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FEBR UARY Sat 9 7.30 Mon 11 7.30 Tue 12 7.30 Tartuffe Wed 13 7.30 Thu 14 7.30 b y Molière Fri 15 7.30 Sat 16 7.30 in a new version by John Donnelly Mon 18 7.30 Tue 19 7.30 Wed 20 7.30 Thu 21 7.00 Fri 22 7.30 Sat 23 2.15 7.30 Mon 25 7.30 Tue 26 7.30 Cast to be A ferocious new version of Molière’s Wed 27 2.15 announced comic masterpiece. 7.30 Director Thu 28 7.30 Blanche McIntyre Orgon is the man who has everything. Money, MARCH Set and Costume power, a beautiful home and family. But lately Fri 1 7.30 Designer he’s been questioning the point of it all. When Sat 2 2.15 Robert Jones 7.30 he invites the irresistible Tartuffe into his Mon 4 7.30 Lighting Designer seemingly perfect household, the stranger Tue 5 7.30 Oliver Fenwick Wed 6 2.15 unleashes a whirlwind of deception and 7.30 Music and Sound seduction that threatens everything. Thu 7 7.30 Ben and Max Ringham Fri 8 7.30 With Orgon under Tartuffe’s spell, can his family Sat 9 2.15 7.30 outwit this charismatic trickster? Are Tartuffe’s Mon 11 7.30 wild claims truth or fiction? This mysterious Tue 12 CAP 7.30 Wed 13 7.30 stranger may not be quite the villain he appears. Thu 14 2.15 7.30 A scalpel-sharp comedy looking at the lengths Fri 15 AD 7.30 we go to find meaning – and what happens if Sat 16 AD TT 2.15 7.30 we find chaos instead.Blanche McIntyre Mon 18 7.30 (The Writer) directs John Donnelly’s ( The Pass) APR IL new version. Tue 9 7.30 Wed 10 2.15 Hundreds of £15 tickets 7.30 for every performance Thu 11 7.30 Tue 23 7.30 Wed 24 2.15 CAP 7.30 Thu 25 7.30 Fri 26 7.30 Sat 27 CAP 2.15 7.30 Mon 29 7.30 Lyttelton Theatre Tue 30 7.30

Talks and events Writer John Donnelly and The Greatest Literary Director Blanche McIntyre Anti-Heroes Thu 28 Feb, 6 – 6.45pm, Wed 13 Mar, 6 - 6.45pm, Lyttelton, £7/£5 Lyttelton, £7/£5

A Short History Exploring of Molière’s Plays Tartuffe at the NT A whirlwind comedy of Mon 4 Mar, 6 – 7pm, Thu 25 Apr, Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 10.30am – 4.30pm, deception and seduction Cottesloe Room, £55/£40/£15 Photography by Pal Hansen

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be announced performances to Additional Mon 22 7.30 Sat 20 7.30 Thu 18 Wed 17 Tue 16 Mon 15 7.30 Sat 13 Fri 12 Mon 8 7.30 Sat 6 Fri 5 Thu 4 Wed 3 Tue 2 M APRI Sat 30 Fri 29 Thu 28 Wed 27 T MARCH ue 26 on 1 L 7.30 2.15 2.15 7.30 7.30 7.30 2.15 7.30 7.30 2.15 7.30 7.30 7.00 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30 7 A co-production with Steppenwolf Theatre MARCH Tue 12 7.30 Wed 13 7.30 Thu 14 7.30 Downstate Fri 15 7.30 Sat 16 7.30 a new play by Bruce Norris Mon 18 7.30 Tue 19 7.30 Wed 20 7.00 Thu 21 2.30 7.30 Fri 22 7.30 Sat 23 2.30 7.30 Mon 25 7.30 Tue 26 7.30 Wed 27 7.30 Cast In downstate Illinois, four men convicted of Thu 28 2.30 Glenn Davis sex crimes against minors share a group home 7.30 Francis Guinan Fri 29 7.30 Tim Hopper where they live out their lives in the shadow of Sat 30 2.30 Aimee Lou Wood the offences they committed. A man shows up 7.30 Cecilia Noble to confront his childhood abuser – but does he APRIL K. Todd Freeman want closure or retribution? Mon 1 7.30 Eddie Torres Tue 2 7.30 Matilda Ziegler This provocative new play zeroes in on the limits Wed 3 2.30 Director 7.30 of our compassion and what happens when Thu 4 7.30 Pam MacKinnon society deems anyone beyond forgiveness. Fri 5 7.30 Set Designer Sat 6 2.30 Bruce Norris is the Pulitzer Prize-winning 7.30 Mon 8 7.30 Costume Designer writer of and The Low Road. Tue 9 CAP 7.30 Clint Ramos Directed by Pam MacKinnon, Downstate Wed 10 7.30 Thu 11 2.30 Lighting Designer comes to the National Theatre direct from its 7.30 Adam Silverman world premiere at Steppenwolf in . Fri 12 AD 7.30 Sound Designer Sat 13 AD TT 2.30 Carolyn Downing 7.30 Mon 15 7.30 Tue 16 CAP 7.30 Wed 17 2.30 7.30 Thu 18 7.30 Sat 20 2.30 7.30 Mon 22 7.30 Tue 23 7.30 Wed 24 2.30 7.30 Thu 25 7.30 Fri 26 7.30 Sat 27 2.30 7.30 Dorfman Theatre

