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Sep 16 – Feb 17 020 7452 3000 nationaltheatre.org.uk Find us online How to book The plays Online Select your own seat online nationaltheatre.org.uk By phone 020 7452 3000 Mon – Sat: 9.30am – 8pm In person South Bank, London, SE1 9PX Mon – Sat: 9.30am – 11pm See p29 for Sunday and holiday opening times Hedda Gabler LOVE Amadeus Playing from 5 December 6 December – 10 January Playing from 19 October Other ways Friday Rush to get tickets £20 tickets are released online every Friday at 1pm for the following week’s performances Day Tickets £15 / £18 tickets available in person on the day of the performance No booking fee online or in person. A £2.50 fee per transaction for phone bookings. If you choose to have your tickets sent by post, a £1 fee applies per transaction. Postage costs may vary for group and overseas bookings. Peter Pan The Red Barn A Pacifist’s Guide to Playing from 16 November 6 October – 17 January the War on Cancer 14 October – 29 November Access symbols used in this brochure Captioned Touch Tour British Sign Language Relaxed Performance Audio-Described TRAVELEX £15 TICKETS The National Theatre NT Future is Partner for Sponsored by in partnership with supported by Connectivity Our Ladies of The Threepenny Opera The Plough and Perpetual Succour Playing until 1 October the Stars Playing until 1 October Playing until 22 October Outdoor Media Partner Workshops Partner The National Theatre’s Partner for Lighting International Hotel Partner and Energy The Dorfman Partner Pouring Partner Official Hotel Partner of the National Theatre Young Chekhov Young Chekhov Young Chekhov Platonov Ivanov The Seagull Playing until 8 October Playing until 8 October Playing until 8 October 2 3 DECEMBER Mon 5 7.30 Tue 6 7.30 Wed 7 7.30 ‘I’ve no talent for life.’ Hedda Gabler Thu 8 7.30 Fri 9 7.30 by Henrik Ibsen Sat 10 7.30 Mon 12 7.00 in a new version by Patrick Marber Tue 13 7.30 Wed 14 2.15 7.30 Photography (Ruth Wilson) by Léa Nielsen Wed 21 7.30 Thu 22 7.30 Fri 23 7.30 Mon 26 7.30 Tue 27 2.15 Cast includes 7.30 Just married. Bored already. Hedda longs to Wed 28 7.30 Kate Duchêne be free... Éva Magyar JANUARY Ruth Wilson Ivo van Hove – one of the world’s most exciting Tue 3 7.30 Director directors – makes his National Theatre debut Wed 4 7.30 Ivo van Hove Thu 5 2.15 with a modern production of Ibsen’s masterpiece. 7.30 Set and Lighting Fri 6 7.30 Designer Ruth Wilson (Luther, The Affair) plays the title Sat 7 2.15 Jan Versweyveld role in a vital new version by Patrick Marber 7.30 Mon 9 7.30 Costume Designer (Three Days in the Country, The Red Lion). Tue 10 7.30 An D’Huys Thu 19 7.30 Sound Designer Fri 20 7.30 Sat 21 2.15 Tom Gibbons 7.30 Mon 23 7.30 Tue 24 7.30 Wed 25 2.15 7.30 Thu 26 7.30 Fri 27 7.30 Sat 28 2.15 7.30 Mon 30 7.30 Tue 31 7.30 FEBRUARY Wed 1 2.15 7.30 Thu 2 7.30 Fri 3 7.30 Sat 4 2.15 7.30 Mon 6 7.30 Tue 7 7.30 Wed 8 7.30 Thu 9 7.30 Fri 10 7.30 Sat 11 2.15 7.30 Additional performances to be announced NT Live Supported by the Broadcast on Lyttelton Theatre Williams Charitable Trust Thu 9 March Talks and events Ruth Wilson Ivo van Hove and In Context: Recreating Mon 23 Jan, 3pm, Patrick Marber Ibsen's Women Lyttelton, £6/£5 Tue 31 Jan, 6pm, Fri 10 Feb, 2 – 5pm, Lyttelton, £5/£4 Clore, £25/£20 5 DECEMBER A co-production with Birmingham Repertory Theatre Tue 6 7.30 Wed 7 7.30 Thu 8 7.30 LOVE Fri 9 7.30 Sat 10 7.30 by Alexander Zeldin Mon 12 7.30 Tue 13 7.00 Wed 14 7.30 Thu 15 2.30 7.30 Fri 16 7.30 Sat 17 2.30 7.30 Mon 19 7.30 Tue 20 2.30 Cast includes 7.30 In the run up to Christmas, three families are Wed 21 7.30 Emily Beacock placed into cramped temporary accommodation. Thu 22 7.30 Darcey Brown Fri 23 7.30 Anna Calder-Marshall A middle-aged man and his elderly mum, a Tue 27 7.30 Luke Clarke young family with a baby on the way, a newly Wed 28 2.30 Grace Doherty 7.30 Janet Etuk arrived woman from Sudan. Strangers. Forced Thu 29 7.30 Nick Holder together. No space is personal. Fri 30 7.30 Sat 31 2.30 Vitaly Outkine Yonatan Pele'Roodner In this new play by Alexander Zeldin, written JANUARY Bobby Stallwood through a devising process, the audience are Mon 2 7.30 Director invited to bear witness to an intimate story of Tue 3 2.30 Alexander Zeldin family love for our times. 