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DECEMBER Mon 5 7.30 Tue 6 7.30 Wed 7 7.30 ‘I’ve no talent for life.’ Hedda Gabler Thu 8 7.30 Fri 9 7.30 by Sat 10 7.30 Mon 12 7.00 in a new version by Tue 13 7.30 Wed 14 2.15 7.30 Photography () by Léa Nielsen Wed 21 7.30 Thu 22 7.30 Fri 23 7.30 Mon 26 7.30 Tue 27 2.15 Cast includes 7.30 Just married. Bored already. Hedda longs to Wed 28 7.30 Kate Duchêne be free... Éva Magyar JANUARY Ruth Wilson – one of the world’s most exciting Tue 3 7.30 Director directors – makes his National Theatre debut Wed 4 7.30 Ivo van Hove Thu 5 2.15 with a modern production of Ibsen’s masterpiece. 7.30 Set and Lighting Fri 6 7.30 Designer Ruth Wilson (Luther, The Affair) plays the title Sat 7 2.15 Jan Versweyveld role in a vital new version by Patrick Marber 7.30 Mon 9 7.30 Costume Designer (Three Days in the Country, The Red Lion). Tue 10 7.30 An D’Huys Thu 19 7.30 Sound Designer Fri 20 7.30 Sat 21 2.15 Tom Gibbons 7.30 Mon 23 7.30 Tue 24 7.30 Wed 25 2.15 7.30 Thu 26 7.30 Fri 27 7.30 Sat 28 2.15 7.30 Mon 30 7.30 Tue 31 7.30

FEBRUARY Wed 1 2.15 7.30 Thu 2 7.30 Fri 3 7.30 Sat 4 2.15 7.30 Mon 6 7.30 Tue 7 7.30 Wed 8 7.30 Thu 9 7.30 Fri 10 7.30 Sat 11 2.15 7.30 Additional performances to be announced

NT Live Supported by the Broadcast on Lyttelton Theatre Williams Charitable Trust Thu 9 March

Talks and events Ruth Wilson Ivo van Hove and In Context: Recreating Mon 23 Jan, 3pm, Patrick Marber Ibsen's Women Lyttelton, £6/£5 Tue 31 Jan, 6pm, Fri 10 Feb, 2 – 5pm, Lyttelton, £5/£4 Clore, £25/£20

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DECEMBER A co-production with Birmingham Repertory Theatre Tue 6 7.30 Wed 7 7.30 Thu 8 7.30 LOVE Fri 9 7.30 Sat 10 7.30 by Alexander Zeldin Mon 12 7.30 Tue 13 7.00 Wed 14 7.30 Thu 15 2.30 7.30 Fri 16 7.30 Sat 17 2.30 7.30 Mon 19 7.30 Tue 20 2.30 Cast includes 7.30 In the run up to Christmas, three families are Wed 21 7.30 Emily Beacock placed into cramped temporary accommodation. Thu 22 7.30 Darcey Brown Fri 23 7.30 Anna Calder-Marshall A middle-aged man and his elderly mum, a Tue 27 7.30 Luke Clarke young family with a baby on the way, a newly Wed 28 2.30 Grace Doherty 7.30 Janet Etuk arrived woman from Sudan. Strangers. Forced Thu 29 7.30 Nick Holder together. No space is personal. Fri 30 7.30 Sat 31 2.30 Vitaly Outkine Yonatan Pele'Roodner In this new play by Alexander Zeldin, written JANUARY Bobby Stallwood through a devising process, the audience are Mon 2 7.30 Director invited to bear witness to an intimate story of Tue 3 2.30 Alexander Zeldin family love for our times. 7.30 Wed 4 7.30 Designer Alexander Zeldin’s previous work includes the Thu 5 7.30 Natasha Jenkins Fri 6 7.30 critically acclaimed, ‘raw’ (Financial Times) and Sat 7 2.30 Lighting Designer ‘unforgettable’ () Beyond Caring. 7.30 Marc Williams LOVE continues this unique approach to theatre. Mon 9 7.30 Sound Designer Tue 10 2.30 Josh Anio Grigg 7.30

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Dorfman Theatre Family life on the margins of society. Talks and events In Focus: Performing Alexander Zeldin without a Home Wed 4 Jan, 6pm, Thu 15 Dec, 5.30 – 6.45pm, Dorfman, £5/£4 Clore, £6/£5 Photography by David Stewart

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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 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 Sarah Amankwah Wed 2 7.30 Hammed Animashaun Thu 3 7.30 , a rowdy young Fri 4 7.30 Geoffrey Beevers prodigy, arrives determined to make a splash. Sat 5 2.00 Fleur de Bray 7.30 Karla Crome Awestruck by his genius, court composer Mon 7 7.30 Tom Edden Antonio Salieri has the power to promote his Tue 8 2.00 7.30 Adam Gillen talent or destroy his name. Matthew Hargreaves Mon 28 7.30 Alexandra Mathie Tue 29 2.00 Seized by obsessive jealousy he begins a war 7.30 Lucian Msamati Wed 30 7.30 Eamonn Mulhall with Mozart, with music and, ultimately, Hugh Sachs with God. DECEMBER Wendy Dawn Thompson Mon 5 7.30 Peter Willcock Peter Shaffer’s iconic play had its premiere at Tue 6 2.00 the National Theatre in 1979, winning multiple Director 7.30 Olivier and before being adapted Mon 12 7.30 Michael Longhurst Tue 13 2.00 Designer into an Academy Award-winning film. 7.30 Chloe Lamford Fri 30 7.30 In this new production, Lucian Msamati Sat 31 2.00 Music Director and (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) plays Salieri. JANUARY Additional Music With live orchestral accompaniment by Simon Slater Mon 2 7.30 Southbank Sinfonia. Tue 3 2.00 Choreographer 7.30 Imogen Knight Mon 9 7.30 Lighting Designer Tue 10 2.00 Jon Clark 7.30 Wed 11 7.30 Sound Designer Thu 12 7.30 Mon 16 7.30 Tue 17 7.30 Wed 18 2.00 7.30 Tue 24 7.30 Wed 25 7.30 Thu 26 2.00 In association with 7.30 Southbank Sinfonia Additional performances to Supported by the Amadeus be announced production syndicate Olivier Theatre Sponsored by Hundreds of seats at £15 for every performance Music. Power. Jealousy.

