 provocative play was condemned as ‘a libel 7.00 on the British people’ when first performed Wed 23 7.00 in 1952. Now it emerges as an intoxicating plunge into post-war Soho; full of despair JUNE Talks and events and longing. Tue 12 CAP 7.00 Joe Hill-Gibbins returns to the NT to direct Censorship in Wed 13 CAP 7.00 Post-War Theatre Thu 14 1.30 a large ensemble in this new production. 7.00 Fri 27 Apr, 6 – 7pm, Fri 15 7.00 Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Sat 16 1.30 ‘Absolute Hell’ – British 7.00 Theatre after the Blitz Tue 15 May, 2 – 5pm, Cottesloe Room, £30/£20/£7.50 and Jonathan Slinger Wed 13 June, 4 – 5pm, Lyttelton, £7/£5 Joe Hill-Gibbins and Lizzie Clachan Wed 13 June, 5.30 – 6.15pm, Lyttelton, £7/£5 20 21 A co-production with Neal Street Productions JULY SEPTEMBER

Wed 4 7.00 Sat 1 1.00 The Lehman Trilogy Thu 5 7.00 7.00 Sat 7 7.00 Tue 11 7.00 by Stefano Massini Mon 9 7.00 Wed 12 CAP 1.00 adapted by Ben Power Tue 10 7.00 7.00 Wed 11 7.00 Thu 13 7.00 Thu 12 7.00 Fri 14 7.00 Fri 13 7.00 Sat 15 AD TT 1.00 Lyttelton Theatre Sat 14 1.00 7.00 7.00 Mon 17 AD 7.00 Mon 16 7.00 Tue 18 7.00 Cast includes Told in three parts on a single evening. Tue 17 1.00 Wed 19 7.00 7.00 Thu 20 1.00 Adam Godley On a cold September morning in 1844 Wed 18 7.00 7.00 a young man from Bavaria stands on a Wed 25 7.00 Fri 21 7.00 New York dockside. Dreaming of a new life Thu 26 7.00 Sat 22 1.00 Director in the new world, he is joined by his two Fri 27 7.00 7.00 Sat 28 1.00 brothers and an American epic begins. New York photography courtesy National Archives and Records 7.00 Set Designer 163 years later, the firm they establish – Administration. Tightrope walker Mon 30 7.00 Additional Tue 31 1.00 performances to Es Devlin Lehman Brothers – spectacularly collapses photography by Sorted. into bankruptcy, and triggers the largest 7.00 be announced Video Designer financial crisis in history. Talks and Events Luke Halls AUGUST Costume Designer Sam Mendes returns to the National to Adam Godley, Katrina Lindsay direct Ben Power’s English version of Ben Miles and Mon 6 CAP 7.00 Stefano Massini’s vast and poetic play, Simon Russell Beale Tue 7 1.00 Lighting Designer 7.00 a hit across Europe. Thu 26 July, 3 – 4pm, Wed 8 CAP 7.00 Jon Clark Lyttelton, £7/£5 Adam Godley, Ben Miles and Mon 20 7.00 Music and Sound Up Close: Talks and Tue 21 CAP 1.00 Nick Powell Simon Russell Beale play the Lehman 7.00 brothers, their sons and grandsons. Show package Wed 22 7.00 Movement Tue 7 Aug, 10.30am – 5.30pm Thu 23 7.00 Polly Bennett and Wed 8 Aug, 10am – 4.30pm, Tue 28 7.00 Cottesloe Room, £175/£165 Wed 29 7.00 Thu 30 1.00 The American 7.00 Dream on Stage Fri 31 7.00 Fri 14 Sep, 1.30 – 4.30pm, Media Partners: Cottesloe Room, The Wall Street Journal £30/£20/£7.50 and Financial News 22 23 Sat 25 11.30 AUGUST 2.30 Mon 27 2.30 Wed 8 2.30 Tue 28 11.30 Fri 10 2.30 BSL 2.30 Sat 11 2.30 Thu 30 11.30 Tue 14 11.30 2.30 2.30 Fri 31 CAP 11.30 Wed 15 11.30 2.30 Fri 17 11.30 SEPTEMBER 2.30 Mon 20 11.30 Sat 1 11.30 2.30 2.30 Wed 22 11.30 Dorfman Theatre 2.30 Fri 24 11.30 River Stage A Wardrobe Ensemble and Wardrobe 2.30 Theatre Production Festival weekends The Star Seekers 13 July – 12 Aug by the Wardrobe Ensemble

