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2 3 The plays The plays

Follies Mosquitoes Common Barber Shop Chronicles Playing from 22 Aug 18 July – 28 Sep 30 May – 5 Aug 30 May – 8 July

Oslo Jane Eyre Ugly Lies the Bone Angels in America Part One 5 – 23 Sep 26 Sep – 21 Oct Playing until 6 June Playing until 19 Aug

The Majority Salomé Angels in America Part Two Amadeus 11 – 28 Aug 2 May – 15 July Playing until 19 Aug Returning 2018

4 5 Wed 18 CAP 7.30 AUGUST Wed 25 7.30 Thu 26 2.00 Tue 22 7.30 7.30 Wed 23 7.30 Fri 27 7.30 Fri 25 7.30 Sat 28 CAP 2.00 book by James Goldman Sat 26 7.30 7.30 music and lyrics by Tue 29 7.30 Wed 30 7.30 NOVEMBER Thu 31 7.30 Olivier Theatre Wed 1 7.30 Thu 2 2.00 SEPTEMBER Cast New York, 1971. There’s a party on the CAP 7.30 Fri 3 AD 7.30 Fri 1 7.30 Josephine Barstow stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow Sat 4 AD TT 2.00 Sat 2 2.00 the iconic building will be demolished. Thirty 7.30 7.30

Di Botcher years after their final performance, the Mon 4 7.30 Additional Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing Tue 5 2.00 Billy Boyle performances to a few songs and lie about themselves. 7.30 Janie Dee be announced Including such classic songs as ‘Broadway Wed 6 7.00 Geraldine Fitzgerald Thu 7 7.30 Peter Forbes Baby’, ‘I’m Still Here’ and ‘Losing My Mind’, Fri 8 7.30 Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical Emily Goodenough Sat 9 2.00 is staged for the first time at the Photography by Marcus Palmqvist 7.30 Bruce Graham National Theatre. Mon 11 7.30 Fred Haig Tue 12 2.00 Tracie Bennett, Janie Dee and Imelda Aimee Hodnett 7.30 Staunton play the magnificent Follies in Wed 13 7.30 Dawn Hope this dazzling new production. Featuring Talks and events Thu 14 7.30 Liz Izen Fri 15 7.30 a cast of 37 and an orchestra of 21, it’s Janie Dee and Alison Langer directed by (‘Ma Rainey’s Sat 16 2.00 Thu 14 Sep, 3 – 4pm, 7.30 Emily Langham Black Bottom’). Olivier, £7/£5 Mon 18 7.30 Sarah-Marie Tue 19 7.30 Winner of Academy, Tony, Grammy and of Musical Theatre Maxwell Wed 20 2.00 Olivier Awards, Sondheim’s previous work Fri 15 Sep, 6 – 7pm, at the NT includes ‘’, 7.30 Kate Parr Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Thu 21 7.30 Philip Quast ‘Sweeney Todd’ and ‘Sunday in the Park Fri 22 7.30 Edwin Ray with George’. Dominic Cooke Sat 23 2.00 Wed 18 Oct, 6 – 6.45pm, Gary Raymond 7.30 Olivier, £7/£5 Mon 25 7.30 Adam Rhys-Charles Tue 26 7.30 Jordan Shaw The Works of Official Hotel Partner Stephen Sondheim OCTOBER Fri 3 Nov, 10.30am – 4.30pm, See website for full Cottesloe Room, £55/£40 Mon 16 7.30 cast and creative team Tue 17 2.00 7.30 6 7 Production supported by the Winton Charitable Foundation and Rosetrees Tue 12 7.30 JULY Trust. A recipient of the Edgerton Foundation New Plays Award Wed 13 CAP 2.30 7.30 Tue 18 7.30 Thu 14 7.30 Wed 19 7.30 Fri 15 AD 7.30 Mosquitoes Thu 20 7.30 Sat 16 AD TT 2.30 Fri 21 7.30 a new play by 7.30 Sat 22 7.30 Mon 18 7.30 Mon 24 7.30 Tue 19 7.30 Tue 25 7.00 Wed 20 2.30 Wed 26 7.30 7.30 Thu 27 7.30 Thu 21 7.30 Dorfman Theatre Fri 28 7.30 Fri 22 7.30 Sat 29 2.30 Sat 23 2.30 7.30 Cast Alice is a scientist. She lives in Geneva. 7.30 Mon 31 7.30 Amanda Boxer As the Large Hadron Collider starts up Mon 25 7.30 Tue 26 2.30 Olivia Colman in 2008, she is on the brink of the most Olivia Williams exciting work of her life, searching for the AUGUST 7.30 Higgs boson. Wed 27 CAP 7.30 Director Tue 1 7.30 Thu 28 7.30 Rufus Norris Jenny is her sister. She lives in Luton. Wed 2 2.30 She spends a lot of time Googling. 7.30 Designer Thu 3 7.30 Katrina Lindsay When tragedy throws them together, Photography by David Stewart Fri 4 7.30 Lighting Designer the collision threatens them all with chaos. Sat 5 2.30 7.30 Paule Constable Olivia Colman and Olivia Williams Talks and events Mon 7 7.30 Music play the sisters in this new drama from Tue 8 7.30 Adam Cork ‘Chimerica’ writer Lucy Kirkwood, Semiconductor – Wed 9 7.30 directed by Rufus Norris. Tue 29 7.30 Sound Designer Creating Scientific Art Wed 30 2.30 Paul Arditti Fri 21 July, 6 – 6.45pm, 7.30 Cottesloe Room, £6/£5 Thu 31 7.30 Video Designers Finn Ross and Lucy Kirkwood and SEPTEMBER Ian William Galloway Rufus Norris Thu 7 Sep, 6 – 6.45pm, Fri 1 7.30 See website for full Dorfman, £7/£5 Sat 2 2.30 production team Designing ‘Mosquitoes’ 7.30 Mon 25 Sep, 10.30am – Mon 4 7.30 Tue 5 2.30 1.30pm, Dorfman and Duffield 7.30 Studio, £30/£20/£7.50 Wed 6 7.30 Making ‘Mosquitoes’ with Thu 7 7.30 Fri 8 7.30 designer Katrina Lindsay Sat 9 2.30 Mon 25 Sep, 5.45 – 6.30pm, 7.30 Dorfman, £7/£5 Mon 11 CAP 7.30 8 9 The Lincoln Center Theater production SEPTEMBER