Talks and events Director Pam MacKinnon Forgiving the Unforgivable and Writer Bruce Norris Wed 24 Apr, 6 – 7pm, Fri 15 Mar, 6 – 6.45pm, Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 HHHH Questioning Justice with Helena Kennedy ‘Blazingly acted, intellectually rigorous. Wed 27 Mar, 6 – 6.45pm, Dorfman, £7/£5 A must-see play.’ Chicago Tribune

9 JANUARY Wed 16 8.00 Thu 17 8.00 Fri 18 8.00 When We Have Sat 19 8.00 Mon 21 8.00 Tue 22 8.00 Wed 23 7.00 Sufficiently Tortured Thu 24 8.00 Fri 25 8.00 Sat 26 2.30 8.00 Each Other Mon 28 8.00 Tue 29 8.00 Twelve Variations on Samuel Richardson’s Pamela Wed 30 8.00 Thu 31 2.30 a new play by 8.00 FEBRUARY Fri 1 8.00 Sat 2 2.30 8.00 Mon 4 8.00 Cast This new play breaks through the surface of Wed 6 8.00 contemporary debate to explore the messy, Thu 7 2.30 Babirye Bukilwa 8.00 often violent nature of desire and the fluid, Fri 8 8.00 Jessica Gunning complicated roles that men and women play. Sat 9 2.30 Emma Hindle 8.00 Craig Miller Using Samuel Richardson’s novel, Pamela, Mon 11 8.00 Tue 12 8.00 Director as a provocation, six characters act out Wed 13 8.00 a dangerous game of sexual domination Thu 14 2.30 and resistance. 8.00 Set Designer Fri 15 CAP 8.00 Vicki Mortimer Sat 16 2.30 The production reunites Martin Crimp Costume Designer 8.00 (Attempts on her Life, In the Republic of Mon 18 8.00 Sussie Juhlin-Wallén Tue 19 2.30 Lighting Designer Happiness) and director Katie Mitchell (Waves, 8.00 James Farncombe Cleansed). Cate Blanchett makes her National Wed 20 8.00 Theatre debut alongside Stephen Dillane, Thu 21 8.00 Movement Director Fri 22 AD 8.00 Joseph Alford who returns to the National Theatre for the Sat 23 AD TT 2.30 Sound Designer first time since in 2002. 8.00 Mon 25 8.00 Melanie Wilson Tue 26 8.00 Ticketing information Wed 27 2.30 Due to limited ticket numbers and anticipated 8.00 high demand, a ballot will operate across all Thu 28 8.00 performances. See nationaltheatre.org.uk/ballot MARCH for further details. Fri 1 8.00 Sat 2 CAP 2.30 8.00

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Talks and events Writer Martin Crimp and Katie Mitchell’s Director Katie Mitchell Work at the NT Wed 30 Jan, 6.30 – 7.15pm, Thu 14 Feb, 2 – 5pm, Dorfman, £7/£5 Cottesloe Room, £30/£20/£7.50 Sound Design with ‘Go on then: lock the doors and see Melanie Wilson Exploring Martin Thu 31 Jan, 6.30 – 7.30pm, Crimp’s Plays what happens. Show me how much Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Fri 15 Feb, 2 – 5pm, Cottesloe Room, power you really have.’ £30/£20/£7.50

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N OVEMBER Fri 2 7.30 Sat 3 7.30 Mon 5 7.30 Hadestown Tue 6 7.30 Wed 7 7.30 music, lyrics and book by Anaïs Mitchell Thu 8 7.30 Fri 9 7.30 developed with Sat 10 7.30 Mon 12 7.30 Tue 13 7.00 Wed 14 7.30 Thu 15 7.30 Fri 16 7.30 Sat 17 2.00 7.30 Mon 19 7.30 Cast Following record-breaking runs at New York Tue 20 2.00 Sharif Afifi Theatre Workshop and Canada’s Citadel Theatre, 7.30 Mon 26 7.30 André De Shields Hadestown comes to the National Theatre prior Tue 27 2.00 Rosie Fletcher to Broadway. 7.30 Wed 28 7.30 Thu 29 7.30 Adam Gillian In the warmth of summertime, songwriter Beth Hinton-Lever and his muse are living it up DECEMBER Carly Mercedes Dyer and falling in love. But as winter approaches, Wed 12 7.30 Thu 13 2.00 Seyi Omooba reality sets in: these young dreamers can’t CAP 7.30 Gloria Onitiri survive on songs alone. Tempted by the promise Fri 14 7.30 Sat 15 2.00 of plenty, Eurydice is lured to the depths of 7.30 Aiesha Pease industrial Hadestown. On a quest to save her, Fri 21 7.30 Joseph Prouse Sat 22 2.00 Josie Richardson Orpheus journeys to the underworld where their 7.30 Jordan Shaw trust is put to a final test. Wed 26 7.30 Shaq Taylor Thu 27 CAP 2.00 Celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell 7.30 Director Rachel Chavkin and director Rachel Chavkin have transformed JA NUARY Set Designer Mitchell’s acclaimed concept album into a Fri 4 7.30 Sat 5 AD TT 2.00 genre-defying new musical that mixes modern 7.30 Costume Designer American folk music with vintage New Orleans Mon 7 AD 7.30 Michael Krass jazz to reimagine a sweeping ancient tale. Tue 8 2.00 7.30 Lighting Designer ‘Inventive. Beguiling. Luminous. Spellbinding.’ Tue 22 7.30 Bradley King Wed 23 CAP 7.30 New York Times Thu 24 2.00 Sound Designer 7.30 Nevin Steinberg Fri 25 7.30 Sound Co-Designer Sat 26 2.00 Jessica Paz 7.30 Choreographer Produced in association with David Neumann Mara Isaacs, Dale Franzen, Music Director and Hunter Arnold and Vocal Arrangements Olivier Theatre Co-conceived by Ben t Matchstick Liam Robinson Arrangements and Orchestrations Talks and events and Actors Reeve Carney The Heroine’s Descent