Talks and events Michael Longhurst In Focus: Lucian Msamati In Context: Mon 31 Oct, 6pm Amadeus – the music Wed 11 Jan, 5.45pm, Shaffer at the NT Olivier, £5/£4 Tue 8 Nov, 5.30pm, Olivier, £6/£5 Mon 16 Jan, 2 – 5pm, Clore, £6/£5 Clore, £25/£20 Photography (Lucian Msamati) by Seamus Ryan

9 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 ‘Something to delight the whole family’ Wed 7 7.00 Suzanne Ahmet Thu 8 1.00 Marc Antolin The Times 7.00 Benji Bower Fri 9 7.00 Will Bower All children, except one, grow up... Sat 10 2.00 Lois Chimimba 7.00 Laura Cubitt This winter, JM Barrie’s much-loved tale takes Wed 14 7.00 Phoebe Fildes flight. When Peter Pan, the leader of the Lost Thu 15 7.00 Fri 16 7.00 Ruth Hammond Boys, loses his shadow during a visit to London, Sat 17 2.00 Felix Hayes headstrong Wendy helps him reattach it. In 7.00 Paul Hilton return she is invited to Neverland – where Mon 19 7.00 John Leader Tue 20 7.00 Amaka Okafor Tinker Bell the fairy, Tiger Lily and the vengeful Wed 21 7.00 John Pfumojena Captain Hook await. Thu 22 2.00 Ekow Quartey 7.00 Following the acclaimed , Fri 23 7.00 Jessica Temple Mon 26 7.00 Sophie Thompson Sally Cookson brings her wondrously inventive Tue 27 2.00 Dan Wheeler Peter Pan to the NT after a sell-out run at 7.00 Madeleine Worrall Bristol Old Vic. Exploring the possibilities and Wed 28 7.00 Thu 29 2.00 Director pain of growing up, it’s a riot of magic, mischief, 7.00 Sally Cookson music and make-believe. JANUARY Dramaturg Mike Akers Suitable for 7yrs+ Wed 4 7.00 Thu 5 7.00 Set Designer Fri 6 7.00 Michael Vale Sat 7 2.00 Costume Designer 7.00 Katie Sykes Fri 13 7.00 Sat 14 2.00 Lighting Designer 7.00 Aideen Malone Thu 19 7.00 Fri 20 7.00 Music Sat 21 2.00 Benji Bower 7.00 Sound Designer Mon 23 1.00 Dominic Bilkey Fri 27 7.00 Olivier Theatre Sat 28 2.00 Movement Director 7.00 Dan Canham Half-price tickets for under-18s Additional Aerial Director Exclusions apply – see p30 performances to Gwen Hales be announced HHHHH Fight Directors Rachel Bown-Williams Talks and events ‘Exhilarating. Witty. Wonderful.’ and Ruth Cooper-Brown of RC-ANNIE Ltd Sally Cookson Peter Pan – Fri 20 Jan, 5.30pm, archetypal adolescent Daily Telegraph Puppet Designer Olivier, £5/£4 Fri 27 Jan, 5.45pm, and Director Clore, £5/£4 Toby Olié Projects, workshops and events for Key Stage 2 and 3 students and families

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11 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 David Hare 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 Wed 26 2.15 Cast includes Connecticut, 1969. On their way back from a 7.30 Hope Davis party, two couples struggle home through the Thu 27 7.30 Elizabeth Debicki Fri 28 7.30 Michael Elwyn snow. Not everyone arrives safely... Sat 29 2.15 7.30 Stuart Milligan The great detective writer Georges Simenon Anna Skellern Mon 31 7.30 escaped France at the end of World War Two, Mark Strong NOVEMBER Nigel Whitmey and arrived in the USA to start again. With his Tue 1 7.30 Oliver Wilson American wife, he settled at Shadow Rock Wed 2 7.30 Jade Yourell Farm in Lakeville. Years later, he wrote La Main, Thu 3 2.15 Director a psychological thriller set in a New 7.30 Fri 4 7.30 farmhouse. David Hare has taken this novel, Sat 5 2.15 Designer and forged from it a startling new play. 7.30 Bunny Christie Mon 7 7.30 Tue 8 7.30 Lighting Designer Wed 9 2.15 Paule Constable 7.30 Sound Designer Thu 10 7.30 Fri 11 7.30 Tom Gibbons Sat 12 2.15 Video Designer 7.30 Tim Reid 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 Mon 21 7.30 Tue 22 7.30 Wed 23 7.30 Thu 24 2.15 7.30 Fri 25 7.30 Sat 26 2.15 7.30 Mon 28 7.30 DECEMBER Thu 15 7.30 Fri 16 7.30 Produced in association Sat 17 2.15 with 7.30 Mon 19 7.30 Supported by Basil Alkazzi Tue 20 2.15 Lyttelton Theatre and Myoung-Cheul Chung 7.30 Thu 29 7.30 A psychological thriller. Fri 30 7.30 Sat 31 2.15 Connecticut, 1969. Talks and events See p28 or website for David Hare In Focus: Designing continuing and John Simenon The Red Barn performances: Mon 7 Nov, 6pm, Mon 16 Jan, 6pm, meet JANUARY Lyttelton, £5/£4 at the Duffield Studio, £6/£5 on sale now. Illustration by Bill Bragg

