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Our Ladies of A Pacifist’s Guide to Young Chekhov Perpetual Succour the War on Cancer 14 July – 8 October 8 August – 1 October 14 October – 29 November Access symbols used in this brochure

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The Plough and the Stars The Threepenny The Deep Blue Sea 20 July – 22 October Playing until 1 October Playing until 21 September

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Sunset at the Villa Thalia The Suicide River Stage Playing until 4 August Playing until 25 June 29 July – 29 August

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OCTOBER Wed 19 7.30 Thu 20 7.30 Fri 21 7.30 Amadeus Sat 22 7.30 Mon 24 7.30 by Peter Shaffer Tue 25 7.30 Wed 26 7.00 Thu 27 7.30 Fri 28 7.30 Sat 29 2.00 7.30 Mon 31 7.30 NOVEMBER Tue 1 2.00 Cast includes Vienna: the music capital of the world. 7.30 Lucian Msamati Wed 2 7.30 , a rowdy young Thu 3 7.30 Director Fri 4 7.30 prodigy, arrives determined to make a splash. Sat 5 2.00 Michael Longhurst 7.30 Designer Awestruck by his genius, court composer Mon 7 7.30 Chloe Lamford Tue 8 2.00 Antonio Salieri has the power to promote his 7.30 Music Director and talent or destroy his name. Mon 28 7.30 Additional Music Tue 29 2.00 Simon Slater Seized by obsessive jealousy he begins a war 7.30 Wed 30 7.30 Choreographer with Mozart, with music and, ultimately, Imogen Knight with God. DECEMBER Lighting Designer Mon 5 7.30 Jon Clark Peter Shaffer’s iconic play premiered at the Tue 6 2.00 National Theatre in 1979, winning multiple 7.30 Sound Designer Olivier and before being adapted Mon 12 7.30 Paul Arditti Tue 13 2.00 into an Academy Award-winning film. 7.30 Fri 30 7.30 In this new production, Lucian Msamati Sat 31 2.00 (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) plays Salieri. Additional With live orchestral accompaniment by performances to Southbank Sinfonia. be announced

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Talks and events Michael Longhurst Mon 31 Oct, 6pm Photography (Lucian Msamati) by Seamus Ryan

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OCTOBER Thu 6 7.30 Fri 7 7.30 Sat 8 7.30 The Red Barn Mon 10 7.30 Tue 11 7.30 a new play by Wed 12 7.30 Thu 13 7.30 based on the novel, La Main, by Georges Simenon Fri 14 7.30 Sat 15 2.15 7.30 Mon 17 7.00 Tue 18 7.30 Wed 19 2.15 Mon 24 7.30 Tue 25 7.30 Cast to be Wed 26 2.15 Connecticut, 1969. On their way back from a 7.30 announced party, two couples struggle home through the Thu 27 7.30 snow. Not everyone arrives safely... Fri 28 7.30 Director Sat 29 2.15 Robert Icke The great detective writer Georges Simenon 7.30 Designer Mon 31 7.30 Bunny Christie escaped France at the end of World War Two, and arrived in the USA to start again. With his NOVEMBER Lighting Designer American wife, he settled at Shadow Rock Tue 1 7.30 Paule Constable Wed 2 7.30 Farm in Lakeville. Years later, he wrote La Main, Sound Designer Thu 3 2.15 7.30 Tom Gibbons a psychological thriller set in a New England farmhouse. David Hare has taken this novel, Fri 4 7.30 Video Designer Sat 5 2.15 Tim Reid and forged from it a startling new play. 7.30 Mon 7 7.30 Tue 8 7.30 Wed 9 2.15 7.30 Thu 10 7.30 Fri 11 7.30 Sat 12 2.15 7.30 Mon 14 7.30 Tue 15 7.30 Wed 16 2.15 7.30 Thu 17 7.30 Fri 18 7.30 Sat 19 2.15 7.30 Additional performances to be announced

Produced in association Lyttelton Theatre with Scott Rudin

Talks and events Stuff Happens David Hare and A rehearsed reading of John Simenon David Hare’s landmark play. Mon 7 Nov, 6pm Wed 6 July, 7.30pm. See p26 Illustration by Bill Bragg

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NOVEMBER A co-production with Wed 16 7.00 Thu 17 7.00 Fri 18 7.00 Peter Pan Sat 19 2.00 Mon 21 7.00 devised by the Companies, Tue 22 7.00 Wed 23 7.00 based on the works of JM Barrie Thu 24 7.00 Fri 25 7.00 Sat 26 2.00 7.00

DECEMBER Thu 1 7.00 Fri 2 7.00 Cast includes Sat 3 2.00 HHHHH Saikat Ahamed 7.00 ‘Exhilarating. Witty. Wonderful’ Wed 7 7.00 Suzanne Ahmet Thu 8 1.00 Marc Antolin Daily Telegraph 7.00 Lois Chimimba Fri 9 7.00 Laura Cubitt HHHHH Sat 10 2.00 Phoebe Fildes ‘Something to delight the whole family’ 7.00 Wed 14 7.00 Felix Hayes The Times Paul Hilton Thu 15 7.00 Fri 16 7.00 John Leader All children, except one, grow up... Sat 17 2.00 Amaka Okafor 7.00 Sophie Thompson This winter, JM Barrie’s much-loved tale takes Mon 19 7.00 Madeleine Worrall flight. When Peter Pan, the leader of the Lost Tue 20 7.00 Wed 21 7.00 Director Boys, loses his shadow during a visit to London, Thu 22 2.00 Sally Cookson headstrong Wendy helps him reattach it. In 7.00 return she is invited to Neverland – where Fri 23 7.00 Dramaturg Mon 26 7.00 Mike Akers Tinker Bell the fairy, Tiger Lily and the vengeful Tue 27 2.00 Set Designer Captain Hook await. 7.00 Michael Vale Wed 28 7.00 Following the acclaimed Jane Eyre, Thu 29 2.00 Costume Designer 7.00 Katie Sykes Sally Cookson brings her wondrously inventive Peter Pan to the NT after a sell-out run at Additional Lighting Designer performances, Aideen Malone Bristol Old Vic. Exploring the possibilities and including pain of growing up, it’s a riot of magic, mischief, a relaxed Music music and make-believe. performance, to Benji Bower be announced Sound Designer Suitable for 7yrs+ Dominic Bilkey Movement Director Dan Canham Aerial Director Gwen Hales Fight Directors Rachel Bown-Williams and Ruth Cooper-Brown of RC-ANNIE Ltd Puppet Director and Designer Toby Olié Half-price tickets for under 18s Olivier Theatre Exclusions apply – see p34

Projects, workshops and events for Key Stage 2 and 3 students and families nationaltheatre.org.uk/peterpanlearning Photography by Sam Robinson

