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2 3 The plays The plays

Small Island Peter Gynt Tartuffe Downstate 17 Apr – 10 Aug 27 June – 8 Oct 9 Feb – 30 Apr 12 Mar – 27 Apr

Rutherford and Son ANNA When We Have The Winter’s Tale Playing from 16 May 11 May – 15 June Sufficently Tortured 6 – 21 Feb Each Other Playing until 2 Mar

Follies Top Girls The Curious Home, I’m Darling 12 Feb – 11 May Playing from 26 Mar Incident of the Dog Playing until 13 Apr in the Night-Time Playing until 27 Apr 4 5 Fri 14 7.30 APRIL Sat 15 2.00 7.30 Wed 17 7.30 Mon 17 7.30 adapted by Helen Edmundson Thu 18 7.30 based on the novel by Sat 20 7.30 JULY Tue 23 7.30 Wed 24 7.30 Thu 18 7.30 Thu 25 7.30 Fri 19 AD 7.30 Olivier Theatre Fri 26 7.30 Sat 20 AD *TT 2.00 Sat 27 2.00 7.30 7.30 Mon 22 7.30 See website Andrea Levy’s epic, Orange Prize-winning Mon 29 7.30 Tue 23 7.30 for production novel bursts to new life on the Olivier stage. Tue 30 7.30 Wed 24 2.00 7.30 MAY team A company of 40 tells a story which journeys Thu 25 7.30

from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second Fri 26 7.30 Cast includes Wed 1 7.00 Sat 27 CAP 2.00 Jacqueline World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Thu 2 7.30 7.30 ‘Empire Windrush’ docked at Tilbury. Fri 3 7.30 Boatswain Mon 29 7.30 Sat 4 2.00 Chereen Buckley Tue 30 7.30 Adapted for the stage by 7.30 Wed 31 2.00 Cavan Clarke Helen Edmundson, ‘Small Island’ follows Tue 14 7.30 7.30 Shiloh Coke Wed 15 2.00 three intricately connected stories. Hortense Image (Leah Harvey) by 7.30 Beatie Edney yearns for a new life away from rural *TT starts 12.30pm Gershwyn Franklyn Rodgers Thu 16 7.30 Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a Fri 17 7.30 For additional Eustache Jnr lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Talks and events Sat 18 2.00 performances Adam Ewan Lincolnshire roots. Hope and humanity 7.30 see p44 Creating the Music Mon 20 7.30 David Fielder meet stubborn reality as the play traces the National Theatre in ‘Small Island’ Tue 21 7.30 Amy Forrest Live: filmed live tangled history of Jamaica and the UK. Wed 22 7.30 Tue 14 May, 6.30 – 7.20pm, screening on Leah Harvey Thu 23 7.30 Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Thu 27 June John Hastings Hundreds of £15 tickets Fri 24 7.30 Stephanie Jacob for every performance Caribbean Women’s Sat 25 2.00 Sandra Diaspora 7.30 Mon 27 7.30 James-Young Sat 18 May, 2 – 5pm, Tue 28 CAP 7.30 Trevor Laird Cottesloe Room,£30/£25/£7.50 Wed 29 7.30 Aisling Loftus ‘The Stuart Hall Project’ Thu 30 7.30 Fri 31 7.30 Johann Myers (film screening) Andrew Rothney Mon 20 May, 6.30 – 8.30pm, JUNE

Cottesloe Room, £5/£3 Mon 10 7.30 Actors Leah Harvey Tue 11 7.30 and Aisling Loftus Wed 12 CAP 2.00 Production supported 7.30 by Areté Foundation / Fri 31 May, 3 – 4pm, Thu 13 7.30 Betsy & Ed Cohen Olivier, £7/£5 6 7 Fri 20 7.00 A co-production with Edinburgh International Festival JUNE Sat 21 1.00

7.00 Thu 27 7.00 Mon 23 7.00 Peter Gynt Fri 28 7.00 Tue 24 7.00 Sat 29 7.00 by David Hare Wed 25 7.00 after Henrik Ibsen JULY Thu 26 CAP 1.00 Fri 27 7.00 Mon 1 7.00 Sat 28 1.00 Tue 2 7.00 7.00 Olivier Theatre Wed 3 7.00 Mon 30 7.00 Thu 4 7.00 OCTOBER Fri 5 7.00

Cast includes Peter Gynt has always set his heart on Sat 6 7.00 Tue 1 1.00 Jonathan Coy being special, on being a unique individual, Mon 8 7.00 Wed 2 CAP 7.00 Tue 9 7.00 Caroline Deyga on being unlike anyone else. When he Thu 3 7.00 Wed 10 7.00 James McArdle steals the bride from a local wedding, he Fri 4 7.00 Fri 12 7.00 Sat 5 1.00 Ann Louise Ross sets off on a lifetime journey which will take Sat 13 1.00 7.00 him to Florida, to Egypt, to a mountain 7.00 Director Mon 7 7.00 Mon 15 7.00 Jonathan Kent of trolls, and finally, only when death Tue 8 7.00 Tue 16 7.00 approaches, back to his home in Scotland. Set and Costume SEPTEMBER *TT starts 11.30am Original photography by Marko Zupan Designer In this radical new version, David Hare Playing at Tue 10 7.00 Richard Hudson kidnaps Ibsen’s most famous hero and Edinburgh Wed 11 7.00 runs away with him into the 21st century. International Lighting Designer Thu 12 7.00 Festival Mark Henderson James McArdle takes the title role in this Fri 13 AD 7.00 epic story of transformation, following in August Sound Designer Talks and events Sat 14 AD *TT 1.00 his acclaimed performances in ‘Platonov’ 7.00 Additional Christopher Shutt and ‘Angels in America’. He is reunited ‘Peer Gynt’ productions Mon 16 CAP 7.00 performances to Movement Director at the NT: 1990, 2000 Tue 17 7.00 be announced with David Hare and Jonathan Kent, the Wed 18 1.00 Polly Bennett partnership behind the triumphant ‘Young and 2019 Thu 19 7.00 Chekhov’ at Chichester Festival Theatre Tue 16 July, 5.30 – 6.30pm, and the National Theatre. Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Henrik Ibsen: Maker of In Conversation: Creating ‘Revelatory’ Modern Theatre and Performing ‘Peter Gynt’ ‘Time Out’ on ‘Young Chekhov’ Thu 19 Sep, 2 – 5pm, Tue 1 Oct, 6.30 – 8.30pm, Cottesloe Room, Olivier, £12/£7 ‘Translated with wit and freshness by £30/£20/£7.50 David Hare and superbly staged Exploring ‘Peter Gynt’ by Jonathan Kent.’ Mon 23 Sep, ‘Financial Times’ on ‘Young Chekhov’ 10.30am – 4pm, Cottesloe Room, £55/£40/£15 8 9 MAY Rutherford and Son Thu 16 7.30 by Githa Sowerby Fri 17 7.30 Sat 18 7.30 Mon 20 7.30 Tue 21 7.30 Wed 22 7.30 Lyttelton Theatre Thu 23 7.30 Fri 24 7.30 Sat 25 2.15 Cast includes In a Northern industrial town, John 7.30 Roger Allam Rutherford rules both factory and family Mon 27 7.30 Tue 28 7.00 Justine Mitchell with an iron will. But even as the furnaces Wed 29 7.30 Director burn relentlessly at the Glassworks, at Thu 30 2.15 Polly Findlay home his children begin to turn against him. 7.30 Set and Costume Githa Sowerby’s astonishing play was JUNE

