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The Secret River Rutherford and Son Mr Gum and 22 Aug – 7 Sep Playing until 3 Aug the Dancing Bear – the Musical! 25 July – 31 Aug

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A co-production with NOVEMBER Tue 12 7.30 Wed 13 7.30 Fri 15 7.30 My Brilliant Friend Tue 19 7.30 Thu 21 7.30 Parts One and Two Mon 25 7.30 Thu 28 7.30 based on Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels adapted by April De Angelis D ECEMBER Wed 4 7.30 Fri 20 7.30 JA NUARY

Mon 6 CAP 7.30 Thu 9 7.30 Cast includes Mon 13 7.30 Justin Avoth HHHH Tue 14 7.30 Adam Burton ‘As if Ferrante has materialised in front of us.’ Thu 16 7.30

Niamh Cusack Observer Part Two Catherine McCormack Ira Mandela Siobhan When the most important person in her life NOVEMBER Victoria Moseley goes missing without a trace, Lenu Greco, Thu 14 7.30 Emily Mytton now a celebrated author, begins to recall a Fri 22 7.30 Badria Timimi Wed 27 7.30 relationship of more than 60 years. Emily Wachter D ECEMBER Toby Wharton First meeting on the dangerous streets of post- Fri 6 7.30 Director Melly Still war Naples, friends Lila and Lenu experience JA NUARY Tue 7 7.30 Set and Costume turbulent social and political change, from the rise of the Camorra to the sexual revolution and Fri 10 7.30 Designer Tue 14 AD 2.00 Soutra Gilmour the transformation of their neighbourhood, Wed 15 CAP 7.30 Music city and nation. Even as life repeatedly tries to Fri 17 7.30 Jim Fortune pull them in separate directions, they remain Two-show days Lighting Designer inextricably bound to one another. Malcolm Rippeth NOVEMBER Sound Designer Based on the celebrated novels by Elena Sat 16 2.00 Ferrante – published in over 50 countries – Wed 20 2.00 Jon Nicholls Sat 23 2.00 Movement Director My Brilliant Friend is an epic story of love, Tue 26 1.30 Sarah Dowling violence, ambition and self-destruction. D ECEMBER Fight Directors Thu 5 2.00 Rachel Bown-Williams Following a sold-out run at Rose Theatre Sat 7 2.00 and Ruth Cooper-Brown Kingston, the acclaimed two-part adaptation Sat 21 CAP 2.00 for Rc- Ltd by April De Angelis (Jumpy) is reworked for Mon 23 2.00 Fri 27 2.00 Puppetry the Olivier stage by Melly Still (). Sat 28 CAP 2.00 Toby Olié and Catherine McCormack Mon 30 2.00 Casting return to play Lenu and Lila. JA NUARY Charlotte Sutton CDG & Thu 2 2.00 Bryony Jarvis-Taylor Fri 3 2.00 Sat 4 AD TT 2.00 Olivier Theatre AD 7.30 Wed 8 2.00 Sat 11 2.00 Sat 18 2.00 Talks and events Additional performances to Love, Honour, Jealousy Making My Brilliant Friend be announced and Marriage in Italy: Thu 16 Jan, 1945 –1970s 10.30am – 4pm, HHHH Wed 8 Jan, 6 – 7pm, Cottesloe Room, Cottesloe room, £9/£6 £60/£40/£15 ‘As addictive as the books.’ Actors Niamh Cusack A Short History of and Catherine McCormack Modern Italy Time Out Fri 10 Jan, 3 – 4pm, Fri 17 Jan, 6 – 7pm,

Photography (Niamh Cusackand Catherine McCormack) by Jillian Edelstein Olivier, £9/£6 Cottesloe Room, £9/£6

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A co-production with Fuel D ECEMBER Tue 3 7.30 Wed 4 7.30 Thu 5 7.30 Three Sisters Fri 6 7.30 Sat 7 7.30 a new play by Inua Ellams Mon 9 7.30 Tue 10 7.00 after Chekhov Wed 11 7.30 Thu 12 7.30 Thu 19 7.30 Fri 20 7.30 Sat 21 2.15 7.30 Mon 23 7.30 Thu 26 7.30 Fri 27 7.30 Cast includes Chekhov’s iconic characters are relocated Sat 28 2.15 Ronke Adekoluejo to Nigeria in this bold new adaptation. 7.30 Jude Akuwudike Mon 30 7.30 Ken Nwosu Owerri, 1967, on the brink of the Biafran Civil Tue 31 2.15 Racheal Ofori War. Lolo, Nne Chukwu and Udo are grieving the JA NUARY Sule Rimi Wed 1 7.30 Natalie Simpson loss of their father. Months before, two ruthless Thu 2 7.30 Director military coups plunged the country into chaos. Fri 3 CAP 7.30 Nadia Fall Fuelled by foreign intervention, the conflict Sat 4 2.15 7.30 Set and Costume encroaches on their provincial village, and Designer the sisters long to return to their former home Additional Katrina Lindsay performances to in Lagos. be announced Lighting Designer Peter Mumford Following his smash-hit Barber Shop Chronicles, Movement Director Inua Ellams returns to the National Theatre Polly Bennett with this heartbreaking retelling, directed by Music Director and Nadia Fall (Home, Dara). Vocal Arranger Michael Henry ‘Warmth, wisdom and global reach.’ Daily Telegraph on Barber Shop Chronicles ‘Vital theatre. Funny, moving, unflinching.’ Sunday Times on The Half God of Rainfall Hundreds of £15 tickets for every performance

Production supported by Lyttelton Theatre Leila Maw Straus

Talks and events Talks and events to be announced later in the year

Chekhov’s masterpiece moves to Nigeria.

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S EPTEMBER Mon 9 7.30 Tue 10 7.30 ‘An essential watch.’ Wed 11 7.30 Faith, Hope and Thu 12 7.30 Time Out on LOVE Fri 13 7.30 Sat 14 7.30 Mon 16 7.30 Charity Tue 17 7.00 Wed 18 7.30 a new play by Alexander Zeldin Thu 19 2.30 7.30 Fri 20 7.30 Sat 21 2.30 7.30 Mon 23 7.30 Tue 24 7.30 Cast includes In a run-down community hall on the edge Wed 25 2.30 Nick Holder of town, a woman has been cooking lunch 7.30 Susan Lynch Thu 26 7.30 Cecilia Noble for those in need. Fri 27 7.30 Hind Swareldahab Sat 28 CAP 2.30 Alan Williams A choir is starting up, run by a volunteer 7.30 who’s looking for a new beginning. A mother Mon 30 7.30 Director OCTOBER Alexander Zeldin is seeking help in her fight to keep her young daughter from being taken into care. An older Tue 1 7.30 Set and Costume Wed 2 2.30 Designer man sits silently in the corner, the first to arrive, 7.30 Natasha Jenkins the last to leave. Outside the rain is falling. Thu 3 7.30 Fri 4 AD 7.30 Lighting Designer Sat 5 AD TT 2.30 Marc Williams Faith, Hope and Charity is the culmination 7.30 Movement Director of a trilogy that began with Beyond Caring – Mon 7 CAP 7.30 Marcin Rudy ‘Unforgettable’ (The Times) – and followed by Tue 8 CAP 2.30 7.30 Sound Designer LOVE – ‘the National’s play of the year, Wed 9 7.30 Josh Anio Grigg and then some’ (Evening Standard). Thu 10 7.30 Fri 11 7.30 Alexander Zeldin’s new play promises to Sat 12 2.30 be another uncompromising theatrical 7.30 experience that goes to the heart of our uncertain times.