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AUGUST National Theatre of Scotland and Live Theatre co-production Mon 8 8.00 Tue 9 8.00 Wed 10 7.00 Our Ladies of Thu 11 8.00 Fri 12 8.00 Sat 13 5.30 9.00 Perpetual Succour Mon 15 8.00 Tue 16 8.00 ‘Fresh, funny and poignant’ adapted by Lee Hall, from the novel The Sopranos by Alan Warner Wed 17 8.00 Thu 18 8.00 Daily Telegraph Fri 19 5.30 9.00 Sat 20 5.30 9.00 Mon 22 8.00 Cast HHHHH Tue 23 8.00 Melissa Allan Edinburgh Evening News, The Herald, The Scotsman, Wed 24 8.00 Caroline Deyga Thu 25 8.00 Kirsty Findlay The Skinny, The Times Fri 26 5.30 Karen Fishwick 9.00 Joanne McGuiness HHHH Sat 27 5.30 Kirsty MacLaren Daily Telegraph, Independent, The List, Time Out 9.00 Mon 29 8.00 Frances Mayli McCann ‘Full of show-stopping musical moments Tue 30 8.00 Dawn Sievewright Wed 31 8.00 delivered to perfection’ The Scotsman The Band SEPTEMBER Laura Bangay Winner of a Scotsman Fringe First Award, Herald Angel Award and Stage Ensemble Award at the Fringe 2015. Thu 1 8.00 Becky Brass Fri 2 5.30 Emily Linden 9.00 Amy Shackcloth Funny, sad and raucously rude, our ladies are Sat 3 5.30 young, lost and reckless. 9.00 Director Mon 5 8.00 Vicky Featherstone Lee Hall (Billy Elliot) has adapted Alan Warner's Tue 6 8.00 Wed 7 8.00 Music Arranger brilliant novel about six girls on the cusp of Thu 8 8.00 and Supervisor change, as they face up to love, lust, pregnancy Fri 9 5.30 Martin Lowe and death over the course of a single day. 9.00 Designer Sat 10 5.30 This award-winning National Theatre of Scotland 9.00 Chloe Lamford Mon 12 8.00 Choreographer and Live Theatre co-production arrives at the NT Tue 13 8.00 Imogen Knight following a sell-out run at the 2015 Edinburgh Wed 14 8.00 Thu 15 8.00 Lighting Designer Festival Fringe and a national tour. It’s directed Fri 16 5.30 Lizzie Powell by Vicky Featherstone, Artistic Director of the 9.00 , with music arranged and Sat 17 5.30 Sound Designer 9.00 Mike Walker supervised by Martin Lowe (Once). Mon 19 8.00 Tue 20 8.00 A musical play about losing your virginity and Wed 21 8.00 finding yourself. Thu 22 8.00 Fri 23 5.30 Contains singing, sex and sambuca. 9.00 Sat 24 5.30 9.00 Mon 26 8.00 The Dorfman Partner Tue 27 8.00 Wed 28 2.30 8.00 Thu 29 8.00 Fri 30 8.00

Dorfman Theatre OCTOBER Sat 1 5.30 9.00 Talks and events Vicky Featherstone In Focus: Cult Fiction and Lee Hall on Stage Thu 1 Sep, 6.30pm Mon 12 Sep, 5.45pm Photography by Peter Dibdin

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OCTOBER A co-production with Complicite Associates Fri 14 7.30 Sat 15 7.30 Mon 17 7.30 A Pacifist’s Guide to Tue 18 7.30 Wed 19 7.00 Thu 20 7.30 Fri 21 7.30 the War on Cancer Sat 22 2.00 7.30 book by Bryony Kimmings and Brian Lobel Mon 24 7.30 music by Tom Parkinson, lyrics by Bryony Kimmings Tue 25 7.30 Wed 26 7.30 Thu 27 7.30 Fri 28 7.30 Sat 29 2.00 7.30 Cast includes An all-singing, all-dancing examination of Mon 31 7.30 Naana Agyei-Ampadu life with a cancer diagnosis. This brand new NOVEMBER Amy Booth-Steel musical confronts the highs and lows of the Hal Fowler Tue 1 7.30 Amanda Hadingue scariest word we know. Wed 2 7.30 Golda Rosheuvel Thu 3 7.30 Gareth Snook Bryony Kimmings creates fearless theatre to Fri 4 7.30 provoke social change. Her collaboration with Sat 5 2.00 Director Complicite looks behind the poster campaigns 7.30 Bryony Kimmings Mon 7 7.30 and pink ribbons at the reality of cancer: waiting Tue 8 7.30 Set Designer rooms and chemo suites, changed bodies, Wed 9 7.30 Lucy Osborne family pressures and financial worries. Thu 10 7.30 Costume Designer Fri 11 7.30 Sat 12 2.00 Christina Cunningham Expect big anthems, shiny costumes, blood, 7.30 Choreographer tears and real cancer patients in this rip-roaring, Tue 15 7.30 Lizzi Gee heartbreaking celebration of ordinary life Wed 16 7.30 Thu 17 2.00 Music Director and death. 7.30 Marc Tritschler Fri 18 7.30 Commissioned by Complicite Sat 19 2.00 Lighting Designer 7.30 Paul Anderson ‘Bold, brave and very brilliant’ Mon 21 7.30 Sound Designer Independent on Bryony Kimmings Tue 22 7.30 Lewis Gibson Wed 23 7.30 ‘The most influential and consistently Thu 24 7.30 Fri 25 7.30 interesting theatre working in Britain’ Sat 26 2.00 The Times on Complicite 7.30 Mon 28 7.30 Contains adult themes and strong language Tue 29 2.00

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Bryony Kimmings In Depth: Devising for Thu 27 Oct, 6pm Performance Explored Wed 2 Nov, 10.30am Photography (Hal Fowler) by Christa Holka, Image Art Direction by David Curtis-Ring, Post Production by Marcelo Dalle Grave by Marcelo by David Curtis-Ring, Post Production Photography (Hal Fowler) by Christa Holka, Image Art Direction

