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Other ways Friday Rush to get tickets £20 tickets are released online every Friday at 1pm for the following week’s performances. Jack Absolute Manor All of Us Flies Again Playing from 7 Apr 18 Mar – 16 May Day Tickets Playing from 15 Apr £20/£15 tickets available in person on the day of the performance.

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Sea Sick The Ocean at the 22 Apr – 7 May End of the Lane 30 Mar – 9 Apr 3 Dec – 25 Jan

2 3 APRIL Wed 15 7.30 Thu 16 7.30 Fri 17 7.30 Jack Absolute Sat 18 7.30 Mon 20 7.30 Tue 21 7.30 Wed 22 7.30 Flies Again Thu 23 7.30 Fri 24 7.30 by and Sat 25 2.00 based on Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The Rivals 7.30 Mon 27 7.30 Tue 28 7.00 Wed 29 7.30 Thu 30 2.00 7.30 Cast to be July 1940. After an aerial dog fi ght, Pilot Offi cer MAY announced Jack Absolute fl ies home to rejoin his intrepid Director Fri 1 7.30 young Hurricane squadron at RAF Fontwell Sat 2 2.00 (formerly Malaprop Hall, East Sussex). 7.30 Set and Costume Designer Wed 6 7.30 Mark Thompson Thu 7 2.00 Back on British soil, Jack is shocked to fi nd his 7.30 Lighting Designer old fl ame, Lydia, on the base. Setting his sights Fri 8 7.30 Bruno Poet on winning her heart, Jack’s advances turn to Sat 9 2.00 7.30 Music anarchy when the young heiress demands to Fri 15 7.30 Adrian Johnston be loved on her own terms. Sat 16 2.00 Sound Designer 7.30 Mon 18 7.30 Staged to coincide with the 80th anniversary Tue 19 7.30 Video Designer of the Battle of Britain, Thea Sharrock Wed 20 7.30 Jeff Sugg (After The Dance) directs a riotous new version Thu 21 2.00 7.30 of Sheridan’s The Rivals, co-written by Richard Fri 22 7.30 Bean (One Man, Two Guvnors) and Oliver Chris. Sat 23 CAP 2.00 7.30 Mon 25 7.30 Tue 26 7.30 Wed 27 7.30 Thu 28 7.30 Fri 29 7.30 Sat 30 2.00 7.30 JUNE Thu 11 7.30 Fri 12 7.30 Sat 13 2.00 7.30 Mon 15 7.30 Tue 16 CAP 7.30 Wed 17 2.00 7.30 Olivier Theatre Thu 18 7.30 Fri 19 AD 7.30 Sat 20 AD TT 2.00 7.30 Talks and Events Further Designing Jack Absolute Playwriting at the performances Wed 6 May, 6 – 7pm, NT with Richard Bean to be announced Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 Sat 16 May, 10.30am – 1pm, Writers Richard Bean Cottesloe Room, £40/£25 and Oliver Chris Fri 8 May, 6 – 6.45pm, Making the Show: Love is in the air. Olivier, £9/£6 Jack Absolute Tue 16 June, 2 – 5pm, Cottesloe Room, £35/£20/£7.50 Illustration by The Red Dress

5 APRIL Tue 7 7.30 Wed 8 7.30 This place is Thu 9 7.30 Manor Sat 11 7.30 about to blow. Mon 13 7.30 a new play by Moira Buffi ni Tue 14 7.30 Wed 15 7.00 Thu 16 7.30 Fri 17 7.30 Sat 18 2.15 7.30 Thu 23 7.30 Fri 24 7.30 Sat 25 2.15 7.30 Mon 27 7.30 Cast includes A violent storm sweeps the coast. Diana Stuckley MAY Michele Austin and her daughter are struggling to keep the Peter Bray Mon 4 7.30 Nancy Carroll roof on their run-down manor house, when Tue 5 CAP 2.15 Ben Daniels neighbours and strangers begin to appear on 7.30 Wed 6 7.30 Gillian Dean their doorstep, seeking shelter from the fl oods. Tue 12 7.30 Amy Forrest Wed 13 CAP 7.30 Edward Judge One of these unexpected arrivals is Ted Thu 14 2.15 Shaniqua Okwok Farrier, the charismatic leader of a right-wing 7.30 Eliot Salt Fri 15 7.30 organisation: he could be Diana’s saviour – Sat 16 2.15 Director or pull the fragile household to pieces. 7.30 Fiona Buffi ni Tue 26 7.30 Set and Costume Designer Stranded together, this explosive mix of people Wed 27 2.15 Lez Brotherston 7.30 must survive the weather, and each other. Thu 28 7.30 Lighting Designer Fri 29 AD 7.30 Paule Constable Nancy Carroll plays Diana and Ben Daniels Sat 30 AD TT 2.15 7.30 Composer and plays Ted in this thrilling, witty new play. Sound Designer Writer Moira Buffi ni is reunited with director JUNE Jon Nicholls Fiona Buffi ni for the fi rst time since the Mon 1 7.30 Video Designer acclaimed Dinner. Tue 2 7.30 Andrzej Goulding Wed 3 2.15 7.30 Fight Director Thu 4 7.30 Kate Waters Fri 5 7.30 Sat 6 CAP 2.15 7.30 Further performances to be announced

Lyttelton Theatre

Talks and events Director Fiona Buffi ni Theatre and the and Writer Moira Buffi ni Environment Wed 6 May, 6 – 6.45pm, Tue 2 June, 6 – 7pm, Lyttelton, £9/£6 Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 Actors Nancy Carroll Making the Show: Manor and Ben Daniels Thu 4 June, 10.30am – 4pm, Thu 28 May, 3 – 4pm, Cottesloe Room, Lyttelton, £9/£6 £60/£40/£15 Original artwork by Martin Klimas

7 MARCH Wed 18 7.30 Thu 19 7.30 Sat 21 7.30 All of Us Mon 23 7.30 Wed 25 7.30 a new play by Francesca Martinez Thu 26 7.00 Sat 28 7.30 Tue 31 7.30 APRIL Wed 1 7.30 Fri 3 7.30 Sat 4 ® 7.30 Mon 6 7.30 Wed 8 7.30 Thu 9 7.30 Cast includes Jess has a job she loves, great friends and Sat 11 SA 3.00 Chris Anderson a sharp sense of humour. So, when the life Tue 14 7.30 Lucy Briers Wed 15 SA 7.30 Crystal Condie she has worked hard to build is threatened, Fri 17 7.30 Bryan Dick she decides to take a stand. Sat 18 AD TT 7.30 Mon 20 7.30 Kevin Hely This powerful and timely drama explores life, Tue 21 ® 7.30 Francesca Martinez Thu 23 AD TT 7.30 Francesca Mills love and the struggle to survive for those Fri 24 7.30 Director who don’t fi t in during a time of austerity. Tue 28 3.00 Ian Rickson Wed 29 CAP 7.30 Set and Costume Designer Writer and comedian Francesca Martinez MAY Georgia Lowe leads an ensemble cast in her debut play, Fri 1 ® 7.30 Sat 2 7.30 Lighting Designer directed by Ian Rickson (Translations). Mon 4 7.30 Anna Watson Tue 5 7.30 Composer Thu 7 3.00 Fri 8 7.30 Stephen Warbeck Accessible Performances Tue12 ® CAP 3.00 Sound Designer Wed 13 7.30 Gregory Clarke Fri 15 7.30 Sat 16 7.30 Fight Director There is a range of accessible performances available Terry King for All of Us, including captioned, audio-described, relaxed and sensory-adapted performances. For more information about accessible performances, see page 35, visit nationaltheatre.org.uk/access or email [email protected]

