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2 3 The plays The plays

Tartuffe Top Girls I’m Not Running War Horse 9 Feb – 30 Apr Playing from 26 Mar Playing until 31 Jan 8 Nov – 5 Jan

Downstate When We Have Stories Antony & Cleopatra 12 Mar – 27 Apr Sufficiently Tortured Playing until 28 Nov Playing until 19 Jan Each Other 16 Jan – 2 Mar

Hadestown The Tell-Tale Heart The Winter’s Tale Playing until 26 Jan Playing from 12 Feb 5 Dec – 9 Jan 6 – 21 Feb 4 5 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 to be A ferocious new version of Molière’s Wed 20 7.30 Sat 27 CAP 2.15 announced comic masterpiece. Thu 21 7.00 7.30 Fri 22 7.30 Mon 29 7.30 Orgon is the man who has everything. Sat 23 2.15 Tue 30 7.30 Director Money, power, a beautiful home and family. 7.30 Blanche McIntyre But lately he’s been questioning the point of Mon 25 7.30 Tue 26 7.30 Set and Costume it all. When he invites the irresistible Tartuffe Wed 27 2.15 Designer into his seemingly perfect household, the 7.30 Robert Jones stranger unleashes a whirlwind of deception Thu 28 7.30 and seduction that threatens everything. MARCH Lighting Designer Photography by Pal Hansen Oliver Fenwick With Orgon under Tartuffe’s spell, can his family outwit this charismatic trickster? Fri 1 7.30 Music and Sound Sat 2 2.15 Are Tartuffe’s wild claims truth or fiction? Talks and events 7.30 Ben and Max This mysterious stranger may not be quite Ringham Writer John Donnelly Mon 4 7.30 the villain he appears. Tue 5 7.30 and Director Wed 6 2.15 A scalpel-sharp comedy looking at the Blanche McIntyre 7.30 lengths we go to find meaning – and what Thu 28 Feb, 6 – 6.45pm, Thu 7 7.30 happens if we find chaos instead. Lyttelton, £7/£5 Fri 8 7.30 Blanche McIntyre (‘The Writer’) directs Sat 9 2.15 A Short History of 7.30 John Donnelly’s (‘The Pass’) new version. Molière’s Plays Mon 11 7.30 Hundreds of £15 tickets Mon 4 Mar, 6 – 7pm, Tue 12 CAP 7.30 Wed 13 7.30 for every performance Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Thu 14 2.15 The Greatest Literary 7.30 Fri 15 AD 7.30 Anti-Heroes Sat 16 AD TT 2.15 Wed 13 Mar, 6 – 6.45pm, 7.30 Lyttelton, £7/£5 Mon 18 7.30 Exploring ‘Tartuffe’ at the NT Thu 25 Apr, 10.30am – 4.30pm, Cottesloe Room, £55/£40/£15 6 7 Top Girls MARCH Tue 26 7.30 by Caryl Churchill Wed 27 7.30 Thu 28 7.30 Fri 29 7.30 Sat 30 7.30

Lyttelton Theatre APRIL Mon 1 7.30 Cast to be Now hiring: top girls wanted for prestigious Tue 2 7.30 announced positions. Must be self-motivated Wed 3 7.00 Thu 4 7.30 Director go-getters with an appetite for success. Fri 5 7.30 Lyndsey Turner No timewasters. Sat 6 2.15 7.30 Set Designer Marlene is the first woman to head the Mon 8 7.30 Ian MacNeil Top Girls employment agency. But she Fri 12 7.30 has no plans to stop there. With Maggie Sat 13 2.15 Costume Designer in at Number 10 and a spirit of optimism 7.30 Merle Hensel Mon 15 7.30 consuming the country, Marlene knows that Tue 16 7.30 Lighting Designer the future belongs to women like her. Photography by Rosaline Shahnavaz Wed 17 7.30 Jack Knowles For the first time, the National Theatre Thu 18 2.15 Sound Designer 7.30 stages Caryl Churchill’s wildly innovative Talks and events Sat 20 2.15 Christopher Shutt play about a country divided by its own Talks and events to 7.30 ambitions. Churchill’s work includes be announced later Mon 22 7.30 ‘Far Away’, ‘A Number’ and ‘Escaped in the year Additional Alone’. Lyndsey Turner (‘Light Shining performances to in Buckinghamshire’, ‘Chimerica’) directs. be announced

‘Caryl Churchill has made every theatre trip an adventure.’ Guardian

8 9 Thu 18 7.30 A co-production with Steppenwolf Theatre 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 Cast In downstate Illinois, four men convicted 7.30 Glenn Davis of 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 Tim Hopper shadow of the offences they committed. Mon 25 7.30 Aimee Lou Wood A man shows up to confront his childhood Tue 26 7.30 Cecilia Noble abuser – but does he want closure Wed 27 7.30 Thu 28 2.30 K. Todd Freeman or retribution? 7.30 Eddie Torres This provocative new play zeroes in on Fri 29 7.30 Matilda Ziegler the limits of our compassion and what Sat 30 2.30 Director happens when society deems anyone 7.30 Pam MacKinnon beyond forgiveness. APRIL