13 OCTOBER A co-production with Complicite Associates Fri 14 7.30 Sat 15 7.30 Mon 17 7.30 Songs, sequins A Pacifist’s Guide to Tue 18 7.30 Wed 19 7.00 Thu 20 7.30 and cancer. 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 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 Jenny Fitzpatrick Tue 1 7.30 Hal Fowler scariest word we know. Wed 2 7.30 Amanda Hadingue Thu 3 7.30 Francesca Mills Bryony Kimmings creates fearless theatre to Fri 4 7.30 Golda Rosheuvel provoke social change. Her collaboration with Sat 5 2.00 Max Runham Complicite looks behind the poster campaigns 7.30 Mon 7 7.30 Rose Shalloo and pink ribbons at the reality of cancer: waiting Tue 8 7.30 Gareth Snook rooms and chemo suites, changed bodies, Wed 9 7.30 Lottie Vallis Thu 10 7.30 Gary Wood family pressures and financial worries. Fri 11 7.30 Sat 12 2.00 Director Expect big anthems, shiny costumes, blood, 7.30 Bryony Kimmings tears and real cancer patients in this rip-roaring, Tue 15 7.30 Set Designer heartbreaking celebration of ordinary life Wed 16 7.30 Lucy Osborne Thu 17 2.00 and death. 7.30 Costume Designer Fri 18 7.30 Christina Cunningham Contains adult themes and strong language. Sat 19 2.00 7.30 Choreographer Commissioned by Complicite. Mon 21 7.30 Lizzi Gee Tue 22 7.30 Music Director ‘Bold, brave and very brilliant’ Wed 23 7.30 Marc Tritschler Independent on Bryony Kimmings Thu 24 7.30 Fri 25 7.30 Lighting Designer ‘The most influential and consistently Sat 26 2.00 Paul Anderson 7.30 interesting theatre company working in Britain’ Mon 28 7.30 Sound Designer The Times on Complicite Tue 29 2.00 Lewis Gibson

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Bryony Kimmings In Depth: Devising for Thu 27 Oct, 6pm, Performance Explored Dorfman, £5/£4 Wed 2 Nov, 10.30am – 3.30pm, Dorfman, £20/£10/£7.50 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

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The Plough and the Stars Lyttelton Theatre Young Chekhov Olivier Theatre *Three-Show Days by Sean O'Casey Platonov | Ivanov | The Seagull On 17, 24 Sep by , in new versions by David Hare and 8 Oct see all three plays on the same day. House and Terrace HHHH Talks and events HHHHH Talks and events restaurants offer ‘A powerful revival of O’Casey’s landmark drama’ Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, The Times special menus In Depth: Jonathan Kent between shows – Time Out The Dublin Plays Thu 15 Sep, 6pm, see website. Sat 24 Sep, Having opened to overwhelming acclaim at Olivier, £5/£4 From November 1915 to Easter 1916, as the rebellion Chichester Festival Theatre last year, this ‘revelatory’ 10.30am – 4.30pm, In Context: Chekhov – builds to a climax half a mile away, the disparate Clore, £45/£34 trilogy now plays at the National, offering a unique the early work residents of a Dublin tenement go about their lives, and chance to explore the birth of a revolutionary Mon 26 Sep, 2 – 5pm, peripheral to Ireland’s history. Sean McEvoy dramatic voice. Clore, £20/£15 Fri 21 Oct, 6pm, An epic new production of O’Casey’s greatest play Lyttelton, £5/£4 Each of the plays can be seen as a single to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising. performance or enjoyed together as a thrilling all-day theatrical experience.

Cast Christopher Designer Cast Joshua James Olivia Vinall Lighting Designer Adam Best Patrick Nolan Vicki Mortimer Nicole Agada Beverley Klein Elena Voce Mark Henderson Cavan Clarke Róisín O’Neill Lighting Designer Emma Amos Adrian Lukis Jade Williams Siobhán Cullen Richard Pryal Music James Farncombe Cara Ballingall Des McAleer Director Jonathan Dove Kieran Gough Judith Roddy Pip Carter James McArdle Lloyd Hutchinson Eoin Slattery Music Jonathan Kent Sound Designer Stephen Warbeck Anna Chancellor Mark Penfold Gráinne Keenan Tom Vaughan-Lawlor Jonathan Coy Brian Pettifer Set Designer Paul Groothuis Stephen Kennedy Josie Walker Sound Designer Nicholas Day Luke Pierre Tom Pye Fight Director Padraig Lynch Fionn Walton Paul Groothuis Mark Donald Nina Sosanya Costume Designer Paul Benzing Lucia McAnespie Co-Directors Fight Director Peter Egan Geoffrey Streatfeild Emma Ryott Caolan McCarthy Jeremy Herrin Kate Waters Col Farrell Sarah Twomey Niamh McGowan Debra Gillett David Verrey Justine Mitchell

