sign in sign up
<<
Home , Denise Gough, Joe Armstrong (actor), Lynn Farleigh, Rosalie Craig

Jul 15 – Jan 16 How to book The plays

Online Select your own seat online nationaltheatre.org.uk For an online version of this brochure nationaltheatre.org.uk/season

By phone 020 7452 3000 Mon – Sat: 9.30am – 8pm Sun: 12 noon – 3pm on performance days As You Like It Husbands & Sons Waste In person South Bank, , SE1 9PX 26 October – 5 March Playing from 19 October Playing from 3 November Mon – Sat: 9.30am – 11pm Sun: 12 noon – 6pm See p37 for holiday opening times.

Other ways Friday Rush to get tickets £20 tickets released every Friday for the following week’s performances £15 Day Tickets available in person on the day of the performance

No booking fee. If you choose to have your tickets sent by post, a £1 fee applies per transaction. Postage costs may vary for group and overseas bookings.

Evening at the Here We Go wonder.land Talk House 25 November – 19 December Playing from 23 November Playing from 17 November Access symbols used in this brochure

Captioned Touch Tour

Audio-Described Relaxed Performance

TRAVELEX £15 TICKETS The National Theatre NT Future is Partner for Sponsored by in partnership with supported by New Audiences

Three Days in Our Country’s Good People, Places the Country 19 August – 17 October and Things 21 July – 21 October 25 August – 4 November The National Theatre’s National Theatre Learning The National Theatre’s The National Theatre is Partner for Lighting Photographic Images is supported by UK touring hotel partner a J.P. Morgan partner and Energy Partner

The Dorfman Partner A National Theatre Pouring Partner Offi cial hotel partner National Theatre Live IT Partner of the National Theatre 4K Technology Partner

Jane Eyre The Red Lion Last chance to see... 8 September – 10 January Playing until 30 September Everyman The Beaux’ Stratagem The Motherf**ker with the Hat

2 3

OCTOBER Mon 26 7.30 Tue 27 7.30 Wed 28 7.30 As You Like It Thu 29 7.30 Fri 30 7.30 by William Shakespeare Sat 31 7.30 NOVEMBER Mon 2 7.30 Tue 3 7.00 Wed 4 7.30 Thu 5 2.00 7.30 Fri 6 7.30 Sat 7 2.00 Cast includes 7.30 With her father the Duke banished and in exile, Mon 9 7.30 Leon Annor Rosalind and her cousin Celia leave their lives Tue 10 7.30 Philip Arditti in the court behind them and journey into the Wed 11 2.00 Mark Benton 7.30 Forest of Arden. Thu 12 2.00 Paul Chahidi Rosalie Craig There, released from convention, Rosalind DECEMBER Jonathan experiences the liberating rush of transformation. Fri 4 7.30 Dryden Taylor Sat 5 2.00 Disguising herself as a boy, she embraces a 7.30 different way of living and falls spectacularly Sun 6 2.30 Patrick Godfrey in love. Mon 7 7.30 Gemma Lawrence Mon 14 7.30 Tue 15 2.00 Ken Nwosu Shakespeare’s glorious comedy of love and 7.30 Ekow Quartey change comes to the National Theatre for Wed 30 7.30 Alan Williams the fi rst time in over 30 years. Thu 31 2.00 JANUARY Director Rosalie Craig plays Rosalind. Polly Findlay Fri 1 7.30 Sat 2 2.00 Set Designer 7.30 Lizzie Clachan Sun 3 2.30 Thu 7 7.30 Costume Designer Fri 8 7.30 Christina Cunningham Sat 9 2.00 Lighting Designer 7.30 Sun 10 2.30 Jon Clark Mon 11 7.30 Music Tue 12 7.30 Orlando Gough Mon 18 7.30 Tue 19 7.30 Movement Director Wed 20 2.00 Jonathan Goddard 7.30 Thu 21 7.30 Sound Designer Mon 25 7.30 Carolyn Downing Tue 26 7.30 Fight Director Wed 27 2.00 7.30 Kate Waters

See website Olivier Theatre Broadcast live to cinemas for continuing Thu 25 February, 7pm performances in: £15 £28 £39 £50 FEBRUARY Offi cial hotel partner MARCH Saturday evenings on sale now. £15 £28 £44 £55 Preview prices 26 – 31 October The glorious comedy of Talks and events As You Like It on screen In Context: As You Like It Shakespeare Student love and Wed 4 November, 6pm Mon 8 February, 2 – 5pm Conference Polly Findlay Tue 26 January

change. Photography (Rosalie Craig) by Mads Perch Fri 8 January, 6pm

5

OCTOBER A co-production with the Royal Exchange Theatre Mon 19 7.00 Tue 20 7.00 Thu 22 7.00 Husbands Fri 23 7.00 Sat 24 7.00 Mon 26 7.00 Tue 27 7.00 & Sons Wed 28 7.00 by D H Lawrence, adapted by Ben Power NOVEMBER Thu 5 7.00 Fri 6 7.00 Sat 7 1.00 7.00 Mon 9 7.00 Tue 10 1.00 Cast includes It’s risky work, handlin’ men, my lass. For when 7.00 Joe Armstrong a woman builds ’er life on men, either ’usbands Wed 11 7.00 Matthew Barker or sons, she builds on summat as sooner or later Mon 30 7.00 John Biggins brings the ’ouse down crash on ’er head – yi, DECEMBER Cassie Bradley she does. Tue 1 7.00 Wed 2 1.00 Susan Brown On the cracked border of and 7.00 Anne-Marie Duff Thu 3 7.00 Nottinghamshire stands the village of Eastwood. Fri 4 7.00 Julia Ford Sat 5 1.00 Johnny Gibbon The women of the village, wives and mothers, 7.00 Tala Gouveia struggle to hold their families and their own souls Mon 7 7.00 Tue 8 7.00 Lloyd Hutchinson together in the shadow of the great Brinsley pit. Fri 18 7.00 Philip McGinley Sat 19 1.00 Martin Marquez Husbands & Sons interweaves three of 7.00 D H Lawrence’s greatest dramas, and plays Mon 21 7.00 Katherine Pearce Tue 22 1.00 Josie Walker them simultaneously. Describing the world he 7.00 Sue Wallace came from with fi erce tenderness, Lawrence Wed 23 7.00 Sat 26 7.00 evokes a now-vanished world of manual labour Mon 28 7.00 Director and working class pride. Marianne Elliott JANUARY Designer Anne-Marie Duff returns to the National to play Tue 5 7.00 Bunny Christie Lizzie Holroyd. Wed 6 1.00 7.00 Lighting Designer Thu 7 7.00 Lucy Carter Fri 8 7.00 Video Designer Sat 9 1.00 7.00 Tal Rosner Mon 11 7.00 Movement Director Tue 12 1.00 Scott Graham 7.00 Wed 13 7.00 Music Thu 14 7.00 Adrian Sutton Fri 15 7.00 Sat 16 1.00 Sound Designer 7.00 Ian Dickinson Mon 18 7.00 Fight Director Tue 19 1.00 7.00 Kate Waters The Dorfman Partner Dorfman Theatre Additional performances to £15 – £45 be announced Saturday evenings £15 – £50 Preview prices 19 – 26 October Also playing at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Talks and events 19 February – 19 March 2016 In Depth: The Theatre Marianne Elliott Love and survival. of D H Lawrence and Ben Power Thu 5 November, Thu 3 December, 5.30pm 10.30am – 4.30pm An English epic. by Dean Chalkley Photography (Anne-Marie Duff)

7

NOVEMBER

Tue 3 7.30 Wed 4 7.30 Thu 5 7.30 Waste Fri 6 7.30 Sat 7 7.30 by Harley Granville Barker Mon 9 7.30 Tue 10 7.00 Wed 11 7.30 Tue 17 7.30 Wed 18 7.30 Thu 19 7.30 Fri 20 7.30 Sat 21 2.15 7.30 DECEMBER Cast includes Backstage at a hung parliament, visionary William Chubb Tue 1 7.30 Independent Henry Trebell is co-opted by Wed 2 2.15 Charles Edwards the Tories to push through a controversial Bill. 7.30 Mon 14 7.30 Director Pursuing his cause with missionary zeal, he’s Tue 15 2.15 Roger Michell barely distracted by his brief affair with a married 7.30 woman until she suffers a lethal backstreet Tue 29 7.30 Designer Wed 30 2.15 Hildegard Bechtler abortion. Threatened by public scandal, the 7.30 Lighting Designer Establishment closes ranks and coolly seals Thu 31 2.15 Rick Fisher the fate of an idealistic man. JANUARY Sound Designer John Leonard Famously banned by the censors in 1907, Fri 1 7.30 Harley Granville Barker’s controversial Sat 2 2.15 7.30 masterpiece gathers a large ensemble to Mon 4 7.30 expose a cut-throat, cynical world of sex, Tue 12 7.30 sleaze and suicide amongst the political Wed 13 2.15 7.30 elite of Edwardian England. Thu 14 7.30 Fri 15 7.30 Charles Edwards (This House, Strange Interlude) Sat 16 2.15 plays Henry Trebell. 7.30

