The Royal National Theatre produces a full range of new, contemporary and classic plays in its three theatres, performing to all age groups and communities. It tours and hosts work from other countries, and carries out an intensive programme of education and development in the studio. Our funding supports core costs.
Playwright Pauline McLynn talks about her new play "Angels" written for young people to perform as part of National Theatre Connections in 2014. More details and a play synopsis will be announced soon.
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Playwright DafyddJames talks about his new play "Heritage" written for young people to perform as part of National Theatre Connections in 2014. More details and a play synopsis will be announced soon.
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Playwright Evan Placey talks about his new play "Pronoun" written for young people to perform as part of National Theatre Connections in 2014. More details and a play synopsis will be announced soon.
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Playwright Luke Norris talks about his new play "Hearts" written for young people to perform as part of National Theatre Connections in 2014. More details and a play synopsis will be announced soon.
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Playwright Simon Vinnicombe talks about his new play "Tomorrow" written for young people to perform as part of National Theatre Connections in 2014. More details and a play synopsis will be announced soon.
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Playwright Matt Hartley talks about his new play "Horizon" written for young people to perform as part of National Theatre Connections in 2014. More details and a play synopsis will be announced soon.
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Playwright Sam Holcroft talks about her new play "The Wardrobe" written for young people to perform as part of National Theatre Connections in 2014. More details and a play synopsis will be announced soon.
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The TEAM send a special message from New York to London. Their musical Mission Drift will be in The Shed from 5 to 28 June 2013.
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Playwright Sabrina Mahfouz talks about her new play "A Shop Selling Speech" written for young people to perform as part of National Theatre Connections in 2014. More details and a play synopsis will be announced soon.
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Strange Interlude by Eugene O'Neill is playing from 28 May at the National Theatre in London.
Special preview prices available 28 May -- 3 June.
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Simon Godwin directs Anne-Marie Duff as Nina Leeds, and Charles Edwards as Charles Marsden in Eugene O'Neill's audacious epic.
Shattered when the love of her life is killed in the war and haunted by their unconsummated passion, Nina escapes her jealous Ivy League father and embarks on a series of tawdry sexual escapades until, cajoled by her appalled, long-suffering suitor Charles, she marries the amiable young Sam. But while pregnant, Nina learns a horrifying secret that precipitates a desperate, life-changing decision and propels her fatally into the arms of another.
Following a family from the aftermath of World War One until the late 1940s, Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude is one of the great masterpieces of American theatre.
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Strange Interlude by Eugene O'Neill is playing from 28 May at the National Theatre in London.
Special preview prices available 28 May -- 3 June.
Find out more and book tickets: http://bit.ly/10D8BW5
Simon Godwin directs Anne-Marie Duff as Nina Leeds, and Charles Edwards as Charles Marsden in Eugene O'Neill's audacious epic.
Shattered when the love of her life is killed in the war and haunted by their unconsummated passion, Nina escapes her jealous Ivy League father and embarks on a series of tawdry sexual escapades until, cajoled by her appalled, long-suffering suitor Charles, she marries the amiable young Sam. But while pregnant, Nina learns a horrifying secret that precipitates a desperate, life-changing decision and propels her fatally into the arms of another.
Following a family from the aftermath of World War One until the late 1940s, Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude is one of the great masterpieces of American theatre.
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This House was broadcast live on 16 May 2013
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Having sold out two runs at the National Theatre, James Graham's smash-hit new play This House was broadcast to cinemas around the world.
In this short film, originally shown before the broadcast, its writer James Graham, director Jeremy Herrin and current Labour MP Diane Abbott talk about what life was like inside the Houses of Parliament and why 1970s British politics was so surprising. Contains exclusive rehearsal room footage.
Part of National Theatre Live -- the best of British theatre broadcast to cinemas around the world.
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Othello by William Shakespeare broadcasts live to cinemas world wide on Thursday 26 September.
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The National Theatre presents a major new production of William Shakespeare's celebrated play about the destructive power of jealousy.
Olivier Award-winning actor Adrian Lester (Henry V at the National Theatre, BBC's Hustle) takes the title role.
Playing opposite him as the duplicitous Iago is fellow Olivier Award-winner Rory Kinnear (The Last of the Haussmans, James Bond: Skyfall), who is reunited with director Nicholas Hytner (Timon of Athens, One Man, Two Guvnors) following their acclaimed collaboration on the National Theatre's recent production of Hamlet.