Designer inspired by her own experience of growing Mon 3 7.30 Lizzie Clachan up in a family-run factory in Gateshead. Tue 4 2.15 Lighting Designer Writing in 1912, when female voices were 7.30 seldom heard on British stages, she now Photography (Roger Allam) by Wed 5 7.30 Charles Balfour David Stewart Thu 6 7.30 claims her place alongside Ibsen and Movement Director Thu 13 7.30 Bernard Shaw with this searing depiction Fri 14 CAP 7.30 Polly Bennett of class, gender and generational warfare. Sat 15 2.15 Sound Designer Talks and events 7.30 Roger Allam (‘Les Misérables’, Mon 17 CAP 7.30 Paul Arditti The life and works of ‘The Thick of It’) returns to the National Tue 18 CAP 2.15 Githa Sowerby 7.30 Music for the first time in a decade to play Fri 24 May, 6 – 7pm, Wed 19 7.30 Kerry Andrew Rutherford in this new production directed Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 by Polly Findlay (‘Beginning’). Additional Courtship, Romance performances to be announced and Forbidden Love in the 1900s Fri 14 June, 6 – 7pm, Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Exploring ‘Rutherford and Son’ Mon 17 June, 2 – 5pm, Cottesloe Room, £30/£20/£7.50 10 11 Tue 11 3.00 MAY 7.30 ANNA Wed 12 6.30 Sat 11 6.30 8.45 Created by , Ben and Max Ringham Mon 13 6.30 Thu 13 CAP 6.30 Tue 14 6.30 8.45 8.45 Fri 14 6.30 Thu 16 6.30 8.45 Fri 17 8.45 Sat 15 3.00 Sat 18 8.45 Dorfman Theatre 7.30 Mon 20 6.30

8.45 *TT on Fri 7 June Tue 21 7.00 Cast includes Anna and Hans are married, in love and starts 5pm Nathalie Armin moving up in the world – but it is a world Wed 22 6.30 Max Bennett ruled by suspicion. Who can be trusted Thu 23 6.30 *TT on Sat 8 June 8.45 starts 1.30pm Jamie Bradley when everyone is listening? Fri 24 6.30 Phoebe Fox 8.45 Created by playwright Ella Hickson Sat 25 3.00 Director (‘The Writer’) and sound designers Ben and 7.30 Max Ringham, this tense new thriller is Mon 27 6.30 Story directed by Natalie Abrahami (‘Machinal’). 8.45 Tue 28 6.30 Ella Hickson It uses individual audio headsets to give 8.45 Photography (Phoebe Fox) by Wed 29 3.00 Composition the audience intimate access to events as Sebastian Nevols they unfold over one evening, in East Berlin. 7.30 and Sound Design Thu 30 6.30 Ben and Can we ever escape our past? Talks and events 8.45 Max Ringham Fri 31 6.30 Living in the 8.45 Set and Phoebe Fox (‘Twelfth Night’, ‘A View from Shadow of the Wall: Costume Designer the Bridge’) plays Anna. JUNE Life in East Germany Vicki Mortimer Wed 29 May, 6 – 7pm, Sat 1 3.00 Lighting Designer Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 7.30 Jon Clark Mon 3 6.30 Exploring the 8.45 Movement Director Tue 4 CAP 6.30 making of ‘ANNA’ Anna Morrissey 8.45 Thu 6 June, 2 – 4.30pm, Wed 5 3.00 Cottesloe Room, 7.30 Thu 6 6.30 £30/£20/£7.50 8.45 Creating ‘ANNA’: Fri 7 AD *TT 6.30 8.45 Writer, Director and Sat 8 AD *TT 3.00 Sound Designer Talk 7.30 Thu 6 June, 5.30 – 6.15pm, Mon 10 6.30 Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 8.45 12 13 FEBRUARY APRIL Tue 12 7.30 Mon 1 CAP 7.30 book by James Goldman Wed 13 7.30 Tue 2 7.30 music and lyrics by Thu 14 7.30 Wed 3 2.00 Fri 15 7.30 7.30 Sat 16 7.30 Thu 4 7.30 Mon 18 7.30 Fri 5 7.30 Olivier Theatre Tue 19 7.30 Sat 6 CAP 2.00 Sat 23 2.00 7.30 7.30 Mon 8 7.30 Cast includes After a sold-out run, ‘Follies’, winner Tue 26 7.30 Tracie Bennett of the Olivier Award for Best Musical Wed 27 2.00 MAY 7.30 Revival, returns. Thu 28 7.30 Mon 6 7.30 Peter Forbes Tue 7 7.30 New York, 1971. There’s a party on the MARCH Wed 8 2.00 Director stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow 7.30 the iconic building will be demolished. Fri 1 7.30 Thu 9 7.30 Designer Thirty years after their final performance, the Sat 2 2.00 Fri 10 7.30 7.30 Sat 11 2.00 Vicki Mortimer Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, Fri 8 7.30 7.30 Choreographer sing a few songs and lie about themselves. Sat 9 2.00 Bill Deamer 7.30 *TT starts 12 noon Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical Mon 11 7.30