Tue 5 7.30 Oslo Wed 6 7.30 Thu 7 2.00 a new play by J T Rogers 7.30 Fri 8 7.30 Sat 9 2.00 7.30 Mon 11 7.30 Tue 12 7.00 Lyttelton Theatre Wed 13 7.30 Thu 14 2.00 Cast to be Direct from Broadway for a 7.30 announced limited season Fri 15 7.30 Sat 16 2.00 Director In 1993, in front of the world’s press, the CAP 7.30 Bartlett Sher leaders of Israel and Palestine shook Mon 18 7.30 hands on the lawn of the White House. Tue 19 7.30 Set Designer Wed 20 2.00 Michael Yeargan Few watching would have guessed that 7.30 the negotiations leading up to this iconic Costume Designer Thu 21 7.30 moment started secretly in a castle in the Fri 22 AD 7.30 Catherine Zuber middle of a forest outside Oslo. Sat 23 AD TT 2.00 7.30 Lighting Designer ‘Oslo’ tells the true story of two maverick Donald Holder Norwegian diplomats who coordinated Sound Designer top secret talks and inspired seemingly Talks and events Peter John Still impossible friendships. Their quiet Mona Juul on the Projections heroics led to the groundbreaking Oslo Oslo Accords 59 Productions Peace Accords. Fri 15 Sep, 6 – 6.45pm, Bartlett Sher’s acclaimed production of Lyttelton, £7/£5 this new play by J T Rogers (‘Blood & West End Gifts’, ‘The Overwhelming’) sets a deeply Continues at the personal story against an epic historical Theatre from October.Tickets landscape. This darkly funny political available from the National thriller comes to the National Theatre Theatre. In association following a sell-out run in New York, prior with ATG to a West End run later this autumn. ‘Vivid and thoughtful, crackling theatre.’ ‘The New York Times’

10 11 A co-production with Bristol Old Vic SEPTEMBER

Tue 26 7.00 Jane Eyre Wed 27 7.00 Thu 28 1.30 based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë 7.00 devised by the original company Fri 29 7.00 Sat 30 1.30 7.00 OCTOBER Lyttelton Theatre Mon 2 7.00 Tue 3 1.30 Cast ‘A fresh, exciting and endlessly 7.00 Hannah Bristow inventive production.’ Wed 4 7.00 Matthew Churcher Evening Standard Thu 5 7.00 Nadia Clifford Following a critically acclaimed season Fri 6 7.00 Ben Cutler Sat 7 1.30 at the National Theatre and a UK tour, 7.00 Tim Delap ‘Jane Eyre’ returns this September. This Mon 9 7.00 Alex Heane innovative re-imagining of Charlotte Tue 10 1.30 Jenny Johns Brontë’s masterpiece is a collaboration 7.00 Wed 11 7.00 Melanie Marshall between the National Theatre Photography (Nadia Clifford) by Mads Perch Thu 12 7.00 Evelyn Miller and Bristol Old Vic and is directed by Fri 13 7.00 Paul Mundell Sally Cookson. Sat 14 CAP 1.30 Dami Olukoya Talks and events 7.00 David Ridley The classic story of the trailblazing Jane is Mon 16 7.00 Lynda Rooke as inspiring as ever. This bold and dynamic Nadia Clifford and Tue 17 1.30 7.00 Francesca Tomlinson production uncovers one woman’s fight for Tim Delap freedom and fulfilment on her own terms. Wed 18 7.00 Phoebe Vigor Mon 9 Oct, 3 – 4pm, Thu 19 7.00 ‘Jane Eyre’s spirited heroine faces life’s Lyttelton, £7/£5 Director Fri 20 7.00 obstacles head-on, surviving poverty, ‘Jane Eyre’ – Modern Sat 21 AD TT 1.30 Sally Cookson injustice and the discovery of bitter 7.00 Independent Woman See website for full before taking the ultimate decision to follow Thu 19 Oct, 6 – 6.45pm, her heart. Also now on tour production team Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 in the UK until September

12 13 Originally co-commissioned with The Arches, Glasgow AUGUST

Fri 11 7.30 The Majority Sat 12 2.30 7.30 a new play by Rob Drummond Mon 14 7.00 Tue 15 7.30 Wed 16 2.30 7.30 Thu 17 7.30 Fri 18 7.30 Dorfman Theatre Sat 19 2.30 7.30 Cast Following the acclaimed ‘Bullet Catch’ Mon 21 7.30 Rob Drummond in The Shed, Rob Drummond returns Tue 22 7.30 Wed 23 2.30 Director to the National with a new show about 7.30 David Overend democracy. ‘The Majority’ charts Rob’s Thu 24 7.30 journey as he navigates the Scottish Fri 25 AD 7.30 Designer Independence Referendum, Brexit, Trump... Sat 26 AD TT 2.30 Jemima Robinson and whatever today brings. 7.30 Mon 28 CAP 7.30 Lighting Designer So take your seat and push the button. Michael Harpur Yes or No. Can you change the show with Photography by Camilla Adams Music and Sound your votes? Every night will be different, Scott Twynholm depending on the majority. Video Associate ‘Wonderfully entertaining but emotionally Talks and events Mogzi devastating. Remarkable, multi-layered Rob Drummond and Bromley-Morgans and utterly gripping.’ David Overend ‘Guardian’ (on ‘Bullet Catch’) Thu 24 Aug, 9 – 9.45pm, Dorfman, £5/£4

14 15 Thu 13 7.30 MAY Fri 14 7.30 Sat 15 2.00 Tue 2 7.30 7.30 Salomé Wed 3 7.30

Thu 4 7.30 NT Live Broadcast a new play by Yaël Farber Fri 5 7.30 on Thu 22 June Sat 6 7.30 Mon 8 7.30 Tue 9 7.00 Wed 10 2.00 7.30 Olivier Theatre Thu 11 7.30 Mon 15 7.30 Cast The story has been told before, but never Tue 16 2.00 Philip Arditti like this. 7.30 Wed 17 7.30 Paul Chahidi An occupied desert nation. A radical from Thu 18 7.30 Ramzi Choukair the wilderness on hunger strike. A girl Fri 19 7.30 Uriel Emil whose mysterious dance will change the Sat 20 2.00 Olwen Fouéré course of the world. 7.30 Roseanna Frascona Mon 22 7.30 Lloyd Hutchinson This charged retelling turns the infamous Tue 23 7.30 biblical tale on its head, placing the girl we Aidan Kelly Photography (Isabella Niloufar) by JUNE call Salomé at the centre of a revolution. Sebastian Nevols Yasmin Levy Fri 9 7.30 Theo T J Lowe Internationally acclaimed director Sat 10 CAP 2.00 Isabella Niloufar Yaël Farber (‘Les Blancs’) draws on Talks and events 7.30 Lubana al Quntar multiple accounts to create her urgent, Mon 12 7.30 Raad Rawi hypnotic production on the Olivier stage. In Context – Religious and Tue 13 7.30 Wed 14 7.30 Stanley Townsend Ancient Text on Stage ‘Epic. A near-perfect production.’ Wed 17 May, 2 – 5pm, Mon 19 7.30 Director ‘Guardian’ (on ‘Les Blancs’) Tue 20 7.30 Cottesloe Room, £25/£20 Wed 21 7.30 Yaël Farber In Context – Acts of Violence Thu 22 7.00 and ‘Salomé’ Thu 29 7.30 See website for full Fri 30 AD 7.30 production team Mon 12 June, 2 – 5pm, Cottesloe Room, £25/£20 JULY Talk – Mothers / Sat 1 AD TT 2.00 Daughters / Sisters 7.30 Wed 21 June, 6 – 7pm, Tue 4 7.30 Cottesloe Room, £6/£5 Wed 5 2.00 CAP 7.30 Sponsored by Yaël Farber on ‘Salomé’ Thu 6 7.30 Fri 14 July, 6pm, Olivier, £5/£4 16 17 A co-production with Headlong MAY AUGUST