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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 Peter Dibdin Original photography () by Jay Brooks. Additional © Corbis, Shutterstock Original photography (Rory Kinnear) by Jay Brooks. photography Brinkhoff/Mögenburg Production Cardiff, National Theatre of Scotland and Live Theatre co-production Wales Millennium West End Centre The Threepenny Opera Our Ladies of The Curious Incident of Sheffield, by and Perpetual Succour the Dog in the Night-Time Lyceum Theatre in collaboration with Elisabeth Hauptmann Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 Oxford, adapted by , from the novel a new play by in a new adaptation by Simon Stephens New Theatre The Sopranos by Alan Warner based on the best-selling novel by Mark Haddon Thu 13 Oct, 7.30pm Thu 20 Oct, 7.30pm Newcastle, Last chance to see – until 1 October Last chance to see – until 1 October Theatre Royal UK Tour 2017 Bristol Hippodrome HHHH HHHHH HHHHH Venues to right Plymouth, ‘Enjoyably raucous. Rory Kinnear’s really on ‘Full of show-stopping musical moments ‘A beautiful, eloquent, dazzlingly inventive Theatre Royal song in this enticingly sleazy revival’ delivered to perfection’ show about the wonders of life.’ US Tour Birmingham Evening Standard The Scotsman Evening Standard Hippodrome Begins Sep 2016 Simon Stephens’ riotous new adaptation of Funny, sad and raucously rude, Our Ladies Winner of seven 2013 Olivier Awards and five Liverpool, Brecht and Weill’s classic musical transports of Perpetual Succour is about six girls on the 2015 Tony Awards, including Best Play, this thrilling Empire Theatre you to a sleazy, crime-infested vision of cusp of change. Young, lost and out-of-control, production has been hailed by The Times as Bradford, London's East End. Rory Kinnear they’re hit by love, lust, pregnancy and death ‘a phenomenal combination of storytelling curiousonstage.com Alhambra plays Macheath. over the course of a single day. and spectacle.’ Aberdeen, His Majesty’s Contains filthy language and immoral behaviour. Contains singing, sex and sambuca. Christopher has an extraordinary brain, exceptional Theatre at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday Glasgow, life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of King’s Theatre his road, he detests being touched and he distrusts Norwich, strangers. But his detective work, forbidden by Theatre Royal The Dorfman Partner his father, takes him on a frightening journey that Original production sponsored by Milton Keynes Neptune Investment Management Supported by The Threepenny Opera Theatre production syndicate upturns his world.

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National Theatre Live On Tour This House West End The National Theatre’s ground-breaking initiative to bring The Curious Incident of by James Graham Garrick Theatre world-class theatre to a cinema near you. Launched in 2009, the Dog in the Night-Time Charing Cross Road has enabled over 5 million people in the a new play by Simon Stephens 19 Nov – 25 Feb 2017 UK and worldwide to experience the best of British theatre. based on the best-selling novel by Mark Haddon HHHHH ntlive.com ‘Astonishing and unmissable.’ Sunday Express HHHHH /ntlive @ntlive Tour begins January 2017 | curiousonstage.com ‘A landslide success’ Evening Standard

A co-production with Bristol Old Vic HHHHH ‘Ferociously witty’ Daily Telegraph No Man’s Land Hedda Gabler Jane Eyre by by Bernard Shaw by Henrik Ibsen devised by the Company Live from Wyndham’s Theatre Live from the in a new version by Patrick Marber based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë It's 1974. And Westminster is about to go to Live from the National Theatre HHHHH war with itself. ‘Theatre at its most imaginative.’ Daily Mail Following their celebrated run directs Ruth Wilson plays the title role Set in the engine rooms of the House of on Broadway, Ian McKellen Gemma Arterton as Joan in Ivo van Hove’s production of Tour begins April 2017 | janeeyreonstage.co.uk Commons, James Graham's This House and return to of Arc in Bernard Shaw’s Patrick Marber’s new version. dives deep into the secret world of the whips the UK stage in ’ electrifying classic. who roll up their sleeves, and occasionally based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo acclaimed production of Thu 9 March, 7pm bend the rules, to influence an unruly chorus one of Pinter’s most adapted by Nick Stafford | in association with the of MPs within the Mother of all Parliaments. Thu 16 Feb, 7pm Encore screenings from award-winning Handspring Puppet Company entertaining plays. Encore screenings from Thu 23 March HHHHH Premiered to universal acclaim at the National Thu 2 March ‘Be sure not to miss this stunning show.’ The Times Theatre in 2012, This House, written by Thu 15 Dec, 7pm Tour begins September 2017 | warhorseonstage.com James Graham and directed by Headlong’s Encore screenings from Artistic Director Jeremy Herrin will transfer to Thu 5 Jan Assisted performances at some tour venues. the West End this autumn. Visit venue websites for more information.