Set Designer Bruce Norris is the Pulitzer Prize-winning Talks and events Mon 1 7.30 Todd Rosenthal writer of ‘’ and ‘The Low Director Pam MacKinnon Tue 2 7.30 Costume Designer Road’. Directed by Pam MacKinnon, and Writer Bruce Norris Wed 3 2.30 ‘Downstate’ comes to the National 7.30 Clint Ramos Fri 15 Mar, 6 – 6.45pm, Thu 4 7.30 Theatre direct from its world premiere at Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Fri 5 7.30 Lighting Designer Steppenwolf in . Adam Silverman Sat 6 2.30 Questioning Justice with 7.30 Sound Designer ‘Blazingly acted, intellectually rigorous. Helena Kennedy Mon 8 7.30 Carolyn Downing A must-see play.’ Wed 27 Mar, 6 – 6.45pm, Tue 9 CAP 7.30 Dorfman, £7/£5 Wed 10 7.30 Chicago Tribune Thu 11 2.30 Forgiving the Unforgivable 7.30 Wed 24 Apr, 6 – 7pm, Fri 12 AD 7.30 Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Sat 13 AD TT 2.30 7.30 Mon 15 7.30 Tue 16 CAP 7.30 Wed 17 2.30 7.30

10 11 Mon 25 8.00 JANUARY Tue 26 8.00 When We Have Wed 27 2.30 Wed 16 8.00 8.00 Thu 17 8.00 Sufficiently Tortured Thu 28 8.00 Fri 18 8.00 Sat 19 8.00 MARCH Each Other Mon 21 8.00 Tue 22 8.00 Twelve Variations on Samuel Richardson’s ‘Pamela’ Fri 1 8.00 Wed 23 7.00 Sat 2 CAP 2.30 Thu 24 8.00 8.00 a new play by Martin Crimp Fri 25 8.00 Sat 26 2.30 8.00 Dorfman Theatre Mon 28 8.00 Tue 29 8.00 Cast This new play breaks through the surface of Wed 30 8.00 Thu 31 2.30 Cate Blanchett contemporary debate to explore the messy, 8.00 Babirye Bukilwa often violent nature of desire and the fluid, Stephen Dillane complicated roles that men and women play. FEBRUARY