13 The Chichester Festival Theatre productions JULY Thu 14 7.30 Fri 15 7.30 Young Chekhov Fri 29 7.00 Sat 30 * 11.45 Platonov | | AUGUST by Anton Chekhov, in new versions by David Hare ‘A triumph’ Tue 2 7.00 Wed 3 * 11.45 Independent Fri 12 7.00 Sat 13 * 11.45 Fri 19 7.00 Sat 20 * 11.45 Tue 23 7.00 Wed 24 * 11.45 Cast Thu 25 7.30 HHHHH Emma Amos Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Independent, Sunday Times SEPTEMBER Pip Carter Anna Chancellor Fri 2 7.00 Jonathan Coy The Young Chekhov trilogy opened to Sat 3 * 11.45 Nicholas Day overwhelming acclaim at Chichester Festival Mark Donald Theatre last year and now comes to the National, IVANOV Peter Egan offering a unique chance to explore the birth of a JULY Col Farrell revolutionary dramatic voice. Debra Gillett Tue 19 7.30 Joshua James Performed by one ensemble of actors, each play Wed 20 7.30 Beverley Klein Tue 26 7.30 can be seen as a single performance or enjoyed 2.00 Adrian Lukis Wed 27 together, either over different days or as a thrilling 7.30 Des McAleer Sat 30 * 4.00 James McArdle all-day theatrical experience. Mark Penfold AUGUST Brian Pettifer Wed 3 * 4.00 Luke Pierre Platonov Sat 13 * 4.00 ‘Masterly’ Nina Sosanya Schoolteacher Mikhail Platonov has a problem – he’s Sat 20 * 4.00 Geoffrey Streatfeild irresistible to women. Set in the blazing heat of a rural Mon 22 7.30 4.00 Guardian summer, this freewheeling comedy is a cry of youthful Wed 24 * Sarah Twomey David Verrey defiance against the compromises of middle age. SEPTEMBER

Olivia Vinall Sat 3 * 4.00 Jade Williams Ivanov Director Nikolai Ivanov is only 35, a radical and a romantic, but already THE SEAGULL Jonathan Kent he’s feeling that he’s thrown his life away. He hopes one last JULY Set Designer desperate romance may save him from becoming a Tom Pye small-town . This electric play is powered both by Sat 23 7.30 hilarious satire and passionate self-disgust. Mon 25 7.30 Costume Designer Thu 28 7.30 Emma Ryott Sat 30 * 8.00

Lighting Designer The Seagull AUGUST Mark Henderson On a summer’s day in a makeshift theatre by a lake, Mon 1 7.30 Music Konstantin’s cutting-edge new play is performed, changing Wed 3 * 8.00 Jonathan Dove the lives of everyone involved forever. Chekhov’s play Thu 4 7.30 is both comic and tragic, and marks the birth of the Thu 11 7.30 Sound Designer Sat 13 * 8.00 modern stage. Paul Groothuis Sat 20 * 8.00 Wed 24 * 8.00 Fight Director Paul Benzing SEPTEMBER

For full production Sat 3 * 8.00

team see website Olivier Theatre See p32 or ‘Revelatory’ website for continuing Financial Times performances: Talks and events *Three-Show Days SEPTEMBER Jonathan Kent On 30 July, 3, 13, 20, 24 August, 3, 17, 24 September and OCTOBER Thu 15 Sep, 6pm 8 October see all three plays on the same day. on sale now. In Context: Chekhov, Combined tickets available, see p34. House and Terrace the early work restaurants offer special menus between shows – see website.

Original photography by Johan Persson and Sorted Original photography by Sorted Mon 26 Sep, 2pm

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JULY Wed 20 7.30 Thu 21 7.30 Fri 22 7.30 The Plough and Sat 23 7.30 Mon 25 7.30 Tue 26 7.30 Wed 27 7.00 the Stars Thu 28 7.30

by Sean O’Casey AUGUST Thu 4 7.30 Fri 5 7.30 Sat 6 2.15 7.30 Mon 8 7.30 Cast includes Thu 18 7.30 From November 1915 to Easter 1916, as the Fri 19 7.30 Adam Best rebellion builds to a climax half a mile away, Sat 20 2.15 Kieran Gough the disparate residents of a Dublin tenement go 7.30 Lloyd Hutchinson Mon 22 7.30 Gráinne Keenan about their lives, peripheral to Ireland’s history. Tue 23 2.15 Stephen Kennedy 7.30 Sean O’Casey places a fixed lens to watch as a Wed 24 7.30 Lucia McAnespie Thu 25 7.30 Justine Mitchell dozen vivid characters come and go – selfless, Fri 26 7.30 Róisín O’Neill hilarious and desperate by turns – while the Sat 27 2.15 Judith Roddy heroic myth of Ireland is fought over elsewhere. 7.30

Eoin Slattery SEPTEMBER Tom Vaughan-Lawlor To mark the centenary of the Easter Rising, Josie Walker , who memorably brought Mon 5 7.30 Fionn Walton Tue 6 7.30 O’Casey’s The Silver Tassie to the NT stage Wed 7 7.30 Director in 2014, now tackles his greatest play. Thu 8 2.15 7.30 Howard Davies Fri 9 7.30 Designer Sat 10 2.15 Vicki Mortimer 7.30 Fri 23 7.30 Lighting Designer Sat 24 2.15 James Farncombe 7.30 Mon 26 7.30 Music Tue 27 7.30 Stephen Warbeck Wed 28 7.30 Sound Designer OCTOBER Paul Groothuis Thu 20 7.30 Fight Director Fri 21 7.30 Kate Waters Sat 22 2.15 7.30

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Sean O’Casey by In Depth: The Dublin Plays In Focus: Theatrical Unrest his Daughter Sat 24 Sep, 10.30am Fri 21 Oct, 6pm Fri 9 Sep, 6pm Original photography © Guardian News & Media / Walter Doughty News & Media / Walter Original photography © Guardian

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JUNE JUNE Mon 6 7.30 Mon 6 7.30 Tue 7 2.00 Tue 7 7.30 7.30 Wed 8 7.00 Wed 8 7.30 Thu 9 7.30 Thu 9 7.30 Thu 16 7.30 Fri 10 7.30 Fri 17 7.30 Sat 11 2.00 Sat 18 2.15 7.30 7.30 Mon 13 7.30 Mon 20 7.30 Tue 14 7.30 Tue 21 7.30 Wed 15 2.00 Mon 27 7.30 7.30 Tue 28 7.30 Thu 16 7.30 Wed 29 2.15 Fri 17 7.30 7.30 Sat 18 2.00 Thu 30 7.30 7.30 Fri 24 7.30 JULY Sat 25 2.00 7.30 Fri 1 7.30 Mon 27 7.30 Thu 7 7.30 Tue 28 2.00 Fri 8 7.30 7.30 Sat 9 2.15 Wed 29 7.30 7.30 Thu 30 7.30 Mon 11 7.30 Tue 12 2.15 JULY 7.30 Fri 29 7.30 Fri 1 7.30 Sat 30 2.15 Sat 2 2.00 7.30 7.30