Additional performances to be announced

Lyttelton Theatre £15 £28 £34 £39 £50 Saturday evenings £15 £28 £39 £44 £55 Preview prices 3 – 9 November

Talks and events

In Context: Censorship Roger Michell Harley Granville Barker’s Valentin van der Meulen. ‘Untitled 07’. 2013. Charcoal on paper. (private on paper. van der Meulen. ‘Untitled 07’. 2013. Charcoal Valentin van der Meulen / court. Alex Schlesinger gallery) collection. Copyright Valentin in British Theatre Mon 4 January, 6pm Agnes Colander Private loss. Public scandal. Fri 20 November, 2 – 5pm Thu 14 January, 2.30pm

9

NOVEMBER

Tue 17 8.00 Wed 18 8.00 Thu 19 8.00 Evening at the Fri 20 8.00 Sat 21 8.00 Mon 23 8.00 Tue 24 7.00 Talk House Wed 25 8.00 Thu 26 3.00 a new play by Wallace Shawn 8.00 Fri 27 8.00 Sat 28 3.00 8.00 DECEMBER Wed 9 8.00 Cast includes A reunion at the almost legendary club, Thu 10 3.00 Sinead Matthews The Talk House. 8.00 Fri 11 8.00 Director Still presided over by the kindly Nellie, there’s Sat 12 3.00 Ian Rickson 8.00 the same genteel atmosphere, the familiar drinks Mon 14 8.00 Set Designers and the special snacks. Tue 15 8.00 The Quay Brothers Wed 16 8.00 Costume Designer The playwright, the composer, the actress. Thu 17 3.00 8.00 Soutra Gilmour The former television star brutally beaten up. Tue 29 8.00 Lighting Designer The possibility of a pleasant night. Wed 30 3.00 Neil Austin 8.00 Thu 31 3.00 Music The world premiere of a new play by Stephen Warbeck Wallace Shawn, whose last play to premiere JANUARY Sound Designer at the National was The Designated Mourner, 1996. Fri 1 8.00 Sat 2 3.00 Ian Dickinson 8.00 Mon 4 8.00 Wed 20 8.00 Thu 21 8.00 Fri 22 8.00 Sat 23 3.00 8.00

Additional performances to be announced

Produced in association with Scott Rudin

The Dorfman Partner Dorfman Theatre £15 – £50 Saturday evenings £15 – £55 Preview prices 17 – 23 November

Talks and events Ian Rickson and AfterWords: Evening Wallace Shawn at the Talk House Wed 25 November, Fri 27 November, 6.30pm post-show Photography by John Bentham

11 NOVEMBER NOVEMBER Wed 25 7.00 Mon 23 7.30 Thu 26 7.00 Tue 24 7.30 Fri 27 7.00 Thu 26 7.30 Sat 28 7.00 Fri 27 7.30 Mon 30 7.00 Sat 28 7.30 Mon 30 7.30 DECEMBER DECEMBER Wed 9 7.00 Thu 10 7.00 Tue 1 7.30 Fri 11 7.00 Wed 2 7.00 Sat 12 2.00 Thu 3 7.00 7.00 Tue 8 7.30 Wed 16 7.00 Wed 9 2.00 Thu 17 2.00 7.30 7.00 Thu 10 7.30 Fri 18 7.00 Fri 11 7.30 Sat 19 2.00 Sat 12 2.00 7.00 7.30 Sun 13 2.30 Wed 16 7.30 Thu 17 2.00 7.30 Fri 18 7.30 Sat 19 2.00 7.30 Mon 21 7.30 Tue 22 7.30 Wed 23 2.00 7.30 Sat 26 7.30 Mon 28 7.30 Tue 29 2.00 7.30

Photography by Vangelis Paterakis Photography by Vangelis JANUARY Mon 4 7.30 Lyttelton Theatre A co-production with Manchester International Festival Olivier Theatre Tue 5 7.30 Here We Go Wed 6 2.00 All tickets £15 £15 £28 £39 £50 7.30 a new play by Caryl Churchill wonder.land Saturday evenings Wed 13 7.30 music by Damon Albarn | book and lyrics by Moira Buffi ni £15 £28 £44 £55 Thu 14 2.00 7.30 Preview prices Fri 15 7.30 23 – 30 November Sat 16 2.00 7.30 A funeral party for a man with an adventurous Talks and events A new musical inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Talks and events Sun 17 2.30 Fri 22 7.30 past and a ginger cat that needs a home. iconic Alice in Wonderland by Damon Albarn 2.00 Dominic Cooke Moira Buffi ni Sat 23 Where is he now? Is his heart lighter than a and Moira Buffi ni. and 7.30 Mon 30 November, 5.30pm Sun 24 2.30 feather? How did he die? And what happens Tue 5 January, 6pm Fri 29 7.30 to his friends? Welcome to wonder.land, where you can be exactly who you want to be. Aly, 12, loves this In Context: The Virtual Sat 30 2.00 World on Stage 7.30 A short play about death by Caryl Churchill. extraordinary virtual world. Bullied at school and Fri 15 January, Sun 31 2.30 unhappy at home, wonder.land offers an escape. 2 – 4.30pm See website The world of wonder.land is brought to thrilling Visions of Alice for continuing Fri 29 January, 6pm performances in: life on stage by an extraordinary creative team. FEBRUARY MARCH Suitable for 10yrs+

Cast to be Cast to be Costume Designer Music Supervisor Commissioned announced announced by Manchester Katrina Lindsay David Shrubsole International Festival, Director Director Lighting Designer Music Director National Theatre Dominic Cooke and the Théâtre Rufus Norris Paule Constable Tom Deery du Châtelet. Designer Set Designer Sound Designer Associate Director Vicki Mortimer Rae Smith Paul Arditti James Bonas Sound Designer Projections Choreographer Production generously supported by Areté Foundation / Ed & Betsy Cohen, Christopher Shutt 59 Productions Javier De Frutos Beth & Gary Glynn, Leila Maw Straus

12 13 JULY AUGUST Tue 21 7.30 Wed 19 7.30 Wed 22 7.30 Thu 20 7.30 Thu 23 7.30 Fri 21 7.30 Fri 24 7.30 Sat 22 7.30 Sat 25 7.30 Mon 24 7.30 Mon 27 7.30 Tue 25 7.30 Tue 28 7.00 Wed 26 7.00 Wed 29 7.30 Thu 27 7.30 Thu 30 7.30 SEPTEMBER AUGUST Fri 4 7.30 Wed 5 7.30 Sat 5 2.00 Thu 6 7.30 7.30 Fri 7 7.30 Mon 7 7.30 Sat 8 2.15 Tue 8 7.30 7.30 Mon 14 7.30 Fri 14 7.30 Tue 15 2.00 Sat 15 2.15 7.30 7.30 Mon 21 7.30 Mon 17 7.30 Tue 22 2.00 Thu 27 7.30 7.30 Fri 28 7.30 Mon 28 7.30 Sat 29 2.15 Tue 29 7.30 7.30 Wed 30 7.30 Mon 31 7.30 OCTOBER SEPTEMBER Thu 1 2.00 Tue 1 2.15 7.30 7.30 Fri 2 7.30 Fri 18 7.30 Sat 3 2.00 Sat 19 2.15 7.30 7.30 Mon 5 7.30 Sun 20 2.30 Tue 6 7.30