Dramaturg and Eva Noblezada with Marina Warner Mon 19 Nov, 3-4pm. Fri 14 Dec, 6 – 6.45pm, Ken Cerniglia Olivier, £7/£5 Olivier, £7/£5 (Captioned) ‘Hadestown will be your next Histories of the American Musical Modern Myths: Fri 30 Nov, 7 – 9.15pm, Orpheus, Eurydice and Us obsession.’ Cottesloe Room, Tue 22 Jan, 6 – 7pm Vogue £15/£12/£7.50 Cottesloe Room, £7/£5

13 FEBRUARY Tue 12 7.30 Wed 13 7.30 Thu 14 7.30 Follies Fri 15 7.30 Sat 16 7.30 book by James Goldman Mon 18 7.30 Tue 19 7.30 music and lyrics by Wed 20 2.00 7.30 Thu 21 7.30 Fri 22 7.00 Sat 23 2.00 7.30 Cast includes Mon 25 7.30 After a sold-out run, Follies, winner of the Olivier Tue 26 7.30 Julie Armstrong Award for Best Musical Revival, returns in 2019. Wed 27 2.00 Josephine Barstow 7.30 Rosanna Bates Thu 28 7.30 Jeremy Batt New York, 1971. There’s a party on of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic MARCH Billy Boyle building will be demolished. Thirty years after Fri 1 7.30 Kaye Brown their final performance, the Follies girls gather Sat 2 2.00 7.30 Anouska Eaton to have a few drinks, sing a few songs and lie Thu 7 7.30 Liz Ewing about themselves. Fri 8 7.30 Caroline Fitzgerald Sat 9 2.00 Geraldine Fitzgerald Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical 7.30 Mon 11 7.30 Peter Forbes includes such classic songs as ‘Broadway Bruce Graham Tue 12 7.30 Wed 13 2.00 Adrian Grove Baby’, ‘I’m Still Here’ and ‘Losing My Mind’. 7.30 Alexander Hanson Featuring a cast of 40 and an orchestra Thu 14 7.30 Alyn Hawke Fri 15 7.30 Harry Hepple of 21, Follies is directed by Sat 16 2.00 Aimee Hodnett (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom). 7.30 Dawn Hope Mon 18 CAP 7.30 Liz Izen Tue 19 7.30 Jasmine Kerr ‘Unmissable. Razzmatazz, poignancy Wed 20 2.00 Alison Langer and cracking songs.’ 7.30 Felicity Lott Thu 21 7.30 Ian McIntosh Daily Telegraph Fri 22 AD 7.30 Ian McLarnon Sat 23 AD TT 2.00 Sarah Marie Maxwell 7.30 Claire Moore Mon 25 7.30 Tue 26 CAP 2.00 Tom Partridge 7.30 Gary Raymond Wed 27 7.30 Thu 28 7.30 Lisa Ritchie Fri 29 7.30 Myra Sands Sat 30 2.00 Gemma Sutton Exclusive Crystal Provider 7.30 Monica Swayne APRIL Christine Tucker Mon 1 CAP 7.30 Liam Wrate Supported by the Follies Tue 2 7.30 production syndicate Director Olivier Theatre Wed 3 2.00 Dominic Cooke 7.30 Designer Thu 4 7.30 Vicki Mortimer Fri 5 7.30 Talks and events Sat 6 CAP 2.00 Choreographer 7.30 Bill Deamer A Short History of Stephen Follies actors Additional Music Supervisor Sondheim’s Works in conversation performances to Nicholas Skilbeck Tue 26 Feb, 6 – 7pm, Fri 15 Mar, 3 – 4pm, Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Olivier, £7/£5 be announced HHHHH Orchestrations Developing Musical Theatre The Making of Follies ‘Dominic Cooke’s production with Josh Clayton in partnership with the Tue 19 Mar, 10am – 4pm, Music Director Genesis Foundation Olivier, £55/£40/£15 surpasses your wildest dreams Nigel Lilley Thu 7 Mar, 6 – 7pm, Lighting Designer Cottesloe Room, £7/5 for this show.’ Paule Constable Sound Designer Independent Paul Groothuis