Jessica Gunning Using Samuel Richardson’s novel, ‘Pamela’, Fri 1 8.00 Emma Hindle as a provocation, six characters act out Sat 2 2.30 Craig Miller a dangerous game of sexual domination Talks and events 8.00 Mon 4 8.00 Director and resistance. Writer Martin Crimp and Wed 6 8.00 Katie Mitchell The production reunites Martin Crimp Director Katie Mitchell Thu 7 2.30 Wed 30 Jan, 6.30 – 7.15pm, 8.00 Set Designer (‘Attempts on her Life’, ‘In the Republic of Fri 8 8.00 Vicki Mortimer Happiness’) and director Katie Mitchell Dorfman, £7/£5 Sat 9 2.30 Costume Designer (‘Waves’, ‘Cleansed’). Cate Blanchett Sound Design with 8.00 makes her National Theatre debut alongside Melanie Wilson Mon 11 8.00 Sussie Juhlin-Wallén Tue 12 8.00 Stephen Dillane, who returns to the Thu 31 Jan, 6.30 – 7.30pm, Lighting Designer Wed 13 8.00 National Theatre for the first time since Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 James Farncombe Thu 14 2.30 ‘The Coast of Utopia’ in 2002. Katie Mitchell’s 8.00 Movement Director Fri 15 CAP 8.00 Work at the NT Joseph Alford Ticketing information Sat 16 2.30 Due to limited ticket numbers and Thu 14 Feb, 2 – 5pm, 8.00 Sound Designer Mon 18 8.00 anticipated high demand, a ballot will Cottesloe Room, Melanie Wilson £30/£20/£7.50 Tue 19 2.30 operate across all performances. 8.00 See nationaltheatre.org.uk/ballot for Exploring Martin Wed 20 8.00 further details. Crimp’s Plays Thu 21 8.00 Fri 22 AD 8.00 Fri 15 Feb, 2 – 5pm, Sat 23 AD TT 2.30 Cottesloe Room, 8.00 £30/£20/£7.50 12 13 NOVEMBER JANUARY Fri 2 7.30 Fri 4 7.30 music, lyrics and book by Anaïs Mitchell Sat 3 7.30 Sat 5 AD TT 2.00 developed with Mon 5 7.30 7.30 Tue 6 7.30 Mon 7 AD 7.30 Wed 7 7.30 Tue 8 2.00 Thu 8 7.30 7.30 Olivier Theatre Fri 9 7.30 Tue 22 7.30 Sat 10 7.30 Wed 23 CAP 7.30 Mon 12 7.30 Thu 24 2.00 See website Following record-breaking runs at New York Tue 13 7.00 7.30 for production Theatre Workshop and Canada’s Citadel Wed 14 7.30 Fri 25 7.30 Thu 15 7.30 Sat 26 2.00 team Theatre, ‘Hadestown’ comes to the National Fri 16 7.30 7.30 Cast Theatre prior to Broadway. Sat 17 2.00 Sharif Afifi In the warmth of summertime, songwriter 7.30 Mon 19 7.30 and his muse are Tue 20 2.00 André De Shields living it up and falling in love. But as 7.30 Rosie Fletcher winter approaches, reality sets in: these Mon 26 7.30 Tue 27 2.00 young dreamers can’t survive on songs 7.30 Adam Gillian alone. Tempted by the promise of plenty, Talks and events Wed 28 7.30 Beth Hinton-Lever Eurydice is lured to the depths of industrial Thu 29 7.30 Carly Mercedes Dyer Hadestown. On a quest to save her, Actors Reeve Carney DECEMBER Orpheus journeys to the underworld where and Eva Noblezada Mon 19 Nov, 3 – 4pm. Seyi Omooba their trust is put to a final test. Wed 12 7.30 Gloria Onitiri Olivier, £7/£5 Thu 13 2.00 Celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell CAP 7.30 and director Rachel Chavkin have Histories of the Fri 14 7.30 Aiesha Pease American Musical Sat 15 2.00 Joseph Prouse transformed Mitchell’s acclaimed concept album into a genre-defying new musical Fri 30 Nov, 7 – 9.15pm, 7.30 Josie Richardson Cottesloe Room, Fri 21 7.30 that mixes modern American folk music with Sat 22 2.00 Jordan Shaw £15/£12/£7.50 Shaq Taylor vintage New Orleans jazz to reimagine a 7.30 sweeping ancient tale. Wed 26 7.30 The Heroine’s Descent with Thu 27 CAP 2.00 Marina Warner 7.30 ‘Inventive. Beguiling. Fri 14 Dec, 6 – 6.45pm, Luminous.Spellbinding.’ Olivier, £7/£5 (Captioned) New York Times Modern Myths: Orpheus, Eurydice and Us Tue 22 Jan, 6 – 7pm Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 14 15 FEBRUARY APRIL Follies 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 Cast includes After a sold-out run, ‘Follies’, winner of Tue 26 7.30 Additional Tracie Bennett the Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, Wed 27 2.00 performances to 7.30 be announced Janie Dee returns in 2019. Thu 28 7.30 Peter Forbes New York, 1971. There’s a party on the MARCH Director stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow Dominic Cooke the iconic building will be demolished. Fri 1 7.30 Designer Thirty years after their final performance, the Sat 2 2.00 Vicki Mortimer Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, 7.30 sing a few songs and lie about themselves. Fri 8 7.30 Choreographer Sat 9 2.00 Bill Deamer Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical 7.30 includes such classic songs as ‘Broadway Mon 11 7.30 Music Supervisor Tue 12 7.30 Baby’, ‘I’m Still Here’ and ‘Losing My Mind’. Talks and events Nicholas Skilbeck Wed 13 2.00 Featuring a cast of 40 and an A Short History of Stephen 7.30 Orchestrations orchestra of 21, ‘Follies’ is directed Thu 14 7.30 Sondheim’s Works Fri 15 7.30 Jonathan Tunick by Dominic Cooke (‘Ma Rainey’s with Josh Clayton Tue 26 Feb, 6 – 7pm, Sat 16 2.00 Black Bottom’). Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 7.30 Music Director Mon 18 CAP 7.30 Developing Nigel Lilley ‘Unmissable. Razzmatazz, Tue 19 7.30 in partnership with the Wed 20 2.00 Lighting Designer poignancy and cracking songs.’ Genesis Foundation 7.30 Paule Constable Daily Telegraph Thu 7 Mar, 6 – 7pm, Thu 21 7.30 Fri 22 AD 7.30 Sound Designer Cottesloe Room, £7/5 Sat 23 AD TT 2.00 Paul Groothuis ‘Follies’ actors 7.30 Mon 25 7.30 in conversation Tue 26 CAP 2.00 Fri 15 Mar, 3 – 4pm, 7.30 Exclusive Crystal Provider Olivier, £7/£5 Wed 27 7.30 Thu 28 7.30 The Making of ‘Follies’ Fri 29 7.30 Supported by the ‘Follies’ Tue 19 Mar, 10am – 4pm, Sat 30 2.00 production syndicate Olivier, £55/£40/£15 7.30 16 17 Sat 26 2.15 NOVEMBER 7.30 I’m Not Running Tue 29 7.30 Tue 27 7.30 Wed 30 7.30 a new play by David Hare Wed 28 2.15 Thu 31 7.00 7.30 Thu 29 7.30 Fri 30 7.30 National Theatre Live broadcast Lyttelton Theatre DECEMBER on Thu 31 Jan