Mon 21 7.30 by Sorted Photography (Amanda Drew) Illustration by Edel Rodriguez Wed 7 2.00 Tue 22 2.15 7.30 7.30 Thu 8 7.30 Wed 23 7.30 Lyttelton Theatre Olivier Theatre Fri 9 7.30 Mon 28 7.30 Three Days in the Country £15 £28 £34 £39 £50 Our Country’s Good £15 £25 £35 Sat 10 2.00 Tue 29 7.30 7.30 by Patrick Marber, after Turgenev Saturday evenings by Timberlake Wertenbaker Wed 30 7.30 Preview prices Mon 12 7.30 £15 £28 £39 £44 £55 Tue 13 2.00 OCTOBER 19 & 20 August Preview prices 7.30 Thu 1 2.15 21 – 27 July Wed 14 7.30 7.30 Thu 15 7.30 Wed 7 7.30 Fri 16 7.30 Sat 17 2.00 Thu 8 2.15 A handsome new tutor brings reckless, romantic Talks and events Observed by a lone, mystifi ed Aboriginal Talks and events 7.30 7.30 Fri 9 7.30 desire to an eccentric household. Over three Australian, the fi rst convict ship arrives in Botany Patrick Marber Drama Student Sat 10 2.15 days one summer the young and the old will Bay, 1788, crammed with England’s outcasts. Conference 7.30 Thu 30 July, 6pm Mon 12 7.30 learn lessons in love. Ahead lies the brutal reality of colony life in this Tue 29 September, Turgenev’s Countryside 10.30am Tue 13 2.15 Mon 17 August, 6pm vast and alien land. Timberlake Wertenbaker’s 7.30 Ivan Turgenev’s passionate, moving comedy, profoundly humane piece is steeped in suffering Bound for Australia Fri 16 7.30 A Month in the Country is presented here Russian Theatre at the NT yet charged with hope. Wed 30 September, 6pm Sat 17 2.15 in a new version by Patrick Marber. 14, 15, 21, 22 September 7.30 6.30 – 9pm Nadia Fall and Sun 18 2.30 Cerys Matthews makes her debut as a Timberlake Wertenbaker Mon 19 7.30 composer for the stage. Tue 6 October, 6pm Tue 20 7.30 Wed 21 2.15 In Context: Our 7.30 Country’s Good Cast John Light Designer Cast includes Tadhg Murphy Choreographer Fri 9 October, 2 – 4.30pm Nigel Betts Matthew Lloyd Davies Mark Thompson Jonathan Coote Cyril Nri Arthur Pita Matthew Cottle Debra Penny The Transforming Nicholas Bishop Mateo Oxley Lighting Designer Sound Designer Tom Burgering Royce Pierreson Jonathan Lee Ross Power of Art Neil Austin Dryden Taylor Carolyn Downing Paige Carter Cassie Raine Director Wed 14 October Music and Sound Caoilfhionn Dunne Fight Director Amanda Drew Lily Sacofsky Peter Forbes Nadia Fall Adam Cork Kate Waters Mark Extance John Simm Jason Hughes Designer Lynn Farleigh Cherrelle Skeete Movement Ellie James Peter McKintosh Joel Thomas Polly Bennett Shalisha James-Davis Debra Gillett Lisa Tramontin Paul Kaye Lighting Designer Music Director Ashley McGuire Neil Austin Gawn Grainger Sponsored by Sam Cable Graeme McKnight Joshua Gringras Director Produced in association with Composer Patrick Marber Sonia Friedman Productions Jodie McNee David Mara Cerys Matthews

14 15 AUGUST SEPTEMBER Tue 25 7.30 Tue 8 7.00 Wed 26 7.30 Wed 9 7.00 Thu 27 7.30 Thu 10 7.00 Fri 28 7.30 Fri 11 7.00 Sat 29 7.30 Sat 12 7.00 Mon 31 7.30 Mon 14 7.00 Tue 15 7.00 SEPTEMBER Wed 16 7.00 Tue 1 7.00 Thu 17 7.00 Wed 2 7.30 Thu 24 7.00 Mon 7 7.30 Fri 25 7.00 Tue 8 2.30 Sat 26 1.30 7.30 7.00 Wed 9 7.30 Sun 27 2.00 Thu 10 7.30 OCTOBER Thu 17 7.30 Fri 18 7.30 Fri 2 7.00 Sat 19 2.30 Sat 3 1.30 7.30 7.00 Mon 21 7.30 Sun 4 2.00 Tue 22 2.30 Mon 5 7.00 7.30 Tue 6 7.00 Wed 23 7.30 Wed 14 7.00 Thu 15 1.30 OCTOBER 7.00 Thu 1 7.30 Fri 23 7.00 Fri 2 7.30 Sat 24 1.30 Sat 3 7.30 7.00 Mon 5 7.30 Sun 25 2.00 Tue 6 7.30 Mon 26 7.00 Wed 7 7.30 Tue 27 7.00 Thu 8 2.30 NOVEMBER 7.30

Fri 9 7.30 Photography by John Spinks Photogaphy by Nadav Kander Thu 12 7.00 Sat 10 2.30 Fri 13 7.00 7.30 Sat 14 1.30 Thu 29 7.30 A co-production with Headlong Dorfman Theatre A co-production with Lyttelton Theatre 7.00 Fri 30 7.30 Sun 15 2.00 Sat 31 2.30 £15 £25 £35 £40 £15 £28 £34 £39 £50 Mon 16 7.00 7.30 People, Places and Things Saturday evenings Jane Eyre Saturday evenings DECEMBER NOVEMBER by Duncan Macmillan £15 £25 £40 £45 devised by the £15 £28 £39 £44 £55 based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë Preview prices Thu 3 7.00 Preview prices Fri 4 7.00 Mon 2 7.30 8 – 12 September Tue 3 2.30 25 – 31 August Sat 5 1.30 7.30 7.00 Wed 4 2.30 Broadcast live to cinemas Sun 6 2.00 Emma was having the time of her life. Now she’s Talks and events ★★★★ ‘A thrilling production. Fresh Tue 8 December, 7pm Mon 7 7.00 in rehab. Her fi rst step is to admit that she has a and wonderfully engaging.’ Daily Telegraph Tue 8 NT LIVE 7.00 problem. But the problem isn’t with Emma, it’s and Mon 21 7.00 Duncan Macmillan Talks and events Tue 22 7.00 with everything else. When intoxication feels like Fri 18 September, 6pm Almost 170 years on, Charlotte Brontë’s story Wed 23 1.30 the only way to survive the modern world, how Jane Eyre on 7.00 AfterWords: People, of the trailblazing Jane is as inspiring as ever. Stage and Screen Sat 26 7.00 can she ever sober up? Places and Things This bold and dynamic production uncovers Fri 11 September, Mon 28 7.00 Fri 9 October, one woman’s fi ght for freedom and fulfi lment 4 – 5.30pm People, Places and Things is the latest JANUARY post-show on her own terms. This acclaimed re-imagining collaboration between Headlong and Sally Cookson Tue 5 7.00 of Brontë’s masterpiece was fi rst staged by Mon 5 October, 5.30pm Wed 6 1.30 the National, following the acclaimed Bristol Old Vic last year. Workshop: Devising 7.00 Earthquakes in London and The Effect. Thu 7 7.00 with Sally Cookson Fri 8 7.00 Cast includes Stevie Thompson Composer Mon 12 October, Sat 9 1.30 Benji Bower Joannah Tincey Benji Bower 10am – 4pm 7.00 Sun 10 2.00 Cast includes Lighting Designer Will Bower Madeleine Worrall Sound Designers Charlotte and Jane Denise Gough James Farncombe Elly Condron Fri 13 November, 5.30pm Director Mike Beer and Also playing at Craig Edwards Director Music Sally Cookson Dominic Bilkey Bristol Old Vic Matthew Herbert Laura Elphinstone 21 Jan – Jeremy Herrin Movement Director 6 Feb 2016 The Dorfman Partner Felix Hayes Set Designer Set Designer Sound Designer Dan Canham Richard Hurst Michael Vale Bunny Christie Tom Gibbons Fight Director UK Tour Phil King Costume Designer from 9 Feb Costume Designer Video Designer Renny Krupinski Andrzej Goulding Melanie Marshall Katie Sykes Christina Cunningham Dramaturg Simone Saunders Lighting Designer Mike Akers Maggie Tagney Aideen Malone

16 17

JULY

JULY Thu 9 8.00 Fri 10 8.00 Mon 6 7.30 Sat 11 3.00 Tue 7 7.30 8.00 Wed 8 2.15 Mon 13 8.00 7.30 Tue 14 8.00 Thu 9 7.30 Wed 15 3.00 Fri 10 7.30 8.00 Sat 11 2.15 Thu 16 8.00 Fri 17 8.00 7.30 Sat 18 3.00 Mon 13 7.30 8.00 Tue 14 2.15 Mon 20 8.00 7.30 Tue 21 8.00 Fri 31 7.30 Wed 22 3.00