HHHHH Suitable for 3 – 8yrs The big red River Stage 13 – 15 July: The Glory ‘Appeals to a child’s Tickets: returns this summer with an 20 – 22 July: HOME Manchester wide-eyed wonder and £12 adults/£10 under-18s exciting and eclectic mix of hunger for exploration... weekend takeovers. 27 – 29 July: Sadler’s Wells It’s silly, sparkling stuff.’ There’s something for everyone 3 – 5 August: Nonclassical ‘The Stage’ including live music, dance, DJs, 10 – 12 August: National Theatre improvise the rest. Discover family workshops, club nights Do you want to fly to the moon? strange worlds, create solar and theatre – and it’s all free! Visit a space station? system soundscapes, decide Become an astronaut? the noises of the aliens and even Join the party atmosphere and Star Seekers Alph, Betty and fire asteroids through space! get your hands on tasty street food including cheese toasties, Gammo need your help to save Visit the NT space station one wood-fired pizza and gelato ice their space station, collect all hour before every performance cream or try our local craft beers the orbs and delve into the great to take part in free family and summer cocktails. unanswered question of the activities, or book for a family universe: what do astronauts workshop to take your space For more info visit: really have for tea? adventure out of this world. nationaltheatre.org.uk/ River Stage is supported by riverstage Delta Air Lines (Official Airline Partner), In this interactive family show Sponsored by you take the steering wheel to Hertz (Official Transport Partner) and Lighting sponsored by Vari-lite shape the story and the actors and Showline. 24 25 Wed 4 2.00 JUNE 7.30 Thu 5 CAP 7.30 Thu 7 7.30 Fri 6 7.30 Fri 8 7.30 Sat 7 2.00 Sat 9 7.30 7.30 Mon 11 7.30 Mon 9 7.30 Tue 12 7.30 Tue 10 7.30 Wed 13 7.30 Wed 11 7.30 Thu 14 7.00 Thu 12 7.30 Fri 15 7.30 Fri 13 AD 7.30 Sat 16 2.00 Sat 14 AD TT 2.00 7.30 7.30 Mon 18 7.30 Mon 16 7.30 Tue 19 2.00 Tue 17 CAP 2.00 Dorfman Theatre 7.30 Nine Night Macbeth A co-production with the JULY Wed 18 2.00 Orange Tree Theatre a new play by Natasha Gordon by William Shakespeare Mon 2 7.30 Playing until 26 May Playing until 23 June An Octoroon Tue 3 7.30 by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

HHHH Friday Rush Natasha Gordon’s debut play Shakespeare’s most ‘Bizarrely brilliant. Every Friday at 1pm a limited ‘Nine Night’ is a touching intense and terrifying Extraordinary.’ number of £20 tickets for the and very funny exploration tragedy is directed by ‘Guardian’ following week’s performances of the rituals of family. . are released to buy online. Roy Alexander Weise directs and Anne-Marie Duff play Described by the ‘New York a cast including Cecilia Noble. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Times’ as ‘this decade’s most Day Tickets eloquent statement on race A limited number of £18/£15 Friday Rush National Theatre Live in America today’, Branden tickets are available in person Every Friday at 1pm a limited In cinemas from 10 May Jacobs-Jenkins’ extraordinary on the day of the performance. number of £20 tickets for the UK and Ireland Tour play comes to the National following week’s performances For dates, see website. Theatre after a sold-out run at are released to buy online. Tour cast to be announced. the Orange Tree Theatre. Day Tickets Day Tickets and Friday Rush A limited number of £18/£15 also available. See website for cast Sponsored by and creatives tickets are available in person on the day of the performance.

The New American Work Programme is supported by The Harold & Mimi Sponsored by Steinberg Charitable Trust, Lawton W Fitt & James I McLaren Foundation and Kathleen J Yoh 26 27 A co-production with Sonia Friedman Productions A National Theatre and co-production with Good Chance Theatre Consent The Jungle by Nina Raine by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson From 18 May 16 June – 3 November