Sat 1 2.15 Cast The political decision of a lifetime. 7.30 Siân Brooke Mon 3 7.30 Do I run? This is the question which is facing Tue 4 7.30 Owen Findlay Pauline Gibson. She has spent her life as a Wed 5 2.15 Alex Hassell doctor, the inspiring leader of a local health 7.30 Harry Long campaign. When she crosses paths with her Thu 6 7.30 Joshua McGuire Fri 7 7.30 old boyfriend, Jack Gould, a stalwart loyalist Sat 8 2.15 Amaka Okafor in Labour Party politics, she’s faced with an 7.30 Roisin Rae agonising decision. Mon 10 7.30 Liza Sadovy Tue 11 CAP 2.15 Nadia Williams What’s involved in sacrificing your private 7.30 life and your peace of mind for something Photography (Siân Brooke) by Wed 12 7.30 Brigid Zengeni Felicity McCabe. more than a single issue? Does she dare? Director JANUARY Neil Armfield David Hare was recently described by the ‘Washington Post’ as ‘the premiere Talks and events Tue 8 7.30 Wed 9 7.30 Set Designer political dramatist writing in English.’ Exploring ‘I’m Not Running’ Ralph Myers Thu 10 2.15 His explosive new play portrays the history Thu 29 Nov, 2 – 5pm, Cottesloe 7.30 Costume Designer of a 20-year intimate friendship and its Room, £30/£20/£7.50 Fri 11 7.30 Sussie Juhlin-Wallén public repercussions. Sat 12 2.15 Writer David Hare 7.30 Lighting Designer Mon 3 Dec, 6 – 6.45pm, Mon 14 CAP 7.30 Jon Clark Lyttelton, £7/£5, (Captioned) Tue 15 7.30 Wed 16 2.15 Sound Designer Nick de Bois: Confessions 7.30 Paul Arditti of a Recovering MP Thu 17 7.30 Fri 11 Jan, 6 – 7pm, Fri 18 AD 7.30 Music Sat 19 AD TT 2.15 Alan John Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 7.30 Actors Siân Brooke, Mon 21 7.30 Projection Designer Tue 22 7.30 Jon Driscoll Alex Hassell and Wed 23 7.30 Production supported by Joshua McGuire Thu 24 7.30 Marcia Grand in loving Tue 15 Jan, 3 – 4pm, Fri 25 7.30 memory of Richard Grand Lyttelton, £7/£5 18 19 War Horse NOVEMBER JANUARY Thu 8 7.30 Tue 1 7.30 based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo Fri 9 7.30 Wed 2 2.15 adapted by Nick Stafford Sat 10 2.15 7.30 presented in association with the 7.30 Thu 3 7.30 award-winning Handspring Puppet Company Tue 13 2.15 Fri 4 7.30 7.30 Sat 5 2.15 Wed 14 7.30 7.30 Thu 15 1.30 7.30 Also on a UK tour Fri 16 7.30 – see website for Lyttelton Theatre Sat 17 2.15 details. 7.30 Mon 19 7.30 See website HHHHH Tue 20 7.30 for cast and full ‘An entertainment phenomenon.’ Wed 21 1.30 production team 7.30 Daily Telegraph Thu 22 7.30 Directors Eleven years after its NT debut, and having Fri 23 7.30 Marianne Elliott Sat 24 BSL 2.15 played in eleven countries to over seven and 7.30 million people, ‘War Horse’ returns to the Designer/Drawings National Theatre to mark the centenary of DECEMBER Rae Smith Armistice Day. Sat 15 7.30 Puppet Design At the outbreak of World War One, Albert’s Mon 17 7.30 Tue 18 2.15 and Fabrication beloved horse, Joey, is sold to the cavalry Basil Jones and Talks and events 7.30 and shipped to France. Though not yet old Wed 19 7.30 Adrian Kohler enough to enlist, Albert joins the army, and Animals in the Great War Thu 20 7.30 for Handspring embarks on a treacherous mission to find Fri 9 Nov, 6 – 7pm, Fri 21 7.30 Puppet Company Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Sat 22 AD TT 2.15 his horse and bring him home. 7.30 Lighting Designer Michael Morpurgo Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, Wed 26 7.30 Paule Constable Tue 20 Nov, 5.45 – 6.30pm, Thu 27 2.15 this powerfully moving and imaginative Lyttelton, £7/£5 (Captioned) 7.30 drama is a show of phenomenal Fri 28 7.30 inventiveness. At its heart are astonishing Adrian Sutton’s Music Sat 29 CAP 2.15 life-sized horses, created by South Africa’s at the NT 7.30 Mon 31 2.15 Handspring Puppet Company. Wed 21 Nov, 6 – 7pm, Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Tickets for families Inside the Horse: Exploring the ‘War Horse’ Puppets Half-price tickets for under-18s – see p50 Thu 22 Nov, 5.45 – 6.30pm, Lyttelton, £7/£5 (Captioned) 20 21 Wed 21 7.30 NOVEMBER Thu 22 7.30 NOVEMBER JANUARY Fri 23 7.30 Mon 5 7.30 Sat 24 2.30 Wed 21 7.00 Tue 1 7.00 Tue 6 7.30 7.30 Thu 22 7.00 Wed 2 CAP 1.30 Wed 7 2.30 Mon 26 CAP 7.30 Fri 23 7.00 7.00 7.30 Tue 27 2.30 Sat 24 1.30 Thu 3 7.00 Thu 8 7.30 7.30 7.00 Wed 9 7.00 Fri 9 AD 7.30 Wed 28 7.30 Fri 30 7.00 Thu 10 1.30 Sat 10 AD TT 2.30 7.00 7.30 DECEMBER Fri 11 7.00 Mon 12 7.30 Sat 12 1.30 Tue 13 CAP 2.30 Sat 1 AD TT 1.30 7.00 7.30 7.00 Mon 14 7.00 Wed 14 7.30 Mon 3 CAP 7.00 Tue 15 7.00 Photography by Graham Pearson Mon 19 7.30 Photography (Sophie Okonedo Tue 4 7.00 Wed 16 1.30 Tue 20 2.30 and Ralph Fiennes) by Jason Bell. Wed 5 7.00 7.00 Dorfman Theatre 7.30 Olivier Theatre Thu 6 7.00 Thu 17 7.00 Fri 7 7.00 Fri 18 7.00 Sat 8 CAP 1.30 Sat 19 1.30 Stories Antony & 7.00 7.00 a new play by Nina Raine Mon 10 7.00 Cleopatra Tue 11 1.30 National Theatre by William Shakespeare 7.00 Live broadcast on Mon 17 7.00 Thu 6 Dec Tue 18 1.30 7.00 Wed 19 7.00 How do you have a baby when See website for cast HHHHH Thu 20 1.30 and production team. 7.00 you’re 39 and single? ‘Spectacular. Go see it. Fri 28 7.00 This is the story of Anna. Talks and events You won’t be sorry.’ Sat 29 1.30 A story filled with many chapters, The Times 7.00 For talks and events Mon 31 1.30 unexpected characters and see website Ralph Fiennes and Sophie curious plot twists. Okonedo play the famous Following the critically acclaimed fated couple. Simon Godwin Official Hotel Partner ‘Consent’, Nina Raine returns (‘Twelfth Night’) directs. to the National Theatre with this funny and touching new play Talks and events about the fertilisation For talks and events of an idea. see website Production supported by Areté Foundation / Betsy & Ed Cohen, This play is a recipient Mary M. Miner and the of an Edgerton Foundation ‘Antony & Cleopatra’ New Plays Award production appeal. 22 23 Wed 26 7.30 DECEMBER Thu 27 2.30 7.30 Wed 5 7.30 Fri 28 AD 7.30 Thu 6 7.30 Sat 29 AD TT 2.30 Fri 7 7.30 7.30 Sat 8 7.30 Mon 31 2.30 Mon 10 7.30 Tue 11 7.30 JANUARY Wed 12 7.00 Thu 13 7.30 Tue 1 7.30 Fri 14 7.30 Wed 2 2.30 Sat 15 2.30 7.30 7.30 Thu 3 CAP 7.30 Mon 17 7.30 Photography by Graham Pearson Fri 4 7.30 Photography by EJF Photography by Theo McInnes Tue 18 7.30 Sat 5 2.30 Wed 19 2.30 7.30 Nowhere to Courage Dorfman Theatre 7.30 Mon 7 7.30 Thu 20 7.30 Tue 8 CAP 2.30 Call Home Everywhere Fri 21 7.30 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart Sat 22 2.30 Climate Change and Rehearsed readings celebrating 7.30 Forced Migration the fight for political equality a new play by Anthony Neilson based on the short story 26 Oct – 2 Nov 15 – 18 Nov by Edgar Allan Poe An outdoor projection and online To mark the 100th anniversary of audio experience exploring the (some) women in the UK gaining human issues around climate the right to vote, the NT marks A young playwright rents an National Theatre debut with this change and forced migration. this historic moment through attic flat in Brighton, hoping contemporary reimagining of Filmed portraits of climate a series of rehearsed readings, it will break the writer’s block ’s classic tale of Edgar Allan Poe refugees from Bangladesh and talks and screenings. that’s preventing her from a haunted conscience. Sami people from the Arctic, following up on her wildly World-class directors will bring whose way of life is threatened successful debut. Whilst there, Talks and events to life these plays on themes of by climate change, have been she forms a relationship with her For talks and events suffrage, courage and the fight captured by the Environmental landlady, a lonely young woman see website for political equality in the UK Justice Foundation (EJF), with with a life-altering condition. and around the world. their own stories told as audio ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ is a twisted, See website for cast and full dramatisations by playwright production team. graphic and darkly comic treat Ursula Rani Sarma. Renowned for his ground- Directed by Nadia Fall, See the portraits on the breaking work, Phyllida Lloyd, Jenny Sealey, Anthony Neilson National Theatre’s Lyttelton fly (‘The Prudes’) makes his Lyndsey Turner and tower, every night 6 – 11pm Dawn Walton. from Friday 26 October to Friday 2 November. 24 25 The Winter’s Tale Night by William Shakespeare a new play by Natasha Gordon in a new version by Justin Audibert 1 Dec – 23 Feb 6 – 21 Feb Dorfman Theatre West End – Trafalgar Studios