AUGUST 8.00 Thu 23 8.00

Sat 1 2.15 Fri 24 8.00 7.30 Sat 25 3.00 Mon 3 7.30 8.00 Tue 4 2.15 Fri 31 8.00

7.30 AUGUST Mon 10 7.30 Tue 11 7.30 Sat 1 3.00 Wed 12 2.15 8.00 7.30 Mon 3 8.00 Thu 13 7.30 Tue 4 3.00 Tue 18 7.30 8.00 Wed 19 7.30 Wed 5 8.00 Thu 20 2.15 Thu 6 8.00 7.30 Fri 7 8.00 Sat 8 3.00 8.00 Mon 10 8.00 Tue 11 3.00 8.00 Wed 12 8.00 Thu 13 8.00 Fri 14 8.00 Sat 15 3.00 Lyttelton Theatre Dorfman Theatre 8.00 The Motherf**ker The Red Lion £15 £24 £39 £50 Mon 17 8.00 £15 £28 £34 £39 £50 Tue 18 3.00 a new play by Patrick Marber with the Hat Saturday evenings Saturday evenings 8.00 £15 £24 £44 £55 £15 £28 £39 £44 £55 SEPTEMBER by Stephen Adly Guirgis Thu 3 8.00 Fri 4 8.00 Sat 5 3.00 Talks and events 8.00 ★★★★★ ‘Hats off to the National and a 5-star ★★★★ ‘It’s a triumph. Patrick Marber has Fri 11 8.00 cast for delivering the mother of all triumphs.’ found his voice again, and it roars.’ Daily Telegraph AfterWords: Sat 12 3.00 8.00 Evening Standard The Red Lion Mon 14 8.00 Small-time semi-pro football, the non-league. Fri 10 July, post-show Tue 15 3.00 Poetic, profane and hilarious, this whip-smart look 8.00 A haunting and humorous new play about the Wed 16 8.00 at love and addiction finds light even in the darkest dying romance of the great English game – and Thu 24 8.00 corners of New York City. the tender, savage love that powers it. Fri 25 8.00 Sat 26 3.00 8.00 Mon 28 8.00 Tue 29 3.00 8.00 Wed 30 3.00

Cast Director Nathalie Armin Indhu Rubasingham Cast Lighting Designer Martin Behrman Designer Calvin Demba Hugh Vanstone Lisa Caruccio Came Production supported by Robert Jones Sound Designer Clive and Sally Sherling Ricardo Chavira Peter Wight Ian Dickinson Alec Newman Lighting Designer The Dorfman Partner Flor De Liz Perez Oliver Fenwick Director Music Tom Peters Sound Designer Ian Rickson Stephen Warbeck Yul Vázquez Carolyn Downing Designer Fight Director Fight Director Anthony Ward Terry King Kev McCurdy

18 19

JULY JULY

Fri 10 7.30 Tue 7 7.30 Sat 11 2.00 Wed 8 2.00 7.30 7.30 Sun 12 2.30 Thu 9 7.30 Mon 13 7.30 Tue 14 7.30 Fri 17 7.30 Wed 15 7.30 Sat 18 2.00 Thu 16 NT LIVE 7.00 7.30 Tue 21 7.30 Sun 19 2.30 Wed 22 7.30 Mon 20 7.30 Thu 23 2.00 Mon 27 7.30 7.30 Tue 28 2.00 Fri 24 7.30 7.30 Sat 25 2.00 Wed 29 7.30 7.30 AUGUST Sun 26 2.30 Thu 30 7.30 Wed 5 7.30 Fri 31 7.30 Thu 6 2.00 7.30 AUGUST Mon 31 7.30 Sat 1 2.00 SEPTEMBER 7.30 Sun 2 2.30 Tue 1 7.30 Mon 3 7.30 Wed 2 7.30 Tue 4 2.00 Thu 3 NT LIVE 7.00 7.30 Wed 9 7.30 Fri 7 7.30 Thu 10 2.00 Sat 8 2.00 7.30 7.30 Fri 11 7.30 Sun 9 2.30 Sat 12 2.00 7.30 Mon 10 7.30 Sun 13 2.30 Tue 11 2.00 Wed 16 7.30 7.30 Thu 17 7.30 Wed 12 7.30 Original photos © Corbis Fri 18 7.30 Photogrpahy (Chiwetel Ejiofor) by Sorted Fri 28 7.30 Sat 19 2.00 Sat 29 2.00 7.30 7.30 Sun 20 2.30 Olivier Theatre Olivier Theatre Sun 30 2.30 The Beaux’ Stratagem £15 £25 £35 Everyman £15 £25 £35 by George Farquhar a new adaptation by Carol Ann Duffy Broadcast live to cinemas Broadcast live to cinemas Thu 3 September, 7pm Thu 16 July, 7pm

Talks and events ★★★★ ‘Exuberant. Deliciously modern. ★★★★ ‘Brilliant. Chiwetel Ejiofor is remarkable.’ This Restoration romp is a lot of fun.’ Time Out Guardian Creating Music for Theatre Everyman is successful, popular and riding high Thu 16 July, The ‘Beaux’: Mr Aimwell and Mr Archer, two when Death comes calling. A cornerstone of 5.30 – 6.30pm charming, dissolute young men who have English drama since the 15th century, it now Chiwetel Ejiofor blown their fortunes in giddy London. Their explodes onto the stage in a startling production Wed 22 July, 3pm ‘Stratagem’: to marry for money. with words by Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate.

Cast Coral Messam Set Designer Stephen Aintree Amanda Minihan Ian MacNeil Cast Barbara Kirby Lighting Designer Philip Martin Brown Esh Alladi Ana-Maria Maskell Jon Clark Itxaso Moreno Costume Designer Paul Bullion Jeshaiah Murray Nicky Gillibrand Samuel Barnett Amy Morgan Movement Director Adam Burton Tumo Reetsang Jamie Beamish Pearce Quigley Jonathan Goddard Lighting Designer Pippa Bennett-Warner Mark Rose Michelle Butterly Ira Mandela Siobhan Paul Anderson Jane Booker Chook Sibtain Music Sharon D Clarke Kiruna Stamell Video Designer Cornelius Clarke Geoffrey Streatfeild Michael Bruce Dermot Crowley Clemmie Sveaas Tal Rosner Susannah Fielding Timothy Watson Sound Designer Kate Duchêne Joshua Tikare Music Molly Gromadzki Director Christopher Shutt Chiwetel Ejiofor John Hastings Director William Lyons Simon Godwin Fight Director Amy Griffi ths Rufus Norris Richard Henders Sound Designer Designer Kev McCurdy Nick Holder Lloyd Hutchinson Sponsored by Choreographer and Paul Arditti Sponsored by Chris Kelham Lizzie Clachan Nicholas Karimi Movement Director Nicholas Khan Joshua Lacey Javier De Frutos Penny Layden 20 21 Photography by Stuart Burgess. Mask design: Isa Shaw-Abulafi a Mask design: Isa Shaw-Abulafi Photography by Stuart Burgess. Illustration by Jon Klassen

Presented by the , in association with the National Theatre and the Royal Exchange Theatre Pomona The Comedy of Errors I Want My Hat Back by Alistair McDowall by William Shakespeare by Jon Klassen in a new version for young audiences by Ben Power book and lyrics by Joel Horwood, music by Arthur Darvill

10 September – 10 October 21 October – 6 November 12 November – 2 January £15 & £20 £12 (£8 under 18yrs) £12 & £15 (£10 under 18yrs)

★★★★ In a city celebrating carnival, two sets of Bear’s hat is gone. He loves his hat. He a modern children’s classic. I Want My Hat ‘A fi erce dystopian drama with terrifi c identical twins seek each other amidst a riot wants it back. Back now comes to the stage in a joyous comic edge.’ Observer of music and colour. Separated for many new adaptation stuffed with humour, music years, the brothers face comedic confusion, He asks all of the animals in the forest, but and surprises. Ollie’s sister is missing. Searching Manchester arrests, and multiple mistaken identities no one has seen it. in desperation, she fi nds all roads lead to before a fi nal joyful reunion. A treat for everyone aged 3 – 300. Pomona, an abandoned concrete island at WAIT! He has seen it somewhere... the heart of the city, where journeys end A fast-paced and energetic re-telling of Jon Klassen’s brilliant, witty book was and nightmares are born. Shakespeare’s hilarious and moving farce. published in 2011, and has fast become

Suitable for 14yrs+. Contains adult themes. Suitable for 8 – 12yrs Running time 1 hour 40 mins Family workshops available during half term Post-show talk, Thu 24 September nationaltheatre.org.uk/families

Supported by The Ingram Trust, Archie Sherman Partner for New Audiences Charitable Trust, Behrens Foundation, Goldsmiths’ The Temporary Theatre Company Charity, Jill and David Leuw. The Temporary Theatre See Calendar for Access performances See Calendar for Access performances

22 23 Booking in Booking in London until London until 13 February 13 February 2016 2016

ALSO ON TOUR

Liverpool, Empire 21 – 25 July Bristol, Hippodrome 4 – 8 August Sunderland, Empire 11 – 15 August Glasgow, Kings 18 – 22 August Leeds, Grand 25 – 29 August Aberdeen, His Majesty’s 1 – 5 September Norwich, Theatre Royal 8 – 12 September Sheffi eld,