Dorfman Theatre

Talks and events Writer/Actor Further talks to be Francesca Martinez announced later in Sat 11 Apr, 6 – 6.45pm, the year Dorfman, £9/£6 National Debate: What would a humane welfare A new play about system look like? Tue 12 May, 6 – 7pm, what defines us. Dorfman, £9/£6 (Captioned) Photography (Francesca Martinez) by Spencer Murphy

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Photography (Lesley Manville) by David Stewart Malcolm Edmonstone Music Director Paul Arditti Sound Designer Paul Englishby Composer Paule Constable Lighting Designer Moritz Junge Costume Designer Vicki Mortimer Set Designer Director Nicholas Woodeson Hugo Weaving Douglas Walker Tony Turner Simon Startin Stuart Nunn Joseph Mydell Kevin Mathurin Louis Martin Simon Markey Lesley Manville Sara Kestelman Paul Gladwin Michael Elcock Ian Drysdale Richard Durden Sam Cox Jason Barnett Charlotte Asprey Cast includes Original English version by Maurice Valency Maurice by version English Original Tony by Kushner adapted Dürrenmatt by Friedrich play the on based or Visit The The OldLadyComestoCall , Thread Jeremy Herrin( £60/£40/£15 Cottesloe Room, Thu 19Mar, 10.30am–4pm, Making theShow:TheVisit Cottesloe Room,£9/£6 Fri 6Mar, 5.30–6.30pm, in the1950s American Culture Talks andevents Olivier Theatre America byTony Kushner( come at a terrible price. come ataterribleprice. as theworld’s richestwoman.The localshope as herformerlover. Claire Zachanassian,improbably beautifuland House) directs LesleyManville( In thetownofSlurry, NewYork, post-war play is transported into mid-20th-century play istransportedintomid-20th-century recession has bitten. recession hasbitten. ruthless heiress andHugoWeaving ( impenetrably terrifying, returns to her hometown impenetrably terrifying,returnstoherhometown Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s visionaryrevenge but theysoonrealise thatprosperity willonly her arrival signals a change in their fortunes, her arrivalsignalsachangeintheirfortunes, Long Day’s intoNight)asthe Journey People, PlacesandThings, Cottesloe Room,£9/£6 Mon 23Mar, 5.30–6.30pm, to EpicTheatre An Introduction Olivier, £9/£6 Fri 20Mar, 3–4pm, and HugoWeaving Actors LesleyManville and KathleenJYoh & JamesIMcLaren Foundation Charitable Trust, LawtonWFitt The Harold &MimiSteinberg Programme issupportedby T In associationwithDavidBinder Offi cialHotelPartner he NewAmericanWork ). Angels inAmerica). The Phantom The Phantom The Matrix) This This e 3 7.00 Wed 13 1.00 7.00 7.00 Tue 12 1.00 Mon 11 7.00 Tue 5 Mon 47.00 7.00 MAY 1.00 Mon 6 7.00 7.00 7.00 Sat 4 Fri 3 Thu 2 7.00 Wed 11.00 7.00 APRIL Tue 31 Sat 14 7.00 Wed 11 1.00 Tue 7.00 10 7.00 Sat 7 1.00 Fri 6 7.00 Thu 5 Mon 30 7.00 7.00 Sat 28 7.00 Fri 27 7.00 Thu 26 Wed 25 1.00 7.00 7.00 Tue 24 1.00 Mon 23 7.00 7.00 Sat 21 7.00 Fri 20 Thu 19 1.00 7.00 7.00 Wed 18 7.00 Tue 17 Mon 16 7.00 7.00 Fri 13 Thu 12 7.00 u 7.00 Wed 4 Tue 3 Mon 27.00 MARCH 1.00 7.00 7.00 Sat 29 Fri 28 1.00 7.00 7.00 Thu 27 7.00 Wed 26 1.00 Tue 25 7.00 7.00 Sat 15 7.00 Fri 14 7.00 Thu 13 7.00 Wed 12 7.00 7.00 Tue 7.00 11 Mon 10 7.00 Sat 8 7.00 Fri 7 7.00 Thu 6 7.00 Wed 5 7.00 Tue 4 Mon 3 Sat 1 FEBRUARY Fr JANUARY 1 7.00 i 31 AD TT CAP CAP CAP CAP AD 1.00 1.00 1.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 11 JANUARY Wed 15 7.30 Thu 16 7.30 Fri 17 7.30 The Welkin Sat 18 7.30 Mon 20 7.30 a new play by Lucy Kirkwood Tue 21 7.30 Wed 22 7.00 Thu 23 7.30 Fri 24 7.30 Sat 25 2.15 7.30 FEBRUARY Mon 3 7.30 Tue 4 7.30 Wed 5 7.30 Cast includes Rural Suffolk, 1759. As the country waits for Mon 10 7.30 Natasha Cottriall Halley’s comet, Sally Poppy is sentenced to Tue 11 2.15 Daneka Etchells 7.30 Haydn Gwynne hang for a heinous murder. Wed 12 7.30 Zainab Hasan Fri 21 7.30 Sat 22 CAP 2.15 Aysha Kala When she claims to be pregnant, a jury of 12 matrons are taken from their housework 7.30 Wendy Kweh Mon 24 CAP 7.30 Philip McGinley to decide whether she’s telling the truth, Tue 25 2.15 Cecilia Noble or simply trying to escape the noose. 7.30 Maxine Peake Wed 26 CAP 7.30 Dawn Sievewright With only midwife Lizzy Luke prepared to Thu 27 7.30 June Watson Fri 28 7.30 defend the girl, and a mob baying for blood Sat 29 2.15 Laurence Ubong Williams 7.30 Shaofan Wilson outside, the matrons wrestle with their new Brigid Zengeni authority, and the devil in their midst. MARCH Ria Zmitrowicz Tue 24 7.30 Director Lucy Kirkwood (Mosquitoes, ) Wed 25 2.15 7.30 James Macdonald returns to the National Theatre with her new play, Thu 26 7.30 Set and Costume Designer directed by James Macdonald. Maxine Peake Fri 27 AD 7.30 Bunny Christie (Black Mirror, Funny Cow) plays Lizzy, and Sat 28 AD TT 2.15 7.30 Lighting Designer Ria Zmitrowicz (The Doctor) plays Sally. Mon 30 7.30 Lee Curran Tue 31 7.30 Sound Designer APRIL Carolyn Downing Mon 20 7.30 Fight Directors Tue 21 2.15 Rachel Bown-Williams 7.30 Wed 22 7.30 and Ruth Cooper-Brown Tue 28 7.30 of Rc-Annie Ltd Wed 29 7.30 Thu 30 7.30 MAY Fri 1 7.30 This play is a recipient of an Edgerton Sat 2 2.15 Foundation New Plays Award Lyttelton Theatre 7.30 Thu 7 7.30 Fri 8 7.30 Sat 9 2.15 Talks and events 7.30 Mon 11 7.30 Actors Maxine Peake Lucy Kirkwood and Mon 18 7.30 and Ria Zmitrowicz James Macdonald Tue 19 7.30 on The Welkin Thu 26 Mar, 6 – 6.45pm, Wed 20 7.30 Wed 12 Feb, 3 – 4pm, Lyttelton, £9/£6 (captioned) Thu 21 7.00 Lyttelton, £9/£6 Fri 22 7.30 Women and the Gallows Sat 23 2.15 How British Justice in the Georgian Era 7.30 One life in the is Failing Women Fri 1 May, 6 – 7pm, National Theatre with Helena Kennedy Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 Live broadcast hands of 12 women. Wed 12 Feb, 5.45 – 6.45pm, on Thu 21 May Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 Photography (Maxine Peake) by Felicity McCabe