West End – Theatre West End – The

HHHHH Friends take opposing briefs HHHH Join the residents over fresh ‘Powerful. One of in a contentious legal case. The ‘An immersive, powerful baked naan and sweet milky Nina Raine’s most enjoyable key witness is a woman whose experience. A deeply moving chai at the Afghan Café, and and intelligent plays.’ life seems a world away from piece of theatre.’ experience the intense, moving ‘Independent’ theirs. At home, their own lives ‘Financial Times’ and uplifting encounters begin to unravel as every version between refugees from many HHHHH HHHH of the truth is challenged. different countries and the ‘Sharp. Heartfelt. Multi- ‘Beautifully orchestrated. volunteers who arrived from layered.’ This ‘tense, entertaining Wonderfully humane and modern-day tragi-comedy’ the UK. ‘Observer’ illuminating.’ (‘Daily Telegraph’) takes a Audiences are invited to choose ‘Independent’ Nina Raine’s ‘blistering new play’ searing look at the law whilst from two unique experiences: (‘New York Times’), directed putting modern relationships Following critical acclaim, and take a seat at the benches by Roger Michell, makes a into the dock. direct from a sold-out run at the and tables of the vibrant and triumphant and timely transfer Young Vic, ‘The Jungle’ transfers Cast includes Claudie Blakley, bustling Afghan Café at the heart to the this to the Playhouse Theatre. Stephen Campbell Moore, of the Calais Jungle, or watch May, following a sold-out season Heather Craney, Clare Foster, Meet the hopeful, resilient from the ‘Cliffs of Dover’ in the at the National Theatre. , Adam James residents of The Jungle – just circle, overlooking the dynamic Why is Justice blind? Is she and Thusitha Jayasundera. across the Channel, right on performance space below. impartial? Or is she blinkered? our doorstep. 28 29 On Tour National Theatre Live The Curious Incident of the based on the novel by Dog in the Night-Time Michael Morpurgo based on the novel by adapted by Nick Stafford, Mark Haddon adapted in association with the by Simon Stephens award-winning Handspring HHHHH Puppet Company ‘Astonishing and unmissable.’ HHHHH ‘Sunday Express’ ‘An astonishing piece of On an international tour until theatre.’ August 2018 ‘Time Out’ Visit our website for the latest news and to find a cinema near you:ntlive.com On a UK tour until March 2019 A Gay Fantasia on National Macbeth This House Themes by William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare by James Graham by Tony Kushner a National Theatre production a Chichester Festival Theatre production HHHHH HHHHH Shakespeare’s most intense ‘A stroke of genius.’ ‘Flat out fabulous.’ and terrifying tragedy Two ageing fathers – one a ‘The Times’ ‘The New York Times’ sees Rory Kinnear and king, one his courtier – reject Anne-Marie Duff play the children who truly love On a UK tour until June 2018 On Broadway until June 2018 the . them. Jonathan Munby’s Broadcast live 10 May. critically acclaimed production Macbeth features Ian McKellen as Lear. by William Shakeseare Julie Broadcast live 27 September. ‘Macbeth’ embarks on tour, by Polly Stenham following a sell-out run after Strindberg The Madness of George III in London. Tour cast to a National Theatre production by be announced. Wild and newly single, Julie a Nottingham Playhouse On a UK and Ireland tour throws a late night party. Set production from October 2018 in contemporary London, An epic, multi-award-winning Carrie Cracknell directs a cast masterpiece tells the story including Vanessa Kirby. of King George III, played Broadcast live 6 September. by Olivier Award-winner . ‘Macbeth’ on tour in partnership with Lloyds Bank Private Banking and supported by Sponsor of NT Live in the UK Broadcast live 20 November. The Thompson Family Charitable Trust. Assisted performances at some tour venues. Visit venue websites for more information. 30 31 Explore Families Talks and Events Discover the skills and secrets behind Gain a deeper understanding of our productions at the National Theatre with our productions, from full-day sessions family events. Create a performance from exploring the making of a production scratch at a Play in a Day, find your funny to pre-show talks with the show’s bones at a family clown class and explore creators or giving historical context. theatre design with our production teams. Highlights include talks with actors Bring your imaginations and dive into the Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Kirby, Katherine world of theatre-making. Parkinson and Indira Varma, and nationaltheatre.org.uk/families directors Carrie Cracknell, Patrick Marber and Sam Mendes. Join us in August for a two-day talks and show package Young People on ‘The Lehman Trilogy’. Explore theatre-making with NT directors nationaltheatre.org.uk/talks and technicians, develop your skills in Exhibitions and Tours writing and movement and create bold new performances at summer Space to Create. A changing programme of free exhibitions From workshops and courses, to creative taking inspiration from the work on our projects, if you are aged 16 – 21 then there stages and the NT Archive. Over the is an opportunity at the NT for you. summer, see a photography exhibition nationaltheatre.org.uk/young-people which pairs young people with professional photographers to recapture childhood photos of actors and theatre-makers connected with the NT. Schools nationaltheatre.org.uk/exhibitions Opening up theatre for primary and Explore the NT’s backstage and unseen secondary schools across the UK areas to discover the secrets that bring with inspiring projects covering a range our work to the stage. of skills from playwriting to technical nationaltheatre.org.uk/tours theatre. ‘NT On Demand. In Schools’ Archive streams NT productions into classrooms for free. Children and young people Explore the history of the NT and wherever they are in the UK can take its productions through recordings, part in ‘Let’s Play’, ‘Connections’ and correspondence, posters, scripts ‘ New Views’. And for teachers, we offer and much more. Free. Open to all, great professional development and including groups, by appointment. curriculum-linked resources. nationaltheatre.org.uk/archive 32 33 Your visit