HHHH £12 (£8 under-18s) HHHHH Gloria is gravely sick. When ‘Young audiences will be Family workshops ‘This play is a gift. Go see it!’ her time comes, the celebration delighted.’ available during half term ‘The Stage’ begins; the traditional Jamaican Nine Night wake. ‘Evening Standard’ nationaltheatre.org.uk/ Following a smash-hit run at the But for Gloria’s children and Perdita is a brave, intelligent families National Theatre, ‘Nine Night’, grandchildren, marking her and much-loved girl, but Natasha Gordon’s ‘remarkable Captioned performance death with a party that lasts something is not quite right debut play’ (‘Evening Standard’) on Mon 18 Feb at 2pm over a week is a test. in her world. Join her on transfers to the West End. Relaxed performance Nine nights of family, food, a journey through magic and Roy Alexander Weise directs on Wed 20 Feb at 2pm music – and an endless mayhem as she uncovers a cast of seven, including of mourners. her story – the girl who was Suitable for 8 – 12 yrs Cecilia Noble as the ‘gloriously lost and then found. funny and formidable Aunt Audio-described performance This exciting version of Maggie’ (‘Independent’), in this on Sat 12 Jan at 2.30pm Shakespeare’s play returns to touching and exuberantly funny (Touch Tour at 12.30pm) the National Theatre in February, exploration of the rituals Captioned performance and is the perfect introduction of family. on Mon 21 Jan at 7.30pm to Shakespeare for younger audiences.