Tue 30 7.30 Tue 1 7.30 Common Wed 31 7.30 Wed 2 2.00 7.30 a new play by DC Moore JUNE Thu 3 CAP 7.30 Fri 4 7.30 Thu 1 7.30 Sat 5 2.00 Fri 2 7.30 7.30 Sat 3 7.30 Mon 5 7.30 Olivier Theatre Tue 6 7.00 Wed 7 2.00 7.30 Cast Mary’s the best liar, rogue, thief and Thu 8 7.30 Lois Chimimba faker in this whole septic isle. And now Thu 15 7.30 John Dagleish she’s back. Fri 16 7.30 Brian Doherty As the factory smoke of the industrial Sat 17 2.00 Anne-Marie Duff 7.30 revolution belches out from the cities, Fri 23 7.30 Trevor Fox Mary is swept up in the battle for Sat 24 2.00 Hannah Hutch her former home. The common land, 7.30 Cush Jumbo belonging to all, is disappearing. Mon 26 7.30 Ian-Lloyd Anderson Photography (Anne-Marie Duff) Tue 27 7.30 Tim McMullan DC Moore’s dark and funny new play by Lawrence Winram Wed 28 2.00 is an epic tale of unsavoury action and 7.30 John O’Dowd England’s lost land. JULY Director Talks and events Headlong’s Artistic Director, Jeremy Jeremy Herrin Talk – History of Fri 7 7.30 Herrin (‘People, Places and Things’, ‘This Common Land Sat 8 CAP 2.00 House’) directs Anne-Marie Duff as Mary. 7.30 Thu 15 June, 6pm, Mon 10 CAP 7.30 See website for full Cottesloe Room, £6/£5 Tue 11 2.00 production team Jeremy Herrin and 7.30 Wed 12 7.30 DC Moore Mon 17 7.30 Fri 16 June, 6pm, Tue 18 7.30 Olivier, £5/£4 Wed 19 2.00 7.30 In Context – Revolt: Thu 20 7.30 the world of ‘Common’ Fri 21 AD 7.30 Wed 19 July, 2 – 5pm, Sat 22 AD TT 2.00 Cottesloe Room, £25/£20 7.30 Mon 24 7.30 Sponsored by Tue 25 7.30 Mon 31 7.30

18 19 A co-production with Fuel & West Yorkshire Playhouse MAY

Tue 30 8.00 Barber Shop Chronicles Wed 31 8.00 a new play by Inua Ellams JUNE

Thu 1 8.00 Fri 2 8.00 Sat 3 8.00 Mon 5 8.00 Dorfman Theatre Tue 6 8.00 Wed 7 7.00 Thu 8 2.00 Cast includes Newsroom, political platform, local hot 8.00 Fisayo Akinade spot, confession box, preacher-pulpit and Fri 9 8.00 Hammed football stadium. For generations, African Sat 10 2.00 Animashaun men have gathered in barber shops to 8.00 Peter Bankolé discuss the world. Mon 12 8.00 Tue 13 8.00 Maynard Eziashi This dynamic new play leaps from a barber Wed 14 2.00 Simon Manyonda shop in London to Johannesburg, Harare, 8.00 Patrice Naiambana Kampala, Lagos and Accra. These are Thu 15 8.00 Cyril Nri Photography by Dean Chalkley Fri 16 8.00 places where the banter can be barbed Sat 17 2.00 Kwami Odoom and the truth is always telling. 8.00 Sule Rimi ‘Barber Shop Chronicles’ is Inua Ellams’ Mon 19 8.00 Abdul Salis Inua Ellams Tue 20 2.00 third play at the National, following the Talks and events David Webber Mon 19 June, 6.30pm, 8.00 exhilarating ‘The 14th Tale’ and ‘Black In Depth – Working Anthony Welsh Dorfman, £5/£4 Wed 21 8.00 T-Shirt Collection’. as a Producer Thu 22 CAP 2.00 Director Fri 19 May, Men and 8.00 Bijan Sheibani Co-commissioned by Fuel and the 10.30am – 4.30pm, Mental Health MAY National Theatre. Development funded Cottesloe Room, Tue 20 June, 6pm, See website for full Wed 5 8.00 by Arts Council England with the support £50/£40/£7.50 Cottesloe Room, production team Thu 6 CAP 8.00 of Fuel, National Theatre, West Yorkshire In Context – £6/£5 Fri 7 AD 8.00 Playhouse, The Binks Trust, British Spoken Word and Sat 8 AD TT 2.00 Council ZA, Òran Mór and A Play, a Pie Monologues 8.00 and a Pint. in Black Theatre Also playing at Sat 10 June, 2 – 5pm, West Yorkshire The Dorfman Partner Cottesloe Room, Playhouse £25/£20 12 – 29 July