Photography by Brinkhoff / Mögenburg Photography by Brinkhoff by Hugo Glendinning Original photography (Luke Treadaway) Lyceum 15 – 26 September Dublin, War Horse West End The Curious Incident of West End Bord Gais 6 – 10 October based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo New London Theatre the Dog in the Night-Time Belfast, adapted by Nick Stafford | in association with the Drury Lane, WC2 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 Grand Theatre award-winning Handspring Puppet Company 13 – 17 October Running time a new play by Simon Stephens Running time 2 hours 40 mins based on the best-selling novel by Mark Haddon 2 hours 40 mins Bath, Theatre Royal 20 – 31 October Milton Keynes 3 – 7 November ★★★★★ ★★★★★ Salford, Lowry Daily Express, Daily Telegraph, Mail on Sunday, Workshops, ‘A beautiful, eloquent, dazzlingly inventive Workshops, 17 – 21 Sunday Times, Sunday Express, The Times events and show about the wonders of life.’ events and November ‘An entertainment phenomenon.’ online resources Evening Standard online resources Daily Telegraph warhorseonstage.com Christopher has an extraordinary brain, exceptional curiousonstage.com at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, this Suitable for 10 yrs+ Suitable for 11 yrs+ powerfully moving and imaginative drama, life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of fi lled with stirring music and songs, is a show his road, he detests being touched and he distrusts of phenomenal inventiveness. At its heart are strangers. But his detective work, forbidden by his astonishing life-sized puppets by South Africa’s father, takes Christopher on a frightening journey Handspring Puppet Company, who bring that upturns his world. breathing, galloping, charging horses to thrilling Winner of 5 Tony Awards, including Best Play. life on stage. Presented by the National Theatre Original production sponsored by and National Angels Winner of 7 Olivier Awards, including Best New Play. Neptune Investment Management

Preferred Preferred Card Card Partner Partner

24 25 Also playing In cinemas and on tour Burn for Portrait, 2015 photo: Heather Cassils with Robin Black Inextinguishable Fire, Photography by Ludovic des Cognets Photography by Ludovic des Cognets

SPILL Festival of Performance River Stage National Theatre Live Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Inextinguishable Fire 24 July – 30 August ntlive.com | ntlive ntlive UK: Thu 19 November, 7pm Heather Cassils Riverside Square FREE Everyman Jane Eyre Dorfman Theatre Head down to the River Stage for an eclectic adapted by Carol Ann Duffy devised by the Company Sunday 8 November, 5pm summer season of free outdoor entertainment Thu 16 July, 7pm* based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë Tickets on sale 1 September on the river, in front of the National. Tue 8 December, 7pm* A world premiere by internationally renowned On Friday afternoons there will be street The Beaux’ Stratagem artist Heather Cassils. Engaging with the theatre followed by guest DJs; on Saturdays by George Farquhar As You Like It impossibility of representing trauma and there will be live music in the afternoon and UK & Europe: Thu 3 September, 7pm by William Shakespeare violence, and borrowing techniques from late evening; and Sundays are all about family Rest of the world: Thu 24 September Thu 25 February, 7pm* Hollywood stunt performance, Cassils is lit fun, with dazzling circus, vibrant dance and on fi re in a treacherous ‘full body burn’. intriguing installations. Coriolanus (Encore) On Tour by William Shakespeare This unique event marks the end of SPILL Check the NT website nearer the time for a production The Curious Incident of 2015, the international festival of live art, the full programme. the Dog in the Night-Time experimental theatre and activism. It forms UK: Thu 24 September, 7pm Rest of the world: Thu 12 November a new play by Simon Stephens part of a weekend of work taking place at based on the best-selling novel by Mark Haddon the NT and the NT Studio. Hamlet ★★★★★ by William Shakespeare ‘Astonishing and unmissable.’ Sunday Express Suitable for 16+ produced by Sonia Friedman Productions Partner for Booking until 21 November | curiousonstage.com/tour spillfestival.com New Audiences Thu 15 October, 7pm* A SPILL commission, presented by Pacitti The National Theatre’s UK touring hotel partner Company in partnership with the National Theatre *Varying dates internationally

26 27 Moira Buffi ni and leading playwrights Talks and events Rufus Norris on in more depth. Explore wonder.land £20/£15 (unless stated) Tue 5 January, Clore Learning Centre Philippa Gregory: The On Pomona Charlotte Brontë 6pm, Olivier Taming of the Queen Thu 24 September, and Jane Eyre nationaltheatre.org.uk Thu 13 August, 6pm, post-show (30 mins), Fri 13 November, /learn Polly Findlay on Lyttelton Temporary Theatre, free 5.30pm, Lyttelton As You Like It Platforms Fri 8 January, Everyman – Creating Bound for Australia Ian Rickson and 6pm, Olivier Music for Theatre Wed 30 September, Wallace Shawn Thu 16 July, An eclectic programme 6pm, Olivier on Evening at the 5.30 – 6.30pm, £5/£4 of talks, discussions Talk House Harley Granville Barker’s and interviews, offering Wed 25 November, Agnes Colander the chance to learn Sally Cookson Jane Eyre on 6.30pm, Dorfman Thu 14 January, more about the on Jane Eyre 2.30pm (90mins), Stage and Screen National’s work and Mon 5 October, Fri 11 September, Turgenev’s Lyttelton, £5/£4 the arts in general. 5.30pm, Lyttelton Dominic Cooke 4 – 5.30pm, £5/£4 Countryside on Here We Go Photography by Philip Vile 45 mins, £4/£3 Mon 17 August, Nadia Fall and Mon 30 November, Visions of Alice Russian Theatre at (unless stated) 6pm, Lyttelton Timberlake Wertenbaker 5.30pm, Lyttelton in Wonderland the National Theatre Sherling High-Level Walkway Followed by on Our Country’s Good Fri 29 January, 14, 15, 21, 22 Sept, Offering visitors views into our busy backstage a book signing Michael Billington: Tue 6 October, Marianne Elliott 6pm, Olivier 6.30 – 9pm, £70/£55 production workshops for set construction, scenic The 101 Greatest Plays 6pm, Olivier and Ben Power on painting and prop-making. Open Mon – Sat, free. nationaltheatre.org.uk Fri 4 September, Husbands & Sons Workshop: /platforms 6.30pm, Dorfman Thu 3 December, Using Your Voice Backstage Tours 5.30pm, Dorfman Tue 6 October, Explore the NT’s backstage and unseen areas Connections Writers Meera Syal: The 10am – 4pm, £85/£65 AfterWords to discover the secrets that bring our work to Mon 6 July, House of Hidden The Jocelyn the stage. £9 (£8 groups / concs) 6pm, Lyttelton Mothers Herbert Lecture: Informal and lively In Context: Thu 10 September, Other tours include: Sian Thomas – Lions post-show discussions Our Country’s Good 6pm, Dorfman Architecture tours of the NT, Costume tours We Want You To Talk and Nightingales 30 mins, £4/£3 (includes Fri 9 Oct, 2 – 4.30pm nationaltheatre.org.uk/tours Wed 8 July, : The Fri 11 December, wine and soft drinks) 6.30pm, Dorfman post-show (1hr), Blue Touch Paper Clore Learning Centre Workshop: Devising Temporary Theatre Mon 12 October, with Sally Cookson Lyttelton Lounge 6pm, Lyttelton The Red Lion Mon 12 Oct, A place to explore the NT’s past and present from Chiwetel Ejiofor Fri 10 July 10am – 4pm, £85/£65 the NT Archive through exclusive digital content, on Everyman Geraldine McEwan including interviews, prompt scripts and early Wed 22 July, 3pm Remembered People, Places In Depth: The Theatre recordings. Open all day, free. (1hr), Olivier, £5/£4 Fri 30 October, 6pm, Lasdun’s Legacy and Things of D H Lawrence Dorfman Fri 11 September, Fri 9 October Thu 5 November, Digital Programmes 5.45pm (1hr), Olivier 10.30am – 4.30pm, An Evening Enhanced digital versions of some programmes Private Eye Evening at the £45/£35 with to help you to fi nd out more about the NT’s Frost: That Was Mon 14 December, Talk House productions, and go behind the scenes The Life That Was 5.45pm (1hr), Fri 27 November In Context: through exclusive material. Mon 14 September, Lyttelton As You Like It 6.30pm, Dorfman Mon 8 Feb, 2 – 5pm Exhibition Patrick Marber The Theatre Quiz on Three Days Jeremy Herrin and As You Like It Tue 22 December, In Depth & In Context: Censorship Concrete Reality: Denys Lasdun and the in the Country Duncan Macmillan on Screen 5.30pm, Lyttelton In Context in British Theatre Architecture of the National Theatre Thu 30 July, 6pm, on People, Places Wed 4 November, Fri 20 November, Explores the radical design of Denys Lasdun’s 2 – 5pm Lyttelton and Things 6pm, Temporary Roger Michell Investigate the masterpiece. Wolfson Gallery, Level 2, free. Fri 18 September, Theatre on Waste social, political and 6pm, Dorfman Mon 4 January, historical background In Context: The Virtual Sherling High-Level Walkway, Lyttelton Lounge and Concrete 6pm, Lyttelton to NT productions World on Stage Reality exhibition are supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund. and the work of Fri 15 Jan , 2 – 4.30pm 28 29 Theatre from the inside out Your visit Photography by Ludovic des Cognets Photography by Hufton+Crow