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N OVEMBER Tue 27 7.30 Wed 28 2.15 7.30 I’m Not Running Thu 29 7.30 Fri 30 7.30 a new play by David Hare DECEMBER Sat 1 2.15 7.30 Mon 3 7.30 Tue 4 7.30 Wed 5 2.15 7.30 Thu 6 7.30 Fri 7 7.30 Sat 8 2.15 Cast Do I run? This is the question which is facing 7.30 Siân Brooke Pauline Gibson. She has spent her life as a Mon 10 7.30 Owen Findlay Tue 11 CAP 2.15 Alex Hassell doctor, the inspiring leader of a local health 7.30 Harry Long campaign. When she crosses paths with her Wed 12 7.30 Joshua McGuire old boyfriend, Jack Gould, a stalwart loyalist JA NUARY Amaka Okafor in Labour Party politics, she’s faced with an Tue 8 7.30 Roisin Rae Wed 9 7.30 Liza Sadovy agonising decision. Thu 10 2.15 Nadia Williams 7.30 Brigid Zengeni What’s involved in sacrificing your private life Fri 11 7.30 and your peace of mind for something more Sat 12 2.15 Director 7.30 Neil Armfield than a single issue? Does she dare? Mon 14 CAP 7.30 Set Designer Tue 15 7.30 David Hare was recently described by the Wed 16 2.15 Ralph Myers Washington Post as ‘the premiere political 7.30 Thu 17 7.30 Costume Designer dramatist writing in English.’ His explosive new Sussie Juhlin-Wallén Fri 18 AD 7.30 play portrays the history of a 20-year intimate Sat 19 AD TT 2.15 Lighting Designer 7.30 Jon Clark friendship and its public repercussions. Mon 21 7.30 Tue 22 7.30 Sound Designer Wed 23 7.30 Paul Arditti Thu 24 7.30 Music Fri 25 7.30 Alan John Sat 26 2.15 7.30 Projection Designer Tue 29 7.30 Jon Driscoll Wed 30 7.30 Thu 31 7.00 broadcast on Thu 31 Jan Production supported by Marcia Grand in loving memory Lyttelton Theatre of Richard Grand

Talks and events Exploring I’m Not Running Nick de Bois: Confessions Thu 29 Nov, 2 – 5pm, of a Recovering MP Cottesloe Room, Fri 11 Jan, 6 – 7pm, £30/£20/£7.50 Cottesloe Room, £7/£5

Writer David Hare Actors Siân Brooke, Mon 3 Dec, 6 – 6.45pm, Alex Hassell and The political decision Lyttelton, £7/£5 Joshua McGuire (Captioned) Tue 15 Jan, 3-4pm, of a lifetime. Lyttelton, £7/£5

Photography (Siân Brooke) by Felicity McCabe.

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N OVEMBER Thu 8 7.30 Fri 9 7.30 Sat 10 2.15 War Horse 7.30 Sun 11 2.00 b ased on the novel by Tue 13 2.15 7.30 adapted by Nick Stafford Wed 14 7.30 presented in association with the Thu 15 1.30 award-winning Handspring Puppet Company 7.30 Fri 16 7.30 Sat 17 2.15 7.30 Mon 19 7.30 Tue 20 7.30 Wed 21 1.30 Directors Eleven years after its NT debut, and having 7.30 Marianne Elliott and played in eleven countries to over seven million Thu 22 7.30 people, War Horse returns to the National Fri 23 7.30 Designer/Drawings Sat 24 BSL 2.15 7.30 Rae Smith Theatre to mark the centenary of Armistice Day. D ECEMBER Puppet Design At the outbreak of World War One, Albert’s Sat 15 2.15 and Fabrication beloved horse, Joey, is sold to the cavalry and Basil Jones and 7.30 shipped to France. Though not yet old enough Mon 17 7.30 Adrian Kohler Tue 18 2.15 for Handspring to enlist, Albert joins the army, and embarks on 7.30 Puppet Company a treacherous mission to find his horse and bring Wed 19 7.30 Lighting Designer Thu 20 7.30 him home. Fri 21 7.30 Paule Constable Sat 22 AD TT 2.15 Director of Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, this 7.30 Movement and powerfully moving and imaginative drama is a Wed 26 7.30 Horse Choreography Thu 27 2.15 show of phenomenal inventiveness. At its heart 7.30 Toby Sedgwick are astonishing life-sized horses, created by Fri 28 7.30 Puppetry Directors South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company. Sat 29 CAP 2.15 Basil Jones and 7.30 Adrian Kohler Mon 31 2.15 Animation & JA NUARY Projection Design Tickets for families Tue 1 7.30 Leo Warner and Wed 2 2.15 Mark Grimmer for Half-price tickets for under-18s – see p38 7.30 Thu 3 7.30 59 Productions Ltd Fri 4 7.30 Music Sat 5 2.15 Adrian Sutton 7.30 Songmaker Also on a UK John Tams and Ireland tour – see website Sound Designer for details Christopher Shutt Lyttelton Theatre For War Horse on tour Revival Director Katie Henry Talks and events Associate Animals in the Great War Adrian Sutton’s Music Puppetry Director Fri 9 Nov, 6 – 7pm, at the NT Craig Leo Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 Wed 21 Nov, 6 – 7pm, For full company Cottesloe Room, £7/£5 see website Michael Morpurgo HHHHH Tue 20 Nov, 5.45 – 6.30pm, Inside the Horse: Exploring Lyttelton, £7/£5 the War Horse Puppets ‘An entertainment phenomenon.’ (Captioned) Thu 22 Nov, 5.45 – 6.30pm, Lyttelton, £7/£5 Daily Telegraph (Captioned)

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NOV EMBER N OVEMBER Mon 5 7.30 Wed 21 7.00 Tue 6 7.30 Thu 22 7.00 Wed 7 2.30 Fri 23 7.00 7.30 Sat 24 1.30 Thu 8 7.30 7.00 Fri 9 AD 7.30 Fri 30 7.00 Sat 10 AD TT 2.30 7.30 DE CEMBER Mon 12 7.30 Sat 1 AD TT 1.30 Tue 13 CAP 2.30 7.00 7.30 Mon 3 CAP 7.00 Wed 14 7.30 Tue 4 7.00 Mon 19 7.30 Wed 5 7.00 Tue 20 2.30 Thu 6 7.00 7.30 Fri 7 7.00 Wed 21 7.30 Sat 8 CAP 1.30 Thu 22 7.30 7.00 Fri 23 7.30 Mon 10 7.00 Sat 24 2.30 Tue 11 1.30 7.30 7.00 Mon 26 CAP 7.30 Mon 17 7.00 Tue 27 2.30 Tue 18 1.30 7.30 7.00 Wed 28 7.30 Wed 19 7.00 Thu 20 1.30 7.00 Fri 28 7.00 Sat 29 1.30 7.00 Mon 31 1.30 JA NUARY Tue 1 7.00