Production supported by Dorfman Theatre The Polonsky Foundation

Talks and events Playwriting at the NT with National Debates: Are our Alexander Zeldin Social Systems Broken? Sat 21 Sep, 10.30am – 1pm, Mon 30 Sep, 5.45 – 6.45pm, Cottesloe Room, £40/£25 Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 Director Alexander Zeldin Creativity from Tue 24 Sep, 6 – 6.45pm, The Choir with No Name Dorfman, £9/£6 Wed 2 Oct, 6 – 7pm, Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 Photography by David Stewart

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OC TOBER Mon 21 7.30 Tues 22 7.30 Wed 23 7.30 The Antipodes Thu 24 7.30 Fri 25 7.30 by Sat 26 2.30 7.30 Mon 28 7.30 Tue 29 7.30 Wed 30 7.00 Thu 31 2.30 7.30 N OVEMBER Fri 1 7.30 Sat 2 2.30 Cast includes Following acclaimed runs of The Flick and John, 7.30 Matt Bardock Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Baker returns to the Mon 4 7.30 Arthur Darvill Tue 5 7.30 Imogen Doel National Theatre with her latest extraordinary play. Wed 6 2.30 Hadley Fraser 7.30 Their phones switched off, a group of people Thu 7 7.30 Fri 8 7.30 Stuart McQuarrie sit around a table telling, categorising and Sat 9 2.30 Sinéad Matthews theorising stories. 7.30 Bill Milner Mon 11 CAP 7.30 Directors This is a world that is both familiar and fantastical. Tue 12 7.30 Wed 13 7.30 Annie Baker Their real purpose is never quite clear, but they Thu 14 2.30 Chloe Lamford continue on, searching for the monstrous. 7.30 Set and Costume Fri 15 7.30 Designer Part satire, part sacred rite, The Antipodes asks Sat 16 2.30 7.30 Chloe Lamford what value stories have for a world in crisis. Mon 18 7.30 Lighting Designer Tue 19 CAP 2.30 Natasha Chivers ‘One of the freshest voices 7.30 in American theatre.’ Wed 20 7.30 Sound Designer Thu 21 7.30 Tom Gibbons New York Times Fri 22 AD 7.30 Sat 23 AD TT 2.30 7.30

The New American Work Programme is supported by The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Lawton W Fitt & James I McLaren Foundation Dorfman Theatre and Kathleen J Yoh

Talks and events Telling Your ‘Own’ Story: Further talks and events Workshop to be announced later in Sat 9 Nov, 10.30am – 1pm, the year Cottesloe Room, £40/£25

‘Intensely vivid and hypnotizing.’ Time Out New York Illustration by Dan Hillier

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D ECEMBER Tue 3 7.30 Thu 5 7.30 Fri 6 7.30 The Ocean at the Sat 7 7.30 Mon 9 7.30 Tue 10 7.30 Wed 11 7.00 End of the Lane Thu 12 7.30 Fri 13 7.30 based on the novel by Neil Gaiman Sat 14 2.00 7.30 adapted by Joel Horwood Mon 16 7.30 Tue 17 2.00 7.30 Wed 18 7.30 Thu 19 7.30 Cast to be announced Returning to his childhood home, Alex finds Fri 20 7.30 Director himself standing beside the duck pond of the Sat 21 2.00 Katy Rudd 7.30 old Sussex farmhouse where he used to play. Mon 23 7.30 Set Designer He’s transported to his 11th birthday, spring half Thu 26 7.30 Fly Davis Fri 27 7.30 term. When his dad was struggling to make ends Sat 28 2.00 Costume and meet and his friend Lettie claimed it wasn’t a 7.30 Puppet Designer pond, but an ocean… Mon 30 7.30 Samuel Wyer Tue 31 2.00 Movement Director Plunged into a magical world, Alex and Lettie’s JA NUARY Steven Hoggett survival depends on their ability to reckon with Wed 1 7.30 Composer dark, ancient forces that threaten to destroy Thu 2 CAP 2.00 Jherek Bischoff 7.30 everything around them. Fri 3 7.30 Lighting Designer Sat 4 2.00 Paule Constable Adapted by Joel Horwood and directed by 7.30 Mon 6 7.30 Sound Designer Katy Rudd, this adventure will excite, unsettle Tue 7 7.30 Ian Dickinson and thrill those brave enough to face its hidden Wed 8 7.30 Puppetry depths. Bestselling author Neil Gaiman is the Thu 9 2.00 Finn Caldwell 7.30 creator of the epic American Gods, Coraline, Fri 10 AD 7.30 Sat 11 AD TT 2.00 Stardust and the Sandman series. 7.30 Mon 13 CAP 7.30 Suitable for 12yrs+ Tue 14 7.30 Wed 15 2.00 7.30 Thu 16 7.30 Tickets for families Fri 17 7.30 Sat 18 ® 2.00 Half-price tickets for under-18s – see p38 7.30 Mon 20 7.30 Tue 21 2.00 7.30 Wed 22 CAP 7.30 Thu 23 7.30 Fri 24 7.30 Sat 25 2.00 Dorfman Theatre 7.30

Talks and events Childhood Memories: Director Katy Rudd and Recall and Imagination Adapter Joel Horwood Mon 16 Dec, 6 – 7pm, Fri 24 Jan, 6 – 6.45pm, Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 Dorfman, £9/£6 A modern myth from the brilliant Making the Show: Creating the Puppets The Ocean at the for Ocean at the End imagination of Neil Gaiman. End of the Lane of the Lane Tue 21 Jan, 2 – 5pm, Sat 25 Jan, 11.30am – 1pm, Cottesloe Room, Duffield Studio, £12/£7