20 21 Tue 30 7.30 Part One: MAY JUNE Wed 31 2.15 Millennium 7.30 Approaches Tue 9 2.15 Tue 13 1.00 7.30 JUNE MAY 7.00 Wed 10 7.30 Thu 15 7.00 Fri 19 7.30 Mon 5 7.30 Wed 3 7.00 Thu 29 7.00 Sat 20 2.15 Tue 6 2.15 Sat 6 7.00 Two-show days 7.30 7.30 Thu 11 7.00 MAY Mon 22 CAP 7.30 Fri 12 7.00 Mon 15 7.00 Thu 4 1.00 Wed 17 7.00 7.00 Thu 18 7.00 Sat 13 1.00 Tue 23 7.00 7.00 Fri 26 7.00 Tue 16 1.00 Dorfman Theatre Lyttelton Theatre JUNE 7.00 Wed 24 1.00 Ugly Lies the Bone Thu 1 7.00 7.00 Angels in America Fri 2 7.00 Sat 27 1.00 by Lindsey Ferrentino Thu 8 7.00 7.00 A Gay Fantasia on Fri 9 7.00 JUNE Mon 12 CAP 7.00 Last chance to see – until 6 June National Themes Wed 14 7.00 by Tony Kushner Sat 3 1.00 HHHH Cast Fri 16 7.00 7.00 Marianne Adams Tue 27 7.00 ‘You leave wowed.’‘Metro’ Sat 10 1.00 Fri 30 7.00 Katy Brittain 7.00 After three tours in Afghanistan A new staging of Tony Olivia Darnley Wed 28 1.00 and months in a severe burns Kushner’s multi-award-winning Part Two: 7.00 Buffy Davis Perestroika unit, Jess finally returns to two-part play is directed by For full schedule Florida to confront her scars. Kate Fleetwood Marianne Elliott (‘The Curious Ralf Little MAY through to August Incident of the Dog in the Night- see website Experimenting with a pioneering Kris Marshall virtual reality therapy, she builds Time and War Horse’). Mon 1 7.00 Tom Peters Tue 2 7.00 a breathtaking new world Siân Polhill-Thomas Access to tickets Fri 5 7.00 where she can escape her pain. ‘Angels’ Ballot presented by Thu 25 7.00 There, she begins to restore Director Delta Hundreds of £20 tickets Mon 29 7.00 her relationships, her life and, Indhu Rubasingham will be released via five ballots slowly, herself. throughout the run. Sign up at nationaltheatre.org.uk/ angelsballot See website for talks, See website for talks, events and casting events and casting Sponsored by Official Airline

22 23 2018 Dates

JANUARY

Mon 22 7.30 Tue 23 2.00 7.30 Wed 24 7.30 Thu 25 7.30 Fri 26 7.30 Sat 27 2.00 7.30 Mon 29 7.30 Tue 30 7.30 Amadeus Wed 31 7.30 by Peter Shaffer Photography by Sorted Photography by Nina Sologubenko FEBRUARY Olivier Theatre Thu 1 2.00 Connections New Views Returning in 2018 7.30 Dorfman and Olivier Theatres Dorfman Theatre Fri 2 7.30 Sat 3 2.00 28 June – 3 July 4 July HHHHH 7.30 Mon 5 7.30 ‘A note-perfect production.’ Tue 6 7.30 The best new writing for and Be the fi rst to see work by the ‘Daily Telegraph’ Wed 7 2.00 about young people. next generation of playwrights. 7.30 Each year the National Theatre Hundreds of students from Music. Power. Jealousy. Thu 8 7.30 across the UK have submitted Fri 9 7.30 commissions ten new plays short plays to our annual ’s iconic play had its Sat 10 2.00 for young people to perform, Peter Shaffer playwriting competition, with premiere at the National Theatre in 7.30 bringing together some of the Mon 12 7.30 support from playwrights 1979, before being adapted into an most exciting writers with the Tue 13 7.30 visiting their schools. Academy Award-winning fi lm. Wed 14 2.00 theatre-makers of tomorrow for 7.30 a of new writing. Eight shortlisted plays will be With live orchestral accompaniment Thu 15 7.30 250 youth theatre companies given rehearsed readings and by Southbank Sinfonia. Fri 16 7.30 Sat 17 2.00 and 5,000 young people from the winning play will 7.30 every corner of the UK have be performed in the See website for full Dorfman Theatre. production team taken part in the 2017 festivals. This summer ten companies will Winning play announced bring their productions to the 5 June.Tickets on sale In association with National Theatre. Southbank Sinfonia 12 June. Supported by the Tickets on sale 25 May. ‘Amadeus’ production syndicate 24 25 UK Tour 2017 UK & IRELAND TOUR 2017 Now playing – venues to right Belfast, US Tour Grand Opera House Now playing Dublin, curiousonstage.com Bord Gáis Energy Theatre Assisted Cardiff, performances Wales Millennium at some venues Centre Sheffi eld, Lyceum Theatre Oxford, New Theatre Photography by James Bellorini Photography (Luke Treadaway) by Newcastle, Hugo Glendinning Queer Theatre Theatre Royal LGBT+ Stories & Social River Stage Bristol The Curious Incident of Hippodrome Change In partnership with Festival weekends Plymouth, Pride in London May – July 28 July – 28 August the Dog in the Night-Time Theatre Royal based on the novel by Mark Haddon Birmingham To mark 50 years since the Our outdoor River Stage adapted by Simon Stephens Hippodrome partial decriminalisation of returns this summer, with West End Llandudno, Venue Cymru homosexuality in England and partners from across the Shaftesbury Avenue Southend, Wales, the NT looks at how Final performance – 3 June country taking over each Cliffs Pavilion theatre has charted the LGBT+ weekend. Liverpool, experience through a series of HHHHH Empire Theatre rehearsed readings, exhibitions, With free live music, guest DJs ‘A beautiful, eloquent, and vibrant dance and theatre, Bradford, talks and screenings. dazzlingly inventive show Alhambra there’s nowhere better to soak about the wonders of life.’ Rehearsed Readings Aberdeen, His up the sun and the atmosphere ‘Evening Standard’ Majesty’s Theatre 6 – 10 July this summer. To celebrate Pride weekend a Winner of seven 2013 Olivier Glasgow, King’s Theatre world-class group of directors For the full programme and Awards and fi ve 2015 Tony Norwich, and actors bring seminal timings visit: nationaltheatre. Awards, including Best Play, org.uk/riverstage Theatre Royal queer plays back to this thrilling production has Milton Keynes in an act of celebration and been hailed by ‘The Times’ as Theatre remembrance. Directors include ‘a phenomenal combination of Tarell Alvin McCraney, Stephen storytelling and spectacle.’ Preferred Daldry and Polly Stenham. Card Suitable for 11yrs+ Partner 26 27 On Tour