Tue 5 7.30 AUGUST Wed 6 2.00 7.30 Mon 1 7.30 Thu 7 7.30 Tue 2 2.15 7.30 AUGUST Wed 3 7.30 Original photography () by Jay Brooks. Additional © Corbis, Shutterstock by Dean Rogers Photography (Helen McCrory) Sat 6 2.00 Tue 9 7.30 7.30 Wed 10 7.30 Mon 8 7.30 Thu 11 2.15 Tue 9 2.00 7.30 7.30 Olivier Theatre The Deep Blue Sea Lyttelton Theatre Fri 12 7.30 Sat 13 2.15 Wed 10 7.30 by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill Hundreds of seats at £15 by Terence Rattigan Mon 15 7.30 7.30 in collaboration with Elisabeth Hauptmann for every performance Mon 15 7.30 Tue 16 2.00 in a new adaptation by Simon Stephens 7.30 Tue 16 2.15 Wed 17 7.30 7.30 Thu 18 7.30 Wed 17 7.30 Fri 26 7.30 London scrubs up for the coronation. The thieves Talks and events A flat in Ladbroke Grove, West London. 1952. Talks and events Mon 29 7.30 Sat 27 2.00 are on the make, the whores on the pull, the See p26-27 When Hester Collyer is found by her neighbours See p26-27 Tue 30 7.30 7.30 Wed 31 2.15 Mon 29 7.30 police cutting deals to keep it all out of sight. in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the 7.30 Tue 30 2.00 And Mack the Knife is back in town. story of her tempestuous affair with a former RAF SEPTEMBER 7.30 pilot and the breakdown of her marriage to a Wed 31 7.30 A vivid and darkly comic new adaptation by High Court judge begins to emerge. Thu 1 7.30 Simon Stephens of this landmark of musical Fri 2 7.30 SEPTEMBER Sat 3 2.15 Thu 1 7.30 theatre. Rory Kinnear plays Macheath. Helen McCrory plays Hester in Terence 7.30 Wed 7 7.30 Rattigan’s devastating masterpiece. Mon 12 7.30 Thu 8 7.30 Contains filthy language and immoral behaviour. Tue 13 7.30 Fri 9 7.30 Wed 14 2.15 Sat 10 2.00 7.30 7.30 Thu 15 7.30 Mon 12 7.30 Cast Nick Holder Music Director Fri 16 7.30 Tue 13 2.00 Sarah Amankwah George Ikediashi David Shrubsole Sat 17 2.15 7.30 Hammed Peter de Jersey Choreographer 7.30 Mon 19 7.30 Mon 19 7.30 Animashaun Rory Kinnear Imogen Knight Cast Andrew Lewis Music Tue 20 7.30 Toyin Ayedun-Alase Debbie Kurup James Alper Helen McCrory Stuart Earl Tue 20 2.15 Wed 21 7.30 7.30 Jamie Beddard Conor Neaves Lighting Designer Marion Bailey Sally Oliver Thu 22 7.00 Paule Constable Movement Director Wed 21 7.30 Tue 27 7.30 Rebecca Brewer Sharon Small Katy Brittain Peter Sullivan Polly Bennett Wed 28 7.30 Andrew Buckley Wendy Somerville Sound Designer Production supported by Thu 29 2.00 Ricky Butt Dominic Tighe Paul Arditti Hubert Burton Director Sound Designer The Threepenny Opera 7.30 Mark Carroll Adetomiwa Eden Carrie Cracknell Peter Rice Fri 30 7.30 Fight Directors appeal donors Rosalie Craig Director Elsie Fallon Designer Fight Director Rachel Bown- OCTOBER Matt Cross Nick Figgis Tom Scutt Kate Waters Williams and Ruth Sponsored by Official Hotel Partner Nick Fletcher Sat 1 2.00 Designer Cooper-Brown of Lighting Designer Yolanda Kettle 7.30 Vicki Mortimer RC-ANNIE Ltd Guy Hoare

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Thu 9 7.30 Fri 10 7.30 Fri 10 7.30 Sat 11 2.15 Sat 11 2.30 7.30 7.30 Mon 13 7.30 Thu 16 7.30 Tue 14 7.30 Fri 17 7.30 Wed 15 2.15 Sat 18 2.30 7.30 7.30 Wed 22 7.30 Mon 20 7.30 Thu 23 2.15 Tue 21 2.30 7.30 7.30 Fri 24 7.30 Wed 22 7.30 Sat 25 2.15 7.30 JULY Mon 4 7.30 Tue 5 7.30 Wed 6 7.30 Thu 7 7.30 Fri 8 7.30 Sat 9 7.30 Mon 11 7.30 Tue 12 7.30 Wed 13 7.30 Thu 14 2.30 7.30 Fri 15 7.30 Sat 16 2.30 7.30 Mon 18 7.30 Tue 19 7.30 Wed 20 2.30 7.30 Thu 21 7.30 Fri 22 7.30 Sat 23 2.30 Original photography by Hayden WIlliams Photography (Javone Prince) by Jay Brooks 7.30 Mon 25 7.30 Tue 26 2.30 7.30 Dorfman Theatre Lyttelton Theatre Wed 27 7.30 Sunset at the Villa Thalia The Suicide Thu 28 7.30 a new play by Alexi Kaye Campbell by Suhayla El-Bushra, after Erdman Hundreds of seats at £15 Fri 29 7.30 for every performance Sat 30 2.30 7.30 April 1967: Greece is in political turmoil. Charlotte Talks and events ‘Refreshingly different. Very funny.’ Financial Times AUGUST and Theo have retreated to a small island in See p26-27 Mon 1 7.30 search of peace and inspiration. But when they After an unexpected catapult to fame, Sam is paid Tue 2 2.30 a visit by his neighbours. From corrupt politicians to 7.30 meet a charismatic American couple at the Wed 3 7.30 port they are seduced into making choices with social media-savvy kids, everyone wants a piece of Thu 4 2.30 devastating consequences. Sam’s demise. This funny and passionate new play by Suhayla El-Bushra takes Nikolai Erdman’s satiric Alexi Kaye Campbell (The Pride, Apologia) masterpiece and smashes it into contemporary spans a decade as it explores the impact of urban London. foreign influence, planned and unintentional, Cast Adrian Richards Music on a nation and its people. Marcus Adolphy Sule Rimi Danilo ‘DJ’ Walde Ayesha Antoine Tom Robertson Sound Designer Pal Aron Rebecca Scroggs Helen Atkinson Nathan Clarke Lizzie Winkler Chloe Hesar Choreographers Elizabeth Hill Director Delphine Gaborit, Cast Pippa Nixon Lighting Designer This play is a recipient of Lisa Jackson Nadia Fall Carrie-Anne Ingrouille Sophia Ally Scarlett Nunes Natasha Chivers an Edgerton Foundation Sam Jones Designer Movement Thomas Berry Eve Polycarpou Music New Plays Award Michael Karim Ben Stones Clive Mendus Christos Callow Ethan Rouse Michael Bruce Paul Kaye Lighting Designer Fight Director Sam Crane The Dorfman Partner Ashley McGuire Paule Constable Kev McCurdy Glykeria Dimou Director Movement Director Valentine Olukoga Dixie Egerickx Jonathan Goddard Roxanne Palmer Video Projection Elizabeth McGovern Designer Sound Designer Javone Prince Designer Sponsored by Billy Marlow Hildegard Bechtler Tom Gibbons Joseph Prouse Andrzej Goulding Ben Miles Pooky Quesnel