26 27 On Tour and in New York

War Horse Network based on the novel by adapted by , based on Michael Morpurgo the Paddy Chayefsky film adapted by Nick Stafford, HHHHH in association with the ‘A triumph. award-winning Handspring Bryan Cranston is magnetic.’ Puppet Company ‘Guardian’ HHHHH Belasco Theatre, New York ‘Be sure not to miss 10 Nov – 17 Mar The Curious Incident of the this stunning show.’ ‘The Times’ The Lehman Trilogy Dog in the Night-Time On a UK, Ireland and by Stefano Massini, International tour based on the novel by Mark Haddon adapted by Ben Power adapted by Simon Stephens Playing from 29 Nov Macbeth HHHHH by William Shakeseare ‘Theatre at its best.’ West End – Piccadilly Theatre On a UK and Ireland tour ‘The Times’ until March 2019 Park Avenue Armory, HHHHH strangers. But his detective New York, 22 Mar – 20 Apr ‘Astonishing and unmissable.’ work, forbidden by his father, LOVE ‘Sunday Express’ takes him on a frightening by Alexander Zeldin The Jungle journey that upturns his world. a co-production with by Joe Murphy and Following an acclaimed UK and Birmingham Repertory Theatre international tour, the smash-hit Winner of seven Olivier Awards Joe Robertson and five including National Theatre production HHHHH ‘Best Play’, ‘The Curious HHHHH of ‘The Curious Incident of ‘Gripping. ‘A priceless piece of theatre. Incident of the Dog in the the Dog in the Night-Time’ Desperately moving.’ Superb.’ Night-Time’ brings Mark returns to London for a strictly ‘The Times’ ‘Guardian’ limited season. Haddon’s best-selling novel to Playing at venues from thrilling life on stage, adapted St. Ann’s Warehouse, Christopher has an extraordinary 25 October – 16 November. New York, 4 Dec – 13 Jan by two-time Olivier Award- See website brain, exceptional at maths winning playwright Simon while ill-equipped to interpret Stephens and directed by everyday life. He has never Olivier and Tony Award-winning ventured alone beyond the end director Marianne Elliott. of his road, he detests being touched and he distrusts Suitable for 11yrs+ 28 29 National Theatre Live Upcoming Productions

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CALENDAR KEY Nov Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman AD Audio-Described CAP Captioned Mon 5 Hadestown P 7.30 Stories 7.30 TT Touch Tour Tue 6 TALK: Influence of Lecoq 5.30 Hadestown P 7.30 Stories 7.30 BSL British Sign Language Wed 7 Hadestown P 7.30 Stories 2.30+7.30 P Preview Performance Thu 8 TALK: Playwriting Then & Now 6.00 PRESS Press Night Hadestown P 7.30 War Horse 7.30 Stories 7.30 Relaxed Performance Fri 9 Hadestown P 7.30 War Horse 7.30 Stories AD 7.30 Sat 10 Hadestown P 7.30 War Horse 2.15+7.30 Stories AD TT 2.30+7.30 Sun 11 War Horse 2.00 Mon 12 Hadestown P 7.30 Stories 7.30 Tue 13 Hadestown PRESS 7.00 War Horse 2.15+7.30 Stories CAP 2.30+7.30 Wed 14 Hadestown 7.30 War Horse 7.30 Stories 7.30 Thu 15 Hadestown 7.30 War Horse 1.30+7.30 Courage Everywhere 7.30 Fri 16 TALK: Women Poets 6.00 Hadestown 7.30 War Horse 7.30 Courage Everywhere 7.30 Sat 17 Hadestown 2.00+7.30 War Horse 2.15+7.30 Courage Everywhere 3.00+7.30 Sun 18 Courage Everywhere 3.00 Mon 19 TALK: Carney & Noblezada 3.00 Hadestown 7.30 War Horse 7.30 Stories 7.30 Tue 20 TALK: Michael Morpurgo CAP 5.45 Hadestown 2.00+7.30 War Horse 7.30 Stories 2.30+7.30 Wed 21 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 War Horse 1.30+7.30 Stories 7.30 Thu 22 TALK: Inside the Horse CAP 5.45 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 War Horse 7.30 Stories 7.30 Fri 23 TALK: Hear Her Roar 5.45 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 War Horse 7.30 Stories 7.30 Sat 24 Antony & Cleopatra 1.30+7.00 War Horse BSL 2.15+7.30 Stories 2.30+7.30 Sun 25 Mon 26 Hadestown 7.30 Stories CAP 7.30 Tue 27 Hadestown 2.00+7.30 I’m Not Running 7.30 Stories 2.30+7.30 Wed 28 Hadestown 7.30 I’m Not Running 2.15+7.30 Stories LAST 7.30 Thu 29 Hadestown 7.30 I’m Not Running 7.30 Fri 30 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 I’m Not Running 7.30

