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19 February 2020

NATIONAL PROGRAMME

Olivier

THE VISIT, OR THE OLD LADY COMES TO CALL Based on the by Friedrich Dürrenmatt Adapted by Tony Kushner Original English version by Maurice Valency Director: Set : Vicki Mortimer Designer: Moritz Junge : : Aletta Collins : Paul Englishby Sound Designer: Music Director: Malcolm Edmonstone Playing until May 13

The New American Work Programme is supported by The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Lawton W Fitt & James I McLaren Foundation and Kathleen J Yoh Official Hotel Partner: Edwardian Hotels

The classic tale of revenge, with a cast including as Clare Zachanassian, the world’s richest woman, and Hugo Weaving as her former lover.

JACK ABSOLUTE FLIES AGAIN By and Oliver Chris Based on Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The Rivals Director: Set and : Mark Thompson Lighting Designer: Bruno Poet Music: Adrian Johnston Sound Designer: Paul Arditti Video Designer: Jeff Sugg Choreographer: Lizzi Gee Physical Director: Toby Park for Spymonkey From 15 April, press night 28 April, playing until 25 July

A riotous new comedy based on Sheridan’s The Rivals and set against the backdrop of the Battle of Britain, with a cast including Caroline Quentin and Richard Fleeshman.

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PARADISE by Kate Tempest A new version of Philoctetes by Sophocles. Director: Ian Rickson Set and Costume Designer: Rae Smith Lighting Designer: Hugh Vanstone Movement: Coral Messam Sound Designer: Ian Dickinson Fight Director: Terry King From 30 June, press night 7 July, until 1 August with further performances to be announced

Production supported by Areté Foundation, Betsy & Ed Cohen

Kate Tempest’s powerful new version of the Greek Philoctetes with a cast including Lesley Sharp and Lorna Gayle.

ROMEO & By Director: Set and Costume Designer: Soutra Gilmour Lighting Designer: Lucy Carter Movement Directors: Jonathan Goddard and Shelley Maxwell Composer: Michael Bruce Sound Designer: Christopher Shutt Fight Director: Kate Waters Opening in August

Production supported by Leila Maw Straus

This new production is set in modern Italy in a world where Catholic and secular values clash - and Josh O’Connor play the star-crossed lovers.

SMALL ISLAND Adapted by Based on the novel by Director: Set and Costume Designer: Katrina Lindsay Projection Designer: Lighting Designer: Paul Anderson Composer: Benjamin Kwasi Burrell Sound Designer: Ian Dickinson Movement Director: Coral Messam Fight Director: Kate Waters Music Consultant: Gary Crosby From late October

The critically-acclaimed production of Andrea Levy’s epic novel returns following a sold-out run in 2019.

STANDING AT THE SKY’S EDGE A co-production with Sheffield in association with Various Productions Music and Lyrics: Richard Hawley Book by: Chris Bush Director: Robert Hastie Set and Costume Designer: Ben Stones

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Choreographer: Lynne Page Musical Supervisor, Arranger and Orchestrator: Tom Deering Musical Director: Will Stuart Lighting Designer: Mark Henderson Sound Designer: Simon Baker Opening in January 2021

A soaring musical, featuring new and classic songs, tells the story of three families living in Park Hill, Sheffield’s concrete utopia.

Lyttelton

SEVEN STREAMS OF THE RIVER OTA By Ex Machina / Robert Lepage Director and Designer: Robert Lepage Creative Director: Steve Blanchett Dramaturg: Gérard Bibeau Music and Sound Designer: Michel F. Côté Set Designer (Original): Carl Fillion Set Designer (Adaption): Ariane Sauvé Lighting Designer: Sonoyo Nishikawa Images Designer: Kevin Dubois Costume Designer: Virgine Leclerc Properties Designer: Claudia Gendreau From 6 – 22 March

First staged at the National Theatre in 1996, Robert Lepage’s masterpiece returns to for just nine performances.

MANOR A new play by Moira Buffini Director: Fiona Buffini Set and Costume Designer: Lez Brotherston Lighting Designer: Paule Constable Composer and Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls Video Designer: Andrzej Goulding Fight Director: Kate Waters From 7 April, press night 15 April, until 15 July

A thrilling and witty new play about strangers thrown together seeking shelter from the floods. Nancy Carroll and Ben Daniels lead the cast.