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Salford, The Lowry Aylesbury, Waterside Theatre Edinburgh, Festival Theatre Leeds, Grand Theatre Canterbury, Marlowe Theatre Bath, Theatre Royal Southampton, Mayflower Theatre Nottingham, Theatre Royal Belfast, Grand Opera House Dublin, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre Photography by Sorted by Hugo Glendinning Original photography (Luke Treadaway) Cardiff, Wales Millennium West End West End Centre Connections This House The Curious Incident of Oxford, by James Graham New Theatre Charing Cross Road the Dog in the Night-Time Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 Olivier and Dorfman Theatres Bristol 19 Nov 2016 – a new play by Simon Stephens Booking to 18 Feb 2017 Hippodrome 28 June – 4 July 25 Feb 2017 based on the best-selling novel by Mark Haddon Plymouth, On Tour 2017 Theatre Royal Don’t miss this year’s Connections festival HHHHH Venues to right Birmingham which celebrates 21 years of brilliant new ‘A landslide success’ Evening Standard Hippodrome writing for and about young people. 500 youth HHHHH HHHHH Liverpool, theatre companies and 10,000 young people ‘Ferociously witty’ Daily Telegraph ‘A beautiful, eloquent, dazzlingly inventive Broadway Empire Theatre from every corner of the UK have taken part in show about the wonders of life.’ Bradford, the 2016 festivals. 1974. The UK faces economic crisis. In Barrymore Theatre Evening Standard Alhambra the engine rooms of Westminster, arcane Booking to 4 Sep 12 companies will bring their productions , traditions linger and a hung parliament looms. ‘A phenomenal combination of storytelling to the National Theatre, featuring plays by curiousonstage.com King’s Theatre It's up to the whips to roll up their sleeves, and spectacle.’ The Times Davey Anderson, Simon Armitage, Lucinda Milton Keynes and shepherd and coerce an unruly chorus of Theatre Coxon, James Graham, Stacey Gregg, Carl MPs within the Mother of all Parliaments. Christopher has an extraordinary brain, exceptional Grose, Katori Hall, Jackie Kay, Bryony Lavery, at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday Assisted Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett for Frantic Following two sell-out seasons at the life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of performances Assembly, Patrick Marber, Mark Ravenhill, National Theatre, this new production directed his road, he detests being touched and he distrusts at some venues. Snoo Wilson, Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt. by , will transfer to the West strangers. But his detective work, forbidden by his Further venues End this autumn after an upcoming run at father, takes Christopher on a frightening journey The result is an unforgettable feast of exciting and dates to Chichester Festival Theatre. that upturns his world. be announced. and explosive theatre. See venue Suitable for 11 yrs+ Original production sponsored by Neptune Investment Management websites Have you taken part in Connections? Winner of 5 Tony Awards, including Best Play. for details. Share your memories at curiousonstage. Winner of 7 Olivier Awards, including Best New Play. Preferred com/tour yourconnections.nationaltheatre.org.uk Card #NTConnect21 Partner

22 22 23 On tour and in cinemas River Stage weekends Photograph of original Jane Eyre cast by Manuel Harlan

On Tour 2017 National Theatre Live River Stage returns this summer to bring you For the full programme and timings visit: the best live music, dance, performances, nationaltheatre.org.uk/riverstage The Curious Incident of Since its launch in 2009, the National DJs and workshops from partners across the Dog in the Night-Time Theatre’s ground-breaking initiative to the country. a new play by Simon Stephens broadcast plays live from the stage to based on the best-selling novel by Mark Haddon cinemas around the world has brought HHHHH dozens of productions to over 5 million 29 – 31 July: The Glory 19 – 21 August: Rambert ‘Astonishing and unmissable.’ Sunday Express people in 2,000 venues in more than East London’s alternative establishment Internationally renowned dance company 50 countries. brings a drag-packed tour-de-force of shows, Rambert takes over the stage with a weekend Tour begins January 2017 | curiousonstage.com DJs and outrageous fun. of unique dance from their wonderful, For the latest details of forthcoming thrilling, repertoire. A co-production with Bristol Old Vic broadcasts, and to find your nearest venue, 5 – 7 August: Latitude Festival Jane Eyre Latitude Festival ventures from Suffolk to 26 – 29 August: National Theatre devised by the Company visit ntlive.com the South Bank with an exciting and eclectic With a mix of music, dance, performance based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë ntlive ntlive HHHHH selection of performances. and an outdoor cinema screening, there's ‘Theatre at its most imaginative.’ Daily Mail something for everyone over the Bank 12 – 14 August: Mayfest Holiday weekend. Tour begins April 2017 | nationaltheatre.org.uk Bristol’s unique annual festival of contemporary theatre brings a selection of unusual, playful and ambitious work based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo to the River Stage. adapted by Nick Stafford | in association with the award-winning Handspring Puppet Company HHHHH ‘Be sure not to miss this stunning show.’ The Times Tour begins September 2017 | warhorseonstage.com Photography above (l-r) as follows: Latitude (by Camilla Greenwell); The Glory (by Joerg Brunsendorf); Rambert (by Tristram Kenton); Mayfest (by Foteini Christofilopoulou)