Music Supervisor includes such classic songs as ‘Broadway Tue 12 7.30 Nicholas Skilbeck Baby’, ‘I’m Still Here’ and ‘Losing My Mind’. Wed 13 2.00 Talks and events 7.30 Orchestrations Featuring a cast of 40 and an orchestra ‘Follies’ actors Thu 14 7.30 Jonathan Tunick of 21, ‘Follies’ is directed by Dominic Fri 15 7.30 with Josh Clayton in conversation Sat 16 2.00 Cooke (‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’). Fri 15 Mar, 3 – 4pm, 7.30 Music Director Olivier, £7/£5 Mon 18 CAP 7.30 Nigel Lilley ‘Unmissable. Razzmatazz, poignancy Tue 19 7.30 and cracking songs.’ The Making of ‘Follies’ Wed 20 2.00 Lighting Designer ‘Daily Telegraph’ Tue 19 Mar, 10am – 4pm, 7.30 Paule Constable Olivier, £55/£40/£15 Thu 21 7.30 Fri 22 AD 7.30 Sound Designer Making ‘Follies’: Costumes Sat 23 AD *TT 2.00 Paul Groothuis and Headdresses 7.30 Mon 25 7.30 Mon 25 Mar, 6 – 7pm, Tue 26 CAP 2.00 Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 7.30 Exclusive Crystal Provider Ted Chapin: Creating Wed 27 7.30 Thu 28 7.30 ‘Follies’ in 1971 Fri 29 7.30 Supported by the ‘Follies’ Thu 9 May, 6 – 6.45pm, Sat 30 2.00 production syndicate Olivier, £7/£5 7.30 14 15 Top Girls MARCH JUNE Tue 26 7.30 Sat 1 CAP 2.15 by Caryl Churchill Wed 27 7.30 7.30 Thu 28 7.30 Fri 7 7.30 Fri 29 7.30 Sat 8 2.15 Sat 30 7.30 7.30 Mon 10 7.30 Lyttelton Theatre APRIL Tue 11 2.15 7.30 Mon 1 7.30 Wed 12 7.30 Cast includes Now hiring: top girls wanted for prestigious Tue 2 7.30 Thu 20 7.30 Lucy Black positions. Must be self-motivated go-getters Wed 3 7.00 Fri 21 CAP 7.30 Thu 4 7.30 Sat 22 2.15 Jessica Brindle with an appetite for success. No timewasters. Fri 5 7.30 Lucy Ellinson 7.30 Marlene is the first woman to head the Sat 6 2.15 Amanda Hadingue 7.30 Additional Liv Hill Top Girls employment agency. But she Mon 8 7.30 performances to Ebony Jonelle has no plans to stop there. With Maggie Fri 12 7.30 be announced Katherine Kingsley in at Number 10 and a spirit of optimism Sat 13 2.15 7.30 *TT starts 12.45pm Wendy Kweh consuming the country, Marlene knows that Mon 15 7.30 Amanda Lawrence the future belongs to women like her. Tue 16 7.30 Charlotte Lucas Photography (Katherine Kingsley, Wed 17 7.30 Ashley McGuire For the first time, the National Theatre Ashley McGuire, Nadia Williams, Thu 18 2.15 stages Caryl Churchill’s wildly innovative Amanda Lawrence) by Rosaline 7.30 Ashna Rabheru Shahnavaz Roisin Rae play about a country divided by its own Sat 20 2.15 7.30 Siobhán Redmond ambitions. Churchill’s work includes Mon 22 7.30 Nadia Williams ‘Far Away’, ‘A Number’ and ‘Escaped Talks and events Naomi Yang Alone’. Lyndsey Turner (‘Light Shining in MAY Director Buckinghamshire’, ‘Chimerica’) directs. Director Lyndsey Turner Fri 3 May, 6 – 6.45pm, Thu 2 7.30 Lyndsey Turner Fri 3 AD 7.30 Lyttelton, £7/£5 Sat 4 AD *TT 2.15 Set Designer 7.30 Ian MacNeil Exploring Caryl Churchill’s Plays and ‘Top Girls’ Mon 6 7.30 Costume Designer Tue 7 7.30 Thu 9 May, 10.30am – 4pm, Wed 8 2.15 Merle Hensel Cottesloe Room, £55/£40/£15 7.30 Lighting Designer Thu 9 7.30 Actor Katherine Kingsley Fri 31 7.30 Jack Knowles Mon 10 June, 3 – 4pm, Sound Designer Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Christopher Shutt Creating ‘Top Girls at the NT Composer Thu 13 June, 6.30 – 9pm, Cassie Kinoshi Cottesloe Room, £30/£20/£7.50 16 17 FEBRUARY APRIL Tartuffe Sat 9 7.30 Tue 9 7.30 by Molière Mon 11 7.30 Wed 10 2.15 in a new version by John Donnelly Tue 12 7.30 7.30 Wed 13 7.30 Thu 11 7.30 Thu 14 7.30 Tue 23 7.30 Fri 15 7.30 Wed 24 2.15 Lyttelton Theatre Sat 16 7.30 CAP 7.30 Mon 18 7.30 Thu 25 7.30 Tue 19 7.30 Fri 26 7.30 Cast includes A ferocious new version of Molière’s Wed 20 7.30 Sat 27 CAP 2.15 comic masterpiece. Thu 21 7.00 7.30 Adeyinka Akinrinade Fri 22 7.30 Mon 29 7.30 Kitty Archer Orgon is the man who has everything. Sat 23 2.15 Tue 30 7.30 Nathan Armarkwei- Money, power, a beautiful home and family. 7.30 Laryea Mon 25 7.30 *TT starts 12.45pm Fayez Bakhsh But lately he’s been questioning the point of Tue 26 7.30 Kathy Kiera Clarke it all. When he invites the irresistible Tartuffe Wed 27 2.15 into his seemingly perfect household, the 7.30 Hari Dhillon Thu 28 7.30 Kevin Doyle stranger unleashes a whirlwind of deception Matthew Duckett and seduction that threatens everything. MARCH Photography (Denis O’Hare) by Susan Engel With Orgon under Tartuffe’s spell, can his Pal Hansen Henry Everett Fri 1 7.30 family outwit this charismatic trickster? Sat 2 2.15 Will Kelly 7.30 Geoffrey Lumb Are Tartuffe’s wild claims truth or fiction? This mysterious stranger may not be quite Mon 4 7.30 Penelope McGhie Talks and events Tue 5 7.30 Kevin Murphy the villain he appears. Wed 6 2.15 Adapter John Donnelly and 7.30 Denis O’Hare Blanche McIntyre (‘The Writer’) directs Enyi Okoronkwo Director Blanche McIntyre Thu 7 7.30 Kevin Doyle as Orgon and Denis O’Hare Thu 28 Feb, 6 – 6.45pm, Fri 8 7.30 Roisin Rae Sat 9 2.15 Dominik Tiefenthaler as Tartuffe in John Donnelly’s scalpel-sharp Lyttelton, £7/£5 new version. 7.30 Olivia Williams The Greatest Literary Mon 11 7.30 Hundreds of £15 tickets Anti-Heroes Tue 12 CAP 7.30 Wed 13 7.30 for every performance Wed 13 Mar, 6 – 6.45pm, Thu 14 2.15 Lyttelton, £7/£5 7.30 Exploring ‘Tartuffe’ at the NT Fri 15 AD 7.30 Sat 16 AD *TT2.15 Thu 25 Apr, 10.30am – 4.30pm, 7.30 Cottesloe Room, £55/£40/£15 Mon 18 7.30 Actor Denis O’Hare Fri 26 Apr, 4 – 5pm, Lyttelton, £7/£5 18 19 Thu 18 7.30 A co-production with Steppenwolf Theatre Company MARCH Sat 20 2.30