Illustration by Nicolas Delort £35/£20/£7.50

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SEPTEMBER Sat 21 7.30 Mon 23 7.30 Tue 24 7.30 ‘Master Harold’… Wed 25 7.30 Thu 26 7.30 Fri 27 7.30 Sat 28 2.15 and the boys 7.30 Mon 30 7.30 by Athol Fugard OCTOBER Tue 1 7.00 Wed 2 7.30 Mon 7 7.30 Tue 8 2.15 7.30 Cast includes St George’s Park Tea Room, Port Elizabeth, Wed 9 7.30 Hammed Animashaun 1950. On a long rainy afternoon, employees Wed 16 7.30 Anson Boon Thu 17 2.15 Lucian Msamati Sam and Willie practise their steps for the 7.30 finals of the ballroom dancing championship. Fri 18 7.30 Director Sat 19 2.15 Roy Alexander Weise Hally arrives from school to hide out in his 7.30 Set and Costume Fri 25 7.30 Designer parents’ tea room. These two men have Sat 26 2.15 been unlikely best friends to Hally his whole 7.30 Rajha Shakiry Mon 28 7.30 Lighting Designer life. But it is apartheid era South Africa: he’s Tue 29 CAP 2.15 Paule Constable Master Harold, and they are the boys. 7.30 NOV EMBER Movement Director Tony Award-winning playwright Shelley Maxwell Fri 1 AD 7.30 Athol Fugard’s semi-autobiographical and Sat 2 AD TT 2.15 Sound Designer blistering masterwork explores the nature 7.30 Giles Thomas Fri 8 7.30 of friendship, and the ways people are capable Sat 9 CAP 2.15 of hurting even those they love. 7.30 Fri 15 7.30 Roy Alexander Weise (Nine Night) Sat 16 CAP 2.15 7.30 directs Lucian Msamati (Amadeus) Mon 18 7.30 and Hammed Animashaun (Barber Shop Tue 19 2.15 7.30 Chronicles) as Sam and Willie. Wed 20 7.30 D ECEMBER Fri 13 7.30 Sat 14 2.15 7.30 Mon 16 7.30 Tue 17 2.15 7.30

Lyttelton Theatre

Talks and events Director Roy The Radical Nature of Alexander Weise Black Joy in Theatre Mon 28 Oct, 6 – 6.45pm, Fri 15 Nov, 6 – 7pm, Lyttelton, £9/£6 Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 Making the Show: Actors ‘Master Harold’… Hammed Animashaun 1950. Apartheid South Africa. and the boys and Lucian Msamati Fri 8 Nov, 10.30am – 4pm, Mon 18 Nov, 3 – 4pm, Cottesloe Room, Lyttelton, £9/£6 £60/£40/£15 (Captioned) Photography (Lucian Msamati and Hammed Animashaun) by Sebastian Nevols

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A co-production with International Festival JULY Mon 1 7.00 Tue 2 7.00 Wed 3 7.00 Peter Gynt Thu 4 7.00 Fri 5 7.00 by Sat 6 7.00 Mon 8 7.00 after Tue 9 7.00 Wed 10 7.00 Fri 12 7.00 Sat 13 1.00 7.00 Mon 15 7.00 Tue 16 7.00 A UGUST Cast Peter Gynt has always set his heart on being Fri 16 7.00 Philip Cairns special, on being a unique individual, on being Sat 17 1.00 Tamsin Carroll 7.00 unlike anyone else. After crashing a wedding, he Anya Chalotra S EPTEMBER Jonathan Coy sets off on a lifetime journey which will take him Tue 10 7.00 Caroline Deyga to Florida, to Egypt, to a mountain of trolls, and Wed 11 7.00 Tia Dutt finally, only when death approaches, back to his Thu 12 7.00 Lauren Ellis-Steele home in Scotland. Fri 13 AD 7.00 Ezra Faroque Khan Sat 14 AD TT 1.00 7.00 Andrew Fraser In this radical new version, David Hare kidnaps Mon 16 CAP 7.00 Guy Henry Ibsen’s most famous hero and runs away with Tue 17 7.00 Wed 18 1.00 Dani Heron him into the 21st century. James McArdle takes Thu 19 7.00 Ryan Hunter the title role in this epic story of transformation, Fri 20 7.00 Isabelle Joss Sat 21 1.00 James McArdle following his acclaimed performances in 7.00 Rehanna MacDonald and Angels in America. He is reunited Mon 23 7.00 Lorne MacFadyen with David Hare and Jonathan Kent, the Tue 24 7.00 Marc MacKinnon Wed 25 7.00 partnership behind the triumphant Young Thu 26 CAP 1.00 Adam McNamara Chekhov at Chichester Festival Theatre and Fri 27 7.00 Martin Quinn Sat 28 1.00 Ann Louise Ross the National Theatre. 7.00 Nabil Shaban Mon 30 7.00 Sonnyboy Skelton ‘Revelatory’ OC TOBER Jatinder Singh Randhawa Hannah Visocchi Time Out on Young Chekhov Tue 1 1.00 Wed 2 CAP 7.00 Director Thu 3 7.00 Jonathan Kent ‘Translated with wit and freshness by David Fri 4 7.00 Hare and superbly staged by Jonathan Kent.’ Sat 5 1.00 Set and Costume 7.00 Designer Financial Times on Young Chekhov Mon 7 7.00 Richard Hudson Tue 8 7.00 Lighting Designer Playing at Mark Henderson Edinburgh Olivier Theatre Composer International Festival Paul Englishby 1 – 10 August Music Director Kevin Amos Talks and events Sound Designer productions Designing Peter Gynt Christopher Shutt at the NT: 1990, 2000 with Richard Hudson Movement Director and 2019 Thu 26 Sep, 6.30 – 8.30pm, Polly Bennett Tue 16 July, 5.30 – 6.30pm, Duffield Studio, £12/£7 Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Video Designer In Conversation: Dick Straker Exploring Peter Gynt Creating and Performing An ordinary man. Fight Director Mon 23 Sep, Peter Gynt Paul Benzing 10.30am – 4pm, Tue 1 Oct, 6.30 – 8.30pm, Cottesloe Room, Olivier, £12/£7 A remarkable journey. Illusions £55/£40/£15 (Captioned) Chris Fisher Photography (James McArdle) by Mads Perch Photography (James McArdle)

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OCTOBER JULY Tue 15 7.30 Mon 1 7.30 Wed 16 7.30 Tue 2 2.15 Thu 17 7.30 7.30 Fri 18 7.30 Wed 3 7.30 Sat 19 2.00 Thu 4 7.30 7.30 Wed 10 7.30 Mon 21 7.00 Thu 11 2.15 Tue 22 7.30 7.30 Wed 23 7.30 Fri 12 7.30 Thu 24 2.00 Sat 13 2.15 7.30 7.30 Fri 25 7.30 Mon 15 7.30 Sat 26 2.00 Tue 16 2.15 7.30 7.30 Mon 28 7.30 Wed 17 7.30 Thu 18 7.30 N OVEMBER Tue 23 7.30 Fri 29 7.30 Wed 24 2.15 Sat 30 2.00 7.30 7.30 Thu 25 7.30 Fri 26 7.30 DE CEMBER Sat 27 2.15 Mon 2 7.30 7.30 Tue 3 CAP 2.00 Mon 29 7.30 7.30 Tue 30 7.30 Mon 9 7.30 Wed 31 2.15 Tue 10 CAP 7.30 7.30 Wed 11 2.00 7.30 AUGUST Ciarán Hinds) by Catherine Ashmore ) by David Stewart

Thu 12 7.30 ( ( Thu 1 7.30 Fri 13 AD 7.30 Fri 2 7.30 Sat 14 AD TT 2.00 Sat 3 2.15 7.30 7.30