13 A co-production with Fuel DECEMBER Tue 3 7.30 Wed 4 7.30 Love and longing Thu 5 7.30 Three Sisters Fri 6 7.30 in 1960s Nigeria. 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 Chekhov’s iconic characters are relocated Sat 28 2.15 Ronke Adekoluejo to Nigeria in this bold new adaptation. 7.30 Adedeji Adetayo Mon 30 7.30 Jonathan Ajayi Owerri, 1967, on the brink of the Biafran Civil Tue 31 2.15 Jude Akuwudike War. Lolo, Nne Chukwu and Udo are grieving the JANUARY Amarachi Attamah Wed 1 7.30 Tobi Bamtefa loss of their father. Months before, two ruthless Thu 2 7.30 Peter Bankolé military coups plunged the country into chaos. Fri 3 CAP 7.30 Anni Domingo Fuelled by foreign intervention, the confl ict Sat 4 2.15 Lola May 7.30 Jerome Ngonadi encroaches on their provincial village, and Mon 6 7.30 Sarah Niles the sisters long to return to their former home Tue 7 7.30 Mon 27 7.30 Ken Nwosu in Lagos. Tue 28 CAP 7.30 Racheal Ofori Wed 29 CAP 2.15 Joseph Ogeleka Following his smash-hit Barber Shop Chronicles, 7.30 Nasa Ohalete Inua Ellams returns to the National Theatre Thu 30 7.30 Fri 31 AD 7.30 Offue Okegbe with this heartbreaking retelling, directed by Chloe Okora FEBRUARY Sule Rimi Nadia Fall (Home, Dara). Sat 1 AD TT 2.15 Natalie Simpson 7.30 Diana Yekinni ‘Warmth, wisdom and global reach.’ Thu 6 7.30 Director Daily Telegraph on Barber Shop Chronicles Fri 7 7.30 Nadia Fall Sat 8 2.15 ‘Vital theatre. Funny, moving, unfl inching.’ 7.30 Set and Costume Designer Thu 13 7.30 Katrina Lindsay Sunday Times on Inua Ellams’ The Half God of Rainfall Fri 14 7.30 Sat 15 2.15 Lighting Designer Hundreds of £15 tickets 7.30 Peter Mumford Mon 17 7.30 for every performance Tue 18 2.15 Movement Director Originally commissioned Polly Bennett 7.30 by Metta Theatre Wed 19 7.30 Composer Production supported by Leila Maw Femi Temowo Straus and Cockayne – Grants Sound Designer for the Arts and The London Donato Wharton Lyttelton Theatre Community Foundation Fight Directors Rachel Bown-Williams and Ruth Cooper-Brown Talks and events of Rc-Annie Ltd Short History of the Writer Inua Ellams and Music Director and Biafran Civil War Director Nadia Fall Vocal Arranger Fri 6 Dec, 6 – 7pm, Fri 7 Feb, 6 – 6.45pm, Michael Henry Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 Lyttelton, £9/£6 (captioned) Three Sisters The Three Sisters Student Conference Actors in Conversation Fri 31 Jan, Fri 14 Feb, 3 – 4pm, 10.30am – 3.30pm, Lyttelton, £9/£6 Lyttelton, £45/£30/£7.50 Photography (Sarah Niles, Natalie Simpson and Racheal Ofori) by Lakin Ogunbanwo

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A co-production with DECEMBER Wed 4 7.30 Fri 20 7.30 My Brilliant Friend JANUARY Mon 6 CAP 7.30 Parts One and Two Thu 9 7.30 Mon 13 7.30 based on Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels Tue 14 7.30 adapted by April De Angelis Thu 16 7.30 Mon 20 7.30 FEBRUARY Mon 17 7.30 Thu 20 7.30

Cast Justin Avoth ★★★★ Adam Burton ‘As if Ferrante has materialised in front of us.’ Part Two Observer DECEMBER Amiera Darwish Fri 6 7.30 Trevor Fox When the most important person in her life Danielle Henry goes missing without a trace, Lenù Greco, JANUARY Martin Hyder now a celebrated author, begins to recall a Tue 7 7.30 Kezrena James Fri 10 7.30 David Judge relationship of more than 60 years. Tue 14 AD 2.00 Catherine McCormack Wed 15 CAP 7.30 Ira Mandela Siobhan First meeting on the dangerous streets of post- Fri 17 7.30 Wela Mbusi war Naples, friends Lila and Lenù experience FEBRUARY Victoria Moseley turbulent social and political change, from the Tue 18 7.30 Emily Mytton rise of the Camorra to the sexual revolution and Fri 21 7.30 Al Nedjari Mary Jo Randle the transformation of their neighbourhood, Jonah Russell city and nation. Even as life repeatedly tries to Colin Ryan pull them in separate directions, they remain Two-show days John Sandeman inextricably bound to one another. DECEMBER Badria Timimi Ben Turner Thu 5 2.00 Based on the celebrated novels by Elena Sat 7 2.00 Emily Wachter Ferrante – published in over 50 countries – Sat 21 CAP 2.00 Toby Wharton Mon 23 2.00 Elizabeth Mary My Brilliant Friend is an epic story of love, Fri 27 2.00 (Em) Williams violence, ambition and self-destruction. Sat 28 CAP 2.00 Mon 30 2.00 Director Following a sold-out run at Rose Theatre JANUARY Set and Costume Kingston, the acclaimed two-part adaptation Thu 2 2.00 Designer by April De Angelis (Jumpy) is reworked for Fri 3 2.00 Sat 4 AD TT 2.00 Soutra Gilmour the Olivier stage by Melly Still (). AD 7.30 Composer Niamh Cusack and Catherine McCormack Wed 8 2.00 Jim Fortune Sat 11 2.00 return to play Lenù and Lila. Sat 18 2.00 Lighting Designer Tue 21 2.00 Malcolm Rippeth Olivier Theatre FEBRUARY Sound Designer Wed 19 2.00 Jon Nicholls Sat 22 2.00 Movement Director Sarah Dowling Talks and events Video Designer Actors Niamh Cusack A Short History Tal Yarden and Catherine McCormack of Modern Italy ★★★★ Fight Director Fri 10 Jan, 3 – 4pm, Fri 17 Jan, 6 – 7pm, John Sandeman Olivier, £9/£6 Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 (captioned) ‘As addictive as the books.’ Puppetry Designer Adapter April De Angelis and Director Time Out Making My Brilliant Friend and Director Melly Still Toby Olié Thu 16 Jan, Tue 18 Feb, 6 – 6.45pm, Casting 10.30am – 4pm, Olivier, £9/£6 Charlotte Sutton CDG Cottesloe Room,