7.30 Tue 12 7.30 Mon 22 7.30 Downstate Wed 13 7.30 Tue 23 7.30 Thu 14 7.30 Wed 24 2.30 a new play by Bruce Norris Fri 15 7.30 7.30 Sat 16 7.30 Thu 25 7.30 Mon 18 7.30 Fri 26 7.30 Tue 19 7.30 Dorfman Theatre Sat 27 2.30 Wed 20 7.00 7.30 Thu 21 2.30

7.30 Cast In downstate Illinois, four men convicted of *TT starts 1pm Glenn Davis sex crimes against minors share a group Fri 22 7.30 Sat 23 2.30 Francis Guinan home where they live out their lives in the 7.30 K. Todd Freeman shadow of the offences they committed. A Mon 25 7.30 Tim Hopper man shows up to confront his childhood Tue 26 7.30 Cecilia Noble abuser – but does he want closure or Wed 27 7.30 Thu 28 2.30 Eddie Torres retribution? 7.30 Aimee Lou Wood This provocative new play zeroes in on the Fri 29 7.30 Matilda Ziegler limits of our compassion and what happens Sat 30 2.30 Director when society deems anyone beyond 7.30 Pam MacKinnon forgiveness. APRIL

Set Designer Bruce Norris is the Pulitzer Prize-winning Mon 1 7.30 Todd Rosenthal writer of ‘Clybourne Park’ and ‘The Low Talks and events Tue 2 7.30 Costume Designer Road’. Directed by Pam MacKinnon, Director Pam MacKinnon Wed 3 2.30 ‘Downstate’ comes to the National 7.30 Clint Ramos and Writer Bruce Norris Thu 4 7.30 Theatre direct from its world premiere at Fri 15 Mar, 6 – 6.45pm, Fri 5 7.30 Lighting Designer Steppenwolf in . Adam Silverman Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Sat 6 2.30 7.30 Sound Designer ‘A great moral-thrill-ride of a play.’ Playwriting at the NT Mon 8 7.30 Carolyn Downing ‘New York Times’ with Bruce Norris Tue 9 CAP 7.30 Sat 16 Mar, 10.30am – 1pm, Wed 10 7.30 Thu 11 2.30 Cottesloe Room, £30/£20 7.30 Questioning Justice Fri 12 AD 7.30 with Helena Kennedy Sat 13 AD *TT 2.30 7.30 Wed 27 Mar, 6 – 6.45pm, Mon 15 7.30 Dorfman, £7/£5 Tue 16 CAP 7.30 Wed 17 2.30 Forgiving the Unforgivable 7.30 Wed 24 Apr, 6 – 7pm, Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 20 21 Mon 25 8.00 FEBRUARY Tue 26 8.00 Wed 27 2.30 Tue 12 8.00 8.00 Wed 13 8.00 Thu 28 8.00 Thu 14 2.30 8.00 MARCH Fri 15 CAP 8.00 Sat 16 2.30 Fri 1 8.00 8.00 Sat 2 CAP 2.30 Mon 18 8.00 8.00 Tue 19 2.30 8.00 *TT starts 1.00 Wed 20 8.00 Thu 21 8.00 Photography (Cate Blanchett & Fri 22 AD 8.00 Stephen Dillane) by Gillian Hyland Sat 23 AD *TT 2.30 Nine Night Dorfman Theatre 8.00 a new play by Natasha Gordon Playing until 23 Feb When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other West End – Trafalgar Studios 12 Variations on Samuel Richardson’s ‘Pamela’ a new play by HHHHH Gloria is gravely sick. ‘This play is a gift. Go see it!’ When her time comes, ‘The Stage the celebration begins; the Cate Blanchett makes Day Tickets traditional Jamaican Nine Night her National Theatre debut A limited number of tickets Following a -hit run at the wake. But for Gloria’s children alongside Stephen Dillane, who are available in person on the National Theatre, ‘Nine Night’, and grandchildren, marking returns to the National Theatre day of the performance. Seat Natasha Gordon’s ‘remarkable her death with a party that for the first time since ‘The Coast location varies. debut play’ (‘Evening Standard’) lasts over a week is a test. of Utopia’ in 2002. For talks and events transfers to the West End. Nine nights of family, food, The production reunites see website Roy Alexander Weise directs music – and an endless Martin Crimp (‘Attempts on a cast of seven, including parade of mourners. her Life’, ‘In the Republic Cecilia Noble as the ‘gloriously of Happiness’) and director funny and formidable Aunt Katie Mitchell (‘Waves’, Maggie’ (‘Independent’), in this ‘Cleansed’). touching and exuberantly funny exploration of the rituals of family.

22 23 The National Theatre, Theatr Clwyd and Fiery Angel present A co-production with Fuel and Leeds Playhouse, The National Theatre and Theatr Clwyd production of in association with Roundhouse Home, I’m Darling Barber Shop Chronicles a new play by Laura Wade a new play by Inua Ellams Until 13 Apr 18 July – 24 Aug

