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Access symbols used in this brochure Symbols used in this brochure Pouring Partner Sponsor of NT Live in the UK Captioned Relaxed Performance Touch Tour Audio-Described SA Sensory Adapted Performance 2 3 The plays The plays Jack Absolute Manor My Brilliant Friend Death of England Flies Again Playing from 7 Apr Parts One and Two 31 Jan – 7 Mar Playing from 15 Apr Playing until 22 Feb All of Us The Visit, or The Old The Seven Streams Sea Sick 18 Mar – 16 May Lady Comes to Call of the River Ota 22 Apr – 7 May 31 Jan – 13 May 6 – 22 Mar The Welkin Three Sisters The Ocean at the Hamlet 15 Jan – 23 May 3 Dec – 19 Feb End of the Lane 30 Mar – 9 Apr 3 Dec – 25 Jan 4 5 Jack Absolute Flies Again APRIL JUNE Wed 15 7.30 Thu 11 7.30 by Richard Bean and Oliver Chris Thu 16 7.30 Fri 12 7.30 based on Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s ‘The Rivals’ Fri 17 7.30 Sat 13 2.00 Sat 18 7.30 7.30 Mon 20 7.30 Mon 15 7.30 Tue 21 7.30 Tue 16 CAP 7.30 Wed 22 7.30 Wed 17 2.00 Thu 23 7.30 7.30 Fri 24 7.30 Thu 18 7.30 Olivier Theatre Sat 25 2.00 Fri 19 AD 7.30 7.30 Sat 20 AD TT 2.00 Cast to be July 1940. After an aerial dog fight, Pilot Mon 27 7.30 7.30 Tue 28 7.00 announced Officer Jack Absolute flies home to rejoin Wed 29 7.30 his intrepid young Hurricane squadron Further Director Thu 30 2.00 performances to Thea Sharrock at RAF Fontwell (formerly Malaprop Hall, 7.30 be announced East Sussex). Set and Costume MAY Designer Back on British soil, Jack is shocked to find Fri 1 7.30 Mark Thompson his old flame, Lydia, on the base. Setting Sat 2 2.00 Lighting Designer his sights on winning her heart, Jack’s Illustration by The Red Dress 7.30 advances turn to anarchy when the young Wed 6 7.30 Bruno Poet Thu 7 2.00 heiress demands to be loved on her Talks and events include Music own terms. 7.30 Adrian Johnston Fri 8 7.30 Staged to coincide with the 80th anniversary Designing ‘Jack Absolute’ Sat 9 2.00 Sound Designer 7.30 of the Battle of Britain, Thea Sharrock Wed 6 May, 6 – 7pm, Paul Arditti Fri 15 7.30 (‘After The Dance’) directs a riotous new Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 Sat 16 2.00 Video Designer version of Sheridan’s ‘The Rivals’, co-written 7.30 Writers Richard Bean Jeff Sugg by Richard Bean (‘One Man, Two Guvnors’) Mon 18 7.30 and Oliver Chris Tue 19 7.30 and Oliver Chris. Fri 8 May, 6 – 6.45pm, Wed 20 7.30 Thu 21 2.00 Olivier, £9/£6 7.30 Fri 22 7.30 Playwriting at the Sat 23 CAP 2.00 NT with Richard Bean 7.30 Sat 16 May, Mon 25 7.30 10.30am – 1pm, Tue 26 7.30 Wed 27 7.30 Cottesloe Room, £40/£25 Thu 28 7.30 Fri 29 7.30 For more talks and events Sat 30 2.00 see website 7.30 6 7 Sat 6 CAP 2.15 APRIL Manor 7.30 Tue 7 7.30 a new play by Moira Buffini Wed 8 7.30 Further Thu 9 7.30 performances to Sat 11 7.30 be announced Mon 13 7.30 Tue 14 7.30 Wed 15 7.00 Thu 16 7.30 Lyttelton Theatre Fri 17 7.30 Sat 18 2.15 7.30 Cast includes A violent storm sweeps the coast. Diana Thu 23 7.30 Michele Austin Stuckley and her daughter are struggling Fri 24 7.30 Peter Bray to keep the roof on their run-down manor Sat 25 2.15 Nancy Carroll house, when neighbours and strangers 7.30 Mon 27 7.30 Ben Daniels begin to appear on their doorstep, seeking Gillian Dean shelter from the floods. MAY Amy Forrest Edward Judge One of these unexpected arrivals is Ted Mon 4 7.30 Tue 5 CAP 2.15 Shaniqua Okwok Farrier, the charismatic leader of a right-wing Original artwork by Martin Klimas 7.30 Eliot Salt organisation: he could be Diana’s saviour – Wed 6 7.30 or pull the fragile household to pieces. Tue 12 7.30 Director Wed 13 CAP 7.30 Fiona Buffini Talks and events include Thu 14 2.15 Stranded together, this explosive mix Set and Costume 7.30 of people must survive the weather, and Director Fiona Buffini Fri 15 7.30 Designer each other. and Writer Moira Buffini Sat 16 2.15 Lez Brotherston Wed 6 May, 6 – 6.45pm, 7.30 Lyttelton, £9/£6 Tue 26 7.30 Lighting Designer Nancy Carroll plays Diana and Ben Daniels Wed 27 2.15 Paule Constable plays Ted in this thrilling, witty new play. 7.30 Actors Nancy Carroll Thu 28 7.30 Composer and Writer Moira Buffini is reunited with director and Ben Daniels Fiona Buffini for the first time since Fri 29 AD 7.30 Sound Designer Thu 28 May, 3 – 4pm, Sat 30 AD TT 2.15 Jon Nicholls the acclaimed ‘Dinner’. Lyttelton, £9/£6 7.30 Video Designer Theatre and the JUNE Andrzej Goulding Environment Mon 1 7.30 Fight Director Tue 2 June, 6 – 7pm, Tue 2 7.30 Kate Waters Cottesloe Room, £9/£6 Wed 3 2.15 7.30 For more talks and events Thu 4 7.30 see website Fri 5 7.30 8 9 All of Us MARCH Wed 18 7.30 a new play by Francesca Martinez Thu 19 7.30 Sat 21 7.30 Mon 23 7.30 Wed 25 7.30 Thu 26 7.00 Sat 28 7.30 Tue 31 7.30 Dorfman Theatre APRIL Cast includes Jess has a job she loves, great friends and Wed 1 7.30 Chris Anderson a sharp sense of humour. So, when the life Fri 3 7.30 Lucy Briers Sat 4 ® 7.30 she has worked hard to build is threatened, Mon 6 7.30 Crystal Condie she decides to take a stand. Wed 8 7.30 Bryan Dick Thu 9 7.30 Kevin Hely This powerful and timely drama explores life, Sat 11 SA 3.00 Francesca Martinez love and the struggle to survive for those Tue 14 7.30 Wed 15 SA 7.30 Francesca Mills who don’t fit in during a time of austerity. Fri 17 7.30 Director Writer and comedian Francesca Martinez Photography (Francesca Martinez) Sat 18 AD TT 7.30 Ian Rickson by Spencer Murphy Mon 20 7.30 leads an ensemble cast in her debut play, Tue 21 ® 7.30 Set and Costume directed by Ian Rickson (‘Translations’). Thu 23 AD TT 7.30 Talks and events include Designer Fri 24 7.30 Georgia Lowe Tue 28 3.00 Writer/Actor Wed 29 CAP 7.30 Lighting Designer Accessible Performances Francesca Martinez MAY Anna Watson There is a range of accessible Sat 11 Apr, 6 – 6.45pm, Composer performances available for ‘All of Us’, Dorfman, £9/£6 Fri 1 ® 7.30 Stephen Warbeck Sat 2 7.30 including captioned, audio-described, National Debate: What would Mon 4 7.30 Sound Designer relaxed and sensory-adapted a humane welfare system Tue 5 7.30 Gregory Clarke performances. For more information about look like? Thu 7 3.00 Tue 12 May, 6 – 7pm, Dorfman, Fri 8 7.30 Fight Director accessible performances, see page 52, Tue 12 ® CAP 3.00 Terry King visit nationaltheatre.org.uk/access £9/£6 (Captioned) Wed 13 7.30 or email [email protected] Fri 15 7.30 Further talks to be Sat 16 7.30 announced later in the year 10 11 7.00 JANUARY Thu 19 7.00 The Visit Fri 20 7.00 Fri 31 7.00 or The Old Lady Comes to Call Sat 21 1.00 FEBRUARY 7.00 based on the play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt Mon 23 7.00 adapted by Tony Kushner Sat 1 7.00 Tue 24 1.00 Original English version by Maurice Valency Mon 3 7.00 7.00 Tue 4 7.00 Wed 25 7.00 Wed 5 7.00 Thu 26 7.00 Thu 6 7.00 Fri 27 7.00 Olivier Theatre Fri 7 7.00 Sat 28 CAP 1.00 Sat 8 7.00 7.00 Mon 10 7.00 Mon 30 CAP 7.00 See website for In the town of Slurry, New York, post-war Tue 11 7.00 Tue 31 7.00 production team recession has bitten.