A co-production with My Country; a Bristol Old Vic Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour work in progress adapted by Lee Hall from the novel Jane Eyre ‘The Sopranos’ by Alan Warner in the words of people across the UK and Carol Ann Duffy based on the novel by West End Duke of York’s Theatre Charlotte Brontë devised by the HHHHH original company St Martin’s Lane | Strictly limited season from 9 May ‘Uncategorisable brilliance. HHHHH HHHH OLOPS17_Q1_80_NT_Brochure_New_Girl_AWFunny, heartbreaking and A political intervention.’ ‘A joyous, moving musical riot. raucously rude, ‘Our Ladies of ‘Independent’ ‘Aflame with . A picture of exultant feminism.’ One of the great theatrical Perpetual Succour’ is adapted Now on tour until July | ‘Observer’ experiences of the year’ from Alan Warner’s brilliant nationaltheatre.org.uk ‘Daily Telegraph’ novel about six young friends Now on tour until September | on the cusp of change and is janeeyreonstage.co.uk Nominated for two Olivier directed by Royal Court Artistic War Horse Awards and following sold-out Director Vicky Featherstone. based on the novel by Michael Hedda Gabler seasons at the National Theatre, Morpurgo adapted by Nick Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Featuring the songs of ELO, Stafford | in association with the by Henrik Ibsen UK tour, the smash-hit, award- ‘Our Ladies’ is a glorious award-winning Handspring in a new version winning play from the National anthem to friendship, youth Puppet Company by Patrick Marber Theatre of Scotland and Live and growing up disgracefully. HHHHH HHHHH Theatre ‘Our Ladies of Perpetual Prepare thyself for 24 hours ‘An entertainment ‘Dark, bold and devastating. Succour’ transfers to the West of holy chaos. Contains phenomenon.’ This Hedda is a triumph.’ End for a strictly limited season. singing, hilarity, sambuca ‘Mail on Sunday’ ‘Daily Telegraph’ From the creator of ‘Billy Elliot’ and strong language. Tour begins September | Tour begins October | (Lee Hall) comes the uplifting nationaltheatre.org.uk/ warhorseonstage.com heddagableronstage.com and moving story of six Catholic ourladies choir girls from Oban, let loose Assisted performances at some tour venues. Visit venue websites for more information. in Edinburgh for one day only. 28 29 National Theatre Live Salomé a new play by Yaël Farber Obsession A radical retelling of the biblical by Luchino Visconti in a new story of one young woman’s production by Ivo van Hove Live from the Barbican Theatre political awakening. Jude Law stars in this new Thu 22 June, 7pm. stage adaptation, produced Encore screenings from by Barbican Productions and Thu 29 June Toneelgroep Amsterdam. Thu 11 May, 7pm. Encore Angels in America screenings from Wed 25 May A Gay Fantasia on National Themes by Tony Kushner Marianne Elliott directs the Who’s Afraid of landmark two-part play, with a cast including Andrew Garfi eld, Virginia Woolf? , Nathan Lane, by Edward Albee | Live from the Harold James McArdle and Russell Pinter Theatre Produced by Sonia Friedman Productions Tovey. Both parts broadcast live, HHHHH one week apart. ‘Intoxicatingly good. A Part One: Millennium blistering production.’ Approaches ‘Financial Times’ Thu 20 July, 7pm Thu 18 May, 7pm. Encore screenings from Thu 1 June Part Two: Perestroika Thu 27 July, 7pm Encore screenings from Fri 4 Aug A co-production with Bristol Old Vic Peter Pan by JM Barrie, devised by the companies | Suitable for 7yrs+ Yerma HHHH by Simon Stone after Federico García ‘A rip-roaring adventure.’ Lorca Live from the ‘Time Out’ returns in her Evening Standard Best Actress Recorded performance Award-winning role, in the broadcast Sat 10 June, times sold-out Young Vic production. vary according to venue. Encore Sponsor of NT Live in the UK screenings from Sun 11 June Thu 31 Aug, 7pm. Encore screenings from Thu 14 Sep 30 31 Explore conversation. discusses his Exhibitions new book ‘Balancing Acts’ and A changing programme Tracy Chevalier her novel of exhibitions taking inspiration ‘New Boy’. from the work on our stages, Courses and Events the NT Archive and our Explore themes from the national programme. productions on our stages, in New exhibitions include ‘we’re our varied events programme, here because we’re here’ which ranging from short debates to tells the story of the nationwide ten-week playwriting courses. project to mark the centenary Highlights include Inua of the Battle of the Somme, Ellams on ‘Spoken Word and created by Jeremy Deller in Monologue in Black Theatre’ collaboration with Rufus Norris and an event exploring the and commissioned by works of Stephen Sondheim. 14-18 NOW. This summer, immerse yourself in a new week-long course Families ‘Theatre in the City’: meet This summer will be packed with opportunities for families to theatre-makers, see the work discover the secrets of storytelling. From ‘Make a Musical’ days, on our stages, and take part to backstage tours and workshops with National Theatre artists in talks, in-depth sessions and we have something for you. Bring your imaginations, pack a picnic backstage tours. and dive into the world of theatre-making. See website for up-to-date information. Archive Platforms Discover a treasure trove of Young People An eclectic programme of talks, materials relating to the history Create theatre and develop new skills. A full programme discussions and interviews, of the NT and its productions. for people aged 16 – 21 with opportunities to learn from offering the chance to learn The Archive covers the theatre experts. more about the National’s work. movement to found the NT and Sign up for our Space to Create Festival this summer and Highlights this season include the formation of the company, collaborate with professional artists to create exciting, new, bold talks with directors Dominic right up to the theatre’s performances. Projects will run between Cooke (‘Follies’), Yaël Farber activities today. 31 July and 20 Aug.nationaltheatre.org.uk/young-people (‘Salomé’) and Jeremy Herrin Free. Open to all, including (‘Common’). The ‘Angels in groups, by appointment. America’ cast and creative nationaltheatre.org.uk/archive team share their experiences in

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Eat This summer, our outdoor pop-ups are back. You’ll find irresistible Italian gelato from the ice cream van, cocktails from Apothecary, wood-fired pizza and new this year, sliced beef brisket baps from Brisket Get early access to tickets for over 20 amazing and Bird. Or enjoy a delicious productions a year – just one reason to become a American-style brunch served National Theatre Member. in House. To make a reservation at In the Lyttelton Theatre In the Olivier Theatre any of our restaurants, call Later this year Ivo van Hove Later this year Olivier award- 020 7452 3600 (‘Hedda Gabler’) directs Lee winner Lyndsey Turner directs Hall’s adaptation of the Oscar- ‘Saint George and the Drink winning film‘Network’ , with a Dragon’, an epic new folk play cast including Bryan Cranston. by The NT has spaces for you In December, John Tiffany Rory Mullarkey. In 2018, Michael to enjoy drinks from coffee to (Harry Potter and the Cursed Longhurst’s sell-out production brand-new cocktails. Child) directs a new production of Peter Shaffer’s ‘Amadeus’ The Espresso Bar serves of ‘Pinocchio’. returns, followed by Rufus premium fair-trade Mozzo Norris’ new production of coffees, teas and hot ‘Macbeth’, with a cast including In the Dorfman Theatre chocolate with a range of Rory Kinnear and Anne-Marie cakes and pastries available. In October, Polly Findlay (As Duff. Shop You Like It) directs the world nationaltheatre.org.uk/food- premiere of David Eldridge’s Our Bookshop is overflowing and-drink new play ‘Beginning’. Following Membership with books, playtexts and gifts you won’t find anywhere else. The Flick, Annie Baker returns to Our memberships offer the Dorfman in early 2018 with incredible value for money Check out our ‘Angels in her new play ‘John’. In Spring – sign up now for advance America’ range featuring unique 2018, Indhu Rubasingham will booking for National Theatre gifts inspired by the production, direct Francis Turnly’s new play productions. nationaltheatre. available for a limited time. ‘The Great Wave’, which is a org.uk/member shop.nationaltheatre.org.uk co-production with the Tricycle Theatre. 34 35 Apr – November 2017 CALENDAR KEY AD Audio-Described P Preview Performance CAP Captioned PRESS Press Night TT Touch Tour