24 25 In Context: Chekhov, Talks, events and more In Depth the early work In Context Mon 26 Sep, 2 – 5pm, Discover more about the National Theatre’s In Focus Cottesloe Room, On Screen Explore repertoire, artists and history. £20/£15 Investigate the social, Exploring Chekhov’s Films in the Clore Learn more about political and historical early plays Ivanov, Learning Centre how we create our background of NT Platonov and The on themes from productions and the Simon Godwin and David Hare and productions and Seagull with Professor our stages. NT’s rich history. Alexi Kaye Campbell John Simenon on playwrights. Rosamund Bartlett. £6/£5 on Sunset at the The Red Barn Theatre Tours Villa Thalia Mon 7 Nov, 6pm, Readings In Focus: Cult Fiction In Focus: The Threepenny Opera Explore the architecture Fri 17 June, 6pm, Lyttelton on Stage Theatrical Unrest (GW Pabst, 1931) and backstage areas Dorfman Mon 12 Sep, Fri 21 Oct, Mon 19 Sep, 5pm to discover the secrets A Poem for Every Night 5.45 – 6.45pm, 6 – 7.15pm, that bring our work Carrie Cracknell and of the Year Helen McCrory on Cottesloe Room, £6/£5 Cottesloe Room, £6/£5 Trainspotting to the stage. Tom Scutt on Fri 25 Nov, 5.15pm The Deep Blue Sea Exploring the journey of Sean McEvoy explores (, 1996) nationaltheatre.org.uk/ The Deep Blue Sea (1hr), Olivier, £6/£5 Fri 2 Sep, 3pm (1hr), cult fiction novels onto ten theatre-inspired Fri 23 Sep, 7.30pm tours Tue 21 June, 6pm, Lyttelton, £6/£5 the stage in the UK. riots, including the Lyttelton M Sherling High-Level opening of O'Casey's Stuff Happens In Depth: (Fritz Lang, 1931) Walkway Sean O’Casey National The Plough and Wed 6 July, 7.30pm, Rattigan Returns Wed 28 Sep, 5pm Offering views into our by his Daughter the Stars. Lyttelton, £10 Debates Thu 15 Sep, Fri 9 Sep, 6pm, backstage workshops To mark the day of 10.30am – 4.30pm, Lyttelton A new series of topical for construction, publication of the discussions. Cottesloe Room, scenic painting and Chilcot inquiry report, £45/£34 prop making. Sue Laurie and 1 hour, £6/£5 Exhibitions David Hare directs a Alexander Technique Join Dan Rebellato Free, open all day. rehearsed reading of in the Theatre and other guest Free, available when Rory Kinnear on his landmark 2004 play Wed 14 Sep, 6.30pm, speakers to explore the building is open. Lyttelton Lounge The Threepenny Opera about the diplomatic Dorfman the work of playwright Explore the NT’s past process leading up to Mon 27 June, 3pm Terence Rattigan. and present through In Depth: Devising for the invasion of Iraq. (1hr), Olivier, £6/£5 exclusive digital content. Jonathan Kent on Performance Explored Young Chekhov Free, open all day. London Theatre Wed 2 Nov, Thu 15 Sep, 6pm, in the 50s 10.30am – 3.30pm, Olivier Digital Programmes Fri 1 July, 6pm, Europe – in or out? Dorfman, Enhanced digital Tue 14 June, 5.45pm, £20/£10/£7.50 Platforms Lyttelton The NT: 40 Years as a versions of some Lyttelton With contributions from programmes to help Space for Plays Celebrating An eclectic programme Two Artists in With Carolyn Fairbairn, Bryony Kimmings and you discover more Tue 25 Oct, 6pm, Shakespeare at of talks, discussions Conversation: Lord Kinnock, members of Complicite. Lyttelton In Depth: The Dublin the National Theatre: about productions, and interviews. Jeremy Deller and Lord Lawson and Plays; Sean O'Casey 5 and go behind the Rufus Norris Dreda Say Mitchell. scenes through 45 mins, £5/£4 Bryony Kimmings on Sat 24 Sep, Until Wed 21 Sep Mon 11 July, 6pm, Chaired by Evan Davis. exclusive material. (unless stated) A Pacifist’s Guide to 10.30am – 4.30pm, Dorfman the War on Cancer Cottesloe Room, Making Connections: Youth – culture Followed by Thu 27 Oct, 6pm, £45/£34 Celebrating 21 years Archive Vicky Featherstone and identity a book signing Dorfman Focussing on the three From Mon 13 June Discover a treasure and Lee Hall on Thu 29 Sep, 6pm, O’Casey Dublin plays, trove of materials nationaltheatre.org.uk Our Ladies of Dorfman Michael Longhurst on led by Professor Concrete Reality: relating to the history /platforms Perpetual Succour Exploring the state of Amadeus James Moran. Denys Lasdun and of the NT and its Thu 1 Sep, 6.30pm, Mon 31 Oct, 6pm, the young nation. the Architecture of the productions. Free. Open Rufus Norris and Dorfman Olivier National Theatre to all, including groups, Simon Stephens on From Mon 11 Aug by appointment. The Threepenny Opera Staging Suez: the 60th Mon 13 June, 6pm, anniversary of the Olivier Suez Crisis For full programme details, see website: Sherling High-Level Walkway Tue 1 Nov, 5.45pm and Lyttelton Lounge are nationaltheatre.org.uk/learning supported by the National (1hr), Lyttelton, £6/£5 Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund.

26 27 Also playing Your visit Photography by Nina Sologubenko Photography by Ludovic Des Cognets

New Views Theatre First: The Story Fishers Summer pop-ups Eat Dorfman Theatre Created by Dom Coyote, Ted Barnes New for this summer is Apothecary, an The Green Room on Upper Ground is 6 – 8 July and Ruth Shepherd outdoor pop-up cocktail bar on the river front a neighbourhood diner with a relaxed by The Understudy and Kitchen Café. There atmosphere, with BBQs in the garden over The National Theatre’s annual playwriting An interactive adventure for children and are bottled sharing cocktails you mix yourself the summer period. With river views, Terrace competition for young people aged their grown-ups. with fresh botanical ingredients. Enjoy a Restaurant offers delicious small plates, perfect 15-19 years. cocktail or glass of wine while relaxing on the for sharing on the outside terraces. All-day Jump aboard Dom and Ted’s story fishing grass in the Green Room Garden. The Pizza Kitchen Café offers seasonal meals in a This year, students from 66 schools all over boat for a journey across the globe in search Van returns, serving wood-fired pizzas and the family-friendly environment. the country submitted over 300 short plays of a long-lost tale that needs to be told. Ice Cream Van will be on the river front serving nationaltheatre.org.uk/foodanddrink after being mentored through our New soft-serve ice cream and gelato. For reservations for House, Terrace and Green Views programme. The winning play will be A joyous medley of stories, songs and Room call 020 7452 3600. produced in full and eight shortlisted plays silliness, this production is a perfect Drink will be given rehearsed readings, all with introduction to theatre and theatre-making professional casts and creative teams. for children aged 5+. From coffee to cocktails, the NT has unique spaces for you to enjoy. The Understudy Be the first to see the work of the next Join the gang of story fishers for the whole boasts riverside seating and is open late, generation of playwrights. day and become part of the show or just serving a range of craft beers, while the nationaltheatre.org.uk/newviews come along and watch. Espresso Bar serves home-made cakes and coffees. Photo above from Mind the Gap, by Zeyana Yussuf, Coming this summer. New Views plays 2015. nationaltheatre.org.uk/storyfishers Shop Our Bookshop is overflowing with books, programmes, play texts and gifts you won’t find anywhere else. shop.nationaltheatre.org.uk