THE CORN IS GREEN By Emlyn Williams Director: Set and Costume Designer: Lighting Designer: Charles Balfour Music Arrangements: Will Stuart Sound Designer: Christopher Shutt Choreographer: Bill Deamer Playing from 17 June, press night 24 June, until 22 August with further performances to be announced

Nicola Walker leads the in a new production of this Welsh classic, revived in London for the first time in 35 years.

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WUTHERING HEIGHTS A co-production with Wise Children in association with York Theatre Royal By Emily Brontë Adapted by Emma Rice Director: Emma Rice Set and Costume Designer: Vicki Mortimer Lighting Designer: Malcolm Rippeth Movement Director: Dan Canham Composer and Music Director: Ian Ross Sound Designer: Simon Baker Opening in early September

Production supported by The Polonsky Foundation

Emma Rice adapts and directs Emily Brontë’s masterpiece opening in the Lyttelton Theatre before a UK tour

OUTLINE. TRANSIT. KUDOS. By Rachel Cusk Adapted by Alice Birch Director: Set Designer: Alex Eales Costume Designer: Sussie Juhlin-Wallen Video Director: Grant Gee Lighting Designer: Anthony Doran Music: Paul Clark Sound Designer & Additional Music: Melanie Wilson In repertoire from October 2020

A cutting-edge production, based on Rachel Cusk’s acclaimed novels, making use of live film and audio to recount the stories and encounters of Faye.

PHAEDRA A new play by Simon Stone After Euripides, Seneca and Racine Director: Simon Stone Set Designer: Chloe Lamford Costume Designer: Alice Babidge Lighting Designer: James Farncombe Music and Sound Designer: Stefan Gregory Playing from December 2020

Kristin Scott Thomas plays the title role alongside Assaad Bouab in this new version of Phaedra by Simon Stone.

BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY by Pearl Cleage Director: Lynette Linton Set and Costume Designer: Frankie Bradshaw Lighting Designer: Oliver Fenwick Playing from February 2021

A startling play about four friends living through the Harlem Renaissance, 1930, as their lives and passions collide when a newcomer from Alabama arrives. Cast includes Giles Terera.

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Dorfman

DEATH OF A new play by Clint Dyer and Roy Williams Director: Clint Dyer Set and Costume : Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey and ULTZ Lighting Designer: Jackie Shemesh Sound Designer: Pete Malkin Movement: Lucy Cullingford Playing until 7 March

Production supported by Marcia Grand in loving memory of Richard Grand; and Nick and Julie Gould

Rafe Spall performs this fearless one-person play which asks explosive and enduring questions about identity, race and class in Britain.

ALL OF US A new play by Director: Ian Rickson Set and Costume Designer: Georgia Lowe Lighting Designer: Anna Watson Composer: Stephen Warbeck Sound Designer: Gregory Clarke Movement: Lucy Cullingford Fight Director: Terry King From 18 March, press night 26 March until 16 May

A powerful and timely exploring life, love and the struggle to survive for those who don’t fit in during a time of austerity.

HAMLET By William Shakespeare Reimagined for a younger audiences by Jude Christian Director: Tinuke Craig Set and Costume Designer: Frankie Bradshaw Lighting Designer: Paul Knott Sound Designer: Clark Henry-Brown Movement Director: Morgann Runacre-Temple Six-week school tour before running from the 30 March until 9 April

The National Theatre's Partner for Learning is Bank of America Primary schools touring is supported by: The Mohn Westlake Foundation, The Hearn Foundation, The Ingram Trust, The Constance Travis Charitable Trust, Archie Sherman Charitable Trust, The Behrens Foundation, Cleopatra Trust, The Dorset Foundation, Jill and David Leuw, Mulberry Trust, Sherling Charitable Trust, and The Topinambour Trust.

An energetic and engaging retelling of Shakespeare’s most well-known tragedy.