Mon 16 7.30 Photography Photography Tue 17 2.00 7.30 Wed 18 7.30 Translations Olivier Theatre Rutherford and Son Lyttelton Theatre by Brian Friel by Githa Sowerby

Talks and events Talks and events HHHHH HHHH ‘A flawless production. A Short History ‘Roger Allam is magnificent.’ Actor Roger Allam of Ireland Fri 28 June, 4 – 5pm, A culture-clash masterpiece.’ Guardian Mon 28 Oct, 6 – 7pm, Lyttelton, £7/£5 Guardian Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 In a Northern industrial town, John Rutherford rules Director Polly Findlay Following a sold-out run in 2018, Lost in Translation? both factory and family with an iron will. But even as Wed 3 July, 6 – 6.45pm, Ian Rickson’s exquisite production returns. Fri 29 Nov, 6 – 7pm, the furnaces burn relentlessly at the Glassworks, at Lyttelton, £7/£5 Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 home his children begin to turn against him. Ciarán Hinds reprises his critically acclaimed role of Translations and the patriarch and schoolmaster, Hugh, whose livelihood Irish Stage Roger Allam (Les Misérables, ) and culture are at risk. Tue 10 Dec, 2 – 5pm, plays Rutherford in this new production directed Cottesloe Room, Brian Friel’s modern classic sees the turbulent £35/£20/£7.50 by Polly Findlay (Beginning). relationship between and Ireland play out For more talks and events in one quiet community. see website Cast Barbara Marten Director Movement Director Roger Allam Nicola May-Taylor Polly Findlay Polly Bennett Cast includes Director Lighting Designer Sound Designer Chris Anderson Jules Melvin Set and Costume Sound Designer Dermot Crowley Ian Rickson Neil Austin Ian Dickinson Sue Appleby Justine Mitchell Designer Set and Costume Music Movement Joe Armstrong Sally Rogers Lizzie Clachan Ciarán Hinds Designer Stephen Warbeck Anna Morrissey Joe Evans Sam Troughton Music and Music Seamus O’Hara Rae Smith Nick Harris Anjana Vasan Lighting Designer Direction Judith Roddy Harry Hepple Charles Balfour Kerry Andrew and Rufus Wright Sarah Dacey

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A UGUST JULY Thu 22 7.30 Thu 25 7.00 Fri 23 7.30 Fri 26 7.00 Sat 24 7.30 Sat 27 2.00 Mon 26 7.30 Mon 29 7.00 Tue 27 7.30 Tue 30 2.00 Wed 28 7.30 7.00 Thu 29 7.30 Wed 31 7.00 Fri 30 7.30 A UGUST Sat 31 7.30 Thu 1 7.00 SEPTEMBER Fri 2 7.00 Mon 2 7.30 Sat 3 2.00 Tue 3 7.00 7.00 Wed 4 7.30 Tue 6 2.00 Wed 11 7.30 Wed 7 2.00 Thu 12 7.30 7.00 Fri 13 7.30 Thu 8 2.00 Sat 14 2.15 Fri 9 2.00 7.30 7.00 Sat 10 2.00 OCTOBER 7.00 Thu 3 7.30 Tue 13 2.00 Fri 4 7.30 Wed 14 7.00 Sat 5 2.15 Thu 15 2.00 7.30 7.00 Thu 10 7.30 Fri 16 2.00 Fri 11 AD 7.30 7.00 Sat 12 AD TT 2.15 Sat 17 ® 2.00 7.30 7.00 Mon 14 CAP 7.30 Tue 20 2.00 Tue 15 7.30 Wed 21 2.00 Mon 21 7.30 7.00 Tue 22 CAP 7.30 Thu 22 2.00

Wed 23 7.30 Photography ( and Lindsay Duncan) by Jay Brooks Illustration by David Tazzyman Fri 23 2.00 Thu 24 7.30 7.00 Wed 30 7.30 Sat 24 2.00 Thu 31 2.15 Lyttelton Theatre Dorfman Theatre 7.00 7.30 Tue 27 CAP 2.00 Hansard Mr Gum and Wed 28 2.00 NOV EMBER a new play by Simon Woods 7.00 Mon 4 7.30 the Dancing Bear – Thu 29 7.00 Tue 5 7.30 Fri 30 2.00 Wed 6 7.30 the Musical! AD 7.00 Thu 7 7.00 Sat 31 AD TT 2.00 Mon 11 7.30 book and lyrics by Andy Stanton 7.00 Tue 12 2.15 Talks and events 7.30 (Antony & Cleopatra) music by Jim Fortune Wed 13 CAP 7.30 directs Simon Woods’ witty and devastating Exploring Hansard Family activities Thu 14 7.30 Based on the hilariously anarchic, award-winning Thu 21 7.30 portrait of the governing class. Tue 15 Oct, Fri 22 7.30 10.30am – 4pm, children’s books, Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear – Take part in free activities Sat 23 2.15 Lindsay Duncan and Alex Jennings, both Cottesloe Room, the Musical! promises to be an all-singing, all-dancing, one hour before every 2pm 7.30 two-time Olivier Award winners, return to the £60/£40/£15 occasionally-burping extravaganza for children and performance (from 30 July) Mon 25 7.30 National Theatre to play Diana and Robin. adults alike. Author Andy Stanton creates the or book in for a family National Theatre Inside the Hansard workshop to create your Live broadcast Rehearsal Room book and lyrics, with music by Jim Fortune (Pericles). own songs and stories. on Thu 7 Nov Fri 8 Nov, 7.45 – 9pm, Rehearsal Room, £12/£7 Full of outlandish characters and joyful, utterly idiotic See website for details. songs, this production is not your average family fare. Actors Lindsay Duncan and Alex Jennings Suitable for 7yrs+ Wed 13 Nov, 3 – 4pm, Lyttelton, £9/£6 Tickets for families (captioned) Half-price tickets for under-18s – see p38

Cast Set and Costume Music Production supported by Cast includes Director Music Director Sound Designer Lindsay Duncan Designer Michael Bruce Marcia Grand in loving Richard Cant Amy Hodge Tarek Merchant Carolyn Downing Alex Jennings Hildegard Bechtler memory of Richard Grand, Steve Furst Set and Costume Lighting Designer Puppetry Sound Designer and by Leila Maw Straus Keziah Joseph Director Lighting Designer Christopher Shutt Designer Lee Curran Jimmy Grimes This play is a recipient of Helena Lymbery Georgia Lowe Simon Godwin Jackie Shemesh Movement Director an Edgerton Foundation Kate Malyon Choreographer Shelley Maxwell New Plays Award Gary Wilmot Fleur Darkin

20 21 Image (Ningali Lawford-Wolf) from the Australian production © Tom Huntley, The Advertiser Huntley, © Tom the Australian production from Image (Ningali Lawford-Wolf) Photography (Katherine Kingsley, Ashley McGuire, Nadia Williams, Amanda Lawrence) by Rosaline Shahnavaz Nadia Williams, Amanda Lawrence) Ashley McGuire, Photography (Katherine Kingsley, Image (Leah Harvey) by Franklyn Rodgers Photography by Jessica Dowse for Acuity Productions