28 29 June – Nov 2016 KEY Jul Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Captioned Touch Tour PRESS Press night Wed 20 Ivanov P2 7.30 Plough & the Stars P1 7.30 Sunset 2.30+7.30 Audio-Described PLATFORM p26-27 Thu 21 Plough & the Stars P2 7.30 Sunset 7.30 P Preview performance SAVE Saver performances Fri 22 Plough & the Stars P 7.30 Sunset 7.30 Sat 23 The Seagull P1 7.30 Plough & the Stars P 7.30 Sunset 2.30+7.30 Sun 24 Jun Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Mon 25 The Seagull P2 7.30 Plough & the Stars P 7.30 Sunset 7.30 Mon 6 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea P 7.30 The Flick 7.00 Tue 26 Ivanov P 7.30 Plough & the Stars P 7.30 Sunset 2.30+7.30 Tue 7 PLATFORM: Facing the Fear 5.30 Wed 27 Ivanov P 2.00+7.30 Plough & the Stars PRESS 7.00 Sunset 7.30 Threepenny 2.00+7.30 Deep Blue Sea P 7.30 The Flick 7.00 Thu 28 The Seagull P 7.30 Plough & the Stars 7.30 SAVE Sunset 7.30 Wed 8 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea PRESS 7.00 The Flick 1.30+7.00 Fri 29 Platonov P 7.00 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Sunset 7.30 Thu 9 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Sunset 7.30 Sat 30 Platonov P 11.45 Fri 10 PLATFORM: A Country of Refuge 6.00 Ivanov P 4.00 Threepenny 7.30 The Suicide 7.30 Sunset 7.30 The Seagull P 8.00 Deep Blue Sea 2.15 +7.30 Sunset 2.30+7.30 Sat 11 Threepenny 2.00+7.30 The Suicide 2.15+7.30 Sunset 2.30+7.30 Sun 31 Sun 12 Mon 13 PLATFORM: Norris & Stephens 6.00 Aug Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Threepenny 7.30 The Suicide 7.30 The Flick 7.00 PLATFORM: National Debates 5.45 Mon 1 The Seagull P 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Sunset 7.30 Tue 14 Threepenny 7.30 The Suicide 7.30 The Flick 1.30+7.00 Tue 2 Platonov P 7.00 Deep Blue Sea 2.15+7.30 Sunset 2.30+ 7.30 Wed 15 Threepenny 2.00+7.30 The Suicide 2.15+7.30 The Flick LAST 1.30 Wed 3 Platonov PRESS 11.45 Thu 16 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Sunset 7.30 Ivanov PRESS 4.00 Fri 17 PLATFORM: The Seagull PRESS 8.00 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Sunset 7.30 Godwin & Kaye Campbell 6.00 Thu 4 The Seagull 7.30 SAVE Plough & the Stars 7.30 Sunset LAST 2.30 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Sunset 7.30 Fri 5 Plough & the Stars 7.30 Sat 18 Threepenny 2.00+7.30 Deep Blue Sea 2.15+7.30 Sunset 2.30+7.30 Sat 6 Threepenny 2.00+7.30 Plough & the Stars 2.15+7.30 Sun 19 Sun 7 Mon 20 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 SAVE Sunset 7.30 Mon 8 Threepenny 7.30 Plough & the Stars 7.30 Our Ladies P1 8.00 Tue 21 PLATFORM: Cracknell & Scutt 6.00 Tue 9 Threepenny 2.00+7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Our Ladies P2 8.00 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Sunset 2.30+7.30 Wed 10 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Our Ladies PRESS 7.00 Wed 22 The Suicide 7.30 Sunset 7.30 Thu 11 The Seagull 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 2.15+7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Thu 23 The Suicide 2.15+7.30 Fri 12 Platonov 7.00 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Fri 24 Threepenny 7.30 The Suicide 7.30 Sat 13 Platonov 11.45 Sat 25 Threepenny 2.00+7.30 The Suicide LAST 2.15+7.30 Ivanov 4.00 Sun 26 The Seagull 8.00 Deep Blue Sea 2.15+7.30 Our Ladies 5.30+9.00 Mon 27 PLATFORM: Rory Kinnear 3.00 Sun 14 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Mon 15 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Tue 28 Threepenny 2.00+7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Connections 7.00+8.30 Tue 16 Threepenny 2.00+7.30 Deep Blue Sea 2.15+7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Wed 29 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 2.15+7.30 SAVE Connections 7.00+8.30 Wed 17 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Thu 30 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Connections 7.00+8.30 Thu 18 Threepenny 7.30 Plough & the Stars 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Fri 19 Platonov 7.00 Plough & the Stars 7.30 Our Ladies 5.30+9.00 Jul Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Sat 20 Platonov 11.45 Ivanov 4.00 Fri 1 PLATFORM: London Theatre The Seagull 8.00 Plough & the Stars 2.15+7.30 Our Ladies 5.30+9.00 in the 50s 6.00 Sun 21 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Connections 7.00+8.30 Mon 22 Ivanov 7.30 SAVE Plough & the Stars 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Sat 2 Threepenny 2.00 +7.30 Connections 7.00+8.30 Tue 23 Platonov 7.00 SAVE Plough & the Stars 2.15+7.30 SAVE Our Ladies 8.00 Sun 3 Wed 24 Platonov 11.45 Mon 4 Connections LAST 7.00+8.30 Sunset 7.30 Ivanov 4.00 Tue 5 Threepenny 7.30 Sunset 7.30 The Seagull 8.00 Plough & the Stars 7.30 SAVE Our Ladies 8.00 Wed 6 New Views 5.30 Thu 25 Platonov 7.30 Plough & the Stars 7.30 SAVE Our Ladies 8.00 Threepenny 2.00+7.30 READING: Stuff Happens 7.30 Sunset 7.30 Fri 26 Threepenny 7.30 Plough & the Stars 7.30 Our Ladies 5.30+9.00 Thu 7 New Views 5.30 Sat 27 Threepenny 2.00 +7.30 Plough & the Stars 2.15+7.30 Our Ladies 5.30+9.00 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Sunset 7.30 Sun 28 Fri 8 New Views LAST 5.30 Mon 29 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 SAVE Our Ladies 8.00 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Sunset 7.30 Tue 30 Threepenny 2.00+7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Sat 9 Deep Blue Sea 2.15 +7.30 Sunset 7.30 Wed 31 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 2.15+7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Sun 10 Mon 11 PLATFORM: Two Artists 6.00 Sep Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Sunset 7.30 Tue 12 Deep Blue Sea 2.15+7.30 Sunset 7.30 Thu 1 PLATFORM: Featherstone & Hall 6.30 Wed 13 Sunset 7.30 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Thu 14 Platonov P1 7.30 Sunset 2.30+7.30 Fri 2 PLATFORM: Helen McCrory 3.00 Fri 15 Platonov P2 7.30 Sunset 7.30 Platonov 7.00 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Our Ladies 5.30+9.00 Sat 16 Sunset 2.30 +7.30 Sat 3 Platonov 11.45 Sun 17 Ivanov 4.00 Mon 18 Sunset 7.30 The Seagull 8.00 Deep Blue Sea 2.15+7.30 Our Ladies 5.30+9.00 Tue 19 Ivanov P1 7.30 Sunset 7.30 Sun 4