West End – Duke of York’s Theatre London – Roundhouse

HHHHH How happily married are the HHHHH This dynamic play leaps from ‘An amusing, affecting, happily married? Every couple ‘Joyous. Brilliantly acted. a barber shop in Peckham inspiring evening of soft needs a little fantasy to keep Life-affirming. Go.’ to Johannesburg, Harare, gingham and hard truths.’ their marriage sparkling. But ‘Independent’ Kampala, Lagos and Accra. ‘’ behind the gingham curtains, things start to unravel, and HHHHH Newsroom, political platform, Following a sold-out run at the being a domestic goddess is ‘Rich and exhilarating. local hot spot, confession box, National Theatre, Laura Wade’s not as easy as it seems. A fascinating peek into the preacher-pulpit and football ‘piercingly funny’ (‘Time Out’) barber shop.’ stadium. For generations, new play transfers to the Also touring to: ‘The Stage’ African men have gathered in West End for 11 weeks only. Theatre Royal, Bath, barber shops to discuss the Katherine Parkinson (‘The IT 16 – 20 Apr Following critically acclaimed world. These are places where Crowd’, ‘Humans’) reprises her The Lowry, Salford, seasons at the National Theatre the banter can be barbed and acclaimed role as Judy, in Laura 23 – 27 Apr and Leeds Playhouse and the truth is always telling. Wade’s fizzing comedy about a world tour, ‘Barber Shop Theatr Clwyd, Mold, Also on tour across the UK. one woman’s quest to be the Chronicles’ returns to London 30 Apr – 4 May See website for details. perfect 1950s housewife. for a limited summer season at the Roundhouse. 24 25 A co-production with Neal Street Productions The Curious Incident of the Dog The Lehman Trilogy in the Night-Time by Stefano Massini adapted by Ben Power based on the novel by Mark Haddon Playing from 11 May adapted by Simon Stephens Playing until 27 Apr

West End – West End – Piccadilly Theatre

HHHHH Tony Award-winning director HHHHH On a cold September morning ‘A beautiful, eloquent, Marianne Elliott. ‘What an astonishing evening! in 1844 a young man from dazzlingly inventive show Engrossing play and an acting Bavaria stands on a New York about the wonders of life.’ Christopher has an masterclass.’ dockside. Dreaming of a new ‘Evening Standard’ extraordinary brain, exceptional ‘Guardian’ life in the new world. He is at maths while ill-equipped to joined by his two brothers and The story of a family and a Winner of seven Olivier interpret everyday life. He has an American epic begins. Awards and five never ventured alone beyond company that changed the including ‘Best Play’, ‘The the end of his road, he detests world – told in three parts on a 163 years later, the firm they Curious Incident of the Dog in being touched and he distrusts single evening. establish – Lehman Brothers the Night-Time’ brings Mark strangers. But his detective – spectacularly collapses into Sam Mendes directs Simon Haddon’s best-selling novel to work, forbidden by his father, bankruptcy, and triggers the Russell Beale, Adam Godley thrilling life on stage, adapted by takes him on a frightening largest financial crisis in history. and Ben Miles who play the two-time Olivier Award-winning journey that upturns his world. playwright Simon Stephens Lehman Brothers, their sons Suitable for 11yrs+ and directed by Olivier and and grandsons.

26 27 War Horse The Winter’s Tale based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, by adapted by Nick Stafford in a new version for young audiences presented in association with the award-winning by Justin Audibert Handspring Puppet Company 6 – 21 Feb | Suitable for 8 – 12 yrs 18 Oct – 23 Nov

London – Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

HHHHH Based on the novel by HHHH This exciting version of ‘World class in every way.’ Michael Morpurgo, this ‘Young audiences will be Shakespeare’s play returns to ‘The Times’ powerfully moving and delighted.’ the National Theatre in February, imaginative drama is a show ‘Evening Standard’ and is the perfect introduction HHHHH of phenomenal inventiveness. to Shakespeare for younger ‘A remarkable achievement. Perdita is a brave, intelligent audiences. An astonishing piece of At its heart are astonishing and much-loved girl, but theatre.’ life-sized horses, created by something is not quite right £12 (£8 under-18s) ‘Time Out’ South Africa’s Handspring in her world. Join her on Puppet Company. a journey through magic and Family workshops available Following a sold-out run at the mayhem as she uncovers during half term Suitable for 10yrs+ National Theatre, ‘War Horse’ her story – the girl who was Captioned performance on returns to London for a strictly once lost and then found. limited run at an exciting new Mon 18 Feb at 2pm venue located just steps from Relaxed performance on Wembley Stadium. Wed 20 Feb at 2pm

28 29 On Tour and in New York National Theatre Live

War Horse Network National Theatre Live brings the best of British theatre to cinema screens across based on the novel by adapted by Lee Hall, based on the UK and beyond. With state-of-the-art filming techniques, tailored to every play, we bring you each performance as it happens, in all its glory. Michael Morpurgo the Paddy Chayefsky film adapted by Nick Stafford, Visit our website for the latest news and to find a venue near you:ntlive.com in association with the Belasco Theatre, New York To be the first to hear about new upcoming broadcasts: follow us on Twitter @ntlive or on Facebook /ntlive award-winning Handspring Playing until 28 Apr Puppet Company Or sign up to our email news: ntlive.com/signup The Lehman Trilogy On a UK, Ireland and by Stefano Massini, international tour adapted by Ben Power All My Sons Small Island by Arthur Miller adapted by Helen Edmundson Macbeth Park Avenue Armory, a co-production from based on the novel by by William Shakeseare New York, 22 Mar – 20 Apr and Headlong Andrea Levy On a UK and Ireland tour a National Theatre production until March 2019 Hadestown Academy Award-winner music, lyrics and book by Sally Field (‘Steel Magnolias’) directs this Barber Shop Chronicles Anaïs Mitchell and Bill Pullman (‘While new adaptation of Andrea a new play by Inua Ellams developed with Rachel Chavkin You Were Sleeping’) star in Levy’s Orange Prize-winning Arthur Miller’s blistering drama, bestselling novel which On tour until May Walter Kerr Theatre, New York directed by Jeremy Herrin. uncovers the tangled history Playing from 22 Mar between Jamaica and the UK. Home, I’m Darling Broadcast live 14 May.* a new play by Laura Wade Filmed live screening 27 June.* On tour until May *Encore screenings available in selected cinemas 30 31 Explore Talks and Events Families Highlights include Roy Williams giving the Discover the skills and secrets behind Jocelyn Herbert Lecture, talks on productions at the National Theatre with ‘Small Island’, and director Lyndsey Turner our family events. Learn about set (‘Top Girls’) on her work. The production design at a family workshop and create team from ‘Peter Gynt’, including director a whole performance from scratch at a Jonathan Kent, writer David Hare and actor ‘Play in a Day’. Bring your imaginations James McArdle discuss their work on the and dive into the world of theatre-making. show and designer Vicki Mortimer shares nationaltheatre.org.uk/families some of her inspirations for ‘Follies’. nationaltheatre.org.uk/talks Young People Exhibition and Tours Explore all aspects of theatre-making with A changing programme of free exhibitions NT directors, designers and technicians taking inspiration from the work on our and sign up to devise bold new stages, the NT Archive and our national performances at ‘Space to Create’. programme. In the Lyttelton Lounge we From workshops and courses to creative celebrate 25 years of the NT Archive, projects, if you are aged 16 – 21 there is and Playing with Scale continues in the an opportunity at the NT for you. 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CALENDAR KEY Feb Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman AD Audio-Described CAP Captioned Tue 12 The Winter’s Tale 11.00+1.30 TT Touch Tour Follies P1 7.30 Tartuffe P 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Wed 13 The Winter’s Tale 11.00+1.30 BSL British Sign Language Follies P2 7.30 Tartuffe P 7.30 When We Have 8.00 P Preview Performance Thu 14 Follies P 7.30 Tartuffe P 7.30 When We Have 2.30+8.00 PRESS Press Night Fri 15 Follies P 7.30 Tartuffe P 7.30 When We Have CAP 8.00 + Relaxed Performance Sat 16 Follies P 7.30 Tartuffe P 7.30 When We Have 2.30 8.00 Sun 17 Mon 18 The Winter’s Tale 11.00+CAP 2.00 Follies P 7.30 Tartuffe P 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Tue 19 Follies PRE PRESS 7.30 Tartuffe PRE PRESS 7.30 When We Have 2.30+8.00 Wed 20 The Winter’s Tale 11.00+®2.00 Follies PRE PRESS 2.00+7.30 Tartuffe PRE PRESS 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Thu 21 The Winter’s Tale LAST 11.00+2.00 Follies PRE PRESS 7.30 Tartuffe PRESS 7.00 When We Have 8.00 Fri 22 Follies 7.00 Tartuffe 7.30 When We Have AD 8.00 Sat 23 Follies 2.00+7.30 Tartuffe 2.15+7.30 When We Have AD TT 2.30+8.00 Sun 24 Mon 25 Follies 7.30 Tartuffe 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Tue 26 Follies 7.30 Tartuffe 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Wed 27 Follies 2.00+7.30 Tartuffe 2.15+7.30 When We Have 2.30+8.00 Thu 28 TALK: Donnelly & McIntyre 6.00 Follies 7.30 Tartuffe 7.30 When We Have 8.00