A Sydney Theatre Company Production Top Girls The Secret River Small Island All Kinds of Limbo by by Kate Grenville adapted by Raffy Bushman & Nubiya Brandon adapted for the stage by Andrew Bovell based on the novel by Andrea Levy with NuShape Orchestra

Playing until 20 July 22 Aug – 7 Sep Playing until 10 Aug Playing from 13 June

HHHHH ‘A stunning and shattering piece of theatre.’ HHHHH Experience an intimate, immersive ‘A once-in-a-lifetime staging. Poignant Sunday Telegraph (Australia) ‘One of the most important plays of the performance using cutting-edge virtual and awesome. Caryl Churchill’s feminist year. Superb production. Outstanding reality and holographic technology. masterpiece is given the widescreen A deeply moving and unflinching journey performances. Andrea Levy’s epic makes production it’s always deserved.’ into Australia’s dark history. Adapted from Kate momentous theatre.’ Inspired by the influence of West Indian culture Grenville’s acclaimed novel, this multi-award- on UK music, singer Nubiya Brandon takes Evening Standard Guardian winning production from Sydney Theatre us on a new journey through classical, grime, Don't miss this landmark production of Company tells the story of two families divided Access to tickets for Small Island reggae and calypso. Caryl Churchill’s wildly innovative play about by culture and land. Running time approx. 20 minutes a country divided by its own ambitions. Friday Rush Churchill’s work includes Far Away, Tour is supported by Ian Narev & Frances Allan, Gretel Packer and Every Friday at 1pm a limited number of Open 12pm – 9.30pm. See website for and Escaped Alone. Lyndsey Turner (Light commissioning patrons Catriona Mordant AM & Simon Mordant £20 tickets for the following week’s AM and David Gonski AC & Orli Wargon OAM. performance times and to book. Shining in Buckinghamshire, Chimerica) directs. performances are released to buy online. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s All tickets £5 Major Festivals Initiative, managed by the Australia Council its arts Day Tickets funding and advisory body, in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals Inc., Sydney Festival, Perth A limited number of £15 tickets are available International Arts Festival and The Centenary of Canberra. in person on the day of the performance NT Live Broadcast to cinemas from Thu 27 June. Find your nearest venue: ntlive.com All Kinds of Limbo has been developed with the NT’s Partner for Innovation, Accenture.

22 23 Photography (Sarah Gordy) by Samuel Taylor. Design & Art Direction by Studio Doug. Design & Art Direction by Samuel Taylor. Photography (Sarah Gordy) Mae Martin, Hay Festival 2019 Image by Michael Cranston Photography by James Bellorini A Cartwright Productions Ltd. production A co-production with Fane Productions Public Acts: Jellyfish Authors on Stage A Queen's Theatre Hornchurch production, River Stage in partnership with the National Theatre by Ben Weatherill A musical adaptation of ’s

5 – 16 July 12 Aug – 10 Sep As You Like It Festival weekends | 5 July – 4 Aug adapted by Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery music and lyrics by Shaina Taub HHHH In a series of unique events across Our five-week summer party on the ‘Heartening, important, thoughtful August and September, the Lyttelton stage Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch South Bank is back. and unsettling.’ hosts a diverse range of contemporary 24 – 27 Aug voices in conversation. Each weekend, our River Stage partners Evening Standard take over the stage and offer a full line-up of Following a sold-out run at the In dialogue with our world today and Following Pericles in summer 2018, the next events for all ages, from family workshops last year, Sarah Gordy returns to play Kelly for highlighting a number of major new Public Acts production, a musical adaptation and theatre, to club nights and DJs. And it’s a limited run of this funny and tender new play. publications, authors include Adam Kay of As You Like It, heads to Hornchurch. all free! and Rob Delaney, Mae Martin and Deborah Jellyfish is the story of a first kiss, chips by Frances-White, Nigella Lawson and Yotam Forced from their homes, Orlando, Duke 5 – 7 July: The Glory Senior, his daughter Rosalind and niece Celia, the beach and coming of age with Down’s Ottolenghi, Edna O’Brien, Elif Shafak, Matt 12 – 14 July: Shubbak Festival escape to the Forest of Arden, a fantastical Syndrome in a seaside town. It’s a unique Haig, Stacey Dooley, Candice Carty-Williams place where all are welcomed and embraced. 19 – 21 July: National Park City Festival romance across uncharted waters which asks: and Fatima Bhutto, culminating in the already does everyone really have the right to love as Lost amidst the trees, they find community 26 – 28 July: Frantic Assembly announced evening with Margaret Atwood on and acceptance under the stars… they choose? the launch of The Testaments. More guests 2 – 4 August: National Theatre

to be announced. Public Acts is inspired by Public Works, the Public For more info visit: All performances of Jellyfish will play in a more relaxed Theater’s ground-breaking programme in New York. performance environment. For more information, visit See the website for schedule and prices. Supported by Arts Council England’s Strategic Touring nationaltheatre.org.uk/riverstage the website. Fund, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Hertz, Mr & Mrs A Mosawi, Simon & Sue Ruddick and Garfield Weston Foundation. As You Like It is presented by arrangement with The Musical Company, LP.

24 25 New York photography courtesy National Archives and Records Administration. Tightrope walker photography by Sorted Administration. Tightrope and Records photography courtesy National Archives New York Photography by Dean Chalkley

A co-production with Neal Street Productions A co-production with Fuel and Playhouse, in association with the Roundhouse Barber Shop Chronicles by Stefano Massini a new play by Inua Ellams adapted by Ben Power West End London Roundhouse Playing until 31 Aug 18 July – 24 Aug

HHHHH directs , HHHHH Newsroom, political platform, local hot spot, ‘What an astonishing evening! and * who play the ‘Joyous. Brilliantly acted. confession box, preacher-pulpit and football An engrossing play and an acting Lehman brothers, their sons and grandsons. Life-affirming. Go.’ stadium. For generations, African men have masterclass.’ Independent gathered in barber shops to discuss the On a cold September morning in 1844, Guardian world. These are places where the banter a young man from Bavaria stands on a New HHHHH can be barbed and the truth is always telling. HHHHH York dockside. Dreaming of a new life in the ‘This is a modern classic.’ new world, he is joined by his two brothers, ‘Rich and exhilarating. A fascinating A heartwarming, hilarious and insightful peek into the barber shop.’ Daily Telegraph and an American epic begins. new play that leaps from a barber shop in The Stage Peckham to Johannesburg, Harare, Following a sold-out run at the National National Theatre Live Kampala, Lagos, and Accra over the course Broadcast live to cinemas on Thu 25 July. Following two sell-out runs at the National Theatre, the NT and Neal Street Productions’ Theatre and a world tour, Inua Ellams’ of a single day. critically acclaimed The Lehman Trilogy Find your nearest venue: ntlive.com acclaimed Barber Shop Chronicles returns is now playing in the West End. Also on tour across the UK. Media Sponsors to London this summer for a strictly limited See website for details. The story of a family and a company that season at the Roundhouse, London’s most Preferred changed the world – told in three parts on iconic in-the-round performance space, Card a single evening. as part of an ongoing UK tour. Partner

*Performing until 3 August. From 5 August, Dominik Tiefenthaler will play the role Co-commissioned by Fuel and the National Theatre. Development funded by Arts Council England with the support of Fuel, of Emanuel Lehman alongside Simon Russell Beale and Adam Godley National Theatre Studio, Leeds Playhouse, The Binks Trust, British Council ZA, Òran Mór and A Play, a Pie and a Pint.