20 21 Talks, events and exhibitions National Debates Film Screenings Exhibitions Discover more about the NT’s repertoire, artists and history. An eclectic programme of talks, A series of panel Linked to the programme Free, open daily. study days, debates and events. discussions, responding on our stages. to issues raised by the Concrete Reality: repertoire or affecting the Denys Lasdun and the In Focus: Theatre in nation as a whole. Architecture of the NT Scotland – A Field Platforms of Dreams with Olivier Circle Gallery 1hr, £6/£5 Joyce McMillan Exploring the radical designs Talks and discussions. Wed 21 Sep, 6pm, and raw impact of architect More Platforms are listed on Cottesloe Room, £6/£5 Denys Lasdun’s masterpiece. previous production pages. Lightbulb Walks Adapt or Die 45 mins, £5/£4 (unless stated) Emil and the Detectives A Poem for Every From Fri 7 Oct, Followed by a book signing Night of the Year Thu 6 Oct, meet in Dorfman (dir. Gerhard Lamprecht, U) Foyer, 1pm, £3 and The Red Balloon Lyttelton Lounge Fri 25 Nov, 5.15pm (1hr), (dir. Albert Lamoirsse, U) Revealing how adaptations Sue Laurie and Alexander Olivier, £6/£5 Walk and talk with artists Technique in the Theatre Helen Stratford and Sat 12 Nov, 10.30am, have influenced productions Guests include Idit Nathan. Youth – culture & identity Cottesloe Room, £3.50 at the NT. Wed 14 Sep, 6.30pm, Helena Bonham Carter Dorfman Thu 29 Sep, 6pm, Dorfman and Helen McCrory. In Depth: Devising for Exploring the state of the Cathy Come Home Performance Explored (dir. Ken Loach, PG) NT: 40 Years as a An Evening with Private Eye young nation. Guests Space for Plays Wed 2 Nov, 10.30am – includes performance Fri 9 Dec, 5.30pm, Tue 13 Dec, 5.45pm (1hr), 3.30pm, Dorfman poet James Massiah. Cottesloe Room, £5 Tue 25 Oct, 6pm, Lyttelton Lyttelton, £6/£5 £20/£10/£7.50 Followed by bardeblah, the lively and sociable Dark Days Staging Suez: the 60th The Theatre Quiz Sharp Shots: debating game. (dir. Marc Singer, 15) Anniversary of the Suez Crisis with Emma Freud The State of the States In collaboration with Tue 1 Nov, 5.45pm (1hr), Art of Make Believe: Fri 16 Dec, 5.30pm, Lyttelton Thu 10 Nov, 11.30am and Nationhood – Ireland Homeless Film Festival Lyttelton, £6/£5 Staging Children’s Stories 6.15pm, Cottesloe Room, £3 and Scotland Mon 12 Dec, 5.30pm, From Mon 14 Nov, US influence on UK culture Tue 3 Nov, 5.45pm, Dorfman Cottesloe Room, £5 The Nick Darke Writers’ Wolfson Gallery Award Ceremony Events in the week of the US Examining neighbourhood Presidential elections. and nationalism. The Wind in the Willows Discovering how Wed 9 Nov, 6pm, Dorfman children’s stories have Short debates and in-depth Sat 19 Nov, 10.30am, been transformed into explorations in the Clore Theatre Dialogue Club Death – final matters Cottesloe Room, £3.50 The Jocelyn Herbert Lecture: sparks up at the NT extraordinary theatre. Rae Smith – 3D Imagination Learning Centre. Thu 24 Nov, 5.45pm, Dorfman Thu 17 Nov, 7 – 8.15pm, Questioning the language Exhibition Insight in the Tue 22 Nov, 6pm, Lyttelton In Focus: Cult Fiction Cottesloe Room, £3 and legacy of leaving. Guests Lyttelton Lounge on Stage (soft drink included) include Dr Kathryn Mannix Fri 28 Oct, Fri 25 Nov, Mon 12 Sep, 5.45 – 6.45pm, and Andrew McDonald. In Depth: Adapt or Die – Fri 27 Jan, Fri 24 Feb, Cottesloe Room, £6/£5 Chaired by Nick Robinson. Adaptations from the NT 12.30pm (30-min tour and 30-min handling session). In Depth: Rattigan Returns Tue 31 Jan,10.30am – 4.30pm, Free, booking required Thu 15 Sep, 10.30am – Cottesloe Room, £50/£40 4.30pm, Cottesloe Room, £45/£34 Alan Bennett: Keeping On Keeping On Raw Concrete with Dr Barnabas Calder Wed 23 Nov, 6pm, Lyttelton Sun 18 Sep, 11am, Live subtitling by STAGETEXT Cottesloe Room, for deaf, deafened and Free, booking required For full programme details, see website: hard-of-hearing people. nationaltheatre.org.uk/learning