Apr Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Mon 17 7.30 Consent 7.30 Tue 18 Twelfth Night 2.00+ CAP 7.30 Consent 2.30+7.30 Wed 19 Twelfth Night 7.30 Consent 7.30 Thu 20 Twelfth Night 7.30 Consent 7.30 Fri 21 Twelfth Night 7.30 Consent 7.30 Sat 22 Twelfth Night 2.00 AD TT +7.30 Consent 2.30+7.30 Sun 23 Mon 24 Twelfth Night 7.30 Angels Part 2 P1 7.00 Consent CAP 7.30 Tue 25 Twelfth Night 2.00 Angels Part 2 P2 7.00 Consent 2.30+7.30 Wed 26 DEBATE: A Question of Consent 6.00 Consent 7.30 Thu 27 Angels Part 2 P 7.00 Consent 7.30 Fri 28 Angels Part 1 P 7.00 Consent AD 7.30 Sat 29 Angels Part 1 P 1.00 Angels Part 2 P 7.00 Consent 2.30 AD TT +7.30 Sun 30

36 37 May Olivier Lyttelton

Mon 1 Angels Part 2 P 7.00 Tue 2 Salomé P1 7.30 Angels Part 2 P 7.00 Wed 3 Salomé P2 7.30 Angels Part 1 P 7.00 Thu 4 Angels Part 1 PRESS 1.00 Salomé P 7.30 Angels Part 2 PRESS 7.00 Fri 5 Salomé P 7.30 Angels Part 2 7.00 Sat 6 Salomé P 7.30 Angels Part 1 7.00 Sun 7 Mon 8 Salomé P 7.30 Tue 9 Salomé PRESS 7.00 Ugly Lies the Bone 2.15+7.30 Wed 10 Salomé 2.00+7.30 Ugly Lies the Bone 7.30 Thu 11 Salomé 7.30 Angels Part 1 7.00 Fri 12 Twelfth Night 7.30 Angels Part 1 7.00 Sat 13 Angels Part 1 1.00 Twelfth Night LAST 2.00+7.30 Angels Part 2 7.00 Sun 14 Mon 15 Salomé 7.30 Angels Part 1 7.00 Tue 16 Angels Part 1 1.00 Salomé 2.00+7.30 Angels Part 2 7.00 Wed 17 Salomé 7.30 Angels Part 1 7.00 Thu 18 Salomé 7.30 Angels Part 1 7.00 Fri 19 Salomé 7.30 Ugly Lies the Bone 7.30 Sat 20 Salomé 2.00+7.30 Ugly Lies the Bone 2.15+7.30 Sun 21 Mon 22 PLATFORM: Nicholas Hytner CAP 6.00 Salomé 7.30 Ugly Lies the Bone CAP 7.30 Tue 23 Salomé 7.30 Angels Part 1 7.00 Wed 24 Angels Part 1 1.00 Angels Part 2 7.00 Thu 25 Angels Part 2 7.00

38 39 May Dorfman May Olivier

Mon 1 Consent 7.30 Fri 26 Sat 27 Tue 2 Consent 7.30

Wed 3 Consent 2.30+7.30 Sun 28 Thu 4 Mon 29 Consent 7.30 Tue 30 Common P1 7.30 Fri 5 Consent 7.30 Wed 31 Common P2 7.30

Sat 6 Consent 2.30 CAP +7.30

Sun 7 Mon 8 Consent 7.30 Tue 9 Consent 2.30+7.30 Wed 10 Consent 7.30 May Lyttelton Thu 11 Consent 7.30 Fri 26 Angels Part 1 7.00 Fri 12 Consent 7.30 Sat 27 Angels Part 1 1.00 Sat 13 Angels Part 2 7.00 Consent 2.30+7.30 Sun 28 Mon 29 Angels Part 2 7.00 Sun 14 Tue 30 Ugly Lies the Bone 7.30 Mon 15 Consent 7.30 Wed 31 Ugly Lies the Bone 2.15+7.30 Tue 16 Consent 2.30+7.30 Wed 17 Consent LAST 7.30 Thu 18 Fri 19 Sat 20 May Dorfman Sun 21 Fri 26 Mon 22 Sat 27

Tue 23 Sun 28 Wed 24 Mon 29 Tue 30 Barber Shop P1 8.00 Thu 25 Wed 31 Barber Shop P2 8.00 40 41 June Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Sun 4 Mon 5 Common P 7.30 Ugly Lies the Bone 7.30 Barber Shop P 8.00 Tue 6 Common PRESS 7.00 Ugly Lies the Bone LAST 2.15+7.30 Barber Shop P 8.00 Wed 7 Common 2.00+7.30 Barber Shop PRESS 7.00 Thu 8 Common 7.30 Angels Part 1 7.00 Barber Shop 2.00+8.00 Fri 9 PLATFORM: Shakespeare Retold 6.30 Salomé 7.30 Angels Part 1 7.00 Barber Shop 8.00 Sat 10 Angels Part 1 1.00 Salomé 2.00 CAP +7.30 Angels Part 2 7.00 Barber Shop 2.00+8.00 Sun 11 Mon 12 Salomé 7.30 Angels Part 1 CAP 7.00 Barber Shop 8.00 Tue 13 PLATFORM: Jan Ravens 6.00 Salomé 7.30 Angels Part 2 1.00+7.00 Barber Shop 8.00 Wed 14 Salomé 7.30 Angels Part 1 7.00 Barber Shop 2.00+8.00 Thu 15 Common 7.30 Angels Part 2 7.00 Barber Shop 8.00 Fri 16 PLATFORM: Herrin & Moore 6.00 Common 7.30 Angels Part 1 7.00 Barber Shop 8.00 Sat 17 Common 2.00+7.30 Barber Shop 2.00+8.00 Sun 18 Mon 19 PLATFORM: Inua Ellams 6.30 Salomé 7.30 Barber Shop 8.00 Tue 20 Salomé 7.30 Barber Shop 2.00+8.00 Wed 21 Salomé 7.30 Barber Shop 8.00 Thu 22 Salomé NT LIVE 7.00 Barber Shop 2.00 CAP +8.00 Fri 23 Common 7.30 Sat 24 Common 2.00+7.30 Sun 25 Mon 26 Common 7.30 Tue 27 Common 7.30 Angels Part 1 7.00 Wed 28 Angels Part 1 1.00 Common 2.00+7.30 Angels Part 2 7.00 Connections 7.00+8.30 Thu 29 Salomé 7.30 Angels Part 2 7.00 Connections 7.00+8.30 Fri 30 Salomé AD 7.30 Angels Part 1 7.00 Connections 7.00+8.30