Photography (Catherine McCormack and Niamh Cusack) by Jillian Edelstein & Bryony Jarvis-Taylor £60/£40/£15

17 JANUARY MARCH Fri 31 8.00 Fri 6 3.00 Sat 7 3.00 FEBRUARY Sun 8 3.00 Sat 1 8.00 Fri 13 3.00 Mon 3 8.00 Sat 14 3.00 Tue 4 8.00 Sun 15 3.00 Wed 5 8.00 Fri 20 3.00 Thu 6 7.00 Sat 21 AD 3.00 Fri 7 8.00 Sun 22 CAP 3.00 Sat 8 3.00 8.00 Mon 10 8.00 Tue 11 8.00 Wed 12 3.00 8.00 Thu 13 8.00 Fri 14 8.00 Sat 15 3.00 8.00 Mon 17 8.00 Tue 18 3.00 8.00 Wed 19 8.00 Thu 20 8.00 Fri 21 8.00 Sat 22 3.00 8.00 Mon 24 8.00 Tue 25 CAP 8.00 Wed 26 3.00 8.00 Thu 27 8.00

Fri 28 AD 8.00 Photography (Rafe Spall) by Spencer Murphy Photography by Elias Djemil-Matassov Sat 29 AD TT 3.00 8.00 Dorfman Theatre An Ex Machina Production Lyttelton Theatre MARCH Death of England Mon 2 8.00 a new play by Clint Dyer and Roy Williams The Seven Streams Tue 3 8.00 Wed 4 8.00 Thu 5 CAP 3.00 of the River Ota 8.00 Fri 6 8.00 by Ex Machina / Robert Lepage Sat 7 CAP 3.00 Talks and events Talks and events 8.00 After the death of his dad, Michael is powerless First staged at the National Theatre in 1996, and angry. Writer Roy Williams Robert Lepage’s masterpiece returns to London Robert Lepage and Writer/Director for just nine performances. Presented as part of a in Conversation In a state of heartbreak, he confronts the diffi cult Clint Dyer world tour, this new staging marks 75 years since Mon 9 Mar, 7 – 8.45pm, Fri 14 Feb, 6.30 – 7.15pm, Lyttelton, £15/£10/£7.50 truths about his father’s legacy and the country the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima. that shaped him. Dorfman, £9/£6 Designers Sadeysa The performance will last seven hours and includes two intervals Rafe Spall (, Black Mirror) performs Greenaway-Bailey plus a 45-minute dinner break and two pauses. A co-production with Chekhov this fearless one-person play which asks explosive and ULTZ International Theatre Festival, Dialogue is presented in English, French, and enduring questions about identity, race and Fri 28 Feb, 6.30 – 7.15pm, Moscow, the National Theatre, German and Japanese with English subtitles. London, and Le Diamant, Québec class in Britain. It is written for him by Roy Williams Dorfman, £9/£6 (Sucker Punch, Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads) Actor Rafe Spall Text Macha Limonchik Director and Designer Set Designer and Clint Dyer (The Happy Tragedy of Being Woke), Mon 2 Mar, 3 – 4pm, Éric Bernier Ghislaine Vincent Robert Lepage (Adaptation) Dorfman, £9/£6 who becomes the fi rst Black British artist to Gérard Bibeau Cast Creative Director Ariane Sauvé have performed, written and directed at the Normand Rebecca Blankenship Steve Blanchet Lighting Designer Bissonnette National Theatre. Lorraine Côté Dramaturg Sonoyo Nishikawa Rebecca Christian Essiambre Blankenship Gérard Bibeau Images Designer Richard Fréchette Keven Dubois Marie Brassard Tetsuya Kudaka Music and Sound Anne-Marie Cadieux Designer Costumes Designer Cast Set and Costume Myriam Leblanc Lighting Designer Movement Normand Daneau Michel F. Côté Virginie Leclerc Rafe Spall Designers Jackie Shemesh Lucy Cullingford Umihiko Miya Richard Fréchette Audrée Southière Set Designer Properties Designer Director Sadeysa Sound Designer Marie Gignac Philippe (Original) Claudia Gendreau Clint Dyer Greenaway-Bailey Pete Malkin Patrick Goyette and ULTZ Thibault-Denis Carl Fillion Robert Lepage Donna Yamamoto

18 19 DECEMBER Tue 3 7.30 Thu 5 7.30 Fri 6 7.30 Sat 7 7.30 Mon 9 7.30 Tue 10 7.30 Wed 11 7.00 Thu 12 7.30 Fri 13 7.30 Sat 14 2.00 7.30 Mon 16 7.30 Tue 17 2.00 7.30 Wed 18 7.30 Thu 19 7.30 Fri 20 7.30 Sat 21 2.00 7.30 Mon 23 7.30 Thu 26 7.30 Fri 27 7.30 Sat 28 2.00 7.30 Mon 30 7.30 Tue 31 2.00 JANUARY Wed 1 7.30 Thu 2 CAP 2.00 7.30 Fri 3 7.30