26 27 A co-production with Old Vic War Horse Peter Pan based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford by J.M. Barrie presented in association with the award-winning Handspring Puppet Company devised by the Companies

London Troubadour Wembley London Troubadour White City Theatre 18 Oct – 23 Nov From 20 July

HHHHH Based on the beloved novel by HHHHH When leader of the Lost Boys, Peter Pan, ‘World class in every way.’ Michael Morpurgo, this powerfully ‘Spellbindingly imaginative. loses his shadow during a visit to London, The Times moving and imaginative drama, filled with An edgy and dazzling production headstrong Wendy helps him reattach it. stirring music and songs, is a show of that lights up the theatre.’ In return she is invited to Neverland – where HHHHH phenomenal inventiveness. At its heart are Radio Times Tinker Bell the fairy, Tiger Lily and the vengeful ‘A remarkable achievement. astonishing life-sized horses by South Africa’s Captain Hook await. An astonishing piece of theatre.’ Handspring Puppet Company, who bring HHHH Bursting with magic, mischief, music and Time Out breathing, galloping, charging horses to ‘Superb. Inventive.’ make-believe, Sally Cookson’s wondrously thrilling life on stage. Daily Telegraph War Horse returns to London this autumn for inventive Peter Pan is a funny and moving a limited season at Troubadour Wembley Park Suitable for 10yrs+ All children grow up. Except one. version of a much-loved story for audiences of all ages. Theatre, an exciting new venue located just Get set for an awfully big adventure as steps away from Wembley Stadium. the National Theatre’s ‘unforgettable and Suitable for 7yrs+ delightful’ (Guardian) re-telling of JM Barrie’s classic tale takes flight at Troubadour White City Theatre, a brand new venue only minutes Preferred Preferred Card away from Westfield London. Card Partner Partner

28 29 On Tour and in New York National Theatre Live Photography by Seamus Ryan Communications Dream company by Muse Creative Photograph of A Midsummer Night’s

For ten years, National Theatre Live has brought the best of British theatre to Sponsor of NT Live in the UK A Taste of Honey War Horse cinema screens all over the UK and beyond. Since our first broadcast in 2009, by Shelagh Delaney based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo we’ve released more than 75 titles and been seen by more than 9,000,000 adapted by Nick Stafford, in association with the people around the world. Find your nearest venue: ntlive.com HHHH award-winning Handspring Puppet Company ‘A tough, tenacious play with an emotional bite.’ HHHHH ‘World class in every way.’ The Lehman Trilogy A Midsummer Guardian by Stefano Massini The Times Night’s Dream One of the great taboo-breaking plays of the adapted by Ben Power This powerfully moving and imaginative a co-production with Neal Street Productions by William Shakespeare 1950s, offering an explosive of a production the vulnerabilities and strengths of the female drama, filled with stirring music and songs Sam Mendes directs Simon Russell Beale, spirit in a deprived and restless world. is a show of phenomenal inventiveness. Adam Godley and Ben Miles who play the directs Gwendoline Christie, Oliver Chris, David Moorst and On a UK, Ireland and international tour Lehman brothers, their sons and grandsons. On a UK tour from Sep Hammed Animashaun as Titania, Oberon, Broadcast live 25 July* Puck and Bottom. A co-production with Fuel & Leeds Playhouse Hadestown In cinemas 17 October* Barber Shop Chronicles music, lyrics and book by Anaïs Mitchell One Man, Two Guvnors developed with Rachel Chavkin a new play by Inua Ellams by Richard Bean, based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, Hansard HHHH HHHHH with songs by Grant Olding a new play by Simon Woods ‘A haunting musical feast.’ ‘Joyous. Brilliantly acted. Life affirming. Go.’ Evening Standard ’s hilarious Tony Award- Simon Godwin directs Olivier Award- Independent A multi Tony Award-nominated new musical. winning performance as Francis Hensall winners, Lindsay Duncan and Alex Jennings A heart-warming, hilarious and insightful new returns to cinemas only in celebration of our in this witty and devastating portrait of the play that leaps between barber shops around Now playing in New York 10th birthday. governing class. the world. In cinemas 26 September* In cinemas 7 November* On a UK tour until Nov Just announced: from

National Theatre UK Touring is supported by The Thompson Family Charitable Trust and Jacqueline & Richard Worswick. Theatre with on Assisted performances at some tour venues. Visit venue websites for more information. *Repeat encore screenings available in selected cinemas 28 November