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ArchiveLeaflet_A5_170315B.indd 1 01/04/2015 19:18 Sep 2016 – Feb 2017 Oct Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Sat 22 Plough & the Stars 2.15 Amadeus P 7.30 LAST 7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 2.00+7.30 Sun 23 KEY Mon 24 Amadeus P 7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 AD Audio-Described P Preview Performance Tue 25 PLATFORM: 6.00 CAP Captioned PRESS Press Night NT40 Space for Plays TT Touch Tour PLATFORM and Amadeus P 7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 Relaxed Performance NATIONAL DEBATES p22 – 23 Wed 26 Amadeus PRESS 7.00 The Red Barn 2.15+7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 Thu 27 PLATFORM: Bryony Kimmings 6.00 Amadeus 7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 Sep Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Fri 28 Amadeus 7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 Sat 29 Amadeus 2.00+7.30 The Red Barn 2.15+7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 2.00+7.30 Mon 12 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Sun 30 Tue 13 Threepenny 2.00+7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Mon 31 PLATFORM: Michael Longhurst 6.00 Wed 14 PLATFORM: Sue Laurie & 6.30 Amadeus 7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 Alexander Technique Ivanov 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 2.15+7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Nov Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Thu 15 PLATFORM: Jonathan Kent 6.00 The Seagull 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Tue 1 PLATFORM: Staging Suez 5.45 Fri 16 Platonov 7.00 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Our Ladies 5.30+9.00 Amadeus 2.00+7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 Sat 17 Platonov 11.45 Wed 2 Amadeus 7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 Ivanov 4.00 Thu 3 NATIONAL DEBATES: Nationhood 5.45 The Seagull 8.00 Deep Blue Sea 2.15+7.30 Our Ladies 5.30+9.00 Amadeus 7.30 The Red Barn 2.15+7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 Sun 18 Fri 4 Amadeus 7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 Mon 19 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Sat 5 Amadeus 2.00+7.30 The Red Barn 2.15+7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 2.00+7.30 Tue 20 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea 2.15+7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Sun 6 Wed 21 Threepenny 7.30 Deep Blue Sea LAST 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Mon 7 PLATFORM: Hare & Simenon 6.00 Thu 22 Threepenny NT LIVE 7.00 Our Ladies 8.00 Amadeus 7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 Fri 23 Platonov 7.00 Plough & the Stars 7.30 Our Ladies 5.30+9.00 Tue 8 Amadeus 2.00+7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 Sat 24 Platonov 11.45 Wed 9 PLATFORM: Nick Darke 6.00 Ivanov 4.00 The Red Barn 2.15+7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 The Seagull 8.00 Plough & the Stars 2.15+7.30 Our Ladies 5.30+9.00 Thu 10 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 Sun 25 Fri 11 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 Mon 26 The Seagull 7.30 Plough & the Stars 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Sat 12 The Red Barn 2.15+7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 2.00+7.30 Tue 27 Threepenny 7.30 Plough & the Stars 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Sun 13 Wed 28 Threepenny 7.30 Plough & the Stars 7.30 Our Ladies 2.30+8.00 Mon 14 The Red Barn 7.30 Thu 29 NATIONAL DEBATES: Youth 6.00 Tue 15 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Threepenny 2.00+7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Wed 16 Peter Pan P1 7.00 The Red Barn 2.15+7.30 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Fri 30 Threepenny 7.30 Our Ladies 8.00 Thu 17 Peter Pan P2 7.00 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist's Guide 2.00+7.30 Fri 18 Peter Pan P 7.00 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Oct Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Sat 19 Peter Pan P 2.00 The Red Barn 2.15 +7.30 Pacifist's Guide 2.00 +7.30 Sun 20 Sat 1 Threepenny LAST 2.00 +7.30 Our Ladies LAST 5.30+9.00 Mon 21 Peter Pan P 7.00 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Sun 2 Tue 22 PLATFORM: Rae Smith: 6.00 Mon 3 Jocelyn Herbert Lecture Tue 4 The Seagull 7.30 Peter Pan P 7.00 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Wed 5 Platonov 2.00 Wed 23 PLATFORM: Alan Bennett 6.00 Ivanov 7.30 Peter Pan PRESS 7.00 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Thu 6 The Seagull 7.30 The Red Barn P1 7.30 Thu 24 NATIONAL DEBATES: Death 5.45 Fri 7 Platonov 7.00 The Red Barn P2 7.30 Peter Pan 7.00 The Red Barn 2.15+7.30 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Sat 8 Platonov LAST 11.45 Fri 25 PLATFORM: Poem for Every Night 5.15 Ivanov LAST 4.00 Peter Pan 7.00 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 The Seagull LAST 8.00 The Red Barn P 7.30 Sat 26 Peter Pan 2.00+7.00 The Red Barn 2.15+7.30 Pacifist's Guide 2.00 +7.30 Sun 9 Sun 27 Mon 10 The Red Barn P 7.30 Mon 28 Amadeus 7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist's Guide 7.30 Tue 11 The Red Barn P 7.30 Tue 29 Amadeus 2.00+7.30 Pacifist's Guide LAST 2.00 Wed 12 The Red Barn P 7.30 Wed 30 Amadeus 7.30 Thu 13 The Red Barn P 7.30 Fri 14 The Red Barn P 7.30 Pacifist’s GuideP1 7.30 Dec Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Sat 15 The Red Barn 2.15+7.30 Pacifist’s GuideP2 7.30 Sun 16 Thu 1 Peter Pan 7.00 Mon 17 The Red Barn PRESS 7.00 Pacifist’s GuideP 7.30 Fri 2 Peter Pan 7.00 Tue 18 The Red Barn 7.30 Pacifist’s GuideP 7.30 Sat 3 Peter Pan 2.00+7.00 Wed 19 Amadeus P1 7.30 The Red Barn 2.15 Pacifist’s GuidePRESS 7.00 Sun 4 Thu 20 Amadeus P2 7.30 Plough & the Stars 7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 Mon 5 Amadeus 7.30 Hedda Gabler P1 7.30 Fri 21 PLATFORM: Herrin & McEvoy 6.00 Tue 6 Amadeus 2.00+7.30 Hedda Gabler P2 7.30 LOVE P1 7.30 Amadeus P 7.30 Plough & the Stars 7.30 Pacifist’s Guide 7.30 Wed 7 Peter Pan 7.00 Hedda Gabler P 7.30 LOVE P2 7.30