Sat 4 2.00 Illustration by Nicolas Delort Photography (Alanna Mitchell) by Chloe Ellingson Photography by Gavin Li 7.30 Mon 6 7.30 The Theatre Centre production Tue 7 7.30 Dorfman Theatre Wed 8 7.30 The Ocean at the Hamlet Thu 9 2.00 Sea Sick by 7.30 End of the Lane reimagined for younger audiences by Jude Christian Fri 10 AD 7.30 written and performed by Alanna Mitchell Sat 11 AD TT 2.00 based on the novel by Neil Gaiman 7.30 adapted by Joel Horwood Mon 13 CAP 7.30 Tue 14 7.30 Dorfman Theatre | 22 Apr – 7 May Dorfman Theatre | 30 Mar – 9 Apr Wed 15 2.00 Talks and events 7.30 Returning to his childhood home, Alex fi nds himself Thu 16 7.30 standing beside the duck pond of the old Sussex Author Neil Gaiman ‘Terrifying, laugh-out-loud funny, and ‘To be or not to be…’ Fri 17 7.30 farmhouse where he used to play. He’s transported Wed 18 Dec, ultimately hopeful. A must-see.’ Sat 18 SA 2.00 5.45 – 6.45pm, Hamlet’s dad is dead. His uncle has taken 7.30 to his 13th birthday, spring half term. When his dad Vancouver Observer Olivier, £15/£10 over the kingdom and married Hamlet’s mum. Mon 20 7.30 was struggling to make ends meet and his friend Tue 21 2.00 The whole world feels like it’s turned Lettie claimed it wasn’t a pond, but an ocean… Making the Show: Following a sold-out run at the Edinburgh 7.30 The Ocean at the upside down. Wed 22 CAP 7.30 Festival and a Canadian tour, the Theatre Thu 23 7.30 This adventure will excite and thrill those brave End of the Lane Centre’s critically acclaimed production Tue 21 Jan, 2 – 5pm, A ghostly encounter reveals a dreadful deed Fri 24 7.30 enough to face its hidden depths. Bestselling author Sat 25 2.00 Cottesloe Room, about the state of the global ocean, written has been done. Should Hamlet take revenge? 7.30 Neil Gaiman is the creator of the epic American £35/£20/£7.50 and performed by Alanna Mitchell, comes to Gods, Coraline, Stardust and the Sandman series. the National Theatre. In this powerful story, ‘That is the question.’ Mitchell uses science and wit to tell us about Suitable for ages 12+ Join us for this energetic and engaging her journey to the bottom of the ocean, the retelling of Shakespeare’s most Tickets for families demons she discovered there, and her hope well-known tragedy. for the future. Half-price tickets for under-18s – see p34 Suitable for ages 8 – 12 Mitchell is an award-winning Canadian Cast Marli Siu Costume and Sound Designer Running time: 65 minutes Samuel Blenkin Josie Walker Puppet Designer Ian Dickinson journalist and author who writes about Jade Croot Jess Williams Samuel Wyer Magic and Illusions science and social trends specialising in Adult Tickets £15, £12 Fred Davis Director Movement Director Director and Designer investigative reporting. Sea Sick is inspired Under-18s tickets £12, £8 Owain Gwynn Katy Rudd Steven Hoggett Jamie Harrison by her international bestseller and award- Pippa Nixon Set Designer Composer Puppetry Director Carlyss Peer winning book of the same name, and is Fly Davis Jherek Bischoff Finn Caldwell Justin Salinger directed by Franco Boni & Ravi Jain. Jeffrey Sangalang Lighting Designer Paule Constable 21 Photography (Judith Roddy, Ciarán Hinds and Fra Fee) by David Stewart Photography (Judith Roddy, Photography (Hammed Animashaun and Lucian Msamati) by Sebastian Nevols Artwork by Bob King, Photography Seamus Ryan Translations ‘Master Harold’... A co-production with Productions A Taste of Honey by Brian Friel and the boys by Shelagh Delaney by West End Trafalgar Studios Olivier Theatre | Playing until 18 Dec Lyttelton Theatre | Playing until 17 Dec 5 Dec – 29 Feb ★★★★★ ★★★★ ‘A fl awless production. ‘Absolutely spellbinding. ★★★★ (Oliver!, One Man, Two A culture-clash masterpiece.’ Compelling and remarkable.’ ‘A Taste of Honey remains worth savouring.’ Guvnors) plays Helen in a bold new Guardian Daily Telegraph Daily Telegraph production that features original music compositions – influenced by blues and soul – Following a sold-out run in 2018, Ian St George’s Park Tea Room, Port Elizabeth, ★★★★ and rearranged songs from the jazz era, Rickson’s exquisite production returns. 1950. On a long rainy afternoon, employees ‘Fresh and frank with stand out performed live by the cast and accompanied Sam and Willie practise their steps for the performances. Jodie Prenger is Owen, the prodigal son, returns to rural by an on-stage three-piece band. fi nals of the ballroom dancing championship. extraordinary.’ Donegal from Dublin. With him are two British The Stage When her mother Helen runs off with a car army offi cers. Their ambition is to create a Hally arrives from school to hide out in his salesman, feisty teenager Jo takes up with map of the area, replacing the Gaelic names parents’ tea room. These two men have Shelagh Delaney’s ground-breaking British Jimmie, a sailor who promises to marry her, with English. It is an administrative act with been unlikely best friends to Hally his whole classic A Taste of Honey returns to the before he heads for the seas. student Geof radical consequences. life. But it is apartheid era South Africa: West End for the first time in 60 years. moves in and assumes the role of surrogate he’s Master Harold, and they are the boys. Brian Friel’s modern classic is a powerful Directed by Bijan Sheibani (Barber Shop parent until, misguidedly, he sends for Helen account of nationhood, which sees the Tony Award-winning playwright Chronicles), this exciting new staging is a gritty and their unconventional setup unravels. turbulent relationship between England and Athol Fugard’s semi-autobiographical and depiction of working-class life in post-war Ireland play out in one quiet community. blistering masterwork explores the nature Britain and an exhilarating portrayal of the vulnerabilities and strengths of the female of friendship, and the ways people are Preferred capable of hurting even those they love. spirit in a deprived and restless world. Card Partner Production generously supported by members of the ‘Master Harold’… and the boys Production Syndicate 22 23 On Tour and in New York camera rehearsal) by Tom Wren by Tom camera rehearsal) Photography () by Mark Douet Photography (

A co-production with Neal Street Productions For ten years, National Theatre Live has brought the best of British theatre to Sponsor of NT Live in the UK cinema screens all over the UK and beyond. Since our fi rst broadcast in 2009, based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo The Lehman Trilogy we’ve released more than 80 titles and been seen by more than 9.5 million adapted by Nick Stafford, in association with by Stefano Massini people around the world. Find your nearest venue: ntlive.com the award-winning Handspring Puppet Company adapted by Ben Power ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ‘An astonishing piece of theatre.’ ‘What an astonishing evening. An engrossing Present Laughter The Welkin Time Out by Noël Coward a new play by Lucy Kirkwood play and an acting masterclass.’ From a National Theatre production On an international tour Guardian As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, Rural Suffolk, 1759. As the country waits for Nederlander Theatre, New York star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in Halley’s comet, a young woman is sentenced Playing from 7 Mar St Ann’s Warehouse & Good Chance present danger of spiralling out of control. Engulfed to hang for a heinous murder. She claims to a co-production with the National Theatre & by an escalating identity crisis as his many be pregnant, but is she telling the truth or The Jungle Hadestown and various relationships compete for his simply trying to escape the noose? A jury attention, Garry’s few remaining days at of 12 matrons must decide her fate, and by Joe Murphy & Joe Robertson music, lyrics and book by Anaïs Mitchell home are a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, only midwife Lizzy Luke seems prepared developed with Rachel Chavkin ★★★★★ panic and soul-searching. to defend her. ‘An immersive, powerful experience. ★★★★ directs Maxine Peake plays the midwife and A deeply moving piece of theatre.’ ‘A haunting musical feast.’ in this provocative comedy: a surprisingly Ria Zmitrowicz plays the defendant Evening Standard modern refl ection on fame, desire in this bold and gripping production, St Ann’s Warehouse, New York , New York and loneliness. directed by James Macdonald. Playing from 2 Apr Now playing In cinemas 28 November* In cinemas 21 May*

*Repeat encore screenings available in selected cinemas

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Talks and Events Young people Join us for pre-show talks with writers, Explore theatre-making with NT directors, directors and actors; talks from experts develop your performance skills at a that add context to shows; full-day workshop and learn about design and sessions exploring the themes and production with industry professionals. making process of productions; From workshops and courses to creative and playwriting courses. projects, if you are aged 16 – 21 then there is an opportunity at the NT for you. New events include writer Lucy Kirkwood nationaltheatre.org.uk/young-people and director James Macdonald on The Welkin, Moira Buffini and Fiona Buffini on Manor. Our five-week History of Theatre course returns in March and April, and there will also be a four-day playwriting intensive course before Easter. nationaltheatre.org.uk/talks

Exhibitions and Tours Family Free exhibitions about the work on our stages, Discover the skills and secrets behind the NT Archive or theatre design and history. productions at the National Theatre with Costume at the National Theatre invites our family events. Create a performance you into the fascinating world of the NT from scratch, explore theatre design, Costume department. The Linbury Prize for and learn a new skill at a family workshop. Stage Design marks 30 years at the NT with Bring your imagination and dive into its biennial exhibition of 12 emerging stage the world of theatre-making. designers. The Sherling Backstage Walkway nationaltheatre.org.uk/families allows you to see set and props being created. nationaltheatre.org.uk/exhibitions Discover the secrets that bring our work to the stage and visit unseen areas on our backstage tours. nationaltheatre.org.uk/tours

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

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Eat Meet friends and enjoy freshly made cakes, sandwiches and your favourite barista coffee at the National Theatre’s new Foyer Café. Situated at the heart of the NT, House is an elegant dining destination, serving a contemporary take on classic dishes along with great wines and cocktails – perfect for pre- or post-show dining, or simply a delicious meal on the South Bank. Find out more at nationaltheatre.org.uk/restaurants To book, call 020 7452 3600.