Dec Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Sat 1 Antony & Cleopatra AD TT 1.30+7.00 I’m Not Running 2.15+7.30 Sun 2 36 37 Dec Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Mon 3 TALK: David Hare 6.00 Antony & Cleopatra CAP 7.00 I’m Not Running 7.30 Tue 4 TALK: Private Eye 5.45 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 I’m Not Running 7.30 Wed 5 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 I’m Not Running 2.15+7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart P1 7.30 Thu 6 Antony & Cleopatra NT LIVE 7.00 I’m Not Running 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart P2 7.30 Fri 7 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 I’m Not Running 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart P 7.30 Sat 8 Antony & Cleopatra CAP 1.30+7.00 I’m Not Running 2.15+7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart P 7.30 Sun 9 Mon 10 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 I’m Not Running 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart P 7.30 Tue 11 Antony & Cleopatra 1.30+7.00 I’m Not Running CAP 2.15+7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart P 7.30 Wed 12 Hadestown 7.30 I’m Not Running 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart PRESS 7.00 Thu 13 Hadestown 2.00+ CAP 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart 7.30 Fri 14 TALK: The Heroine’s Descent CAP 6.00 Hadestown 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart 7.30 Sat 15 Hadestown 2.00+7.30 War Horse 2.15+7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart 2.30+7.30 Sun 16 Mon 17 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 War Horse 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart 7.30 Tue 18 Antony & Cleopatra 1.30+7.00 War Horse 2.15+7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart 7.30 Wed 19 TALK: Theatre Quiz 5.15 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 War Horse 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart 2.30+7.30 Thu 20 Antony & Cleopatra 1.30+7.00 War Horse 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart 7.30 Fri 21 Hadestown 7.30 War Horse 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart 7.30 Sat 22 Hadestown 2.00+7.30 War Horse AD TT 2.15+7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart 2.30+7.30 Sun 23 Mon 24 Tue 25 Wed 26 Hadestown 7.30 War Horse 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart 7.30 Thu 27 Hadestown CAP 2.00+7.30 War Horse 2.15+7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart 2.30+7.30 Fri 28 Antony & Cleopatra 7.30 War Horse 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart AD 7.30 Sat 29 Antony & Cleopatra 1.30+7.00 War Horse CAP 2.15+7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart AD TT 2.30+7.30 Sun 30 Mon 31 Antony & Cleopatra 1.30 War Horse 2.15 The Tell-Tale Heart 2.30

Jan Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Tue 1 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 War Horse 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart 7.30 Wed 2 Antony & Cleopatra CAP 1.30+7.00 War Horse 2.15+7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart 2.30+7.30 Thu 3 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 War Horse 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart CAP 7.30 Fri 4 Hadestown 7.30 War Horse 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart 7.30 Sat 5 Hadestown AD TT 2.00+7.30 War Horse LAST 2.15+7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart 2.30+7.30 Sun 6

38 39 Jan Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Mon 7 TALK: Anthony Neilson 6.00 Hadestown AD 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart 7.30 Tue 8 Hadestown 2.00+7.30 I’m Not Running 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart LAST CAP 2.30+7.30 Wed 9 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 I’m Not Running 7.30 Thu 10 Antony & Cleopatra 1.30+7.00 I’m Not Running 2.15+7.30 Fri 11 TALK: Fiennes and Okonedo 3.00 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 I’m Not Running 7.30 Sat 12 Antony & Cleopatra 1.30+7.00 I’m Not Running 2.15+7.30 Sun 13 Mon 14 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 I’m Not Running CAP 7.30 Tue 15 TALK: Brooke, Hassell & McGuire 3.00 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 I’m Not Running 7.30 Wed 16 Antony & Cleopatra 1.30+7.00 I’m Not Running 2.15+7.30 When We Have P1 8.00 Thu 17 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 I’m Not Running 7.30 When We Have P2 8.00 Fri 18 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 I’m Not Running AD 7.30 When We Have P 8.00 Sat 19 Antony & Cleopatra LAST 1.30+7.00 I’m Not Running AD TT 2.15+7.30 When We Have P 8.00 Sun 20 Mon 21 I’m Not Running 7.30 When We Have P 8.00 Tue 22 Hadestown 7.30 I’m Not Running 7.30 When We Have P 8.00 Wed 23 Hadestown CAP 7.30 I’m Not Running 7.30 When We Have PRESS 7.00 Thu 24 Hadestown 2.00+7.30 I’m Not Running 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Fri 25 Hadestown 7.30 I’m Not Running 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Sat 26 Hadestown LAST 2.00+7.30 I’m Not Running 2.15+7.30 When We Have 2.30+8.00 Sun 27 Mon 28 When We Have 8.00 Tue 29 I’m Not Running 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Wed 30 TALK: Mitchell & Crimp 6.30 I’m Not Running 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Thu 31 I’m Not Running NT LIVE LAST 7.00 When We Have 2.30+8.00

Feb Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Fri 1 When We Have 8.00 Sat 2 When We Have 2.30+8.00 Sun 3 Mon 4 When We Have 8.00 Tue 5 Wed 6 The Winter’s Tale 11.00+1.30 When We Have 8.00 Thu 7 When We Have 2.30+8.00 Fri 8 The Winter’s Tale 11.00+1.30 When We Have 8.00

40 41 Feb Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Sat 9 Tartuffe P1 7.30 When We Have 2.30+8.00 Sun 10 Mon 11 The Winter’s Tale 11.00+1.30 Tartuffe P2 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Tue 12 The Winter’s Tale 11.00+1.30 Follies P1 7.30 Tartuffe P 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Wed 13 The Winter’s Tale 11.00+1.30 Follies P2 7.30 Tartuffe P 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Thu 14 Follies P 7.30 Tartuffe P 7.30 When We Have 2.30+8.00 Fri 15 Follies P 7.30 Tartuffe P 7.30 When We Have CAP 8.00 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 7.30 Tartuffe 7.30 When We Have 2.30+8.00 Wed 20 The Winter’s Tale 11.00+®2.00 Follies 2.00+7.30 Tartuffe 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Thu 21 The Winter’s Tale LAST 11.00+2.00 Follies 7.30 Tartuffe PRESS 7.00 When We Have 8.00 Fri 22 Follies OPENING NIGHT 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

42 43 Mar Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Mon 11 Follies 7.30 Tartuffe 7.30 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 3.00 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 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