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Connections New Views Eat Dorfman Theatre Dorfman Theatre 26 – 30 June 11 – 13 July Enjoy wood-fired pizza, delicious ice cream and moreish grilled cheese sandwiches from our summer pop-ups on Each year the National Theatre Be the first to see work by the the river front. Al fresco dining, a delicious commissions ten new plays next generation of playwrights. small plate menu and beautiful city views for young people to perform, Hundreds of students from are waiting for you at Terrace restaurant. bringing together some of the across the UK have followed UK’s most exciting writers an in-depth, online course and Looking for a respite from the buzz of with the theatre-makers have been mentored by a team the South Bank? Visit the Green Room’s of tomorrow. 260 youth theatre of professional writers as part garden for an outdoor sanctuary companies and over 5,000 of our nationwide playwriting with even more food and drink options. young people from every programme. In April, they corner of the UK are producing will submit their short plays Drink a Connections play this year. to the New Views competition. Ten companies will come Eight shortlisted plays will From craft beers at The Understudy, to the National Theatre with be given rehearsed readings to organic wines on draft at Wine Box their productions of plays by and the winning play to seasonal cocktails at the Apothecary Alice Birch, Brad Birch, Chris will be performed in the pop-up, our NT bars have something Bush, In-Sook Chappell, Fiona Dorfman Theatre. for everyone. Doyle, Phoebe Eclair-Powell, Winning play announced The Espresso Bar serves premium Natalie Mitchell, Barney Norris, 4 June. fairly-traded coffee, tea and pastries, Chinonyerem Odimba and Tickets on sale 11 June. or enjoy a cold brew from the tChris Thompson. Tickets on summer drinks menu. sale 25 May. All performances nationaltheatre.org.uk/food-and-drink will be captioned. 34 35 May – Sep 2018

CALENDAR KEY May Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman AD Audio-Described CAP Captioned Mon 7 Macbeth 7.30 Absolute Hell 7.00 Nine Night 7.30 TT Touch Tour Tue 8 Macbeth 7.30 Absolute Hell 7.00 Nine Night 2.30+7.30 Wed 9 Macbeth 7.30 Absolute Hell 1.30+7.00 Nine Night 7.30 BSL British Sign Language Thu 10 TALK: Gordon & Alexander Weise 6.00 P Preview Performance Macbeth NT LIVE 7.00 Absolute Hell 7.00 Nine Night 7.30 PRESS Press Night Fri 11 Macbeth 7.30 Absolute Hell 7.00 Nine Night 7.30 Sat 12 Macbeth CAP 2.00+7.30 Absolute Hell 1.30+7.00 Nine Night 2.30+7.30 Relaxed Performance Sun 13 Mon 14 Macbeth 7.30 Absolute Hell CAP 7.00 Nine Night 7.30 Tue 15 Macbeth 7.30 Absolute Hell 7.00 Nine Night 2.30+7.30 Wed 16 Absolute Hell 7.00 Nine Night CAP 7.30 Thu 17 TALK: Culture After Windrush 5.45 Absolute Hell 1.30+7.00 Nine Night 7.30 Fri 18 TALK: Letters of Peggy Ramsay 6.00 Absolute Hell AD 7.00 Nine Night 7.30 Sat 19 Absolute Hell AD TT 1.30+7.00 Nine Night CAP 2.30+7.30 Sun 20 Mon 21 Absolute Hell 7.00 Nine Night 7.30 Tue 22 Translations P1 7.30 Absolute Hell CAP 1.30+7.00 Nine Night 2.30+7.30 Wed 23 Translations P2 7.30 Absolute Hell 7.00 Nine Night 7.30 Thu 24 Translations P 7.30 Nine Night 7.30 Fri 25 Translations P 7.30 Nine Night AD 7.30 Sat 26 Translations P 7.30 Nine Night LAST AD TT 2.30+7.30 Sun 27 Mon 28 Translations P 7.30 Tue 29 Translations 7.30 Wed 30 Translations PRESS 7.00 Thu 31 Macbeth 7.30 Julie P1 7.30