7.30 Wed 4 7.30 Designer Alexander Zeldin’s previous work includes the Thu 5 7.30 Natasha Jenkins Fri 6 7.30 critically acclaimed, ‘raw’ (Financial Times) and Sat 7 2.30 Lighting Designer ‘unforgettable’ (The Times) Beyond Caring. 7.30 Marc Williams LOVE continues this unique approach to theatre. Mon 9 7.30 Sound Designer Tue 10 2.30 Josh Anio Grigg 7.30 The Dorfman Partner Dorfman Theatre Family life on the margins of society. Talks and events In Focus: Performing Alexander Zeldin without a Home Wed 4 Jan, 6pm, Thu 15 Dec, 5.30 – 6.45pm, Dorfman, £5/£4 Clore, £6/£5 Photography by David Stewart 7 OCTOBER Wed 19 7.30 Thu 20 7.30 Fri 21 7.30 Amadeus Sat 22 7.30 Mon 24 7.30 by Peter Shaffer Tue 25 7.30 Wed 26 7.00 Thu 27 7.30 Fri 28 7.30 Sat 29 2.00 7.30 Mon 31 7.30 NOVEMBER Tue 1 2.00 Cast includes Vienna: the music capital of the world. 7.30 Sarah Amankwah Wed 2 7.30 Hammed Animashaun Thu 3 7.30 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young Fri 4 7.30 Geoffrey Beevers prodigy, arrives determined to make a splash. Sat 5 2.00 Fleur de Bray 7.30 Karla Crome Awestruck by his genius, court composer Mon 7 7.30 Tom Edden Antonio Salieri has the power to promote his Tue 8 2.00 7.30 Adam Gillen talent or destroy his name. Matthew Hargreaves Mon 28 7.30 Alexandra Mathie Tue 29 2.00 Seized by obsessive jealousy he begins a war 7.30 Lucian Msamati Wed 30 7.30 Eamonn Mulhall with Mozart, with music and, ultimately, Hugh Sachs with God. DECEMBER Wendy Dawn Thompson Mon 5 7.30 Peter Willcock Peter Shaffer’s iconic play had its premiere at Tue 6 2.00 the National Theatre in 1979, winning multiple Director 7.30 Olivier and Tony awards before being adapted Mon 12 7.30 Michael Longhurst Tue 13 2.00 Designer into an Academy Award-winning film. 7.30 Chloe Lamford Fri 30 7.30 In this new production, Lucian Msamati Sat 31 2.00 Music Director and (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) plays Salieri. JANUARY Additional Music With live orchestral accompaniment by Simon Slater Mon 2 7.30 Southbank Sinfonia. Tue 3 2.00 Choreographer 7.30 Imogen Knight Mon 9 7.30 Lighting Designer Tue 10 2.00 Jon Clark 7.30 Wed 11 7.30 Sound Designer Thu 12 7.30 Paul Arditti Mon 16 7.30 Tue 17 7.30 Wed 18 2.00 7.30 Tue 24 7.30 Wed 25 7.30 Thu 26 2.00 In association with 7.30 Southbank Sinfonia Additional performances to Supported by the Amadeus be announced production syndicate Olivier Theatre Sponsored by Hundreds of seats at £15 for every performance Music. Power. Jealousy. Talks and events Michael Longhurst In Focus: Lucian Msamati In Context: Mon 31 Oct, 6pm Amadeus – the music Wed 11 Jan, 5.45pm, Shaffer at the NT Olivier, £5/£4 Tue 8 Nov, 5.30pm, Olivier, £6/£5 Mon 16 Jan, 2 – 5pm, Clore, £6/£5 Clore, £25/£20 Photography (Lucian Msamati) by Seamus Ryan 9 NOVEMBER A co-production with Bristol Old Vic Wed 16 7.00 Thu 17 7.00 Fri 18 7.00 Peter Pan Sat 19 2.00 Mon 21 7.00 devised by the Companies, Tue 22 7.00 Wed 23 7.00 based on the works of JM Barrie Thu 24 7.00 Fri 25 7.00 Sat 26 2.00 7.00 DECEMBER Thu 1 7.00 Fri 2 7.00 Cast includes Sat 3 2.00 HHHHH Saikat Ahamed 7.00 ‘Something to delight the whole family’ Wed 7 7.00 Suzanne Ahmet Thu 8 1.00 Marc Antolin The Times 7.00 Benji Bower Fri 9 7.00 Will Bower All children, except one, grow up... Sat 10 2.00 Lois Chimimba 7.00 Laura Cubitt This winter, JM Barrie’s much-loved tale takes Wed 14 7.00 Phoebe Fildes flight.