Drink Beat the queues with our National Theatre Bars app to order your pre-theatre and Photography by Philip Vile interval drinks or snacks. Download the Get early access to tickets for over 20 amazing productions a year – just one reason National Theatre Bars app or visit the NT to become a National Theatre Member. website for more details. Enter the promo code WELCOME to get 20% discount on your first order. In the Olivier Theatre In the Dorfman Theatre Recording artist, novelist, poet and Welcome to Iran, a new play written and playwright, Kate Tempest makes her NT directed by Nadia Fall, will play a limited debut in July with Paradise, a potent and run opening in May. This is a Theatre dynamic reimagining of Philoctetes by Royal Stratford East and National Theatre Sophocles. Lesley Sharp will play the title co-production. Rachel O’Riordan directs role with Ian Rickson directing. In August, Gary Owen’s new play Romeo and Julie directs Shakespeare’s in a co-production with the Sherman Theatre. romantic tragedy Romeo & Juliet with The show tours the UK and plays in the Shop Jessie Buckley and Josh O’Connor as the Dorfman in summer 2020. Costume at the National Theatre explores star-crossed lovers, and Fisayo Akinade Membership what goes into creating the extraordinary as Mercutio. costumes seen in the NT’s productions – Our memberships offer incredible value for In the Lyttelton Theatre the perfect complement to our money – sign up now for advance booking costume exhibition. Emma Rice adapts and directs Emily Brontë’s for National Theatre productions. iconic masterpiece Wuthering Heights, in nationaltheatre.org.uk/member Plus, pick up one of our limited edition a new co-production with Wise Children in handmade bags, which were created using association with York Theatre Royal. The show costume fabric from past NT productions. opens in the Lyttelton Theatre in autumn 2020 Each one is unique and comes with a before touring across the UK. label detailing which production the fabric was used in. Find out more shop.nationaltheatre.org.uk

28 29 P Preview Performance CAP Captioned KEY Jan Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Dec 19 – June 20 PRESS Press Night Relaxed Performance AD Audio-Described SA Sensory Adapted Performance Sun 12 TT Touch Tour Mon 13 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 The Ocean CAP 7.30 Tue 14 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 AD 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Dec Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Wed 15 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 CAP 7.30 The Welkin P1 7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Thu 16 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 The Welkin P2 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Mon 2 Translations 7.30 Fri 17 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Welkin P 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Tue 3 Translations CAP 2.00+7.30 Three Sisters P1 7.30 The Ocean P1 7.30 Sat 18 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Wed 4 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 Three Sisters P2 7.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Welkin P 7.30 The Ocean SA 2.00+7.30 Thu 5 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Sun 19 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters P 7.30 The Ocean P2 7.30 Mon 20 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 The Welkin P 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Fri 6 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters P 7.30 The Ocean P 7.30 Tue 21 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Sat 7 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Welkin P 7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters P 7.30 The Ocean P 7.30 Wed 22 The Welkin PRESS 7.00 The Ocean CAP 7.30 Sun 8 Thu 23 The Welkin 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Mon 9 Translations 7.30 Three Sisters P 7.30 The Ocean P 7.30 Fri 24 TALK: Horwood and Rudd 6.00 Tue 10 Translations CAP 7.30 Three Sisters PRESS 7.00 The Ocean P 7.30 The Welkin 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Wed 11 Translations 2.00+7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean PRESS 7.00 Sat 25 The Welkin 2.15+7.30 The Ocean LAST 2.00+7.30 Thu 12 TALK: Theatre Quiz 5.30 Sun 26 Translations 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Mon 27 Three Sisters 7.30 Fri 13 TALK: Private Eye 5.30 Tue 28 Three Sisters CAP 7.30 Translations AD 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Wed 29 Three Sisters CAP 2.15 +7.30 Sat 14 Translations AD TT 2.00+7.30 Master Harold 2.15+7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Thu 30 Three Sisters 7.30 Sun 15 Fri 31 The Visit P1 7.00 Three Sisters AD 7.30 Death of England P1 8.00 Mon 16 TALK: Hinds and Fee 3.00 Translations 7.30 Master Harold 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Feb Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Tue 17 Translations 2.00+7.30 Master Harold LAST 2.15+7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Wed 18 TALK: Neil Gaiman 5.45 Sat 1 The Visit P2 7.00 Three Sisters AD TT 2.15+7.30 Death of England P2 8.00 Translations LAST 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Sun 2 Thu 19 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Mon 3 The Visit P 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England P 8.00 Fri 20 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Tue 4 The Visit P 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England P 8.00 Sat 21 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 CAP 2.00 Wed 5 The Visit P 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England P 8.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 CAP 7.30 Three Sisters 2.15+7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Thu 6 The Visit P 7.00 Three Sisters 7.30 Death of England PRESS 7.00 Sun 22 Fri 7 TALK: Ellams and Fall CAP 6.00 Mon 23 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 The Visit P 7.00 Three Sisters 7.30 Death of England 8.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Sat 8 The Visit PRE-PRESS 7.00 Three Sisters 2.15+7.30 Death of England 3.00+8.00 Tue 24 BUILDING CLOSED Sun 9 Wed 25 BUILDING CLOSED Mon 10 The Visit PRE-PRESS 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Thu 26 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Tue 11 The Visit PRE-PRESS 7.00 The Welkin 2.15+7.30 Death of England 8.00 Fri 27 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Wed 12 TALK: Peake & Zmitrowicz 3.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 The Visit PRE-PRESS 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England 3.00+8.00 Sat 28 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 CAP 2.00 Thu 13 The Visit PRESS 7.00 Three Sisters 7.30 Death of England 8.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 CAP 7.30 Three Sisters 2.15+7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Fri 14 TALK: Actors in Conversation 3.00 TALK: Dyer and Williams 6.30 Sun 29 The Visit 7.00 Three Sisters 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Mon 30 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Sat 15 The Visit 1.00+7.00 Three Sisters 2.15+7.30 Death of England 3.00+8.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Sun 16 Tue 31 Three Sisters 2.15 The Ocean 2.00 Mon 17 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Tue 18 TALK: De Angelis and Still 6.00 Jan Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters 2.15+7.30 Death of England 3.00+8.00 Wed 19 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 TALK: 6.00 Wed 1 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters LAST 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Thu 2 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Thu 20 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 Death of England 8.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean CAP 2.00+7.30 Fri 21 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Fri 3 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Sat 22 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters CAP 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 LAST 7.30 The Welkin CAP 2.15+7.30 Death of England 3.00+8.00 Sat 4 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 AD TT 2.00 Sun 23 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 AD 7.30 Three Sisters 2.15+7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Mon 24 The Welkin CAP 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Sun 5 Tue 25 The Visit 7.00 The Welkin 2.15+7.30 Death of England CAP 8.00 Mon 6 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 CAP 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Wed 26 The Visit 7.00 The Welkin CAP 7.30 Death of England 3.00+8.00 Tue 7 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 Three Sisters 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 Thu 27 The Visit 1.00+7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England 8.00 Wed 8 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 Fri 28 TALK: Greenaway-Bailey and ULTZ 6.30 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Ocean 7.30 The Visit 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Death of England AD 8.00 Thu 9 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 7.30 The Ocean 2.00+7.30 Sat 29 The Visit 1.00+7.00 The Welkin 2.15+7.30 Death of England AD TT 3.00+8.00 Fri 10 TALK: Cusack & McCormack CAP 3.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Ocean AD 7.30 Sat 11 My Brilliant Friend Part 1 2.00 My Brilliant Friend Part 2 7.30 The Ocean AD TT 2.00+7.30