Othello, newly married to Desdemona -- who is half his age -- is appointed leader of a major military operation. Iago, passed over for promotion by Othello in favour of the young Cassio, persuades Othello that Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair, with devastating consequences
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The Amen Corner by James Baldwin is playing from 4 June at the National Theatre in London.
Rufus Norris directs Marianne Jean-Baptiste as the uncompromising pastor of a Harlem church, with a gospel choir giving full voice on the Olivier stage.
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This House broadcasts live on Thursday 16 May
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Get the inside story on the National Theatre's smash-hit production of This House with these exclusive cast interviews featuring Charles Edwards, Reece Dinsdale, Vincent Franklin, Lauren O'Neil, Julian Wadham and Giles Taylor.
Find out what they found so surprising about the story, and it feels like to be a part of such a big ensemble show.
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This House broadcasts live on Thursday 16 May.
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In this handy guide to the world of This House, playwright James Graham and cast members Charles Edwards, Reece Dinsdale, Lauren O'Neil and Giles Taylor, explain who's who inside the Houses of Parliament.
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This House broadcasts live on Thursday 16 May.
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See what audiences at the National Theatre had to say about James Graham's Olivier Award nominated play This House.
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This House broadcasts live on Thursday 16 May
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This House, Olivier Award nominee for Best New Play and Best Director, has enjoyed two sell-out runs at the National Theatre.
In this interview, its playwright James Graham speaks about why British politics in 1974-79 was so dramatic and what made it so appealing to write about.
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Welcome to NT Future
The National Theatre is going through an amazing transformation -- and we want you to be part of it.
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This production is now closed. Find out what's on in The Shed: http://theshed.nationaltheatre.org.uk/
Table, a new play by Tanya Ronder is playing in The Shed until 18 May 2013.
Rufus Norris (London Road, Doctor Dee, Broken) directs an epic tale of belonging, identity and the things we pass on.
Telling the story of 115 years of family life, Table is a multi-generational story of love, ghosts and how to live. Six generations, nine performers, thirty parts and one special piece of furniture.
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Children of the Sun
by Maxim Gorky
in a new version by Andrew Upton
4 STARS **** Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Guardian, Independent, Metro, Times
Howard Davies stages the latest Russian classic to be adapted by Andrew Upton, following their acclaimed collaborations on The Cherry Orchard, Philistines and the Olivier Award-winning The White Guard.
Maxim Gorky's darkly comic play is set in Russia as the country rolls towards revolution. It depicts the new middle-class, foolish yet likable, as they flounder about, philosophising and flirting, blind to their impending annihilation.
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Trailer contains flashing images
Punchdrunk and the National Theatre present
The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable
A new theatrical adventure from Punchdrunk.
From 20 June at Temple Studios, a vast building next door to Paddington Station.
Step into the world of Temple Pictures where the Hollywood studio system meets a forgotten hinterland filled with dreamers who exist at the fringes of the movie industry. Here, celluloid fantasy clings to desperate realism and certainty dissolves into a hallucinatory world.
Tickets now on sale until 31 December.
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National Theatre: On James Baldwin, writer of The Amen Corner
Pauline McLynn: National Theatre Connections 2014
Dafydd James: National Theatre Connections 2014
Evan Placey: National Theatre Connections 2014
Luke Norris: National Theatre Connections 2014
Simon Vinnicombe: National Theatre Connections 2014
Matt Hartley: National Theatre Connections 2014
Sam Holcroft: National Theatre Connections 2014
National Theatre: A closer look at The Amen Corner
The Shed: Mission Drift - The TEAM send a special hello message
Sabrina Mahfouz: National Theatre Connections 2014
The Shed: Meet the propmaker for Table
National Theatre: Strange Interlude
National Theatre: Strange Interlude interviews with the company
National Theatre Live: This House Pre-show Film 'A Theatre Within A Theatre'
National Theatre Live: Othello trailer
The Amen Corner by James Baldwin - a photo shoot with Marianne Jean-Baptiste
National Theatre Live: This House Cast Interviews
National Theatre Live: This House - A Video Glossary
National Theatre Live: This House audience feedback
National Theatre Live: James Graham on This House
NT Future - transforming your National Theatre
The Shed: audience reaction to Table
National Theatre: Children of the Sun trailer