Mar Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Fri 1 Follies 7.30 Tartuffe 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Sat 2 Follies 2.00+7.30 Tartuffe 2.15+7.30 When We Have LAST CAP 2.30+8.00 Sun 3 Mon 4 Tartuffe 7.30 Tue 5 Tartuffe 7.30 Wed 6 Tartuffe 2.15+7.30 Thu 7 Follies 7.30 Tartuffe 7.30 Fri 8 TALK: JH Lecture: Roy Williams 6.00 Follies 7.30 Tartuffe 7.30 Sat 9 Follies 2.00+7.30 Tartuffe 2.15+7.30 Sun 10 Mon 11 Follies 7.30 Tartuffe 7.30 36 37 Mar Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Tue 12 Follies 7.30 Tartuffe CAP 7.30 Downstate P1 7.30 Wed 13 TALK: Greatest Literary Anti-heroes 6.00 Follies 2.00+7.30 Tartuffe 7.30 Downstate P2 7.30 Thu 14 Follies 7.30 Tartuffe 2.15+7.30 Downstate P 7.30 Fri 15 TALK: Follies actors Follies 7.30 Tartuffe AD 7.30 Downstate P 7.30 Sat 16 Follies 2.00+7.30 Tartuffe AD TT 2.15+7.30 Downstate P 7.30 Sun 17 Mon 18 Follies CAP 7.30 Tartuffe 7.30 Downstate P 7.30 Tue 19 TALK: The Making of Follies 10.00 Follies 7.30 Downstate P 7.30 Wed 20 Follies 2.00+7.30 Downstate PRESS 7.00 Thu 21 Follies 7.30 Downstate 2.30+7.30 Fri 22 Follies AD 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Sat 23 Follies AD TT 2.00+7.30 Downstate 2.30+7.30 Sun 24 Mon 25 Follies 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Tue 26 Follies CAP 2.00+7.30 Top Girls P1 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Wed 27 TALK: Questioning Justice 6.00 Follies 7.30 Top Girls P2 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Thu 28 Follies 7.30 Top Girls P 7.30 Downstate 2.30+7.30 Fri 29 Follies 7.30 Top Girls P 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Sat 30 Follies 2.00+7.30 Top Girls P 7.30 Downstate 2.30+7.30 Sun 31

Apr Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Mon 1 Follies CAP 7.30 Top Girls P 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Tue 2 Follies 7.30 Top Girls P 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Wed 3 Follies 2.00+7.30 Top Girls PRESS 7.00 Downstate 2.30+7.30 Thu 4 Follies 7.30 Top Girls 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Fri 5 Follies 7.30 Top Girls 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Sat 6 Follies CAP 2.00+7.30 Top Girls 2.15+7.30 Downstate 2.30+7.30 Sun 7 Mon 8 Follies 7.30 Top Girls 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Tue 9 Tartuffe 7.30 Downstate CAP 7.30 Wed 10 Tartuffe 2.15+7.30 Downstate 7.30 Thu 11 Tartuffe 7.30 Downstate 2.30+7.30 Fri 12 Top Girls 7.30 Downstate AD 7.30 Sat 13 Top Girls 2.15+7.30 Downstate AD TT 2.30+7.30 Sun 14 Mon 15 Top Girls 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Tue 16 Top Girls 7.30 Downstate CAP 7.30 38 39 Apr Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Wed 17 Small Island P1 7.30 Top Girls 7.30 Downstate 2.30+7.30 Thu 18 Small Island P2 7.30 Top Girls 2.15+7.30 Downstate 7.30 Fri 19 BUILDING CLOSED Sat 20 Small Island P 7.30 Top Girls 2.15+7.30 Downstate 2.30+7.30 Sun 21 BUILDING CLOSED Mon 22 Top Girls 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Tue 23 Small Island P 7.30 Tartuffe 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Wed 24 Small Island P 7.30 Tartuffe 2.15+CAP 7.30 Downstate 2.30+7.30 Thu 25 Small Island P 7.30 Tartuffe 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Fri 26 TALK: Denis O'Hare 4.00 Small Island P 7.30 Tartuffe 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Sat 27 Small Island P 2.00+7.30 Tartuffe CAP 2.15+7.30 Downstate LAST 2.30+7.30 Sun 28 Mon 29 Small Island P 7.30 Tartuffe 7.30 Tue 30 Small Island P 7.30 Tartuffe LAST 7.30

May Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Wed 1 Small Island PRESS 7.00 Thu 2 Small Island 7.30 Top Girls 7.30 Fri 3 TALK: Lyndsey Turner 6.00 Small Island 7.30 Top Girls AD 7.30 Sat 4 Small Island 2.00+7.30 Top Girls AD TT 2.15+7.30 Sun 5 Mon 6 Follies 7.30 Top Girls 7.30 Tue 7 Follies 7.30 Top Girls 7.30 Wed 8 Follies 2.00+7.30 Top Girls 2.15+7.30 Thu 9 TALK: Ted Chapin 6.00 Follies 7.30 Top Girls 7.30 Fri 10 Follies 7.30 Sat 11 Follies LAST 2.00+7.30 ANNA P1 6.30 Sun 12 Mon 13 ANNA P2 6.30 Tue 14 Small Island 7.30 ANNA P 6.30+8.45 Wed 15 Small Island 2.00+7.30 Thu 16 Small Island 7.30 Rutherford and Son P1 7.30 ANNA P 6.30 Fri 17 Small Island 7.30 Rutherford and Son P2 7.30 ANNA P 8.45 Sat 18 Small Island 2.00+7.30 Rutherford and Son P 7.30 ANNA 8.45 Sun 19 Mon 20 Small Island 7.30 Rutherford and Son P 7.30 ANNA 6.30+8.45 Tue 21 Small Island 7.30 Rutherford and Son P 7.30 ANNA PRESS 7.00 Wed 22 Small Island 7.30 Rutherford and Son P 7.30 ANNA 6.30 Thu 23 Small Island 7.30 Rutherford and Son 7.30 ANNA 6.30+8.45 40 41 May Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Fri 24 Small Island 7.30 Rutherford and Son 7.30 ANNA 6.30+8.45 Sat 25 Small Island 2.00+7.30 Rutherford and Son 2.15+7.30 ANNA 3.00+7.30 Sun 26 Mon 27 Small Island 7.30 Rutherford and Son 7.30 ANNA 6.30+8.45 Tue 28 Small Island CAP 7.30 Rutherford and Son PRESS 7.00 ANNA 6.30+8.45 Wed 29 Small Island 7.30 Rutherford and Son 7.30 ANNA 3.00+7.30 Thu 30 Small Island NT LIVE RECORDING 7.30 Rutherford and Son 2.15+7.30 ANNA 6.30+8.45 Fri 31 TALK: Harvey and Loftus 3.00 Small Island 7.30 Top Girls 7.30 ANNA 6.30+8.45

Jun Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Sat 1 Top Girls CAP 2.15+7.30 ANNA 3.00+7.30 Sun 2 Mon 3 Rutherford and Son 7.30 ANNA 6.30+8.45 Tue 4 Rutherford and Son 2.15+7.30 ANNA CAP 6.30+8.45 Wed 5 Rutherford and Son 7.30 ANNA 3.00+7.30 Thu 6 Rutherford and Son 7.30 ANNA 6.30+8.45 Fri 7 Top Girls 7.30 ANNA AD TT 6.30+8.45 Sat 8 Top Girls 2.15+7.30 ANNA AD TT 3.00+7.30 Sun 9 Mon 10 Small Island 7.30 Top Girls 7.30 ANNA 6.30+8.45 Tue 11 Small Island 7.30 Top Girls 2.15+7.30 ANNA 3.00+7.30 Wed 12 Small Island CAP 2.00+7.30 Top Girls 7.30 ANNA 6.30+8.45 Thu 13 Small Island 7.30 Rutherford and Son 7.30 ANNA CAP 6.30+8.45 Fri 14 Small Island 7.30 Rutherford and Son CAP 7.30 ANNA 6.30+8.45 Sat 15 Small Island 2.00+7.30 Rutherford and Son 2.15+7.30 ANNA LAST 3.00+7.30 Sun 16 Mon 17 Small Island 7.30 Rutherford and Son CAP 7.30 Tue 18 Rutherford and Son CAP 2.15+7.30 Wed 19 Rutherford and Son 7.30 Thu 20 Top Girls 7.30 Fri 21 Top Girls CAP 7.30 Sat 22 Top Girls 2.15+7.30 Sun 23 Mon 24 Tue 25 Wed 26 Thu 27 Peter Gynt P1 7.00 Fri 28 Peter Gynt P2 7.00 Sat 29 Peter Gynt P 7.00 Sun 30

42 43 Performances in the Olivier from July to October (with more ‘Peter Gynt’ performances to be announced). Performances in the Lyttelton and Dorfman to be announced.

Jul Olivier Aug Olivier Sep Olivier Oct Olivier

Mon 1 Peter Gynt P 7.00 Thu 1 Small Island 7.30 Sun 1 Tue 1 Peter Gynt 1.00 Tue 2 Peter Gynt P 7.00 Fri 2 Small Island 7.30 Mon 2 TALK: Creating and Wed 3 Peter Gynt P 7.00 Sat 3 Small Island 2.00+7.30 Tue 3 Performing Peter Gynt 6.30 Thu 4 Peter Gynt P 7.00 Sun 4 Wed 4 Wed 2 Peter Gynt CAP 7.00 Fri 5 Peter Gynt P 7.00 Mon 5 Small Island 7.30 Thu 5 Thu 3 Peter Gynt 7.00 Sat 6 Peter Gynt P 7.00 Tue 6 Small Island 7.30 Fri 6 Fri 4 Peter Gynt 7.00 Sun 7 Wed 7 Small Island 7.30 Sat 7 Sat 5 Peter Gynt 1.00+7.00 Mon 8 Peter Gynt P 7.00 Thu 8 Small Island 2.00+7.30 Sun 8 Sun 6 Tue 9 Peter Gynt PRESS 7.00 Fri 9 Small Island 7.30 Mon 9 Mon 7 Peter Gynt 7.00 Wed 10 Peter Gynt 7.00 Sat 10 Small Island 2.00+7.30 Tue 10 Peter Gynt 7.00 Tue 8 Peter Gynt LAST 7.00 Thu 11 Wed 11 Peter Gynt 7.00 Fri 12 Peter Gynt 7.00 Thu 12 Peter Gynt 7.00 Sat 13 Peter Gynt 1.00+7.00 Fri 13 Peter Gynt AD 7.00 Sun 14 Sat 14 Peter Gynt AD TT 1.00+7.00 Mon 15 Peter Gynt 7.00 Sun 15 Ian McKellen On Stage 6.00 Tue 16 Peter Gynt 7.00 Mon 16 Peter Gynt CAP 7.00 Wed 17 Tue 17 Peter Gynt 7.00 Thu 18 Small Island 7.30 Wed 18 Peter Gynt 1.00 Fri 19 Small Island AD 7.30 Thu 19 Peter Gynt 7.00 Sat 20 Small Island AD TT 2.00+7.30 Fri 20 Peter Gynt 7.00 Sun 21 Sat 21 Peter Gynt 1.00+7.00 Mon 22 Small Island 7.30 Sun 22 Tue 23 Small Island 7.30 Mon 23 Peter Gynt 7.00 Wed 24 Small Island 2.00+7.30 Tue 24 Peter Gynt 7.00 Thu 25 Small Island 7.30 Wed 25 Peter Gynt 7.00 Fri 26 Small Island 7.30 Thu 26 Peter Gynt CAP 1.00 Sat 27 Small Island CAP 2.00+7.30 Fri 27 Peter Gynt 7.00 Sun 28 Sat 28 Peter Gynt 1.00+7.00 Mon 29 Small Island 7.30 Sun 29 Tue 30 Small Island 7.30 Mon 30 Peter Gynt 7.00 Wed 31 Small Island 2.00+7.30