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Mon 2 TALK: Rafe Spall 3.00 Sat 25 Jack Absolute P 2.00+7.30 Manor 2.15+7.30 Sea Sick 2.00+7.30 The Visit 7.00 Death of England 8.00 Sun 26 Tue 3 The Visit 7.00 Death of England 8.00 Mon 27 DEBATE: Women & Climate Change 5.15 Wed 4 The Visit CAP 7.00 Death of England 8.00 Jack Absolute P 7.30 Manor 7.30 Sea Sick OPENING NIGHT 7.00 Thu 5 The Visit 1.00+7.00 Death of England CAP 3.00+8.00 Tue 28 All of Us 3.00 Fri 6 The Visit 7.00 Seven Streams 3.00 Death of England 8.00 Jack Absolute PRESS 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Sea Sick 8.00 Sat 7 The Visit 1.00+7.00 Seven Streams 3.00 Death of England LAST CAP 3.00+8.00 Wed 29 Jack Absolute 7.30 The Welkin 7.30 All of Us CAP 7.30 Sun 8 Seven Streams 3.00 Thu 30 Jack Absolute 2.00+7.30 The Welkin 7.30 Sea Sick 2.00+7.30 Mon 9 TALK: Robert Lepage 7.00 Tue 10 The Visit 7.00 May Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Wed 11 The Visit CAP 1.00+7.00 Thu 12 The Visit 7.00 Fri 1 Jack Absolute 7.30 The Welkin 7.30 All of Us ® 7.30 Fri 13 The Visit AD 7.00 Seven Streams OPENING PERF 3.00 Sat 2 Sea Sick 2.00 Sat 14 The Visit AD TT 1.00+7.00 Seven Streams 3.00 Jack Absolute 2.00+7.30 The Welkin 2.15+7.30 All of Us 7.30 Sun 15 Seven Streams 3.00 Sun 3 Mon 16 The Visit 7.00 Mon 4 The Visit 7.00 Manor 7.30 All of Us 7.30 Tue 17 The Visit 7.00 Tue 5 Sea Sick 2.00 Wed 18 The Visit 1.00+7.00 All of Us P1 7.30 The Visit 1.00+7.00 Manor CAP 2.15+7.30 All of Us 7.30 Thu 19 The Visit 7.00 All of Us P2 7.30 Wed 6 TALK: Fiona & Moira Buf ni 6.00 Fri 20 TALK: Manville and Weaving 3.00 Seven Streams 3.00 Jack Absolute 7.30 Manor 7.30 Sea Sick 7.00+9.00 The Visit 7.00 Thu 7 All of Us 3.00 Sat 21 The Visit 1.00+7.00 Seven Streams AD 3.00 All of Us P 7.30 Jack Absolute 2.00+7.30 The Welkin 7.30 Sea Sick LAST 8.00 Sun 22 Seven Streams LAST CAP 3.00 Fri 8 TALK: Bean and Chris 6.00 Mon 23 The Visit 7.00 All of Us P 7.30 Jack Absolute 7.30 The Welkin 7.30 All of Us 7.30 Tue 24 The Visit 1.00+7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Sat 9 Jack Absolute 2.00+7.30 The Welkin 2.15+7.30 Wed 25 The Visit 7.00 The Welkin 2.15+7.30 All of Us P 7.30 Sun 10 Thu 26 TALK: Kirkwood and Macdonald CAP 6.00 Mon 11 The Visit 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 The Visit 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 All of Us PRESS 7.00 Tue 12 All of Us ® CAP 3.00 Fri 27 The Visit 7.00 The Welkin AD 7.30 The Visit 1.00+7.00 Manor 7.30 DEBATE: Welfare System CAP 6.00 Sat 28 The Visit CAP 1.00+7.00 The Welkin AD TT 2.15+7.30 All of Us 7.30 Wed 13 The Visit LAST 7.00 Manor CAP 7.30 All of Us 7.30 Sun 29 Thu 14 Manor 2.15+7.30 Mon 30 The Visit CAP 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 Hamlet 1.30 Fri 15 Jack Absolute 7.30 Manor 7.30 All of Us 7.30 Tue 31 Hamlet 11.00+1.30 Sat 16 Jack Absolute 2.00+7.30 Manor 2.15+7.30 All of Us LAST 7.30 The Visit 7.00 The Welkin 7.30 All of Us 7.30 Sun 17 Mon 18 Jack Absolute 7.30 The Welkin 7.30 Apr Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Tue 19 Jack Absolute 7.30 The Welkin 7.30 Wed 20 Jack Absolute 7.30 The Welkin 7.30 Wed 1 The Visit 1.00+7.00 Hamlet 11.00+1.30 Thu 21 Jack Absolute 2.00+7.30 The Welkin NT LIVE 7.00 All of Us 7.30 Fri 22 Jack Absolute 7.30 The Welkin 7.30 Thu 2 The Visit 7.00 Hamlet 11.00+1.30 Sat 23 Jack Absolute CAP 2.00+7.30 The Welkin LAST 2.15+7.30 Fri 3 Hamlet 11.00+1.30 Sun 24 The Visit 7.00 All of Us 7.30 Mon 25 Jack Absolute 7.30 Sat 4 The Visit 1.00+7.00 All of Us ® 7.30 Tue 26 Jack Absolute 7.30 Manor 7.30 Sun 5 Wed 27 Jack Absolute 7.30 Manor 2.15+7.30 Mon 6 Hamlet 11.00+2.00 Thu 28 TALK: Carroll and Daniels 3.00 The Visit 7.00 All of Us 7.30 Jack Absolute 7.30 Manor 7.30 Tue 7 Manor P1 7.30 Hamlet CAP 2.00+6.00 Fri 29 Jack Absolute 7.30 Manor AD 7.30 Wed 8 Hamlet 11.00+ SA 2.00 Sat 30 Jack Absolute 2.00+7.30 Manor AD TT 2.15+7.30 Manor P2 7.30 All of Us 7.30 Sun 31 Thu 9 Hamlet LAST 11.00+2.00 Manor P 7.30 All of Us 7.30 June Olivier Lyttelton Dorfman Fri 10 BUILDING CLOSED Sat 11 All of Us SA 3.00 Mon 1 Manor 7.30 Manor P 7.30 TALK: Francesca Martinez 6.00 Tue 2 Manor 7.30 Sun 12 BUILDING CLOSED Wed 3 Manor 2.15+7.30 Mon 13 Manor P 7.30 Thu 4 Manor 7.30 Tue 14 Manor P 7.30 All of Us 7.30 Fri 5 Manor 7.30 Wed 15 Jack Absolute P1 7.30 Manor PRESS 7.00 All of Us SA 7.30 Sat 6 Manor CAP 2.15+7.30 Thu 16 Jack Absolute P2 7.30 Manor 7.30 Fri 17 Jack Absolute P 7.30 Manor 7.30 All of Us 7.30 Sat 18 Jack Absolute P 7.30 Manor 2.15+7.30 All of Us AD TT 7.30 Sun 19 Mon 20 Jack Absolute P 7.30 The Welkin 7.30 All of Us 7.30 Tue 21 Jack Absolute P 7.30 The Welkin 2.15+7.30 All of Us ® 7.30 Wed 22 Jack Absolute P 7.30 The Welkin 7.30 Sea Sick 8.00 For additional performances of Thu 23 Jack Absolute P 7.30 Manor 7.30 All of Us AD TT 7.30 Jack Absolute, see p5 or the website Fri 24 Jack Absolute P 7.30 Manor 7.30 All of Us 7.30