Photography by Graham Pearson. Photography ( and ) by Jason Bell. Wed 2 CAP 1.30 7.00 Thu 3 7.00 Wed 9 7.00 Dorfman Theatre Olivier Theatre Thu 10 1.30 Stories Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 a new play by Nina Raine by Fri 11 7.00 Sat 12 1.30 7.00 Mon 14 7.00 Tue 15 7.00 Talks and events Talks and events Wed 16 1.30 How do you have a baby when you’re 39 and single? HHHHH 7.00 For talks and events ‘Spectacular. Go see it. You won’t be sorry.’ For talks and events Thu 17 7.00 see website see website Fri 18 7.00 This is the story of Anna. A story filled with many The Times Sat 19 1.30 chapters, unexpected characters and curious 7.00 Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play plot twists. National Theatre the famous fated couple. Live broadcast Following the critically acclaimed Consent, () directs. on Thu 6 Dec Nina Raine returns to the National Theatre with this funny and touching new play about the fertilisation of an idea. Cast Sophie Okonedo Music Fisayo Akinade Nick Sampson Michael Bruce Alexander Cobb Katy Stephens Movement Directors Hiba Elchikhe Alan Turkington Jonathan Goddard Henry Everett Ben Wiggins Shelley Maxwell Cast Director Ralph Fiennes Sam Woolf Official Hotel Partner Claudie Blakley Nina Raine Gerald Gyimah Sargon Yelda Sound Designer Christopher Shutt Stephen Boxer Designer Waleed Hammad Director Sylvie Erskine Jeremy Herbert Tunji Kasim Simon Godwin Video Designer Beau Gadsdon Landers Luke Halls Thusitha Lighting Designer Nicholas Le Prevost Set Designer Bruno Poet Hildegard Bechtler Music Director Jayasundera Tim McMullan Magnus Mehta Production supported by Margot Leicester Music and Sound Hannah Morrish Costume Designer Areté Foundation / Katie Simons Alex Baranowski Shazia Nicholls Evie Gurney Fight Director Betsy & Ed Cohen, This play is a recipient Kev McCurdy Mary M. Miner and the Sam Troughton Movement Director Gloria Obianyo Lighting Designer Brian Vernel of an Edgerton Foundation Antony & Cleopatra Jane Gibson New Plays Award Tim Lutkin production appeal.

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D ECEMBER Wed 5 7.30 Thu 6 7.30 Fri 7 7.30 Sat 8 7.30 Mon 10 7.30 Tue 11 7.30 Wed 12 7.00 Thu 13 7.30 Fri 14 7.30 Sat 15 2.30 7.30 Mon 17 7.30 Tue 18 7.30 Wed 19 2.30 7.30 Thu 20 7.30 Fri 21 7.30 Sat 22 2.30 7.30 Wed 26 7.30 Thu 27 2.30 7.30 Fri 28 AD 7.30 Sat 29 AD TT 2.30 7.30 Mon 31 2.30 JA NUARY Tue 1 7.30 Wed 2 2.30 7.30 Thu 3 CAP 7.30 Fri 4 7.30 Photography by EJF Photography by Theo McInnes Sat 5 2.30 Photography by Graham Pearson 7.30 Mon 7 7.30 Tue 8 CAP 2.30 Dorfman Theatre 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart Nowhere to Call Home Courage Everywhere a new play by Climate Change and Forced Migration Rehearsed readings celebrating the fight based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe for political equality

Talks and events 26 Oct – 2 Nov 15 – 18 Nov A young playwright rents an attic flat in Brighton, For talks and events hoping it will break the writer’s block that’s preventing see website her from following up on her wildly successful An outdoor projection and online audio To mark the 100th anniversary of (some) debut. Whilst there, she forms a relationship with her experience exploring the human issues around women in the UK gaining the right to vote, the landlady, a lonely young woman with a life- climate change and forced migration. Filmed NT hosts a series of rehearsed readings, talks, altering condition. portraits of climate refugees from Bangladesh and screenings that reflect and celebrate this and Sami people from the Arctic, whose way historic moment. World-class directors will The Tell-Tale Heart is a twisted, graphic and of life is threatened by climate change, have bring to life these plays on themes of suffrage, darkly comic treat. been captured by the Environmental Justice courage and the fight for political equality. Foundation (EJF), with their own stories Renowned for his ground-breaking work, Anthony And Others curated by Susan Croft, told as audio dramatisations by playwright Neilson (The Prudes) makes his National Theatre Graeae and the NT Ursula Rani Sarma. debut with this contemporary reimagining of Edgar Votes for Women by Elizabeth Robins Allan Poe’s classic tale of a haunted conscience. See the portraits during the day in the Lyttelton Her Naked Skin by Rebecca Lenkiewicz Ground Floor Foyer, or projected on the Bull in a China Shop by Bryna Turner National Theatre’s Lyttelton fly tower, every In the Parlour by Judy Tate night 6 – 11pm from Friday 26 October to Magda, Jo, Isabella by Saviana Stanescus, Cast includes Designer Music and Sound David Carlyle Francis O’Connor Nick Powell Friday 2 November. Aoise Stratford, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon Imogen Doel Lighting Designer Tamara Lawrance #nowheretocallhome Directed by Nadia Fall, Phyllida Lloyd, Jenny Nigel Edwards seasonforchange.org.uk Sealey, Lyndsey Turner and Dawn Walton. Director Video Designer Anthony Neilson Andrzej Goulding Tickets: £15/£10