44 45 Ticket Prices Book early for the best seats No booking fee online or in person Prices may change according to demand. £2.50 fee per transaction for phone bookings. Excludes Book early to ensure the best seats. Members at Priority level and above, and Access list subscribers.

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

£15 Ticket Season: £50, £42, £38, £30, £15 £55, £48, £42, £32, £15 1&2 £37 – £15 Small Island, Tartuffe

Mon – Thu evening; all matinees Ways to save

Peter Gynt, £64, £55, £45, £32, £15 £68, £59, £49, £34, £18 Previews £47 – £15 Rutherford and Son, Top Girls

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

Follies £68, £59, £45, £32, £15 £72, £64, £49, £34, £18 Previews £49 – £15

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

ANNA £45 – £15 £50 – £18 Previews £40 – £15 Downstate £54 – £15 £58 – £18 Previews £37 – £15

*For ticketing information about ‘When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other’, see website.

46 47 More ways to save £18/£15 Tickets Information In the Olivier and Lyttelton Friday Rush Opening Times Ticket Exchange theatres these stalls seats There are no refunds on tickets, Every Friday at 1pm a limited are narrower and may offer For a full list of individual number of £20 tickets for the outlets and building but you can exchange them a restricted view. In the for another performance or for following week’s performances Dorfman theatre these seats opening times, visit are released to buy online nationaltheatre.org.uk credit. Terms and conditions are restricted view. Two per and a small administration fee (excludes ‘When We customer per production. The entire building will be Have Sufficiently Tortured closed on Friday 19 April apply, call the Box Office for Each Other’). Groups and Sunday 21 April. details: 020 7452 3000. Call 020 7452 3010 for All discounts are subject to Day Tickets discounts on groups of 8+ Age guidance availability and at the discretion A limited number of £18/£15 for selected productions. We don’t publish specific of the Box Office. tickets are available in person nationaltheatre.org.uk/groups age recommendations for all on the day of the performance. our shows. For guidance on Car Park Seat location varies. content and suitability please Car spaces in the NT car call 020 7452 3000. Children park are £8 for cars entering after 5pm or if you attend a Senior Citizens – under four are welcome in the Concessions daytime ticketed event and save on midweek matinees foyers, however they cannot be Entry Pass For ‘Peter Gynt’, ‘Rutherford admitted to the auditoriums. leave before 7pm. Combined 16 – 25-year-olds can access and Son’, ‘Top Girl’s save £20 matinee/evening show rate: £7.50 tickets by joining For your safety and comfort £14. Sunday/public holidays: on £55 and £45 tickets. For Strobe lighting, smoke effects Entry Pass. nationaltheatre. £8 all day. Free parking for ‘Follies’ save £20 on £59 and and gunshots are sometimes org.uk/entrypass Blue Badge holders attending £45 tickets. For ‘Tartuffe’ and used in productions. Details ‘Small Island’ save £15 on £50 a performance – validate at Under-18s are available from the Box the Box Office. For details on Half price for Monday – Friday and £42 tickets. £30 tickets Office after the first preview. available for midweek matinees accessible parking please visit evenings and all matinees nationaltheatre.org.uk/travel (all performances of ‘Top Girls’). in the Dorfman. Latecomers may not be Excludes tickets under £30. admitted. All bulky items Programme changes Disabled People such as bags and rucksacks £16 tickets at the South Bank Programme details are UK Schools, Colleges must be left at the published in good faith, but and Universities plus £16 companion tickets free cloakrooms. (£15 tickets for ‘Tartuffe’ and changes may occasionally Under-19s £12; 19 – 25s be necessary. £15 for groups of 10+ on ‘Small Island’) are available selected performances. Call for Access list subscribers. 020 7452 3010 for availability. nationaltheatre.org.uk/ nationaltheatre.org.uk/groups accesslist

48 49 American Express ® Programme credits Access Infrared audio system Available in all theatres for Card members have exciting Cover photography by Audio-Described AD every performance. Free ticket benefits for National Graham Pearson. Performances for blind and headsets and neck loops are Theatre shows. For details visit With thanks to the National visually impaired people. essential and available from nationaltheatre.org.uk/amex Theatre Sound and Video Touch Tour TT the Box Office. Department. For blind and visually impaired Smart caption glasses Brochure design and imagery people. An opportunity to visit A revolutionary new way for by the National Theatre Graphic the stage, handle the props and people with hearing loss to meet members of the company. Preferred Design Studio, unless otherwise experience theatre. For more Card credited. Captioned CAP information see page 34 or Partner the website. Registered Charity No. 224223 Captioned performances for deaf, deafened and hard-of- CD and braille versions of hearing people. this rep brochure are available Relaxed Performance on request from Aimed at anyone who [email protected] would benefit from a more P WC relaxed performance T environment including people with an autistic spectrum condition, sensory or communication disorders or a learning disability. The next Relaxed Performance will be ‘The Winter’s Tale’ on Wednesday 20 February at 2pm.

50 51 This cover was created with the Sound and Video Department. Supporting all productions, events and exhibitions at the National Theatre, they work directly with creative teams to bring their designs and ideas to life, helping to transport the audience to the world of the production. They’ve recently created a fully functioning television news studio for ‘Network’, terrified audiences with gothic horror ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’, and filled the Olivier auditorium with the music of 020 7452 3000 Stephen Sondheim’s epic ‘Follies’. nationaltheatre.org.uk