36 37 June Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Fri 1 Macbeth 7.30 Julie P2 7.30 Sat 2 Macbeth AD 2.00+7.30 Julie P 7.30 Sun 3 Mon 4 Macbeth 7.30 Julie P 7.30 Tue 5 Macbeth 2.00+7.30 Julie P 7.30 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 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 Sun 10 Mon 11 Translations 7.30 Julie 7.30 An Octoroon P 7.30 Tue 12 Translations 7.30 Absolute Hell CAP 7.00 An Octoroon P 7.30 Wed 13 TALK: Fleetwood & Slinger 4.00 TALK: Hill-Gibbins & Clachan 5.30 Translations 2.00+7.30 Absolute Hell CAP 7.00 An Octoroon P 7.30 Thu 14 Macbeth 7.30 Absolute Hell 1.30+7.00 An Octoroon PRESS 7.00 Fri 15 Macbeth 7.30 Absolute Hell 7.00 An Octoroon 7.30 Sat 16 Macbeth AD TT 2.00+7.30 Absolute Hell LAST 1.30+7.00 An Octoroon 2.00+7.30 Sun 17 Mon 18 Macbeth 7.30 An Octoroon 7.30 Tue 19 Macbeth 2.00+7.30 Julie 7.30 An Octoroon 2.00 Wed 20 Macbeth CAP 7.30 Julie 7.30 Thu 21 Macbeth 7.30 Julie 7.30 Fri 22 Macbeth 7.30 Julie 7.30 Sat 23 Macbeth LAST 2.00+7.30 Julie 2.30+7.30 Sun 24 Mon 25 Translations 7.30 Julie 7.30 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 Thu 28 Connections CAP 7.00+CAP 8.30 Fri 29 Connections CAP 7.00+CAP 8.30 Sat 30 Connections CAP 7.00+CAP 8.30

38 39 July Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Sun 1 Mon 2 An Octoroon 7.30 Tue 3 An Octoroon 7.30 Wed 4 The Lehman Trilogy P1 7.00 An Octoroon 2.00+7.30 Thu 5 The Lehman Trilogy P2 7.00 An Octoroon CAP 7.30 Fri 6 TALK: Bennet & Jacobs-Jenkins 6.00 Translations 7.30 An Octoroon 7.30 Sat 7 Translations 2.00+CAP 7.30 The Lehman Trilogy P 7.00 An Octoroon 2.00+7.30 Sun 8 Mon 9 Translations 7.30 The Lehman Trilogy P 7.00 An Octoroon 7.30 Tue 10 Translations 7.30 The Lehman Trilogy P 7.00 An Octoroon 7.30 Wed 11 New Views 5.30 The Lehman Trilogy P 7.00 An Octoroon 7.30 Thu 12 New Views 5.30 The Lehman Trilogy PRESS 7.00 An Octoroon 7.30 Fri 13 New Views 5.30 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 An Octoroon AD 7.30 Sat 14 The Lehman Trilogy 1.00+7.00 An Octoroon AD TT 2.00+7.30 Sun 15 Mon 16 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 An Octoroon 7.30 Tue 17 Exit the King P1 7.30 The Lehman Trilogy 1.00+7.00 An Octoroon CAP 2.00+7.30 Wed 18 Exit the King P2 7.30 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 An Octoroon LAST 2.00 Thu 19 Exit the King P 7.30 Julie 7.30 Fri 20 Exit the King P 7.30 Julie AD 7.30 Sat 21 Exit the King P 7.30 Julie AD TT 2.30+7.30 Sun 22 Mon 23 Exit the King P 7.30 Julie CAP 7.30 Tue 24 Exit the King P 7.30 Julie 2.30+7.30 Home, I’m Darling P1 7.30 Wed 25 Exit the King PRESS 7.00 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 Home, I’m Darling P2 7.30 Thu 26 TALK: Godley, Miles, Russell Beale 3.00 Exit the King 7.30 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 Home, I’m Darling P 7.30 Fri 27 Translations 7.30 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 Home, I’m Darling 7.30 Sat 28 Translations AD TT 2.00+7.30 The Lehman Trilogy 1.00+7.00 Home, I’m Darling 2.30+7.30 Sun 29 Mon 30 Translations AD 7.30 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 Home, I’m Darling 7.30 Tue 31 Translations 2.00+7.30 The Lehman Trilogy 1.00+7.00 Home, I’m Darling PRESS 7.00