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Photography (Macbeth tour cast) by Brinkhoff/Mögenburg ‘Gripping. Desperately moving.’ ‘Gripping. Desperatelymoving.’ HHHHH HHHHH ‘Be sure nottomissthisstunningshow.’ La Comédiede Valence, 14 – 16 Nov Théâtre deL’Odéon, Paris,5 – 10Nov Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch, 25– 27 Oct a co-production withBirminghamRepertoryTheatre by AlexanderZeldin LOVE The Times Assisted performances atsometour venues.Visitvenue websitesformore information. Network inNewYork supportedbyMarcia GrandinmemoryofRichard Grand. Macbeth ontourinpartnership with LloydsBankPrivateBankingandsupported byTheThompsonFamilyCharitableTrust. On aUKandIreland touruntilMar2019 Shakespeare’s mostintensetragedy. by WilliamShakespeare Macbeth On aUK,Irelandtour andinternational The Times award-winning HandspringPuppetCompany adapted byNickStafford, inassociationwiththe based onthenovelbyMichaelMorpurgo War Horse

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National Theatre Live brings the best of British theatre to cinema screens Sponsor of NT Live in the UK Get early access to tickets for over 20 amazing productions a year – just one reason across the UK and beyond. With state-of-the-art filming techniques, tailored to become a National Theatre Member. to every play, we bring you each performance as it happens, in all its glory. Visit our website for the latest news and to find a venue near you:ntlive.com Allelujah! Antony & Cleopatra In the Olivier Theatre In the Dorfman Theatre by Alan Bennett by William Shakespeare Next year, Rufus Norris directs the world Next year, ANNA, a ground-breaking sonic a Bridge Theatre production a National Theatre production premiere of Small Island, adapted by Helen collaboration, created by Ella Hickson, Ben Edmundson from ’s pivotal novel. and Max Ringham, and directed by Natalie This hilarious new play is full of ‘singalongs Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play In the summer, David Hare returns with Abrahami, opens in the Dorfman. Andy and stinging wit’ (Guardian) and marks the Shakespeare’s famous fated couple in his Peter Gynt, after Ibsen, in a co-production Stanton makes his NT debut with Mr Gum 10th collaboration between great tragedy of politics, and power, with Edinburgh International Festival. and the Dancing Bear – The Musical!, and Alan Bennett. directed by Simon Godwin. directs this 21st-century adapted from his well-loved children’s books, In cinemas from 1 November.* Broadcast live 6 December.* adaptation, with James McArdle playing and directed by Amy Hodge. Baker the title role. (John) returns with the European premiere of The Madness The Antipodes, directed by Lila Neugebauer. The Tragedy of In the Lyttelton Theatre In 2020, Paulette Randall directs a new of George III King Richard the Polly Findlay (Beginning) directs Rutherford play written and performed by Lenny Henry, by Alan Bennett Richard Pryor on Fire. a Nottingham Playhouse production Second and Son by Githa Sowerby next year, with Roger Allam as Rutherford. Simon Godwin This epic, multi-award-winning masterpiece by William Shakespeare Membership an production (Antony & Cleopatra) directs Hansard, is directed by Adam Penford and features the debut play from actor Simon Woods, Our memberships offer incredible value for Olivier Award-winners Mark Gatiss and plays Richard II, featuring and . money – sign up now for advance booking Adrian Scarborough. directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins. Inua Ellams (Barber Shop Chronicles) returns for National Theatre productions. Broadcast live 20 November.* Broadcast live 15 January.* in the autumn with a new play, , nationaltheatre.org.uk/member after Chekhov, directed by Nadia Fall (Dara), in a co-production with Fuel. *Repeat encore screenings available in selected cinemas

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Families Talks and Events Discover the skills and secrets behind Highlights from the eclectic programme productions at the National Theatre with include talks with John Donnelly and our family events. Learn about set design Blanche McIntyre on writing and directing at a family workshop and create a whole Tartuffe and director Pam MacKinnon performance from scratch at a Play in a Day. and writer Bruce Norris discuss creating Bring your imaginations and dive into the Downstate. Helena Kennedy will question world of theatre-making. what justice means in sex crime cases and nationaltheatre.org.uk/families designer Vicki Mortimer shares some of her inspirations for Follies. The Making of Follies will explore the creation of this beautiful show and Roy Williams gives the Jocelyn Herbert Lecture. nationaltheatre.org.uk/talks

Young People Exhibitions and Tours Explore all aspects of theatre-making with A changing programme of free exhibitions NT directors, designers and technicians and taking inspiration from the work on our sign up to devise bold new performances stages, the NT Archive and our national at Space to Create. programme. Playing with Scale in the Wolfson Gallery explores how set designers use From workshops and courses to creative models. In the Lyttelton Lounge, Dramatic projects, if you are aged 16 – 21 there is an Progress celebrates women, suffrage theatre opportunity at the NT for you. and politics. Archive at 25 follows in 2019, nationaltheatre.org.uk/young-people celebrating 25 years of the NT archive. nationaltheatre.org.uk/exhibitions Discover how our work is produced on our backstage tours. nationaltheatre.org.uk/tours