42 43 July Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Sat 1 Angels Part 1 CAP 1.00 Salomé 2.00 AD TT +7.30 Angels Part 2 CAP 7.00 Connections 7.00+8.30 Sun 2 Mon 3 PLATFORM: Garfield & Gough 2.00 PLATFORM: Marianne Elliott 5.30 Connections 7.00+8.30 Angels Part 2 7.00 Tue 4 Salomé 7.30 Angels Part 2 7.00 New Views 6.00+8.00 Wed 5 Salomé 2.00+ CAP 7.30 Angels Part 1 7.00 Barber Shop 8.00 Thu 6 Salomé 7.30 Barber Shop CAP 8.00 Fri 7 Common 7.30 Barber Shop AD 8.00 Sat 8 Common 2.00 CAP +7.30 Barber Shop LAST 2.00 AD TT +8.00 Sun 9 Mon 10 Common CAP 7.30 Tue 11 Common 2.00+7.30 Angels Part 1 7.00 Wed 12 Angels Part 1 CAP 1.00 Common 7.30 Angels Part 2 7.00 Thu 13 Salomé 7.30 Angels Part 2 7.00 Fri 14 PLATFORM: Yaël Farber 6.00 Salomé 7.30 Angels Part 1 7.00 Sat 15 Angels Part 1 AD TT 1.00 Salomé LAST 2.00+7.30 Angels Part 2 7.00 Sun 16 Mon 17 PLATFORM: Lane & Tovey 2.00 Common 7.30 Angels Part 1 AD 7.00 Tue 18 Angels Part 1 1.00 Common 7.30 Angels Part 2 7.00 Mosquitoes P1 7.30 Wed 19 Common 2.00+7.30 Angels Part 1 CAP 7.00 Mosquitoes P2 7.30 Thu 20 PLATFORM: George Monbiot 6.00 Common 7.30 Angels Part 1 NT LIVE 7.00 Mosquitoes P 7.30 Fri 21 PLATFORM: Anne-Marie Duff 3.00 Common AD 7.30 Mosquitoes P 7.30 Sat 22 Common 2.00 AD TT +7.30 Mosquitoes P 7.30 Sun 23 Mon 24 Common 7.30 Mosquitoes P 7.30 Tue 25 Common 7.30 Angels Part 2 CAP 7.00 Mosquitoes PRESS 7.00 Wed 26 Angels Part 2 7.00 Mosquitoes 7.30 Thu 27 Angels Part 2 NT LIVE 7.00 Mosquitoes 7.30 Fri 28 Angels Part 1 7.00 Mosquitoes 7.30 Sat 29 Angels Part 1 1.00 Angels Part 2 7.00 Mosquitoes 2.30+7.30 Sun 30 Mon 31 Common 7.30 Mosquitoes 7.30

44 45 Aug Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Tue 1 Common 7.30 Mosquitoes v7.30 Wed 2 Common 2.00+7.30 Angels Part 2 7.00 Mosquitoes 2.30+7.30 Thu 3 Common CAP 7.30 Angels Part 2 7.00 Mosquitoes 7.30 Fri 4 Common 7.30 Angels Part 1 7.00 Mosquitoes 7.30 Sat 5 Angels Part 1 1.00 Common LAST 2.00+7.30 Angels Part 2 AD TT 7.00 Mosquitoes 2.30+7.30 Sun 6 Mon 7 Angels Part 2 AD 7.00 Mosquitoes 7.30 Tue 8 Angels Part 2 7.00 Mosquitoes 7.30 Wed 9 Angels Part 2 7.00 Mosquitoes 7.30 Thu 10 Angels Part 2 1.00 CAP +7.00 Fri 11 The Majority P 7.30 Sat 12 The Majority P 2.30+7.30 Sun 13 Mon 14 Angels Part 1 7.00 The Majority PRESS 7.00 Tue 15 Angels Part 1 1.00 Angels Part 2 7.00 The Majority 7.30 Wed 16 Angels Part 2 CAP 7.00 The Majority 2.30+7.30 Thu 17 Angels Part 2 7.00 The Majority 7.30 Fri 18 Angels Part 1 7.00 The Majority 7.30 Sat 19 Angels Part 1 LAST 1.00 Angels Part 2 LAST 7.00 The Majority 2.30+7.30 Sun 20 Mon 21 Tue 22 Follies P1 7.30 The Majority 7.30 Wed 23 Follies P2 7.30 The Majority 7.30 Thu 24 The Majority 2.30+7.30 The Majority 7.30 PLATFORM: Fri 25 Follies P 7.30 Drummond & Overend 9.00 Sat 26 Follies P 7.30 The Majority AD 7.30 Sun 27 The Majority 2.30 AD TT +7.30 Mon 28 Tue 29 Follies P 7.30 The Majority LAST CAP 7.30 Wed 30 Follies P 7.30 Mosquitoes 7.30 Thu 31 Follies P 7.30 Mosquitoes 2.30+7.30 Mosquitoes 7.30

46 47 Sep Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Fri 1 Follies P 7.30 Mosquitoes 7.30 Sat 2 Follies P 2.00+7.30 Mosquitoes 2.30+7.30 Sun 3 Mon 4 Follies P 7.30 Mosquitoes 7.30 Tue 5 Follies P 2.00+7.30 Oslo P1 7.30 Mosquitoes 2.30+7.30 Wed 6 Follies PRESS 7.00 Oslo P2 7.30 Mosquitoes 7.30 Thu 7 PLATFORM: Kirkwood & Norris 6.00 Follies 7.30 Oslo P 2.00+7.30 Mosquitoes 7.30 Fri 8 Follies 7.30 Oslo P 7.30 Mosquitoes 7.30 Sat 9 Follies 2.00+7.30 Oslo P 2.00+7.30 Mosquitoes 2.30+7.30 Sun 10 Mon 11 Follies 7.30 Oslo P 7.30 Mosquitoes CAP 7.30 Tue 12 Follies 2.00+7.30 Oslo PRESS 7.00 Mosquitoes 7.30 Wed 13 Follies 7.30 Oslo 7.30 Mosquitoes 2.30 CAP +7.30 Thu 14 PLATFORM: Dee & Quast 3.00 Follies 7.30 Oslo 2.00+7.30 Mosquitoes 7.30 Fri 15 PLATFORM: Mona Juul 6.00 Follies 7.30 Oslo 7.30 Mosquitoes AD 7.30 Sat 16 Follies 2.00+7.30 Oslo 2.00+ CAP 7.30 Mosquitoes AD TT 2.30+7.30 Sun 17 Mon 18 Follies 7.30 Oslo 7.30 Mosquitoes 7.30 Tue 19 Follies 7.30 Oslo 7.30 Mosquitoes 7.30 Wed 20 Follies 2.00+7.30 Oslo 2.00+7.30 Mosquitoes 2.30+7.30 Thu 21 Follies 7.30 Oslo 7.30 Mosquitoes 7.30 Fri 22 Follies 7.30 Oslo AD 7.30 Mosquitoes 7.30 Sat 23 Follies 2.00+7.30 Oslo LAST AD TT 2.00+7.30 Mosquitoes 2.30+7.30 Sun 24 Mon 25 Follies 7.30 Mosquitoes 7.30 Tue 26 Follies 7.30 Jane Eyre 7.00 Mosquitoes 2.30+7.30 Wed 27 Jane Eyre 7.00 Mosquitoes CAP 7.30 Thu 28 Jane Eyre 1.30+7.00 Mosquitoes LAST 7.30 Fri 29 Jane Eyre 7.00 Sat 30 Jane Eyre 1.30+7.00