40 41 Aug Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Wed 1 Translations 7.30 Julie 7.30 Home, I’m Darling 7.30 Thu 2 Translations 7.30 Julie 7.30 Home, I’m Darling 7.30 Fri 3 Exit the King 7.30 Julie 7.30 Home, I’m Darling 7.30 Sat 4 Exit the King 2.00+7.30 Julie 2.30+7.30 Home, I’m Darling 2.30+7.30 Sun 5 Mon 6 Exit the King 7.30 The Lehman Trilogy CAP 7.00 Tue 7 Exit the King 7.30 The Lehman Trilogy 1.00+7.00 Wed 8 Translations 7.30 The Lehman Trilogy CAP 7.00 The Star Seekers 2.30 Thu 9 Translations CAP 2.00+7.30 Home, I’m Darling 7.30 Fri 10 The Star Seekers 2.30 Translations CAP 7.30 Home, I’m Darling 7.30 Sat 11 The Star Seekers 2.30 Translations LAST 2.00+7.30 Home, I’m Darling 7.30 Sun 12 Mon 13 Home, I’m Darling 7.30 Tue 14 The Star Seekers 11.30+2.30 Exit the King 7.30 Home, I’m Darling 7.30 Wed 15 The Star Seekers 11.30+2.30 Exit the King 7.30 Julie 7.30 Home, I’m Darling 7.30 Thu 16 Exit the King 2.00+7.30 Julie CAP 2.30+7.30 Home, I’m Darling 2.30+7.30 Fri 17 The Star Seekers 11.30+2.30 Exit the King 7.30 Julie 7.30 Home, I’m Darling AD 7.30 Sat 18 Exit the King 2.00+7.30 Julie 2.30+CAP 7.30 Home, I’m Darling AD TT 2.30+7.30 Sun 19 Mon 20 The Star Seekers 11.30+2.30 Exit the King 7.30 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 Home, I’m Darling 7.30 Tue 21 The Lehman Trilogy CAP 1.00+7.00 Home, I’m Darling 7.30 Wed 22 The Star Seekers 11.30+2.30 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 Home, I’m Darling 7.30 Thu 23 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 Home, I’m Darling 2.30+7.30 Fri 24 The Star Seekers 11.30+2.30 Julie 7.30 Home, I’m Darling 7.30 Sat 25 The Star Seekers 11.30+2.30 Julie 2.30+7.30 Home, I’m Darling 7.30 Sun 26 Pericles 7.00 Mon 27 The Star Seekers 2.30 Pericles 7.00 Julie 7.30 Home, I’m Darling 7.30 Tue 28 The Star Seekers 11.30+BSL 2.30 Pericles 7.00 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 Home, I’m Darling 7.30

42 43 Aug Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Wed 29 TALK: Katherine Parkinson 4.00 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 Home, I'm Darling 7.30 Thu 30 The Star Seekers 11.30+2.30 Exit the King 7.30 The Lehman Trilogy 1.00+7.00 Home, I'm Darling 7.30 Fri 31 The Star Seekers CAP 11.30 Exit the King 7.30 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 Home, I'm Darling 7.30

Sep Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Sat 1 The Star Seekers LAST 11.30+2.30 Exit the King 2.00+7.30 The Lehman Trilogy 1.00+7.00 Home, I’m Darling 7.30 Sun 2 Mon 3 Exit the King 7.30 Julie 7.30 Home, I’m Darling 7.30 Tue 4 TALK: Harvey & Wade 6.00 Exit the King 2.00+7.30 Julie 7.30 Home, I’m Darling 7.30 Wed 5 Exit the King 7.30 Julie 7.30 Home, I’m Darling LAST 2.30+7.30 Thu 6 TALK: Ifans and Varma 3.00 TALK: Three Perspectives on Dying 4.30 TALK: Patrick Marber 6.00 Exit the King 7.30 Julie NT LIVE 7.00 Fri 7 TALK: Vanessa Kirby 4.30 TALK: Cracknell & Stenham 6.00 Exit the King AD 7.30 Julie 7.30 Sat 8 Exit the King AD TT 2.00+7.30 Julie LAST 2.30+7.30 Sun 9 Mon 10 Tue 11 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 Wed 12 The Lehman Trilogy CAP 1.00+7.00 Thu 13 TALK: Mendes & Power 5.30 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 Fri 14 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 Sat 15 The Lehman Trilogy AD TT 1.00+7.00 Sun 16 Mon 17 The Lehman Trilogy AD 7.00 Tue 18 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 Wed 19 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 Thu 20 The Lehman Trilogy 1.00+7.00 Fri 21 The Lehman Trilogy 7.00 Sat 22 The Lehman Trilogy 1.00+7.00 Sun 23

