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Nye

Nye

Michael Sheen is Nye Bevan in an epic Welsh fantasia about one man's dream of the NHS.
Until 11 May 2024
Info & Tickets for Nye
Olivier Theatre - South Bank
Underdog: The Other Other Brontë

Underdog: The Other Other Brontë

Sarah Gordon’s new play is an irreverent retelling of the life and legend of the Brontë sisters.
Until 25 May 2024
Info & Tickets for Underdog: The Other Other Brontë
Dorfman Theatre - South Bank
London Tide
Two women in thin white dresses stand in a river, soaking wet, one is pushing her hair back from her face. A low-lying city skyline and bridge are behind them in the distance.

London Tide

Ian Rickson returns to direct Ben Power's adaptation of Dickens' Our Mutual Friend, with music by PJ Harvey
Until 22 June 2024
Info & Tickets for London Tide
Lyttelton Theatre - South Bank
People, Places and Things
National Theatre entrance at dusk

People, Places and Things

Until 10 August 2024
Info & Tickets for People, Places and Things
Blackpool Grand
Boys from the Blackstuff

Boys from the Blackstuff

James Graham’s (Dear England) powerful new adaptation comes to the South Bank, 40 years after Alan Bleasdale’s ground-breaking television series.
22 May — 8 June 2024
Info & Tickets for Boys from the Blackstuff
Olivier Theatre - South Bank
Mnemonic

Mnemonic

25 years after its first staging, Complicité bring their ‘Astonishing, transfixing, transcendent production’ (New York Times) back to the National Theatre.
22 June — 10 August 2024
Info & Tickets for Mnemonic
Olivier Theatre - South Bank
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Andrew Scott is wearing a green shirt, sitting on a high-backed chair, looking up. A table with a small desk lamp and a bottle of vodka is at his side.

Coming up in cinemas

Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in the sold-out radical new production of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.
In cinemas from 22 February 2024.

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Indhu Rubasingham appointed as Director

Indhu will work alongside Executive Director Kate Varah who also becomes Joint Chief Executive in a co-leadership model.

Indhu Rubasingham appointed as Director of the National Theatre
Paapa Essiedu as Tristan and Taylor Russell as Connie in The Effect. They are facing away from one another and are wearing white tracksuits.

Now on National Theatre at Home

Jamie Lloyd directs Lucy Prebble’s funny and intimate examination of love and ethics The Effect, available to stream on National Theatre at Home.

Now on National Theatre at Home
LASDUN restaurant a dish of Norfolk Leeks, Goat’s Curd & Hazelnut being plated up, sauce being added by spoon from a small steel saucepan

Dine out this winter

Enjoy the best of culinary craft and culture all under one roof at our two new restaurants, Lasdun and Forza Wine.

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