‘ An awesome The Clore Learning Centre Exclusive Eat A dedicated space for people Families The Green Room on Upper Ground (pictured) is a line-up: smart, of all ages to get hands-on restaurant On the fi rst Saturday of every neighbourhood diner and garden, now also serving roasts with theatre-making. interesting, month and during school package on Sundays. If you’re looking for something quick and fresh, Talks and Events holidays discover the skills visit Kitchen, our all-day café on the riverfront. Terrace offers rich, varied.’ and secrets behind the Enjoy a two-course meal delicious plates, perfect for sharing. Explore productions in depth NT’s productions. for £22 at House when House provides an elegant dining destination, serving a Clore Learning Centre with NT staff and other participant you also book for a show. contemporary take on classic dishes. Open for both lunch Young People (16 – 21) specialists, plus screenings, Available to book online or and dinner daily, as well as a new theatre-themed Afternoon talks and insights into the From Q&As to workshops by phone in advance. Tea inspired by NT productions, from the end of July. NT’s Archive. and exciting short courses, One £22 meal per ticket bought. Workshops if you are aged 16-21 there Subject to availability. Drink are opportunities at the NT Learn specialist skills for for you. Come and have a go. From coffee to cocktails, the NT has unique spaces for you to all aspects of play-making. enjoy. The Understudy boasts riverside seating and is open Schools Short Courses late, serving a range of craft beers. The Lyttelton Bar is perfect Create, perform and for pre-show and interval drinks, whilst the Espresso Bar (open Technical, production and discover theatre through all day), and Olivier Café serve home-made cakes and coffees. performance skills led by a range of activities, nationaltheatre.org.uk/food-and-drink NT experts. workshops and projects. nationaltheatre.org.uk/learn Shop Our stunning new Bookshop is overfl owing with books, playtexts and gifts you won’t fi nd anywhere else. shop.nationaltheatre.org.uk

30 31

9.00 7.00 9.00 6.00 8.00 7.00 7.00 6.00 8.00 5.00 8.00 9.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 3.00+7.00 3.00+7.00 Press night Press LAST

Preview performance Preview

PRESS PRESS P PLATFORM 29 – p28 7.00 LAST P1 PRESS LAST

Post-show

Touch Tour Touch performance Relaxed An Oak Tree New Views: Dissonant We Want You To Watch To You Want We Watch To You Want We PLATFORM: New Views: Mind the Gap An Oak Tree New Views: Double Bill Watch To You Want We Watch To You Want We Brainstorm An Oak Tree Watch To You Want We Brainstorm An Oak Tree An Oak Tree An Oak Tree An Oak Tree Brainstorm Brainstorm Brainstorm

8.00 7.30 8.00 7.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 +8.00 +8.00 8.00

8.00 3.00+8.00 3.00+8.00 3.00+8.00 3.00+8.00 3.00+8.00 3.00+8.00 3.00+8.00 3.00+8.00 3.00+8.00 3.00+8.00 3.00+8.00 6.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 P1 P2 P P P P Audio-Described 3.00 Captioned PRESS 3.00 8.00 LAST KEY KEY Michael Billington People, Places & Things People, Places & Things Rules for Living Rules for Living Rules for Living The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion People, Places & Things People, Places & Things PLATFORM: The Red Lion The Red Lion People, Places & Things People, Places & Things People, Places & Things Dorfman Dorfman Dorfman The Red Lion People, Places & Things The Red Lion

7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 6.00 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.00 7.30 7.30 7.30 6.00 +7.30 +7.30 6.00 7.30 7.30 7.30 2.15+7.30 2.15+7.30 2.15+7.30 2.15+7.30 2.15+7.30 2.15+7.30 2.15+7.30 2.15+7.30 6.00 2.15+7.30 2.15 LAST Marber

P1 P2 P P P P PRESS Turgenev’s Countryside Turgenev’s Connections Writers Connections Writers Philippa Gregory Philippa Gregory

Patrick Three Days Three Three Days Three Three Days Three Days Three The Motherf**ker The Motherf**ker The Motherf**ker PLATFORM: The Motherf**ker PLATFORM: Days Three The Motherf**ker The Motherf**ker The Motherf**ker The Motherf**ker Three Days Three Days Three Days Three Three Days Three The Motherf**ker The Motherf**ker Days Three Days 2.15 Three The Motherf**ker The Motherf**ker Days Three PLATFORM: The Motherf**ker The Motherf**ker The Motherf**ker The Motherf**ker The Motherf**ker The Motherf**ker Days Three PLATFORM: Days Three Days Three Lyttelton Lyttelton Lyttelton

Three Days Three Days Three Days Three Days Three Days Three Days Three The Motherf**ker

7.30 7.30 7.30 7.00 7.30 2.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 3.00 7.00 7.30 7.30 7.30 +7.30 7.00 2.30 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30

NT LIVE 2.00 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 P1 P2 P P P P PRESS

2.30 NT LIVE LAST Chiwetel Ejiofor The Beaux’ Stratagem The Beaux’ Stratagem Good Our Country’s Olivier Olivier Olivier The Beaux’ Stratagem Good Our Country’s Our Country’s Good Our Country’s Everyman Everyman 2.00+7.30 Everyman Our Country’s Good Our Country’s Good Our Country’s Connections 7.00+8.30 Everyman 7.30 Everyman 2.00+7.30 Everyman 7.30 The Beaux’ Stratagem The Beaux’ Stratagem Everyman 7.30 Everyman 7.30 Everyman The Beaux’ Stratagem The Beaux’ Stratagem Everyman 7.30 PLATFORM: Everyman 7.30 Everyman 2.00+7.30 Everyman 7.30 Everyman 2.00+7.30 Everyman 2.30 The Beaux’ Stratagem Everyman Everyman 2.00+7.30 Everyman 2.30 Everyman The Beaux’ Stratagem Everyman Good Our Country’s The Beaux’ Stratagem The Beaux’ Stratagem The Beaux’ Stratagem The Beaux’ Stratagem The Beaux’ Stratagem The Beaux’ Stratagem Everyman Everyman 2.00+7.30 The Beaux’ Stratagem Everyman The Beaux’ Stratagem Our Country’s Good Our Country’s Good Our Country’s Good Our Country’s Good Our Country’s Everyman 2.30 Everyman Everyman 2.00+7.30 Everyman 7.30

Fri 4 Fri 7 Sep Sat 5 Sat 1 Sat 8 Tue 1 Tue 7 Tue 4 Fri 17 Thu 3 Aug Jul Fri 10 Fri 14 Fri 31 Fri 24 Thu 9 Fri 21 Thu 6 Fri 28 Sun 2 Sun 9 Wed 2 Sat 11 Mon 6 Sat 18 Mon 3 Sat 15 Wed 8 Wed 5 Sat 25 Sat 22 Sat Sat 29 Tue 14 Tue 11 Tue 18 Tue 21 Tue 28 Tue 25 Thu 16 Thu 13 Sun 12 Thu 23 Thu Sun 19 Thu 30 Thu 27 Thu 20 Thu Sun 16 Sun 26 Sun 23 Sun 30 Mon 13 Mon 17 Mon 10 Wed 15 Wed 12 Mon 27 Wed 19 Mon 20 Mon 31 Mon 24 Wed 22 Wed 29 Wed 26

July 15 – January 16

32 33

1.30 1.30 8.00 6.00 10.30 10.30 10.30 +8.00 10.30+1.30 10.30+1.30 11.00+2.30 11.00+2.30 11.00+2.30 11.00+2.30 11.00+2.30 11.00+2.30 10.30+1.30 10.30+1.30 10.30+1.30 10.30+1.30 3.00 P1 P2 P PRESS LAST 8.00 3.00+8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 Post-show Like It on Screen As You

