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Dear England
A lone figure stands, his back to us, wearing a waistcoat, shirt and trousers, in the centre of the red cross of the England flag that appears as a landscape rolling off into the distance.

Dear England

James Graham’s Olivier-Award winning smash-hit returns to the National Theatre, directed by Rupert Goold.
Until 24 May 2025
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Olivier Theatre - South Bank
The Estate

The Estate

Adeel Akhtar is Angad in this razor-sharp exploration of family, power and the lies we tell about ourselves. Daniel Raggett directs Shaan Sahota’s remarkable debut play.
9 July — 23 August 2025
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Dorfman Theatre
Inter Alia

Inter Alia

Suzie Miller and Justin Martin reunite following their smash-hit Prima Facie for this searing examination of motherhood and masculinity.
10 July — 13 September 2025
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Lyttelton Theatre
The Land of the Living

The Land of the Living

9 September — 1 November 2025
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Dorfman Theatre
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From 13 November
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Dorfman Theatre
A woman (Jodie Comer) stands at a desk in a room lined with box files on shelves. One hand rests on the desk and the other is raised and pointing to something.

Prima Facie is back in cinemas now.

Catch Jodie Comer‘s Olivier and Tony Award-winning performance in Suzie Miller‘s gripping one-woman play.

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Stream from 10 March 2026
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Othello
Othello stands centre stage on a raised platform, his fist raised, surrounded by figures in expressive poses.

Othello

To celebrate 60 years on stage, we invite you to take your seats for a special free screening of Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedy, Othello, made possible by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Stream from 25 March
Watch free on YouTube
Watch free on YouTube
Coriolanus
A shirtless man with a muscular build stands defiantly behind a marble pedestal between two large, classical columns, set against a textured marble background. He wears worn and dirty brown trousers, has a determined expression and has leather strapping wound around one hand and the wrist of his other arm.

Coriolanus

Now streaming
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Online
Nye
A man (Michael Sheen) wearing dark striped pajamas and plaid slippers, is standing amongst billowing pale green curtains.

Nye - Take Your Seats

Michael Sheen is Nye Bevan in an epic Welsh fantasia about one man's dream of the NHS.
Stream free from 7 November 2024
Watch on YouTube
Online
Underdog: The Other Other Brontë
Three women stand together, all facing to camera, the middle one, slightly higher than the others, seems to be trying to push the others, who each hold a pen, aside. All wear red shirts and skirts and the middle one has a large red bow tied at her collar.

Underdog: The Other Other Brontë

An irreverent retelling of the life and legend of the Brontë sisters, and the story of the sibling power dynamics that shaped their uneven rise to fame.
Now streaming
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Online
Vanya

Vanya

Vanya starring Andrew Scott will be streaming on National Theatre at Home from 19th September 2024.
Now streaming
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Online
Dear Octopus
A woman in a brown long-sleeved dress stands, smiling, looking straight to camera. She is holding hands with a young girl who looks up at her. The blurred figures of five other people stand either side of them and the girl is also blurred.

Dear Octopus

Lindsay Duncan plays Dora in this beautiful, captivating revival of Dodie Smith’s play. Steam this moving dissection of family and what it means to grow up and return home on National Theatre at Home.
Now streaming
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Online
Till the Stars Come Down

Till the Stars Come Down

Till The Stars Come Down, the sold-out, critically acclaimed new play by Beth Steel, is now streaming exclusively on National Theatre at Home.
Now streaming
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Online
The Little Big Things: A New Musical

The Little Big Things: A New Musical

An extraordinary true story about an ordinary family. Stream this colourful new musical based on the Sunday Times best-selling autobiography by Henry Fraser.
Now streaming
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Online
Constellations

Constellations

Four casts. One relationship. Infinite Possibilities. Stream the Olivier award-winning Constellations on National Theatre at Home.
Now streaming
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Online

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Latest news

A group of students are sitting in a classroom, watching a large screen showing a National Theatre performance. The screen depicts actors performing a scene on stage. Classroom furniture and a whiteboard are in the background.

Celebrating five years of National Theatre Collection in schools

The best of British Theatre is available to stream for schools, universities, and the wider education sector. Free for all UK state schools and FE colleges.

National Theatre Collection
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The Lehman Trilogy at the Gillian Lynne Theatre

The landmark Tony Award®-winning production is now playing in the West End, for a strictly limited encore season.

Vanya is now streaming on National Theatre at Home

Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.

Watch on National Theatre at Home

Christmas at Lasdun

Join us this festive season for delicious seasonal dining in our modernist restaurant on the South Bank.

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