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Mon 5 Platonov 7.30 Plough & the Stars 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Tue 25 PLATFORM: NT40 Space 6.00 Tue 6 Ivanov 2.00 for Plays The Seagull 7.30 Plough & the Stars 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Amadeus P 7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 Wed 7 Threepenny 7.30 Plough & the Stars 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Wed 26 Amadeus PRESS 7.00 The Red Barn 2.15+7.30 SAVE Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 Thu 8 Threepenny 7.30 Plough & the Stars 2.15+7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Thu 27 PLATFORM: Bryony Kimmings 6.00 Fri 9 PLATFORM: Sean O’Casey 6.00 Amadeus 7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 Threepenny 7.30 Plough & the Stars 7.30 Our Ladies 5.30 +9.00 Fri 28 Amadeus 7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 Sat 10 Threepenny 2.00+7.30 Plough & the Stars 2.15+7.30 Our Ladies 5.30 +9.00 Sat 29 Amadeus 2.00+7.30 The Red Barn 2.15+7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 2.00+7.30 Sun 11 Sun 30 Mon 12 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Mon 31 PLATFORM: Michael Longhurst 6.00 Tue 13 Threepenny 2.00+7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Amadeus 7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 Wed 14 PLATFORM: Sue Laurie & 6.30 Alexander Technique Nov Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Ivanov 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 2.15+7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Thu 15 PLATFORM: Jonathan Kent 6.00 Tue 1 PLATFORM: Staging Suez 5.45 The Seagull 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Amadeus 2.00+7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Fri 16 Platonov 7.00 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Our Ladies 5.30+9.00 Wed 2 Amadeus 7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Sat 17 Platonov 11.45 Thu 3 Amadeus 7.30 The Red Barn 2.15+7.30 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Ivanov 4.00 Fri 4 Amadeus 7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 The Seagull 8.00 Deep Blue Sea 2.15+7.30 Our Ladies 5.30+9.00 Sat 5 Amadeus 2.00+7.30 The Red Barn 2.15+7.30 Pacifist's Guide 2.00+7.30 Sun 18 Sun 6 Mon 19 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Mon 7 PLATFORM: 6.00 Tue 20 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 2.15+7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Hare & Simenon Wed 21 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea LAST 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Amadeus 7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Thu 22 Threepenny 7.00 Our Ladies 8.00 Tue 8 Amadeus 2.00+7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 SAVE Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Fri 23 Platonov 7.00 Plough & the Stars 7.30 Our Ladies 5.30+9.00 Wed 9 The Red Barn 2.15+7.30 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Sat 24 Platonov 11.45 Thu 10 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Ivanov 4.00 Fri 11 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 The Seagull 8.00 Plough & the Stars 2.15+7.30 Our Ladies 5.30+9.00 Sat 12 The Red Barn 2.15+ 7.30 Pacifist's Guide 2.00+7.30 Sun 25 Sun 13 Mon 26 The Seagull 7.30 Plough & the Stars 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Mon 14 The Red Barn 7.30 Tue 27 Threepenny 7.30 Plough & the Stars 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Tue 15 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Wed 28 Threepenny 7.30 Plough & the Stars 7.30 Our Ladies 2.30+8.00 Wed 16 Peter Pan P1 7.00 The Red Barn 2.15+7.30 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Thu 29 PLATFORM: National Debates 6.00 Thu 17 Peter Pan P2 7.00 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist's Guide 2.00+7.30 Threepenny 2.00+7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Fri 18 Peter Pan P 7.00 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Fri 30 Threepenny 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Sat 19 Peter Pan P 2.00 The Red Barn 2.15 +7.30 Pacifist's Guide 2.00+7.30 Sun 20 Mon 21 Peter Pan P 7.00 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Oct Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Tue 22 Peter Pan P 7.00 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Sat 1 Threepenny LAST 2.00 +7.30 Our Ladies LAST 5.30+9.00 Wed 23 Peter Pan PRESS 7.00 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Sun 2 Thu 24 Peter Pan 7.00 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Mon 3 Fri 25 PLATFORM: Poem for Every Night 5.15 Tue 4 The Seagull 7.30 Peter Pan 7.00 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Wed 5 Platonov 2.00 Sat 26 Peter Pan 2.00+7.00 Pacifist's Guide 2.00 +7.30 Ivanov 7.30 Sun 27 Thu 6 The Seagull 7.30 The Red Barn P1 7.30 Mon 28 Amadeus 7.30 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Fri 7 Platonov 7.00 The Red Barn P2 7.30 Tue 29 Amadeus 2.00+7.30 Pacifist's GuideLAST 2.00 Sat 8 Platonov LAST 11.45 Wed 30 Amadeus 7.30 Ivanov LAST 4.00 The Seagull LAST 8.00 The Red Barn P 7.30 Sun 9 For December performances of Mon 10 The Red Barn P 7.30 Amadeus and Peter Pan please see Tue 11 The Red Barn P 7.30 pages 5 and 9. Wed 12 The Red Barn P 7.30 Thu 13 The Red Barn P 7.30 Fri 14 The Red Barn P 7.30 Pacifist’s GuideP1 7.30 Sat 15 The Red Barn 2.15+7.30 Pacifist’s GuideP2 7.30 Sun 16 Mon 17 The Red Barn PRESS 7.00 Pacifist’s GuideP 7.30 Tue 18 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist’s GuideP 7.30 Wed 19 Amadeus P1 7.30 The Red Barn 2.15 Pacifist’s GuidePRESS 7.00 HOLIDAY OPENING HOURS SUNDAY OPENING HOURS Thu 20 Amadeus P2 7.30 Plough & the Stars 7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 Date Building Box Office Date Theatres Understudy Kitchen Bookshop Amadeus P 7.30 Plough & the Stars 7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 Fri 21 by phone Sat 22 Plough & the Stars 2.15 Mon 29 Aug 12 – 11pm 12.30 – 8pm 22 May – 18 Sep CLOSED 12 – 10pm 12 – 6pm 12 – 6pm Amadeus P 7.30 LAST 7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 2.00+7.30 25 Sep – 27 Nov CLOSED 12 – 10pm CLOSED CLOSED Sun 23 6 Nov CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED Mon 24 Amadeus P 7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30

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