Schools Archive Opening up theatre for students and teachers Explore the history of the NT and across the UK with inspiring, creative projects its productions through recordings, covering a range of skills from performance correspondence, posters, scripts to playwriting to technical theatre. and much more. NT On Demand. In Schools allows UK Free. Open to all, including groups, students to watch NT productions for free by appointment. in their classrooms. For teachers, we offer nationaltheatre.org.uk/archive an exciting programme of professional development, curriculum-linked resources and networking events. nationaltheatre.org.uk/learning

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33 AD Audio-Described P Preview Performance KEY Dec Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Nov 18 – Apr 19 CAP Captioned PRESS Press Night TT Touch Tour Relaxed Performance Fri 21 Hadestown 7.30 War Horse 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart 7.30 BSL Britsh Sign Language 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 Nov Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman 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 7.00 War Horse 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart AD 7.30 Mon 5 Hadestown P 7.30 Stories 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 Tue 6 TALK: Influence of Lecoq 5.30 Sun 30 Hadestown P 7.30 Stories 7.30 Mon 31 Antony & Cleopatra 1.30 War Horse 2.15 The Tell-Tale Heart 2.30 Wed 7 Hadestown P 7.30 Stories 2.30+7.30 Thu 8 TALK: Playwriting Then & Now 6.00 Hadestown P 7.30 War Horse 7.30 Stories 7.30 Jan Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Fri 9 Hadestown P 7.30 War Horse 7.30 Stories AD 7.30 Tue 1 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 War Horse 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart 7.30 Sat 10 Hadestown P 7.30 War Horse 2.15+7.30 Stories AD TT 2.30+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 Sun 11 War Horse 2.00 Thu 3 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 War Horse 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart CAP 7.30 Mon 12 Hadestown P 7.30 Stories 7.30 Fri 4 Hadestown 7.30 War Horse 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart 7.30 Tue 13 Hadestown PRESS 7.00 War Horse 2.15+7.30 Stories CAP 2.30+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 Wed 14 Hadestown 7.30 War Horse 7.30 Stories 7.30 Sun 6 Thu 15 Hadestown 7.30 War Horse 1.30+7.30 Courage Everywhere 7.30 Mon 7 TALK: Anthony Neilson 6.00 Fri 16 TALK: Women Poets 6.00 Hadestown AD 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart 7.30 Hadestown 7.30 War Horse 7.30 Courage Everywhere 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 Sat 17 Hadestown 2.00+7.30 War Horse 2.15+7.30 Courage Everywhere 3.00+7.30 Wed 9 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 I’m Not Running 7.30 Sun 18 Courage Everywhere 3.00 Thu 10 Antony & Cleopatra 1.30+7.00 I’m Not Running 2.15+7.30 Mon 19 TALK: Carney & Noblezada 3.00 War Horse 7.30 Stories 7.30 Fri 11 TALK: Fiennes and Okonedo 3.00 Hadestown 7.30 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 I’m Not Running 7.30 Tue 20 TALK: Michael Morpurgo CAP 5.45 Sat 12 Antony & Cleopatra 1.30+7.00 I’m Not Running 2.15+7.30 Hadestown 2.00+7.30 War Horse 7.30 Stories 2.30+7.30 Sun 13 Wed 21 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 War Horse 1.30+7.30 Stories 7.30 Mon 14 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 I’m Not Running CAP 7.30 Thu 22 TALK: Inside the Horse CAP 5.45 Tue 15 TALK: Brooke, Hassell & McGuire 3.00 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 War Horse 7.30 Stories 7.30 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 I’m Not Running 7.30 Fri 23 TALK: Hear Her Roar 5.45 Wed 16 Antony & Cleopatra 1.30+7.00 I’m Not Running 2.15+7.30 When We Have P1 8.00 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 War Horse 7.30 Stories 7.30 Thu 17 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 I’m Not Running 7.30 When We Have P2 8.00 Sat 24 Antony & Cleopatra 1.30+7.00 War Horse BSL 2.15+7.30 Stories 2.30+7.30 Fri 18 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 I’m Not Running AD 7.30 When We Have P 8.00 Sun 25 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 Mon 26 Hadestown 7.30 Stories CAP 7.30 Sun 20 Tue 27 Hadestown 2.00+7.30 I’m Not Running 7.30 Stories 2.30+7.30 Mon 21 I’m Not Running 7.30 When We Have P 8.00 Wed 28 Hadestown 7.30 I’m Not Running 2.15+7.30 Stories LAST 7.30 Tue 22 Hadestown 7.30 I’m Not Running 7.30 When We Have P 8.00 Thu 29 Hadestown 7.30 I’m Not Running 7.30 Wed 23 Hadestown CAP 7.30 I’m Not Running 7.30 When We Have PRESS 7.00 Fri 30 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 I’m Not Running 7.30 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 Dec Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman 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 Sat 1 Antony & Cleopatra AD TT 1.30+7.00 I’m Not Running 2.15+7.30 Mon 28 When We Have 8.00 Sun 2 Tue 29 I’m Not Running 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Mon 3 TALK: David Hare 6.00 Wed 30 TALK: Mitchell & Crimp 6.30 Antony & Cleopatra CAP 7.00 I’m Not Running 7.30 I’m Not Running 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Tue 4 TALK: Private Eye 5.45 Thu 31 I’m Not Running NT LIVE LAST 7.00 When We Have 2.30+8.00 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 Feb Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Fri 7 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 I’m Not Running 7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart P 7.30 Fri 1 When We Have 8.00 Sat 8 Antony & Cleopatra CAP 1.30+7.00 I’m Not Running 2.15+7.30 The Tell-Tale Heart P 7.30 Sat 2 When We Have 2.30+8.00 Sun 9 Sun 3 Mon 10 Antony & Cleopatra 7.00 I’m Not Running 7.30 The 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Tue 12 The Winter’s Tale 11.00+1.30 Wed 3 Follies 2.00+7.30 Top Girls PRESS 7.00 Downstate 2.30+7.30 Follies P1 7.30 Tartuffe P 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Thu 4 Follies 7.30 Top Girls 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Wed 13 The Winter’s Tale 11.00+1.30 Fri 5 Follies 7.30 Top Girls 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Follies P2 7.30 Tartuffe P 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Sat 6 Follies CAP 2.00+7.30 Top Girls 2.15+7.30 Downstate 2.30+7.30 Thu 14 Follies P 7.30 Tartuffe P 7.30 When We Have 2.30+8.00 Sun 7 Fri 15 Follies P 7.30 Tartuffe P 7.30 When We Have CAP 8.00 Mon 8 Top Girls 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Sat 16 Follies P 7.30 Tartuffe P 7.30 When We Have 2.30+8.00 Tue 9 Tartuffe 7.30 Downstate CAP 7.30 Sun 17 Wed 10 Tartuffe 2.15+7.30 Downstate 7.30 Mon 18 The Winter’s Tale 11.00+CAP 2.00 Thu 11 Tartuffe 7.30 Downstate 2.30+7.30 Follies P 7.30 Tartuffe P 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Fri 12 Top Girls 7.30 Downstate AD 7.30 Tue 19 Follies 7.30 Tartuffe 7.30 When We Have 2.30+8.00 Sat 13 Top Girls 2.15+7.30 Downstate AD TT 2.30+7.30 Wed 20 The Winter’s Tale 11.00+®2.00 Sun 14 Follies 2.00+7.30 Tartuffe 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Mon 15 Top Girls 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Thu 21 The Winter’s Tale LAST 11.00+2.00 Tue 16 Top Girls 7.30 Downstate CAP 7.30 Follies 7.30 Tartuffe PRESS 7.00 When We Have 8.00 Wed 17 Top Girls 7.30 Downstate 2.30+7.30 Fri 22 Follies OPENING NIGHT 7.00 Tartuffe 7.30 When We Have AD 8.00 Thu 18 Top Girls 2.15+7.30 Downstate 7.30 Sat 23 Follies 2.00+7.30 Tartuffe 2.15+7.30 When We Have AD TT 2.30+8.00 Fri 19 Sun 24 Sat 20 Top Girls 2.15+7.30 Downstate 2.30+7.30 Mon 25 Follies 7.30 Tartuffe 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Sun 21 Tue 26 Follies 7.30 Tartuffe 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Mon 22 Top Girls 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Wed 27 Follies 2.00+7.30 Tartuffe 2.15+7.30 When We Have 2.30+8.00 Tue 23 Tartuffe 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Thu 28 TALK: Donnelly & McIntyre 6.00 Wed 24 Tartuffe 2.15+CAP 7.30 Downstate 2.30+7.30 Follies 7.30 Tartuffe 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Thu 25 Tartuffe 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Fri 26 Tartuffe 7.30 Downstate 7.30 Mar Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Sat 27 Tartuffe CAP 2.15+7.30 Downstate LAST 2.30+7.30 Sun 28 Fri 1 Follies 7.30 Tartuffe 7.30 When We Have 8.00 Mon 29 Tartuffe 7.30 Sat 2 Follies 2.00+7.30 Tartuffe 2.15+7.30 When We Have LAST CAP 2.30+8.00 Tue 30 Tartuffe LAST 7.30 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 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