48 49 For additional performances of ‘Jane Eyre’ in Access October, and ‘Follies’ in October and November, see production pages or the website. The National Theatre is Relaxed Performance dedicated to making the very Opening hours Aimed at anyone who would best theatre and sharing it with benefit from a more relaxed For a full list of individual outlets and building opening times, visit as many people as possible. performance environment nationaltheatre.org.uk The work we make strives to including people with an autistic From 21 May 2017 the building will be open on Sundays. be as open, as diverse, as spectrum condition, sensory or Opening hours on bank holidays may vary, check the website to collaborative and as national communication disorders or a find out more. as possible. We do all we can learning disability. to keep ticket prices affordable and to reach a wide audience, Infrared audio system and use our public funding to Available in all theatres for maintain artistic risk-taking, every performance. accessibility and diversity. Free headsets and neck loops are essential and available from Audio-Described AD the Box Office. Performances for blind and visually impaired people. Large-print, CD and braille versions of this rep Touch Tour TT brochure are available on For blind and visually impaired request from people. An opportunity to visit [email protected] the stage, handle the props and P WC meet members of the company. T Captioned CAP Captioned performances for deaf, deafened and hard-of- hearing people.

50 51 Ticket Prices Book early for the best seats Prices may change according to demand. Book early to ensure the best seats at the best prices. No booking fee online or in person £2.50 fee per transaction for phone bookings. Excludes Members at Priority level and above, and Access list subscribers.

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

£45 £50 Previews 1 & 2 £32 – £15 Travelex £15 Tickets: £38 £44 Salomé, Common, £34 £36 Ugly Lies the Bone £26 £28 Hundreds of tickets at £15 £15 for every performance £15

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

£60 £65 Previews £45 – £15 £52 £56 Twelfth Night, £41 £46 Oslo, Jane Eyre £29 £31 £15 £18

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

Follies £65 £70 Previews £48 – £15 £57 £63 £41 £46 £29 £31 £15 £18

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

Amadeus 2018 £60 – £15 £65 – £18 Previews to be announced

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

Consent £50 – £15 £55 – £18 Barber Shop Chronicles £35 – £15 £40 – £15 Previews £30 – £15 The Majority £35 – £15 £40 – £18 Previews £30 – £15 Mosquitoes £52 – £15 £57 – £18 Previews £32 – £15

For ‘Angels in America’ ticket information see website. 52 53 Concessions ticketed event and leave before platforms at Waterloo Station 7pm. Combined matinee/ will be closed for major upgrade Entry Pass Senior Citizens – save on evening show rate: £14. Sunday/ works. Before travelling, please 16 – 25-year-olds can access midweek matinees public holidays: £8 all day. Free check the latest advice at £7.50 tickets by joining For ‘Twelfth Night’, ‘Oslo’ parking for Blue Badge holders nationalrail.co.uk Entry Pass. nationaltheatre.org. and ‘Jane Eyre’, save £20 attending a performance – uk/entrypass on £52 and £41 tickets. For Programme changes validate at the Box Office. For ‘Follies’, save £20 on £57 and Programme details are Under-18s details on accessible parking £41 tickets. Save £10 on £45 published in good faith, but Half price for Monday – Friday please visit and £38 tickets for Travelex changes may occasionally evenings and all matinees. nationaltheatre.org.uk/travel productions. £30 tickets be necessary. Excludes tickets under £32 and Waterloo Station Travelex productions. available for midweek matinees in the Dorfman. From 5 – 28 August, several UK Schools, Colleges and Disabled People Universities American Express ® Programme credits Under-19s £12; 19 – 25s £16 tickets, plus £16 companion £15 for groups of 10+ on tickets (£15 tickets on Travelex Card members have exciting Cover photography by selected performances. Call productions) are available for ticket benefits for National Graham Pearson. 020 7452 3010 for availability. Access list subscribers. Theatre shows. For details visit With thanks to Ken Rose and nationaltheatre.org.uk/groups nationaltheatre.org.uk/ nationaltheatre.org.uk/amex Stephen Brown from the Scenic accesslist Construction Department. Preferred Brochure design and imagery Information such as bags and rucksacks Card by the National Theatre Graphic Age guidance must be left at the free Partner Design Studio, unless otherwise We don’t publish specific age cloakrooms. credited. Registered Charity No. recommendations for all our Ticket Exchange 224223 shows. For guidance on content There are no refunds on tickets, and suitability please call 020 but you can exchange them 7452 3000. Children under four for another performance or for are welcome in the foyers, credit. Terms and conditions and however they cannot be a small administration fee apply, admitted to the auditoriums. call the Box Office for details: For your safety and comfort 020 7452 3000. Strobe lighting, smoke effects All discounts are subject to and gunshots are sometimes availability and at the discretion used in productions. Details are of the Box Office. available from the Box Office Car Park after the first Preview. Car spaces in the NT car park Latecomers may not be are £8 for cars entering after admitted. All bulky items 5pm or if you attend a daytime 54 55 This cover was created with the Scenic Construction Department. A theatre set is constructed by a team of highly skilled tradesmen such as carpenters and metal workers. They work from technical drawings to replicate the 1:25 scale model from the set designer. To achieve this, they draw upon an extensive range of materials including timber, plastics and metal. Once this build process has been completed, the set is then passed on to the Scenic Art team who transform these ordinary materials into anything from exotic timbers to 020 7452 3000 marble staircases and brick walls. nationaltheatre.org.uk 56