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At the 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
London Tide
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
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
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
The Hot Wing King
The Hot Wing King
Katori Hall’s Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy makes its London debut in a fiery new production directed by Roy Alexander Weise.
11 July — 14 September 2024
Coming soon
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
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
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
Carrie Cracknell (Julie, The Deep Blue Sea) directs Frank Galati’s Tony Award-winning adaptation of John Steinbeck’s masterpiece.
17 July — 14 September 2024
The Hot Wing King
The Hot Wing King
Katori Hall’s Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy makes its London debut in a fiery new production directed by Roy Alexander Weise.
11 July — 14 September 2024
Get pre-sale access to tickets
Members book first for our new shows, including Boys from the Blackstuff and The Grapes of Wrath.
Member booking from Tuesday 30 January
Public booking from Thursday 8 February
West End and on tour
Standing at the Sky's Edge at the Gillian Lynne Theatre
Standing at the Sky's Edge at the Gillian Lynne Theatre
The Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical transfers to the West End, from 8 February 2024, following sold-out runs at the National Theatre and Sheffield Theatres.
From 9 February 2024
Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre
Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre
The Tony and Grammy Award®-winning musical phenomenon by singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and director Rachel Chavkin, makes its long-awaited West End premiere in February 2024.
From 10 February
In cinemas
Dear England
Dear England
Joseph Fiennes plays Gareth Southgate in this gripping examination of both nation and game. A new play by James Graham, directed by Rupert Goold.
In cinemas now
Vanya
Vanya
Andrew Scott (Fleabag) features in this radical new production of Chekhov’s classic.
In cinemas from 22 February
The Motive and the Cue
The Motive and the Cue
Sam Mendes directs Mark Gatiss and Johnny Flynn in the fierce and funny new play.
In cinemas from 21 March
Nye
Nye
Michael Sheen is Nye Bevan in the epic Welsh fantasia, following one man's dream of the NHS.
Skylight
Skylight
Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman) and Bill Nighy (Living) feature in this award-winning tale of love, passion and ideology.
In cinemas now
Yerma
Yerma
Billie Piper (I Hate Suzie) returns in her Olivier Award-winning role as a woman driven to the unthinkable.
In select cinemas now
Jack Absolute Flies Again
Jack Absolute Flies Again
The rollicking new comedy from the writer of One Man, Two Guvnors, with Caroline Quentin, Laurie Davidson and Kelvin Fletcher.
In select cinemas now
Online
The Effect
The Effect
Jamie Lloyd directs Lucy Prebble’s funny and intimate examination of love and ethics, with Paapa Essiedu as Tristan and Taylor Russell as Connie.
Now streaming
The Crucible
The Crucible
A witch hunt is beginning in Arthur Miller's epic parable of power, with Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Brendan Cowell (Avatar: The Way of Water).
Now streaming
The Corn is Green
The Corn is Green
Miss Lily Moffat arrives in rural North Wales, determined to help young local miners out of poverty by teaching them to read and write. Nicola Walker (Unforgotten, The Split) plays the visionary Miss Moffat.
Now streaming
Hex
Hex
Rufus Norris directs our colourful and big-hearted musical, based on ‘Sleeping Beauty’.
Now streaming
Fleabag
Fleabag
Phoebe Waller-Bridge's award-winning one-woman show is now available to stream for UK subscribers and renters.
Now streaming
Best of Enemies
Best of Enemies
David Harewood (Homeland) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) play feuding political rivals in James Graham's blistering new thriller.
Now streaming
Kerry Jackson
Kerry Jackson
Fay Ripley is Kerry in this biting new comedy from April De Angelis and directed by Indhu Rubasingham.
Now streaming
The Wife of Willesden
The Wife of Willesden
A proper local legend. Married five times. Mother. Lover. Aunt. Friend. Alvita will tell her life story to anyone in the pub – there’s no shame in her game. The question is: are you ready to hear it?
Now streaming
International touring
The Lehman Trilogy
The Lehman Trilogy
The Tony Award®-winning Best Play makes its Australian premiere in February 2024, and tours to the American Conservatory Theater’s Toni Rembe Theater in San Francisco, from 25 May until 23 June 2024
From 21 February
The Effect at the Shed, New York
The Effect at the Shed, New York
Transferring to the Shed, New York from 3 March 2024, Jamie Lloyd directs Lucy Prebble’s funny and intimate examination of love and ethics.
3 — 31 March 2024
Grenfell: in the words of survivors at St Ann's Warehouse
Grenfell: in the words of survivors at St Ann's Warehouse
The powerful new verbatim play, from the testimony of residents at the heart of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, will be performed in Brooklyn, NY
13 April — 12 May 2024