P1 P2 P PRESS LAST Pomona 8.00 Pomona 8.00 Pomona 8.00 Pomona Pomona 8.00 Pomona 8.00 I Want My Hat Back I Want I Want My Hat Back I Want Pomona 8.00 Pomona Pomona Pomona Pomona Pomona 8.00 Pomona 3.00+8.00 Pomona 8.00 Pomona 8.00 Pomona 8.00 Pomona PLATFORM: Pomona 8.00 Pomona 8.00 Pomona 8.00 Pomona 3.00+8.00 Pomona 8.00 Pomona 8.00 Pomona 8.00 Pomona 8.00 Pomona 8.00 Pomona Comedy of Errors Comedy of Errors Comedy of Errors Comedy of Errors Comedy of Errors Comedy of Errors Comedy of Errors Comedy of Errors Comedy of Errors Comedy of Errors PLATFORM: Comedy of Errors Comedy of Errors Comedy of Errors I Want My Hat Back I Want I Want My Hat Back I Want

7.30 7.30 7.30 8.00 8.00 8.00 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 8.00 8.00 8.00 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 5.00 7.30 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.30 2.30 +7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 6.00

6.00 2.30+7.30 3.00+8.00 3.00+8.00 2.30+7.30 2.30+7.30 3.00+8.00 3.00+8.00 2.30+7.30 1.00+7.00 1.00+7.00 2.30+7.30 2.30+7.30 LAST 2.30 2.30 6.30 6.00 3.00 P1 P2 P P P P PRESS

LAST Geraldine McEwan Meera Syal Herrin & Macmillan David Frost

People, Places & Things People, Places & Things People, Places & Things PLATFORM: People, Places & Things The Red Lion The Red Lion PLATFORM: The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion People, Places & Things PLATFORM: People, Places & Things People, Places & Things People, Places & Things People, Places & Things People, Places & Things The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion The Red Lion People, Places & Things People, Places & Things People, Places & Things People, Places & Things People, Places & Things People, Places & Things People, Places &Things People, Places & Things Husbands & Sons PLATFORM: People, Places & Things People, Places & Things People, Places & Things Husbands & Sons Inextinguishable Fire Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons People, Places & Things Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons People, Places & Things People, Places & Things People, Places & Things People, Places & Things Dorfman Dorfman Dorfman

5.30 6.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 2.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 2.00 7.00 7.00 2.00 7.00 7.30 2.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.00 7.30 7.00 5.30 7.00

+7.00 +7.00 7.30 2.30 2.00 7.00

1.30+7.00 2.15+7.30 2.15+7.30 2.15+7.30 1.30+7.00 2.15+7.30 2.15+7.30 2.15+7.30 1.30+7.00 2.15+7.30 2.15 +7.30

1.30 1.30

7.00

LAST 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 P1 P2 P P P P P P PRESS Sally Cookson David Hare Charlotte and Jane

P1 P2 P P P P PRESS Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Days Three Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Days Three Days Three Days Three PLATFORM: Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Days Three Days Three PLATFORM: Days Three Waste Waste PLATFORM: Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Three Days Three Three Days Three Three Days Three Days Three Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Days Three Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Lyttelton Lyttelton Lyttelton Three Days Three Days Three Days Three Days Three Days Three Days Three Days Three Days Three Days Three Days Three Waste Waste Waste Waste Waste Waste Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre

7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 2.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.00 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 2.00 +7.30 +7.30 +7.30 +7.30 7.30 6.00 6.00 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30 2.30 5.45 2.00 2.00+7.30 2.00 2.00 2.00 LAST 2.00 LAST P1 P2 P P P P P PRESS Fall & Wertenbaker Lasdun’s Legacy Lasdun’s Bound for Australia

Our Country’s Good Our Country’s Our Country’s Good Our Country’s Our Country’s Good Our Country’s Good Our Country’s The Beaux’ Stratagem The Beaux’ Stratagem Good Our Country’s Good Our Country’s Good Our Country’s Good Our Country’s Good Our Country’s Good Our Country’s Good Our Country’s Good Our Country’s Good Our Country’s Good Our Country’s Olivier Good Our Country’s The Beaux’ Stratagem The Beaux’ Stratagem PLATFORM: The Beaux’ Stratagem The Beaux’ Stratagem The Beaux’ Stratagem Good Our Country’s The Beaux’ Stratagem The Beaux’ Stratagem The Beaux’ Stratagem Good Our Country’s PLATFORM: Good Our Country’s Olivier Good Our Country’s Good Our Country’s Good Our Country’s PLATFORM: Good Our Country’s Good Our Country’s Good Our Country’s Like It As You Like It As You Like It As You Olivier As You Like It As You Like It As You Like It As You As You Like It As You Like It As You Like It As You Like It As You Like It As You Like It As You Like It As You Like It As You Like It As You As You Like It As You

Fri 2 Fri 9 Fri 6 Sep Oct Nov Sat 3 Sat 7 Tue 6 Tue 3 Tue 8 Fri 11 Fri 13 Fri 18 Fri 16 Thu 1 Thu 8 Thu 5 Fri 25 Fri 23 Fri 30 Fri Sun 4 Sun 1 Sun 8 Sun 6 Sat 14 Sat 12 Mon 5 Mon 2 Mon 9 Mon 7 Sat 19 Sat 10 Wed 7 Wed 4 Wed 9 Sat 17 Sat 31 Sat 24 Sat 26 Tue 15 Tue 13 Tue 10 Tue 27 Tue 22 Tue 20 Tue 29 Thu 17 Thu 12 Thu 15 Thu 10 Sun 11 Thu 24 Thu 22 Sun 15 Sun 13 Sun 18 Thu 29 Sun 27 Sun 25 Sun 20 Mon 14 Mon 12 Mon 19 Wed 11 Mon 16 Wed 14 Wed 16 Mon 21 Mon 28 Mon Mon 26 Wed 21 Wed 23 Wed 28 Wed 30

34 35

2.00 10.30 10.30 10.30 10.30 10.30 10.30 10.30 10.30 10.30 10.30 10.30 10.30 10.30 10.30 11.00+2.00 11.00+2.00 11.00+2.00 11.00+2.00 11.00+2.00 11.00+2.00 11.00+2.00 11.00+2.00 11.00+2.00 Box Office by phone 12.30 – 8pm CLOSED CLOSED 12.30 – 8pm 9.30am – 6pm 12.30 – 8pm

11.00+2.00 LAST

12 – 11pm CLOSED CLOSED 12 – 11pm 9.30am – 6pm – 9.30am 12 – 11pm

Date Theatre building Mon 31 Aug Thu 24 Dec Fri 25 Dec Mon 28 Dec Thu 31 Dec Fri 1 Jan Bank Holiday and Christmas opening hours I Want My Hat Back I Want My Hat Back I Want My Hat Back I Want My Hat Back I Want My Hat Back I Want My Hat Back I Want My Hat Back I Want I Want My Hat Back I Want My Hat Back I Want My Hat Back I Want My Hat Back I Want My Hat Back I Want My Hat Back I Want My Hat Back I Want My Hat Back I Want My Hat Back I Want My Hat Back I Want My Hat Back I Want I Want My Hat Back I Want My Hat Back I Want My Hat Back I Want My Hat Back I Want My Hat Back I Want My Hat Back I Want My Hat Back I Want

8.00 8.00 7.00 7.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 7.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 8.00 3.00 8.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 8.00 6.30 +7.00 +8.00 7.00 8.00 7.00 8.00 7.00 8.00 3.00+8.00 3.00+8.00 1.00+7.00 3.00+8.00 3.00+8.00 3.00+8.00 1.00+7.00 1.00+7.00 3.00+8.00 3.00+8.00 1.00+7.00 1.00+7.00 1.00+7.00 1.00+7.00 1.00+7.00 6.30 5.30 1.00 3.00

P1 P2 P P P P PRESS

Jocelyn Herbert Lecture Rickson & Shawn Elliott & Power

Talk House Talk PLATFORM: House Talk Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons PLATFORM: Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons PLATFORM: House Talk House Talk Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons House Talk House Talk Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons House Talk House Talk Talk House Talk Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons House Talk Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons House Talk Husbands & Sons Talk House Talk House Talk House Talk House Talk House Talk House Talk House Talk House Talk Husbands & Sons Talk House Talk House Talk House Talk House Talk House Talk House Talk Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons House Talk House Talk House Talk Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons Husbands & Sons House Talk Husbands & Sons Dorfman Dorfman Dorfman in February and March and February in