WELCOME TO IRAN A Theatre Royal Stratford East & National Theatre co-production A new play by Nadia Fall Director: Nadia Fall Set and Costume Designer: Ben Stones

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Video Designer: Zakk Hein Lighting Designer: Joshua Pharo Movement Director: Carrie-Anne Ingrouille Sound Designer: Alexandra Faye Braithwaite Fight Directors: Rachel Bown-Williams and Ruth Cooper-Brown of Rc- Ltd

Supported by Cockayne – Grants for the Arts and the London Community Foundation

Opening at Theatre Royal Stratford East from 18 April to 16 May with press night 24 April, before playing at the National Theatre from 21 May until 13 June

Exploring this often misunderstood country, this new play by Nadia Fall is a tender and witty snapshot of modern Iran based on real-life interviews

SING YER HEART OUT FOR THE LADS The Chichester Festival Theatre production By Roy Williams Director: Nicole Charles Playing from September

Roy Williams’s ferocious, funny, and disturbing play takes aim at what it means to be black, white and English in, twenty-first century Britain. This acclaimed new production transfers from Chichester Festival Theatre following a sell-out run last year.

ROMEO AND JULIE A co-production with Sherman Theatre A new play by Gary Owen Directed by Rachel O’Riordan Set and Costume Designed by Hayley Grindle Lighting by Jack Knowles by Gregory Clarke Puppetry Direction and Design by Finn Caldwell Playing in the Dorfman from 14 July until 29 August.

Romeo and Julie opens at the Lowry, Salford 5 June – 13 June; Cast, Doncaster 16 – 20 June; Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch 23 – 27 June; Theatre Royal Wakefield 30 June – 4 July; and Sherman Theatre 16 September – 3 October. The tour is part of Theatre Nation Partnerships, a multi-year collaboration between the National Theatre and six partner organisations which the aim to broaden and grow local audiences for drama in England.

Theatre Nation Partnerships is generously supported by Arts Council England’s Strategic Touring Fund and Garfield Weston Foundation. National Theatre UK Touring is supported by The Thompson Family Charitable Trust, The Foundation and Jacqueline and Richard Worswick.

Romeo is a teenage single dad hanging on tight. Julie is fighting to follow her dream of studying at Cambridge. A new play inspired by Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy.

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KERRY JACKSON A new play by April de Angelis Directed by Set and Costume Designer: Richard Kent Playing from November 2020

A new play that casts a shrewd eye on a city and country in the of profound change.

AFTER LIFE A co-production with Headlong A new play by Adapted from the film by Hirokazu Kore-eda Created by Jack Thorne, and Jeremy Herrin Director: Jeremy Herrin Set and : Bunny Christie Playing from January 2021

After Life takes place somewhere between life and death and asks the people passing through to pick one memory that they will live in for eternity.

The National Theatre beyond the South Bank

THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE Based on the novel by Neil Gaiman Adapted by Joel Horwood Directed by Katy Rudd Set designed by Fly Davis Costume and puppet design by Samuel Wyer Movement direction by Composition by Jherek Bischoff Lighting design by Paule Constable Sound design by Ian Dickinson Magic and illusions direction and design by Jamie Harrison Puppetry direction by Finn Caldwell Playing at Duke of York’s Theatre in the West End from 31 October, with a press night on 12 November. Booking until 6 February 2021.

Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel is brought life in this modern myth, where the power of imagination and storytelling transports audiences on a spellbinding and spectacular adventure.

THE LEHMAN TRILOGY A co-production with Neal Street Productions By Stefano Massini Adapted by Ben Power Directed by Set by Costume design by Katrina Lindsay by Luke Halls Lighting design by Jon Clark The Composer & Sound Designer is Nick Powell The Co-Sound Designer is Dominic Bilkey Music direction by Candida Caldicot Movement by Polly Bennett

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The Associate Director is Zoé Ford Burnett Playing from 7 March at the Nederlander Theatre, New York with an opening night on 26 March. The Lehman Trilogy plays from 11 September - 11 October 2020 at the American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco and from 20 October - 28 November 2020 at the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles.

The story of a family and a company that changed the world, told in three parts on a single evening.