44 45 Hadestown performances from November Dec Olivier

Nov Olivier Tue 18 Wed 19 Fri 2 Hadestown P1 7.30 Thu 20 Sat 3 Hadestown P2 7.30 Fri 21 Hadestown 7.30 Sun 4 Sat 22 Hadestown 2.00+7.30 Mon 5 Hadestown P 7.30 Sun 23 Tue 6 Hadestown P 7.30 Mon 24 Wed 7 Hadestown P 7.30 Tue 25 Thu 8 Hadestown P 7.30 Wed 26 Hadestown 7.30 Fri 9 Hadestown P 7.30 Thu 27 Hadestown CAP 2.00+7.30 Sat 10 Hadestown 7.30 Sun 11 Jan Olivier Mon 12 Hadestown 7.30 Tue 13 Hadestown PRESS 7.00 Fri 4 Hadestown 7.30 Wed 14 Hadestown 7.30 Sat 5 Hadestown AD TT 2.00+7.30 Thu 15 Hadestown 7.30 Sun 6 Fri 16 Hadestown 7.30 Mon 7 Hadestown AD 7.30 Sat 17 Hadestown 2.00+7.30 Tue 8 Hadestown 2.00+7.30 Sun 18 Mon 19 Hadestown 7.30 Tue 20 Hadestown 2.00+7.30 Wed 21 Tue 22 Hadestown 7.30 Thu 22 Wed 23 Hadestown CAP 7.30 Fri 23 Thu 24 Hadestown 2.00+7.30 Sat 24 Fri 25 Hadestown 7.30 Sun 25 Sat 26 Hadestown LAST 2.00+7.30 Mon 26 Hadestown 7.30 Tue 27 Hadestown 2.00+7.30 Wed 28 Hadestown 7.30 Thu 29 Hadestown 7.30 Fri 30

Dec Olivier

Mon 10 Tue 11 Wed 12 Hadestown 7.30 Thu 13 Hadestown 2.00+ CAP 7.30 Fri 14 Hadestown 7.30 Sat 15 Hadestown 2.00+7.30 Sun 16 Mon 17 46 47 Follies performance from February Mar Olivier

Feb Olivier Thu 21 Follies 7.30 Fri 22 Follies AD 7.30 Sat 23 Follies AD TT 2.00+7.30 Thu 14 Follies P 7.30 Sun 24 Fri 15 Follies P 7.30 Mon 25 Follies 7.30 Sat 16 Follies P 7.30 Tue 26 Follies CAP 2.00+7.30 Sun 17 Mon 18 Follies P 7.30 Tue 19 Follies 7.30 More Follies performances to be announced Wed 20 Thu 21 Fri 22 Sat 23 Follies 2.00+7.30 Sun 24 Mon 25 Tue 26 Follies 7.30 Wed 27 Follies 2.00+7.30 Thu 28 Follies 7.30

Mar Olivier

Fri 1 Follies 7.30 Sat 2 Follies 2.00+7.30 Sun 3 Mon 4 Tue 5 Wed 6 Thu 7 Fri 8 Follies 7.30 Sat 9 Follies 2.00+7.30 Sun 10 Mon 11 Follies 7.30 Tue 12 Follies 7.30 Wed 13 Follies 2.00+7.30 Thu 14 Follies 7.30 Fri 15 Follies 7.30 Sat 16 Follies 2.00+7.30 Sun 17 Mon 18 Follies CAP 7.30 Tue 19 Follies 7.30 Wed 20 Follies 2.00+7.30

48 49 Ticket Prices Book early for the best seats Prices may change according to demand. Book early to ensure the best seats. No booking fee online or in person £2.50 fee per transaction for phone bookings. Excludes Members at Priority level and above, and Access list subscribers.