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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. £2.50 fee per transaction for phone bookings. For a full list of individual outlets and building There are no refunds on tickets, but you can Book early to ensure the best seats. Excludes Members at Priority level and above, opening times, visit nationaltheatre.org.uk exchange them for another performance or for credit. and Access list subscribers. The entire building will be closed on Terms and conditions and a small administration fee Sunday 23 December, Monday 24 December, apply, call the Box Office for details:020 7452 3000. Tuesday 25 December, Friday 19 April and Mon – Thu evening; all mats Fri & Sat evening Ways to save All discounts are subject to availability and at the Sunday 21 April. discretion of the Box Office. £15 Ticket Season: £50, £42, £38, £30, £15 £55, £48, £42, £32, £15 Previews £37 – £15 Tartuffe Age Guidance We don’t publish specific age recommendations for Car Park Car spaces in the NT car park are £8.50 for cars Mon – Thu evening; all mats Fri & Sat evening Ways to save all our shows. For guidance on content and suitability please call 020 7452 3000. Children under four entering after 5pm or if you attend a daytime ticketed Antony & Cleopatra, £64, £55, £45, £32, £15 £68, £59, £49, £34, £18 Previews £47 – £15 are welcome in the foyers, however they cannot be event and leave before 7pm. Combined matinee/ Hadestown, admitted to the auditoriums. evening show rate: £15. Sunday/public holidays: £8.50 I’m Not Running, all day. 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38 39 This cover was created with the Scenic Painting Department. The Scenic Painting Department are responsible for creating finishes 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 020 7452 3000 Backstage Walkway – which is free and open to the public every day. nationaltheatre.org.uk