WAR HORSE Based on novel by . Adapted by Nick Stafford. In association with Handspring Puppet Company Directed by Marianne Elliott and Designed by Rae Smith Lighting by Paule Constable Movement and horse choreography by Toby Sedgwick Video design by Leo Warner and Mark Grimmer for Songmaker: John Tams Music by Adrian Sutton Sound by Christopher Schutt Revival director is Katie Henry Associate Puppetry Directors are Craig Leo and Matthew Forbes Associate Director is Charlotte Peters Resident Director is Charlie Kenber and Resident Puppetry Director is Gareth Aled Now on an international tour until August. Playing in Australia at Sydney Lyric Theatre (15 February-15 March) and The Crown, Perth (24 March-12 April); Esplanade Theatre, Singapore (24 April-10 May); and Blue Square Theatre, Seoul (3 July-9 August), with further dates to be announced.

Seen by more than eight million people in 13 countries around the world, the National Theatre’s acclaimed play is now on an international tour visiting Australia, Singapore and Korea, with further dates to be announced.

BEGINNING presented by Lee Dean in association with Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch by David Eldridge Directed by Polly Findlay Set and Costume design by Fly Davis Lighting design by Jack Knowles Sound design by Paul Arditti Movement by Naomi Said Playing at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch in September, followed by a UK tour.

It's the early hours of the morning and Danny from Upminster is the last straggler at Laura's party. The 's in a mess. And so are they. One more drink?

National Theatre UK Touring is supported by The Thompson Family Charitable Trust, The Royal National Theatre Foundation and Jacqueline and Richard Worswick.

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THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE By Bertolt Brecht Adapted for this project by Chris Bush with music by Ruth Chan Directed by James Blakey Playing at Cast in Doncaster from 29-31 August

Cast and the National Theatre join with the people of Doncaster for our third Public Acts production, part of the NT’s nationwide initiative to create extraordinary acts of theatre and community.

NT Live

CYRANO DE BEGERAC By Edmond Rostand, in a new version by Directed by Jamie Lloyd Cast includes James McAvoy Live from the on 20 February

THE WELKIN A new play by Directed by James McDonald Cast includes Maxine Peake and Ria Zmitrowicz Live from the Lyttelton Theatre on 21 May

JACK ABSOLUTE FLIES AGAIN By Richard Bean and Oliver Chris based on Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The Rivals Directed by Thea Sharrock Cast includes Caroline Quentin and Richard Fleeshman Live from the Olivier Theatre from 23rd July

ROMEO & JULIET By William Shakespeare Directed by Simon Godwin Cast includes Jessie Buckley and Josh O’Connor Live from the Olivier Theatre in 2020

PHAEDRA A new play by Simon Stone After Euripides, Seneca and Racine Directed by Simon Stone Cast includes Live from the Lyttleton Theatre, date to be announced

Sky Arts is the Sponsor of NT Live in the UK

RIVER STAGE 3-5 July: The Glory 10-12 July: HOME Manchester 17-19 July: Hofesh Shechter Company 24-26 July: Hackney Empire Young Producers 31-2 Aug: National Theatre

River Stage, the free outdoor festival on London’s South Bank returns for five weekends from 3 July – 2 August

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NT CONNECTIONS The new plays being performed across the UK as part of Connections 2020 are:

• Wind / Rush Generation(s) by Mojisola Adebayo • The Changing Room by Chris Bush • Tuesday by Alison Carr • A series of public apologies (in response to an unfortunate incident in the school lavatories) by John Donnelly • The It by Vivienne Franzmann • The Marxist in Heaven by Hattie Naylor • Look Up by Andrew Muir • Crusaders by Frances Poet • Witches Can’t Be Burned by Silva Semerciyan • Dungeness by Chris Thompson