44 45 Apr Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman

Mon 15 Top Girls 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Tue 16 Top Girls 7.30 Downstate CAP 7.30 Wed 17 Top Girls 7.30 Downstate 2.30+7.30 Thu 18 Top Girls 2.15+7.30 Downstate 7.30 Fri 19 Sat 20 Top Girls 2.15+7.30 Downstate 2.30+7.30 Sun 21 Mon 22 Top Girls 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Tue 23 Tartuffe 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Wed 24 Tartuffe 2.15+CAP 7.30 Downstate 2.30+7.30 Thu 25 Tartuffe 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Fri 26 Tartuffe 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Sat 27 Tartuffe CAP 2.15+7.30 Downstate LAST 2.30+7.30 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tartuffe 7.30 Tartuffe LAST 7.30

46 47 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 Previews £37 – £15 Tartuffe

All performances Ways to save

Antony & Cleopatra, £64, £55, £45, £32, £15 £68, £59, £49, £34, £18 Previews £47 – £15 Hadestown, I’m Not Running, Top Girls, War Horse

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

Stories £50 – £15 £55 – £18 The Tell-Tale Heart £40 – £15 £45 – £18 Previews £34 – £15 Downstate £54 – £15 £58 – £18 Previews £37 – £15 *When We Have £54 – £10 £58 – £10 Previews £37 – £10 For ‘When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other’ ticket information see website.

48 49 More ways to save £18/£15 Tickets Information Ticket Exchange In the Olivier and Lyttelton There are no refunds on tickets, Friday Rush theatres these stalls seats Opening Times but you can exchange them Every Friday at 1pm a limited are narrower and may offer For a full list of individual for another performance or for number of £20 tickets for the a restricted view. In the Dorfman outlets and building credit. Terms and conditions following week’s performances theatre these seats are restricted opening times, visit and a small administration fee are released to buy online view. Two per customer nationaltheatre.org.uk apply, call the Box Office for (excludes ‘When We per production, excluding The entire building will details: 020 7452 3000. Have Sufficiently Tortured Travelex season. be closed on Sunday All discounts are subject to Each Other’). 23 December, Monday Groups availability and at the discretion Day Tickets 24 December and Tuesday of the Box Office. Call 020 7452 3010 for 25 December. A limited number of £18/£15 discounts on groups of 8+ Car Park tickets are available in person for selected productions. Age guidance Car spaces in the NT car on the day of the performance. nationaltheatre.org.uk/groups We don’t publish specific park are £8 for cars entering Seat location varies. age recommendations for all after 5pm or if you attend a our shows. For guidance on daytime ticketed event and content and suitability please Concessions Senior Citizens – leave before 7pm. Combined save on midweek matinees call 020 7452 3000. Children matinee/evening show rate: Entry Pass For ‘Antony & Cleopatra’, under four are welcome in the £14. Sunday/public holidays: 16 – 25-year-olds can access ‘Hadestown’, ‘I’m Not Running’, foyers, however they cannot be £8 all day. Free parking for £7.50 tickets by joining ‘Top Girls’ and ‘War Horse’ admitted to the auditoriums. Blue Badge holders attending Entry Pass. nationaltheatre. save £20 on £55 and £45 For your safety and comfort a performance – validate at org.uk/entrypass tickets. For ‘Follies’ save Strobe lighting, smoke effects the Box Office. For details on Under-18s £20 on £59 and £45 tickets. and gunshots are sometimes accessible parking please visit Half price for Monday – Friday For ‘Tartuffe’ save £15 on £50 used in productions. Details nationaltheatre.org.uk/travel and £42 tickets. £30 tickets evenings and all matinees are available from the Programme changes (all performances of ‘Top Girls’ available for midweek matinees Box Office after the first in the Dorfman. Programme details are and ‘War Horse’). Excludes preview. Latecomers may published in good faith, but tickets under £30. Disabled People not be admitted. All bulky changes may occasionally UK Schools, Colleges and £16 tickets at the South Bank items such as bags and be necessary. Universities plus £16 companion tickets rucksacks must be left at Under-19s £12; 19 – 25s (£15 tickets for ‘Tartuffe’) the free cloakrooms. £15 for groups of 10+ on are available for Access selected performances. Call list subscribers. 020 7452 3010 for availability. nationaltheatre.org.uk/ nationaltheatre.org.uk/groups accesslist

50 51 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 Gavin Gibson, visually impaired people. essential and available from nationaltheatre.org.uk/amex Daina Ennis, Lindsay Tuffnell Touch Tour TT the Box Office. and Cass Kirchner from For blind and visually impaired Smart caption glasses the National Theatre people. An opportunity to visit A revolutionary new way for Scenic Painting Department. the stage, handle the props and people with hearing loss to meet members of the company. Preferred Brochure design and imagery experience theatre. For more Card by the National Theatre information see page 34 or Partner Captioned CAP Graphic Design Studio, Captioned performances for the website. unless otherwise credited. deaf, deafened and hard-of- Large-print, CD and braille Registered Charity No. 224223 hearing people. versions of this rep brochure are Relaxed Performance available 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. British Sign Language BSL

52 53 This cover was created with the Scenic Painting Department. The Scenic Painting Department are responsible for creating fi nishes for all stage scenery from backdrops to buildings, using texture, paint and many other materials. The designer produces a sketch or model box of their design for the set and the highly skilled Scenic Artists brings this design to life on stage. You can see the team at work from the Sherling Backstage Walkway – which is 020 7452 3000 free and open to the public every day. nationaltheatre.org.uk