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32 33 AD Audio-Described P Preview Performance KEY Aug Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman July 19 – Jan 20 CAP Captioned PRESS Press Night TT Touch Tour Relaxed Performance Tue 27 The Secret River OPENING NIGHT 7.00 Hansard P 7.30 Mr Gum CAP 2.00 Wed 28 The Secret River 7.00 Hansard P 7.30 Mr Gum 2.00+7.00 Thu 29 The Secret River 1.00+7.00 Hansard PRE-PRESS 7.30 Mr Gum 7.00 Fri 30 The Secret River 7.00 Hansard PRE-PRESS 7.30 Mr Gum 2.00+ AD 7.00 Jul Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Sat 31 The Secret River 1.00+7.00 Hansard PRE-PRESS 7.30 Mr Gum LAST AD TT 2.00+7.00 Mon 1 Peter Gynt P 7.00 Rutherford and Son 7.30 New Views 4.30+7.30 Sep Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Tue 2 Peter Gynt P 7.00 Rutherford and Son 2.15+7.30 New Views 1.00 Wed 3 TALK: Polly Findlay 6.00 Sun 1 Peter Gynt P 7.00 Rutherford and Son 7.30 Mon 2 The Secret River CAP 7.00 Hansard PRE-PRESS 7.30 Thu 4 Peter Gynt P 7.00 Rutherford and Son 7.30 Tue 3 The Secret River 7.00 Hansard PRESS 7.00 Fri 5 Peter Gynt P 7.00 Top Girls 7.30 JellyfishP1 7.30 Wed 4 The Secret River CAP 1.00+7.00 Hansard 7.30 Sat 6 Peter Gynt P 7.00 Top Girls 2.15+7.30 Jellyfish P2 7.30 Thu 5 The Secret River 7.00 Edna O'Brien 7.30 Sun 7 Fri 6 The Secret River AD 7.00 Mon 8 Peter Gynt P 7.00 Top Girls CAP 7.30 Jellyfish P 7.30 Sat 7 Stacey Dooley & Fiona Campbell 1.00 Tue 9 Peter Gynt PRESS 7.00 Top Girls 2.15+7.30 JellyfishPRE-PRESS 7.30 Candice Carty-Williams 4.00 Wed 10 Peter Gynt 7.00 Rutherford and Son 7.30 JellyfishPRESS 7.00 The Secret River LAST AD TT 1.00+7.00 Matt Haig 8.00 Thu 11 Rutherford and Son 2.15+7.30 Jellyfish 2.30+7.30 Sun 8 Fri 12 Peter Gynt 7.00 Rutherford and Son 7.30 Jellyfish AD 7.30 Mon 9 Fatima Bhutto & Gary Younge 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity P1 7.30 Sat 13 Peter Gynt 1.00+7.00 Rutherford and Son 2.15+7.30 Jellyfish AD TT 2.30+7.30 Tue 10 Peter Gynt 7.00 Margaret Atwood 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity P2 7.30 Sun 14 Wed 11 Peter Gynt 7.00 Hansard 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity P 7.30 Mon 15 Peter Gynt 7.00 Rutherford and Son 7.30 Jellyfish CAP 7.30 Thu 12 TALK: Godwin and Woods 6.00 Tue 16 Peter Gynt 7.00 Rutherford and Son 2.15+7.30 JellyfishLAST CAP 2.30+7.30 Peter Gynt 7.00 Hansard 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity P 7.30 Wed 17 Rutherford and Son 7.30 Fri 13 Peter Gynt AD 7.00 Hansard 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity P 7.30 Thu 18 Small Island 7.30 Rutherford and Son 7.30 Sat 14 Peter Gynt AD TT 1.00+7.00 Hansard 2.15+7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity P 7.30 Fri 19 Small Island AD 7.30 Top Girls 7.30 Sun 15 Ian McKellen On Stage 6.00 Sat 20 Small Island AD TT 2.00+7.30 Top Girls LAST 2.15+7.30 Mon16 Peter Gynt CAP 7.00 Faith, Hope & Charity P 7.30 Sun 21 Tue 17 Peter Gynt 7.00 Faith, Hope & Charity PRESS 7.00 Mon 22 Small Island 7.30 Wed 18 Peter Gynt 1.00 Tue 23 Small Island 7.30 Rutherford and Son 7.30 TALK: NT Live: Behind the Cameras 7.00 Faith, Hope & Charity 7.30 Wed 24 Small Island 2.00+7.30 Rutherford and Son 2.15+7.30 Thu 19 Peter Gynt 7.00 Faith, Hope & Charity 2.30+7.30 Thu 25 Small Island 7.30 Rutherford and Son 7.30 Mr Gum P1 7.00 Fri 20 Peter Gynt 7.00 Faith, Hope & Charity 7.30 Fri 26 Small Island 7.30 Rutherford and Son 7.30 Mr Gum P2 7.00 Sat 21 Peter Gynt 1.00+7.00 Master Harold P1 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity 2.30+7.30 Sat 27 Small Island CAP 2.00+7.30 Rutherford and Son 2.15+7.30 Mr Gum P 2.00 Sun 22 Sun 28 Mon 23 Peter Gynt 7.00 Master Harold P2 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity 7.30 Mon 29 Small Island 7.30 Rutherford and Son 7.30 Mr Gum P 7.00 Tue 24 TALK: Alexander Zeldin 6.00 Tue 30 Small Island 7.30 Rutherford and Son 7.30 Mr Gum P 2.00+7.00 Peter Gynt 7.00 Master Harold P 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity 7.30 Wed 31 Small Island 2.00+7.30 Rutherford and Son 2.15+7.30 Mr Gum PRESS 7.00 Wed 25 Peter Gynt 7.00 Master Harold P 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity 2.30+7.30 Thu 26 Peter Gynt CAP 1.00 Master Harold P 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity 7.30 Aug Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Fri 27 Peter Gynt 7.00 Master Harold P 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity 7.30 Sat 28 Peter Gynt 1.00+7.00 Master Harold PRE-PRESS 2.15+7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity CAP 2.30+7.30 Thu 1 Small Island 7.30 Rutherford and Son 7.30 Mr Gum 7.00 Sun 29 Fri 2 Small Island 7.30 Rutherford and Son 7.30 Mr Gum 7.00 Mon 30 Peter Gynt 7.00 Master Harold PRE-PRESS 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity 7.30 Sat 3 Small Island 2.00+7.30 Rutherford and Son LAST 2.15+7.30 Mr Gum 2.00+7.00 Sun 4 Oct Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Mon 5 Small Island 7.30 Tue 6 Small Island 7.30 Mr Gum 2.00 Tue 1 Peter Gynt 1.00 Wed 7 Small Island 7.30 Mr Gum 2.00+7.00 TALK: James McArdle CAP 6.30 Thu 8 Small Island 2.00+7.30 Mr Gum 2.00 TALK: Hare and Kent CAP 7.40 Master Harold PRESS 7.00 Faith, Hope & Charity 7.30 Fri 9 Small Island 7.30 Mr Gum 2.00+7.00 Wed 2 Peter Gynt CAP 7.00 Master Harold 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity 2.30+7.30 Sat 10 Small Island LAST 2.00+7.30 Mr Gum 2.00+7.00 Thu 3 Peter Gynt 7.00 Hansard 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity 7.30 Sun 11 Fri 4 TALK: 6.00 Mon 12 Elif Shafak 7.30 Peter Gynt 7.00 Hansard 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity AD 7.30 Tue 13 Adam Kay & Rob Delaney 7.30 Mr Gum 2.00 Sat 5 Peter Gynt 1.00+7.00 Hansard 2.15+7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity AD TT 2.30+7.30 Wed 14 Mae Martin & Deborah Frances-White7.30 Mr Gum 7.00 Sun 6 Thu 15 Nigella Lawson & Yotam Ottolenghi 7.30 Mr Gum 2.00+7.00 Mon 7 Peter Gynt 7.00 Master Harold 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity CAP 7.30 Fri 16 Peter Gynt 7.00 Mr Gum 2.00+7.00 Tue 8 Peter Gynt LAST 7.00 Master Harold 2.15+7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity CAP 2.30+7.30 Sat 17 Peter Gynt 1.00+7.00 Mr Gum ® 2.00+7.00 Wed 9 TALK: Harry Potter Illustrations 6.00 Sun 18 Master Harold 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity 7.30 Mon 19 Thu 10 Hansard 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity 7.30 Tue 20 Mr Gum 2.00 Fri 11 Hansard AD 7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity 7.30 Wed 21 Mr Gum 2.00+7.00 Sat 12 Hansard AD TT 2.15+7.30 Faith, Hope & Charity LAST 2.30+7.30 Thu 22 The Secret River 7.00 Hansard P1 7.30 Mr Gum 2.00 Sun 13 Fri 23 The Secret River 7.00 Hansard P2 7.30 Mr Gum 2.00+7.00 Mon 14 Hansard CAP 7.30 Sat 24 The Secret River 1.00+7.00 Hansard P 7.30 Mr Gum 2.00+7.00 Tue 15 Translations P1 7.30 Hansard 7.30 Sun 25 Wed 16 Translations P2 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 Mon 26 The Secret River 7.00 Hansard P 7.30 Thu 17 Translations P 7.30 Master Harold 2.15+7.30