32 33 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. 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 Tuesday 24, Terms and conditions and a small administration fee Wednesday 25 December, and Friday 10, apply, call the Box Office for details:020 7452 3000. Mon – Thu evening; all mats Fri & Sat evening Previews Sunday 12 April. All discounts are subject to availability and at the £15 Ticket Season: *£70, £50, £42, £38, £30, £15 *£75, £55, £48, £42, £32, £15 £37 – £15 Guidance on suitability discretion of the Box Office. Three Sisters We don’t publish specific age recommendations for Hundreds of £15 tickets all our shows. For guidance on content and suitability Car park for every performance please call 020 7452 3000. Children under four Car spaces in the NT car park are £8.50 for cars are welcome in the foyers, however they cannot be entering after 5pm or if you attend a daytime ticketed Mon – Thu evening; all mats Fri & Sat evening Previews admitted to the auditoriums. event and leave before 7pm. Combined matinee/ evening show rate: £15. Sunday/public holidays: £8.50 Jack Absolute Flies *£86, £66, £57, £46, £32, £15 *£89, £69, £60, £52, £35, £20 *£69, £49 – £15 For your safety and comfort all day. Free parking for Blue Badge holders attending Again, Manor, The Visit, Strobe lighting, smoke effects and gunshots are a performance – validate at the Box Office. The Welkin, Translations sometimes used in productions. Details are available For details on accessible parking please visit My Brilliant Friend: Combined tickets are available on two-show days (see page 13). from the Box Office after the first preview. nationaltheatre.org.uk/travel All performances Latecomers may not be admitted. All bulky items Programme changes such as bags and rucksacks must be left at the Programme details are published in good faith, The Seven Streams Full day ticket free cloakrooms. but changes may occasionally be necessary. of the River Ota *£125, £95, £75, £58, £30

Dorfman Theatre Mon – Thu evening; all mats Fri & Sat evening Previews American Express Programme credits The Ocean *£60, £40, £34, £25, £15 *£65, £45, £36, £25, £20 *£54, £34 – £15 Death of England *£56, £41, £35, £26, £15 *£61, £46, £37, £26, £20 *£54, £38 – £15 Cardmembers have exciting ticket benefits Cover photography by Graham Pearson. All of Us *£56, £41, £35, £26, £15 *£61, £46, £37, £26, £20 *£54, £38 – £15 for National Theatre shows. For details visit nationaltheatre.org.uk/amex With thanks to Jacqui Hamer, Niki Herlihy, Sea Sick *£25, £20, £15 *£25, £20, £15 Flic Jones, Iona Kenrick, Felicity Langthorne, Carol Lingwood and Sharon Williams. Preferred Card Registered Charity No. 224223 *Some of the best seats in the house are premium priced. They help to ensure we can continue to offer low-price seats Partner for all our productions; the National Theatre is a charity and only 17% government-funded. This year nearly 30% of our tickets are available for £20 or less.

Access More ways to save Relaxed Performance These have a more relaxed performance environment, Friday Rush £20/£15 Tickets Audio-Described AD allowing for noise and movement in the auditorium, a Every Friday at 1pm a limited number of £20 tickets In the Olivier and Lyttelton these stalls Performances for blind and visually impaired people. chill-out space for patrons who may need time away for the following week’s performances are released seats are narrower and may offer a restricted view. Touch Tour TT from the performance, and re-entry when needed. to buy online. In the Dorfman theatre these seats are restricted For blind and visually impaired people. An opportunity There will be four relaxed performances of All of Us, view. Two per customer per production. Day Tickets to visit the stage, handle the props and meet members on Saturday 4 April at 7.30pm, Tuesday 21 April A limited number of £20/£15 (£30 for Seven Streams) Groups of the company. at 7.30pm, Friday 1 May at 7.30pm and Tuesday 12 tickets are available in person on the day of Call 020 7452 3010 for discounts on groups of 8+ for Captioned CAP May at 3pm. the performance. Seat location varies. selected productions. nationaltheatre.org.uk/groups Captioned performances for deaf, deafened and Sensory Adapted Performance SA hard-of-hearing people. A relaxed performance environment that also Concessions Smart caption glasses includes technical changes to the production, such as adjustments to light and sound effects, for those Over 60s – save on midweek matinees A revolutionary new way for people with hearing Entry Pass with sensory sensitivities. The next sensory adapted For Jack Absolute Flies Again, Manor, The Visit, loss to experience theatre. For more information 16 – 25-year-olds can access £7.50 tickets by joining performances will be The Ocean at the End of the The Welkin and Translations save £20 on £66 and £57 see the website. Entry Pass. nationaltheatre.org.uk/entrypass Lane on Saturday 18 January at 2pm, Hamlet on tickets. For Three Sisters save £15 on £50 and £42 Infrared audio system Under-18s Wednesday 8 April at 2pm, and All of Us on Saturday tickets. See website for The Seven Streams of the Available in all theatres for every performance. Half price for Monday – Friday evenings and 11 April at 3pm and Wednesday 15 April at 7.30pm. River Ota and My Brilliant Friend. £30 tickets available Free headsets and neck loops are essential all matinees (all performances of The Ocean at for midweek matinees in the Dorfman. and available from the Box Office. Large-print, CD and Braille versions of this rep the End of the Lane). Excludes tickets under £30. brochure are available on request from Disabled People Loop System UK Schools, Colleges and Universities [email protected] £16 tickets at the South Bank plus £16 companion There is a loop system installed in the Olivier and Under-19s £12; 19 – 25s £15 for groups of 10+ tickets (£15 tickets for Three Sisters) are available Lyttelton theatres to support people using hearing on selected performances. Call 020 7452 3010 P WC for Access list subscribers. aids with a T-setting. for availability. nationaltheatre.org.uk/groups nationaltheatre.org.uk/accesslist T

34 35 This cover was created with the Costume Workroom. The Costume Workroom employs a skilled team knowledgeable in the techniques used to make costumes for all periods. They interpret designs, working together to bring the imagination of the designer to life, whether creating from scratch, or adapting existing clothing – regularly using vintage items or stock from our Brixton-based Costume Hire department. Costume at the National Theatre is a new book exploring the extraordinary detail and craftmanship of the unique costumes seen in our productions, and is available now from shop.nationaltheatre.org.uk. The book is the perfect gift for the theatre-lover in your life, or a great complement to our free 020 7452 3000 costume exhibition, in the Wolfson Gallery until June 2020. nationaltheatre.org.uk