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Thu 8 Peter Pan 1.00+7.00 Hedda Gabler P 7.30 LOVE P 7.30 Fri 3 Hedda Gabler 7.30 Fri 9 Peter Pan 7.00 Hedda Gabler P 7.30 LOVE P 7.30 Sat 4 Hedda Gabler 2.15+7.30 Sat 10 Peter Pan 2.00+7.00 Hedda Gabler P 7.30 LOVE P 7.30 Sun 5 Sun 11 Mon 6 Hedda Gabler 7.30 Mon 12 Amadeus 7.30 Hedda Gabler PRESS 7.00 LOVE P 7.30 Tue 7 Hedda Gabler 7.30 Tue 13 PLATFORM: Private Eye 5.45 Wed 8 Hedda Gabler 7.30 Amadeus 2.00+ 7.30 Hedda Gabler 7.30 LOVE PRESS 7.00 Thu 9 Hedda Gabler 7.30 Wed 14 Peter Pan 7.00 Hedda Gabler 2.15+7.30 LOVE 7.30 Fri 10 Hedda Gabler 7.30 Thu 15 Peter Pan 7.00 The Red Barn 7.30 LOVE 2.30+7.30 Sat 11 Hedda Gabler 2.15+7.30 Fri 16 PLATFORM: Theatre Quiz 5.30 Peter Pan 7.00 The Red Barn 7.30 LOVE 7.30 Sat 17 Peter Pan 2.00 +7.00 The Red Barn 2.15+7.30 LOVE 2.30+7.30 Sun 18 Holiday opening hours Mon 19 Peter Pan 7.00 AD The Red Barn 7.30 LOVE 7.30 Tue 20 Peter Pan 7.00 The Red Barn 2.15+7.30 LOVE 2.30+7.30 Wed 21 Peter Pan 7.00 Hedda Gabler 7.30 LOVE 7.30 Date Understudy Kitchen Bookshop Box Office Building Thu 22 Peter Pan 2.00+7.00 Hedda Gabler 7.30 LOVE 7.30 by phone Fri 23 Peter Pan 7.00 Hedda Gabler 7.30 LOVE 7.30 24 Dec CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED Sat 24 25 Dec CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED Sun 25 Mon 26 Peter Pan 7.00 Hedda Gabler 7.30 26 Dec 4 – 11pm 4 – 8.30pm 4 – 11pm 12.30 – 8pm 4 – 11pm Tue 27 Peter Pan 2.00+7.00 Hedda Gabler 2.15+7.30 LOVE 7.30 31 Dec 12 – 6pm 9.30am – 6pm 9.30am – 6pm 9.30am – 6pm 9.30am – 6pm Wed 28 Peter Pan 7.00 Hedda Gabler 7.30 LOVE 2.30+7.30 1 Jan CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED Thu 29 Peter Pan 2.00+7.00 The Red Barn 7.30 LOVE 7.30 2 Jan 4 – 11pm 4 – 8.30pm 4 – 11pm 12.30 – 8pm 4 – 11pm Fri 30 Amadeus 7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 LOVE 7.30 Sat 31 Amadeus 2.00 The Red Barn 2.15 LOVE 2.30 Sundays Jan Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Building closed on Sundays 25 Sep – 12 Feb, Join us for a National Theatre Christmas shopping Sun 1 except The Understudy, open 12 – 10pm. day on Sunday 18 December, when the Bookshop Mon 2 Amadeus 7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 LOVE 7.30 Exceptions: Entire building (including The Understudy) and Kitchen will be open 11am – 6pm, Tue 3 Amadeus 2.00+7.30 Hedda Gabler 7.30 LOVE 2.30 +7.30 closed 6 November and 29 January. The Understudy is open 12 – 10pm. Wed 4 PLATFORM: Alexander Zeldin 6.00 Peter Pan 7.00 Hedda Gabler 7.30 LOVE 7.30 Thu 5 Peter Pan 7.00 Hedda Gabler 2.15+7.30 LOVE 7.30 Fri 6 Peter Pan 7.00 Hedda Gabler 7.30 LOVE 7.30 AD Access Sat 7 Peter Pan 2.00+7.00 Hedda Gabler 2.15+7.30 LOVE 2.30 +7.30 Sun 8 The National Theatre is dedicated to making the very Relaxed Performance Mon 9 Amadeus 7.30 Hedda Gabler 7.30 LOVE 7.30 best theatre and sharing it with as many people as Aimed at anyone who would benefit from a more Tue 10 Amadeus 2.00 +7.30 Hedda Gabler 7.30 LOVE LAST 2.30+7.30 possible. The work we make strives to be as open, relaxed performance environment including people Wed 11 PLATFORM: Lucian Msamati 5.45 as diverse, as collaborative and as national as with an autistic spectrum condition, sensory or Amadeus 7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 possible. We do all we can to keep ticket prices communication disorders or a learning disability. Thu 12 Amadeus 7.30 The Red Barn 2.15 +7.30 affordable and to reach a wide audience, and use There will be a Relaxed Performance of Peter Pan Fri 13 Peter Pan 7.00 The Red Barn 7.30 our public funding to maintain artistic risk-taking, on Sat 21 Jan at 2pm. Call 020 7452 3961 for more Sat 14 Peter Pan 2.00+7.00 The Red Barn 2.15 +7.30 accessibility and diversity. information or to discuss your needs. Sun 15 Mon 16 Amadeus 7.30 The Red Barn 7.30 Audio-Described Infra-red audio system Tue 17 Amadeus 7.30 The Red Barn LAST 2.15+7.30 Wed 18 Amadeus 2.00+7.30 Performances for blind and visually impaired people. Available in all theatres for every performance. Free headsets and neck loops are essential and Thu 19 Peter Pan 7.00 Hedda Gabler 7.30 Touch Tour available from the Box Office. Fri 20 PLATFORM: Sally Cookson 5.30 For blind and visually impaired people. An opportunity to Peter Pan 7.00 Hedda Gabler 7.30 visit the stage, handle the props and meet members of Large-print, CD and braille versions of this rep brochure Sat 21 Peter Pan 2.00 +7.00 Hedda Gabler 2.15+7.30 the company. are available on request from Sun 22 [email protected] Mon 23 PLATFORM: Ruth Wilson 3.00 Captioned Peter Pan 1.00 Hedda Gabler 7.30 Captioned performances for deaf, deafened and P WC Tue 24 Amadeus 7.30 Hedda Gabler 7.30 hard-of-hearing people. T Wed 25 Amadeus 7.30 Hedda Gabler 2.15 +7.30 Thu 26 Amadeus 2.00+ 7.30 Hedda Gabler 7.30 British Sign Language Fri 27 Peter Pan 7.00 Hedda Gabler AD 7.30 Sat 28 Peter Pan 2.00+7.00 Hedda Gabler 2.15 +7.30 Sun 29 Mon 30 Hedda Gabler 7.30 Tue 31 PLATFORM: van Hove & Marber 6.00 Hedda Gabler 7.30 Wed 1 Hedda Gabler 2.15+7.30 Thu 2 Hedda Gabler 7.30