Connections Festival Performances are taking place at: Aberystwyth Arts Centre 16 April; 30 March – 5 April; 31 March –3 April; Cast 29 - 30 April; Chichester Festival Theatre 24 –28 March; Derby Theatre 30 April – 2 May Eden Court 7 - 10 April; HOME 20 - 25 April; Leeds Playhouse 28 April – 2 May; Lyric Hammersmith 28 April –1 May; Lyric Theatre Belfast 3 - 5 April Marlowe Theatre 30 April – 3 May; North Wall Theatre 2 – 4 May; Northern Stage 6 – 9 May; Norwich Theatre 27 April – 1 May; The Garage 27 April – 1 May; Nottingham Playhouse 27 –29 April; Nuffield Southampton Theatres 27 March – 4 April; Queens Theatre Hornchurch 16 –18 April; Royal & Derngate 7 –12 April; Sheffield Theatres 27 – 31 March; Sherman Theatre 16 - 17 April; 17 - 19 March; The Albany 5 – 9 May; The Lowry 4 - 5 April; 17 –19 March; Theatre Royal Stratford East 24 – 28 March; Theatre Royal Plymouth 24 – 28 March; York Theatre Royal 23 April – 2 May; Traverse 24 – 28 March; Warwick Arts Centre 2 - 3 May

The National Theatre's Partner for Learning is Bank of America. Connections is supported by The Mohn Westlake Foundation, The Buffini Chao Foundation, The EBM Charitable Trust, Foundation, Katie Bradford, The Broughton Family Charitable Trust, The Peter Cundill Foundation, Samantha and Richard Campbell-Breeden, Delta Air Lines, Mactaggart Third Fund, Susan Miller and Byron Grote, and Sherling Charitable Trust.

The development of new music theatre is supported by the Genesis Foundation through the Genesis Music Theatre Programme. ENDS

The National Theatre The National Theatre’s mission is to make world class theatre that’s entertaining, challenging and inspiring – and to make it for everyone. It aims to reach the widest possible audience and to be as inclusive, diverse and national as possible with a broad range of productions that play in London, on tour around the UK, on Broadway and across the globe. The National Theatre's extensive UK-wide learning and participation programme supports young people and schools through performance and writing programmes like Connections, New Views and Let’s Play, while Public Acts creates ambitious new works of participatory theatre in sustained partnership with theatres and community organisations around the country. The National Theatre extends its reach through digital programmes including NT Live, which broadcasts some of the best of British theatre to over 2,500 venues in 65 countries, and the National Theatre Collection, which makes recordings of shows available to UK schools and the global education sector. The National Theatre invests in the future of theatre by developing talent, creating bold new work and building audiences, partnering with a range of UK theatres and theatre companies.

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Production Theatre Press Night Contact , OR THE OLD Olivier Contact publicist Sophie Wilkinson LADY COMES TO CALL for details JACK ABSOLUTE FLIES Olivier 28 April Katie Marsh AGAIN PARADISE Olivier 7 July Sophie Wilkinson

ROMEO & JULIET Olivier Contact publicist Katie Marsh for details SMALL ISLAND Olivier 2 November Mary Parker STANDING AT THE Olivier Contact publicist Mary Parker SKY’S EDGE for details SEVEN STREAMS OF Lyttelton Contact publicist Mary Parker THE RIVER OTA for details MANOR Lyttelton 15 April Mary Parker

THE CORN IS GREEN Lyttelton 24 June Mary Parker

WUTHERING HEIGHTS Lyttelton Contact publicist Sophie Wilkinson and UK Tour for details

OUTLINE. TRANSIT. Lyttelton Contact publicist Sophie Wilkinson KUDOS. for details PHAEDRA Lyttelton Contact publicist Katie Marsh for details BLUES FOR AN Lyttelton Contact publicist Katie Marsh ALABAMA SKY for details

DEATH OF ENGLAND Dorfman Contact publicist Mary Parker for details ALL OF US Dorfman 26 March Sophie Wilkinson

HAMLET Dorfman Contact publicist Rhian Bennett for details WELCOME TO IRAN Dorfman Contact publicist Sophie Wilkinson for details ROMEO AND JULIE Dorfman Contact publicist Susie Newbery for details KERRY JACKSON Dorfman Contact publicist Mary Parker for details AFTER LIFE Dorfman Contact publicist Sophie Wilkinson for details INTERNATIONAL AND Contact publicist Susie Newbery TOURING for details NT LIVE Contact publicist Elaine Jones for details NT LEARNING Contact publicist Rhian Bennett for details

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