Mon – Thu evening; all matinees Fri & Sat evening Ways to save

Travelex £15 Tickets: £45, £38, £34, £26, £15 £50, £44, £36, £28, £15 Previews 1 & 2 £32 – £15 Julie, Translations, Exit the King, Macbeth Hundreds of tickets at £15 for every performance

All performances Ways to save

The Lehman Trilogy, £64, £55, £45, £32, £15 £68, £59, £49, £34, £18 Previews £47 – £15 Hadestown

Mon – Thu evening; all matinees Fri & Sat evening Ways to save

Follies £68, £59, £45, £32, £15 £72, £64, £49, £34, £18 Previews £49 – £15

All performances

Pericles £15 adults, £7.50 under-18s

Dorfman Theatre Mon – Thu evening; all matinees Fri & Sat evening Ways to save

Nine Night £35 – £15 £40 – £18 An Octoroon £35 – £15 £40 – £18 Previews £30 – £15 Home, I’m Darling £50 – £15 £55 – £18 Previews £37 – £15 The Star Seekers £12 adults, £10 under-18s

For ‘Macbeth’ and ‘Network’ ticket information see website. 50 51 More ways to save £18/£15 Tickets Information Ticket Exchange In the Olivier and Lyttelton There are no refunds on tickets, Friday Rush theatres these stalls seats Opening Times but you can exchange them Every Friday at 1pm a limited are narrower and may offer For a full list of individual for another performance or for number of £20 tickets for the a restricted view. In the Dorfman outlets and building credit. Terms and conditions following week’s performances theatre these seats are restricted opening times, visit and a small administration fee are released to buy online. view. Two per customer nationaltheatre.org.uk apply, call the Box Office for Day Tickets per production, excluding From 21 May 2018 the building details: 020 7452 3000. A limited number of £18/£15 Travelex season. will be open on Sundays. All discounts are subject to Opening hours on bank tickets are available in person Groups availability and at the discretion on the day of the performance. holidays may vary, check the of the Box Office. Call 020 7452 3010 for website to find out more. Seat location varies. discounts on groups of 8+ Car Park for selected productions. Age guidance Car spaces in the NT car nationaltheatre.org.uk/groups We don’t publish specific park are £8 for cars entering age recommendations for all after 5pm or if you attend a our shows. For guidance on daytime ticketed event and Concessions Senior Citizens – save on content and suitability please midweek matinees leave before 7pm. Combined Entry Pass call 020 7452 3000. Children matinee/evening show rate: For ‘Absolute Hell’, under four are welcome in the 16 – 25-year-olds can access ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ £14. Sunday/public holidays: £7.50 tickets by joining foyers, however they cannot be £8 all day. Free parking for and ‘Hadestown’, save £20 admitted to the auditoriums. Entry Pass. nationaltheatre. on £55 and £45 tickets. For Blue Badge holders attending org.uk/entrypass Follies save £20 on £59 and For your safety and comfort a performance – validate at *Under-18s £45 tickets. Save £10 on £45 Strobe lighting, smoke effects the Box Office. For details on Half price for Monday – Friday and £38 tickets for Travelex and gunshots are sometimes accessible parking please visit evenings and all matinees. productions. £30 tickets used in productions. Details nationaltheatre.org.uk/travel Excludes tickets under £30 available for midweek matinees are available from the Programme changes and Travelex productions. in the Dorfman. Box Office after the first Programme details are preview. Latecomers may UK Schools, Colleges and Disabled People published in good faith, but Universities not be admitted. All bulky changes may occasionally £16 tickets at the NT plus items such as bags and Under-19s £12; 19 – 25s £16 companion tickets (£15 be necessary. £15 for groups of 10+ on rucksacks must be left at tickets on Travelex productions) the free cloakrooms. selected performances. Call are available for Access 020 7452 3010 for availability. list subscribers. nationaltheatre.org.uk/groups nationaltheatre.org.uk/ accesslist

52 53 American Express ® Programme credits Access Infrared audio system Available in all theatres for Card members have exciting Cover photography by Audio-Described AD every performance. Free ticket benefits for National Graham Pearson. Performances for blind and headsets and neck loops are Theatre shows. For details visit With thanks to Paul Wanklin visually impaired people. essential and available from the nationaltheatre.org.uk/amex from the Armoury department Touch Tour TT Box Office. and Ken Rose from the Scenic For blind and visually impaired Construction department. Large-print, CD and braille people. An opportunity to visit versions of this rep brochure are Brochure design and imagery the stage, handle the props and available on request from ® by the National Theatre meet members of the company. Preferred [email protected] Card Graphic Design Studio, Captioned CAP Partner unless otherwise credited. Captioned performances for Registered Charity No. 224223 deaf, deafened and hard-of- hearing people. Relaxed Performance Aimed at anyone who would benefit from a more relaxed performance environment including

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