28 29 Ticket Prices Membership Book early for the best seats No booking fee online or in person Prices may change according to demand. Book £2.50 fee per transaction for phone bookings. We depend on committed audience members like Priority Member from £80 early to ensure the best seats at the best prices. Excludes Members at Priority level and above, you to help bring awe-inspiring productions to our Extended priority booking ahead of Advance and Access list subscribers. stages. To show our thanks, we’ll help you get the Members and public booking. very best from your visits through a range Supporting Cast Member from £600 Mon – Thu evening; all matinees Fri & Sat evening Ways to save of benefits. First priority booking and hotline to the Box Office. It’s an exciting time ahead at the NT and priority Use of the NT Members’ bar. Travelex £15 Tickets: £45 £50 Previews 1 & 2 £32 – £15 booking is the best way to ensure you don’t miss The Threepenny Opera, £40 £45 Corporate Member from £15,000 Amadeus £34 £36 out. In the new year directs Twelfth Access to the NT hospitality areas. Hundreds of tickets at £15 £26 £28 Night, with , and Marianne Elliott Free tickets, dedicated account management for every performance £15 £15 directs , with a cast including and priority booking. , , Nathan Lane Mon – Thu evening; all matinees Fri & Sat evening Ways to save and Russell Tovey. Find out more: Young Chekhov, The Deep £60 £65 Previews £39 – £15; nationaltheatre.org.uk/support-us Blue Sea, The Plough £52 £56 and the Stars, The Red Barn, £39 £44 Peter Pan and Hedda Gabler £29 £31 Under-18s half price* £15 £18 Information

Young Chekhov Combined tickets available. The same seat for all three plays at reduced prices. Age guidance Ticket Exchange three-show days £150, £125, £100, £80, £45 (subject to availability) We don’t publish specific age recommendations for There are no refunds on tickets, but you can all our shows. For guidance on content and suitability exchange them for another performance or for credit. Dorfman Theatre Mon – Thu evening; all matinees Fri & Sat evening Ways to save please call 020 7452 3000. Children under four Terms and conditions and a small administration fee are welcome in the foyers, however they cannot be apply, call the Box Office for details: 020 7452 3000. Our Ladies of £40 – £15 £45 – £18 admitted to the auditoriums. Perpetual Succour All discounts are subject to availability and at the For your safety and comfort discretion of the Box Office. A Pacifist’s Guide to the £40 – £15 £45 – £18 Previews £35 – £15 Strobe lighting, smoke effects and gunshots are War on Cancer sometimes used in productions. Details are available Car Park LOVE £35 – £15 £45 – £18 Previews £30 – £15 from the Box Office after the first Preview. Car spaces in the NT car park are £8 for cars entering Latecomers may not be admitted. All bulky items such after 5pm or if you attend a daytime ticketed event as bags and rucksacks must be left at the and leave before 7pm. Combined matinee/evening free cloakrooms. show rate: £14. Sunday/public holidays: £8 all day. More ways to save Free parking for Blue Badge holders attending a Programme changes Friday Rush £15 & £18 Tickets performance – validate at the Box Office. For details Programme details are published in good faith, but on accessible parking please visit Every Friday at 1pm a limited number of £20 tickets In the Olivier and Lyttelton theatres these stalls seats changes may occasionally be necessary. for the following week’s performances are released to are narrower and may offer a restricted view. In the nationaltheatre.org.uk/travel buy online. Dorfman Theatre these seats are restricted view. Two per customer per production, excluding Day Tickets Travelex season. American Express ® Programme credits A limited number of £15/£18 tickets are available in person on the day of the performance. Groups Card members have exciting ticket benefits Brochure design and imagery by the Seat location varies. Call 020 7452 3010 for discounts on groups of 8+ for National Theatre shows. For details visit NT Graphic Design Studio, unless otherwise credited. for selected productions. nationaltheatre.org.uk/amex nationaltheatre.org.uk/groups Cover Photography by James Bellorini. With thanks to Briony Berning-Pollard, Laura Choules, Matt Drury, Paul Hornsby, Concessions Preferred James Nowell, Marc Williams and Johnny Wilson Card of the NT Lighting Department. Entry Pass Senior Citizens Partner 16-25-year-olds can access £5 tickets by joining Entry For midweek matinees, save £20 on £52 and £39 tickets Registered Charity No. 224223 Pass. nationaltheatre.org.uk/entrypass in the Lyttelton and the Olivier. Save £10 on £45 and £40 tickets for Travelex productions. £30 tickets available for *Under-18s midweek matinees in the Dorfman. Half price for Monday – Friday evenings and all matinees (all performances of Peter Pan). Excludes Disabled People tickets under £30 and Travelex productions. £16 tickets, plus £16 companion tickets (£15 tickets on Travelex productions) are available for Access UK Schools, Colleges and Universities list subscribers. Under-19s £12; 19-25s £15 for groups 10+ on nationaltheatre.org.uk/accesslist selected performances. Call 020 7452 3010 for availability. nationaltheatre.org.uk/groups

30 31 This cover was created with the Lighting Department. Lighting is used to create moments of stage magic. The choices a Lighting Designer makes about how a set and actors are lit have a major impact on the mood and atmosphere of a scene. The National’s Lighting department deploys everything from flood or spotlight to complex automated lights, controlled via a lighting data network. Sep 16 – Feb 17 020 7452 3000 nationaltheatre.org.uk Find us online