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Fri 18 Translations P 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 Sun 8 Sat 19 Translations PRE-PRESS 2.00+7.30 Master Harold 2.15+7.30 Mon 9 Translations 7.30 Three Sisters P 7.30 The Ocean P 7.30 Sun 20 Tue 10 Translations CAP 7.30 Three Sisters PRESS 7.00 The Ocean P 7.30 Mon 21 Translations PRESS 7.00 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes P1 7.30 Wed 11 Translations 2.00+7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean PRESS 7.00 Tue 22 TALK: Peter Brook CAP 6.00 Thu 12 TALK: Christmas Quiz 5.30 Translations 7.30 Hansard CAP 7.30 The Antipodes P2 7.30 Translations 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Wed 23 Translations 7.30 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes P 7.30 Fri 13 TALK: Private Eye 5.30 Thu 24 Translations 2.00+7.30 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes P 7.30 Translations AD 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Fri 25 Translations 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 The Antipodes P 7.30 Sat 14 Translations AD TT 2.00+7.30 Master Harold 2.15+7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Sat 26 Translations 2.00+7.30 Master Harold 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes P 2.30+7.30 Sun 15 Sun 27 Mon 16 Translations 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Mon 28 TALK: Roy Alexander Weise 6.00 Tue 17 Translations 2.00+7.30 Master Harold LAST 2.15+7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Translations 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 The Antipodes P 7.30 Wed 18 Translations LAST 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Tue 29 Master Harold CAP 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes PRE-PRESS 7.30 Thu 19 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Wed 30 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes PRESS 7.00 Fri 20 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Thu 31 Hansard 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes 2.30+7.30 Sat 21 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 CAP 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 CAP 7.30 Three Sisters 2.15+7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Nov Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Sun 22 Mon 23 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Fri 1 Master Harold AD 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Sat 2 Master Harold AD TT 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes 2.30+7.30 Tue 24 BUILDING CLOSED Sun 3 Wed 25 BUILDING CLOSED Mon 4 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Thu 26 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Tue 5 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Fri 27 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Wed 6 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes 2.30+7.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Thu 7 Hansard NT LIVE 7.00 The Antipodes 7.30 Sat 28 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 CAP 2.00 Fri 8 Master Harold 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 CAP 7.30 Three Sisters 2.15+7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Sat 9 Master Harold CAP 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes 2.30+7.30 Sun 29 Sun 10 Mon 30 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Mon 11 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes CAP 7.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Tue 12 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P1 7.30 Hansard 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Tue 31 Three Sisters 2.15 The Ocean 2.00 Wed 13 TALK: Duncan & Jennings CAP 3.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P2 7.30 Hansard CAP 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Jan Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Thu 14 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 P1 7.30 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes 2.30+7.30 Fri 15 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Wed 1 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Sat 16 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P 2.00 Master Harold CAP 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes 2.30+7.30 Thu 2 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 P2 7.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean CAP 2.00+7.30 Sun 17 Fri 3 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Mon 18 TALK: Animashaun & Msamati CAP 3.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters CAP 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Sat 4 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 AD TT 2.00 Tue 19 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P 7.30 Master Harold 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes CAP 2.30+7.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 AD 7.30 Three Sisters 2.15+7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Wed 20 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P 2.00 Sun 5 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 P 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Mon 6 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 CAP 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Thu 21 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P 7.30 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes 7.30 Tue 7 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Fri 22 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 P 7.30 Hansard 7.30 The Antipodes AD 7.30 Wed 8 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Sat 23 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 P 7.30 Hansard 2.15+7.30 The Antipodes LAST AD TT 2.30+7.30 Thu 9 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Sun 24 Fri 10 TALK: Cusack & McCormack 3.00 Mon 25 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 P 7.30 Hansard LAST 7.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Ocean AD 7.30 Tue 26 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 PRESS 1.30 Sat 11 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 PRESS 7.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Ocean AD TT 2.00+7.30 Wed 27 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Sun 12 Thu 28 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 Mon 13 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 The Ocean CAP 7.30 Fri 29 Translations 7.30 Tue 14 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 AD 2.00 Sat 30 Translations 2.00+7.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Wed 15 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 CAP 7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Dec Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Thu 16 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Fri 17 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Sun 1 Sat 18 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Mon 2 Translations 7.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Ocean ® 2.00+7.30 Tue 3 Translations CAP 2.00+7.30 Three Sisters P1 7.30 The Ocean P1 7.30 Sun 19 Wed 4 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 Three Sisters P2 7.30 Mon 20 The Ocean 7.30 Thu 5 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Tue 21 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters P 7.30 The Ocean P2 7.30 Wed 22 The Ocean CAP 7.30 Fri 6 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters P 7.30 The Ocean P 7.30 Thu 23 The Ocean 7.30 Sat 7 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Fri 24 TALK: Horwood and Rudd 6.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters P 7.30 The Ocean P 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Sat 25 The Ocean LAST 2.00+7.30 36 37 Ticket prices Information Book early for the best seats No booking fee online or in person Opening times Ticket exchange Prices may change according to demand. £3 fee per transaction for phone bookings. 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Jellyfish *£50, £40, £30, £25, £15 *£55, £45, £35, £30, £18 *£47, £37 – £15 Faith, Hope and Charity *£56, £41, £35, £26, £15 *£61, £46, £37, £26, £20 *£50, £35 – £15 American Express Programme credits The Antipodes *£66, £51, £40, £29, £15 *£71, £56, £45, £30, £20 *£53, £38 – £15 Cardmembers have exciting ticket benefits Cover photography by Graham Pearson. The Ocean *£60, £40, £34, £25, £15 *£65, £45, £36, £25, £20 *£54, £34 – £15 for National Theatre shows. For details visit nationaltheatre.org.uk/amex With thanks to the National Theatre Live team. All performances Previews Registered Charity No. 224223 Mr Gum *£45, £35, £30, £20, £15 *£40, £30 – £15 *Some of the best seats in the house are premium priced. They help to ensure we can continue to offer low price seats Preferred for all our productions; the National Theatre is a charity and only 17% government-funded. This year nearly 30% of our tickets Card are available for £20 or less. Partner

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38 39 This cover was created with the National Theatre Live Team. National Theatre Live have broadcast plays and musicals from more than 20 stages across the UK which have been watched by more than 9 million people in cinemas around the world. They work closely with theatre directors and screen directors to bring stage productions to cinema screens, making sure it’s the next best thing to being in the theatre. Now in their 10th year, National Theatre Live have released over 75 titles since their first live broadcast of Phedre in 2009, including 020 7452 3000 featuring and the adaptation of Andrea Levy’s novel Small Island. nationaltheatre.org.uk