5.30 6.00 2.30 7.00 7.00 2.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.30 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.30 7.00 7.00 7.30 2.15 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.00 1.30+7.00 1.30+7.00 1.30+7.00 1.30+7.00 2.15+7.30 2.15+7.30 2.00+7.00 2.15+7.30 2.00+7.00 2.00+7.00 2.15+7.30 2.15+7.30 2.15+7.30 2.15+7.30 5.30

5.45

2.00 Theatre Quiz Theatre P1 P2 PRESS LAST

NT LIVE LAST Dominic Cooke Private Eye The Roger Michell Agnes Colander

As You Like As You It and wonder.land Waste Waste Go We Here PLATFORM: Go We Here Waste Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Go We Here PLATFORM: Waste Jane Eyre PLATFORM: Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Waste Waste PLATFORM: Waste Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Jane Eyre PLATFORM: Waste Here We Go We Here Go We Here Waste Lyttelton Lyttelton Lyttelton Waste Waste Waste Waste Waste Go We Here Go We Here Go We Here Waste Go We Here Go We Here Waste Go We Here Go We Here Waste Waste Waste Waste Waste Waste Waste Here We Go We Here

6.00 6.00 7.00 7.30 2.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 2.30 7.30 2.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 2.00 7.30 2.30 7.30 2.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.00 +7.30 +7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 2.30 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30 2.00+7.30 2.00 2.00

7.30 7.30

7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 P1 P2 P P P P P PRESS

Buffini & Norris Buffini Polly Findlay wonder.land wonder.land As You Like It As You wonder.land wonder.land wonder.land wonder.land wonder.land wonder.land Like It As You wonder.land Like It As You wonder.land Olivier wonder.land wonder.land wonder.land wonder.land wonder.land wonder.land Like It As You wonder.land wonder.land Like It As You wonder.land PLATFORM: wonder.land PLATFORM: Like It As You Like It As You wonder.land wonder.land Like It As You performances continuing of for website See Olivier Olivier wonder.land wonder.land wonder.land wonder.land As You Like It As You wonder.land wonder.land wonder.land Like It As You Like It As You wonder.land wonder.land As You Like It As You As You Like It As You As You Like It As You Like It As You wonder.land wonder.land wonder.land Like It As You wonder.land Like It As You Like It As You Like It As You Like It As You wonder.land Like It As You wonder.land wonder.land wonder.land

Fri 4 Fri 8 Fri 1 Nov Dec Jan Sat 5 Sat 9 Sat 2 Tue 8 Tue 1 Tue 5 Fri 11 Fri 15 Fri 18 Fri 27 Thu 3 Thu 7 Fri 25 Fri 22 Fri 20 Sun 6 Sun 3 Sat 12 Mon 7 Mon 4 Sat 19 Sat 16 Wed 2 Wed 6 Sat 21 Sat 23 Sat 28 Sat 26 Tue 17 Wed 9 Tue 12 Tue 15 Tue 19 Tue 24 Tue 22 Tue 29 Thu 17 Thu 14 Thu 19 Sun 17 Thu 31 Thu 21 Sun 13 Thu 26 Sun 10 Thu 10 Sun 24 Thu 24 Sun 27 Sun 22 Sun 20 Sun 29 Mon 11 Mon 14 Mon 18 Wed 13 Wed 18 Wed 16 Mon 21 Mon 28 Mon Mon 30 Wed 25 Wed 20 Wed 30 Mon 23 Wed 23

36 37 Olivier Travelex £15 Tickets Olivier Ticket Prices Under-18s Ticket Exchange Half price for Monday – Friday There are no refunds on tickets, Everyman As You Like It evenings and all matinees. but you can exchange them for The Beaux’ Stratagem wonder.land* Excludes tickets under £28 a later performance or for credit. and Travelex productions. Terms and conditions and a small Our Country’s Good administration fee apply: call the Every Friday at 1pm a limited UK Schools, Colleges Box Office for details. number of £20 tickets for the and Universities following week’s performances Call 020 7452 3010 for discounts. Senior Citizens will be released to buy online. Under-19s £12; 19-25s £15 for For midweek matinees, save groups 10+. Excludes Saturday £20 on £39 and £50 tickets in Day Tickets evenings. the Lyttelton and the Olivier; STAGE A limited number of £15 tickets £10 on £35 tickets for Travelex STAGE £15 £28 £39 £50 are available in person on the Disabled People productions. £30 tickets for £16 tickets, plus £16 companion midweek matinees in Saturday evenings day of the performance. Seat £15 £25 £35 £15 £28 £44 £55 location varies. See page 2 for tickets (£15 tickets on Travelex the Dorfman. opening hours. There are no Day productions) are available for *£55, £50, £44, £39 and £28 tickets are Tickets in the Temporary Theatre. Access list subscribers. American Express ® half-price for under-18s for all performances nationaltheatre.org.uk/accesslist Card members have exciting Reduced Price Previews ticket benefits for National Theatre Selected preview performances Groups shows. For details visit Lyttelton Lyttelton available at reduced prices – Call 020 7452 3010 for nationaltheatre.org.uk/amex check website or with Box Office discounts on groups of 8+ Waste Here We Go for more details. for selected productions. Three Days in the Country All tickets £15 nationaltheatre.org.uk/groups Preferred Jane Eyre Standby Card The Motherf**ker with the Hat Subject to availability. Please check £15 Tickets Partner

website or call for standby and In the Olivier and Lyttelton theatres reduced standby rates. £15 stalls tickets are narrower and All discounts are subject to may offer a partially restricted view. availability and at the discretion Entry Pass In the Dorfman and Temporary of the Box Office 16-25-year-olds can access Theatre £15 tickets are restricted £5 tickets by joining Entry Pass. view. Two per customer per nationaltheatre.org.uk/entrypass production, excluding Travelex season.

STAGE STAGE £15 £28 £34 £39 £50 £15 £28 £34 £39 £50 Access Infra red audio system Preview. Latecomers may not be Saturday evenings Saturday evenings Available in all theatres for every admitted. Please leave coats and performance. Free headsets and any bulky items such as bags and £15 £28 £39 £44 £55 £15 £28 £39 £44 £55 Audio-Described briefcases in the free cloakrooms. Performances for blind and neck loops are essential and available from the Box Office. visually impaired people. Car Park Large-print, CD and braille Car spaces in the NT car park Dorfman Touch Tour are £8 after 5pm or if you attend For blind and visually impaired versions of this rep brochure are a daytime ticketed event and Husbands & Sons Evening at the Talk House People, Places and Things The Red Lion people. An opportunity to visit the available on request from leave before 7pm. Combined £15 – £45 £15 – £50 £15 £25 £35 £40 £15 £24 £39 £50 stage, handle the props and meet [email protected] matinee/evening show rate: Saturday evenings Saturday evenings Saturday evenings Saturday evenings members of the company. Age guidance £14. Sunday/public holidays: £15 – £50 £15 – £55 £15 £25 £40 £45 £15 £24 £44 £55 We don’t publish specific age Captioned £8 all day. Free parking for Blue recommendations for all our Captioned performances for Deaf, Badge holders – validate at shows. For guidance on content deafened and hard-of-hearing people. the Box Office. For details on Membership Priority Member from £80 Corporate Member and suitability please call 020 from £15,000 accessible parking please visit Extended priority booking Relaxed Performance 7452 3000. Children under four nationaltheatre.org.uk/travel Great theatre needs ahead of Advance Members. Access to the NT Aimed at anyone who would are welcome in the foyers, great supporters hospitality areas. benefit from a more relaxed however they cannot be 50% discount on Platform tickets. Programme details are published in good performance environment admitted to the auditoriums, nationaltheatre.org.uk/supportus Free tickets, dedicated faith, but changes may occasionally be Supporting Cast Member including people with an with the exception of I Want account management necessary. Registered Charity No. 224223 Advance Member £15 from £600 autistic spectrum condition, My Hat Back. and priority booking. sensory or communication Advance booking ahead First priority booking and For your safety and comfort Brochure design and imagery of the general public. disorders or a learning disability. by Graphic Design Studio at National hotline to the Box Office. Strobe lighting, smoke effects and Theatre, unless otherwise credited. P WC gunshots are sometimes used in Use of the NT Members’ bar. Cover photography by Graham Pearson, T productions. Details are available with thanks to the NT Digital Drawing & from the Box Office after the first Design and Scenic Art departments.

38 39 This cover celebrates the model boxes created by Set Designers. The model box is the first realisation of the designer’s vision for the production. Models used in this photograph are by Bunny Christie (The Cherry Orchard), Bob Crowley (The History Boys), Soutra Gilmour (Double Feature), Robert Jones (The Motherf**ker with the Hat), Rae Smith (The Veil), Samuel Wyer (The Elephantom). 020 7452 3000 nationaltheatre.org.uk Find us online