National Theatre Announces its May-September 2018 Season

By: Stephi Wild Apr. 19, 2018

National Theatre Announces its May-September 2018 Season Image

Following record-breaking runs at New York Theatre Workshop and Canada's Citadel Theatre, Hadestown comes to the National Theatre prior to a Broadway run in 2019.

After a sold-out run, Follies, winner of the 2018 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, returns to the Olivier Theatre in 2019.

Adrian Scarborough, Debra Gillett, Derek Griffiths and Amy Morgan join Rhys Ifans and Indira Varma in a new version of Exit the King by Patrick Marber.

Casting announced for the world premiere of Home, I'm Darling, a co-production with Theatr Clwyd.

Shakespeare's Pericles will have three performances in the Olivier Theatre this August marking the first Public Acts production. Featuring a huge company of all ages from across London together with professional artists in a new version by Chris Bush with music by James Fortune.

Three new NT Live screenings announced, including Chichester Festival Theatre's King Lear starring Ian McKellen and Nottingham Playhouse's The Madness of George III with Mark Gatiss.

River Stage returns to the National Theatre this summer featuring two new takeover partners; Sadler's Wells and Nonclassical.

Olivier Theatre

EXIT THE KING

by Eugène Ionesco

in a new version by Patrick Marber

Previews from 17 July, Press night 25 July, on sale until 8 September with further performances to be announced

Somewhere in Europe the kingdom is disintegrating. It's the last day of King Bérenger's life. Queen Marguerite is preparing for the end and Queen Marie is in denial. The King is 400 years old and dying, but he's clinging on for dear life...

This great tragi-comedy is brought to life on the Olivier stage this summer, the first time Eugène Ionesco's work has been performed at the National Theatre. Patrick Marber (Three Days in the Country, Hedda Gabler) directs his new version of Exit the King with Rhys Ifans (A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic) in the title role and Indira Varma (Man and Superman) as his first Queen.

Cast also includes Debra Gillett, Derek Griffiths, Amy Morgan and Adrian Scarborough with musician Sarah Campbell.

Directed by Patrick Marber, with design by Anthony Ward, lighting design by Hugh Vanstone, music and sound by Adam Cork and movement by Naomi Said.

Part of the Travelex Season with hundreds of tickets for every performance available at £15.

PERICLES

by William Shakespeare

in a version by Chris Bush

with music by James Fortune

Performances on 26, 27, 28 August

Prince Pericles has everything but understands little. When a reckless act threatens his safety, he must flee his home and take to sea. Reliant on the whims of the fates and the kindness of strangers, Pericles is driven from shore to shore. Only by reaching the ends of the earth may he finally understand what it means to come home.

A huge company of all ages from across London join together with professional artists to breathe new life into this classic tale in a musical version on the Olivier stage.

Pericles launches Public Acts, our new initiative to create extraordinary acts of theatre and community. The production marks the centre point of a two-year partnership, building in-depth relationships with eight organisations who deliver visionary work in their communities, together with Queen's Theatre Hornchurch. Cast to be announced.

Directed by Emily Lim, designed by Fly Davis, choreographed by Robby Graham, lighting design by Paule Constable, sound design by Paul Arditti, music director Tarek Merchant.

Partners: Body & Soul, The Bromley by Bow Centre, Coram, DABD, Havering Asian Social Welfare Association (HASWA), Open Age, Thames Reach, 3FF and Theatre Partner Queen's Theatre Hornchurch.

Public Acts is inspired by Public Works, The Public Theater's ground-breaking programme in New York. Supported by Arts Council England's Strategic Touring Fund, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Hertz, The Sackler Trust and Garfield Weston Foundation.

HADESTOWN

music, lyrics and book by Anaïs Mitchell

developed with Rachel Chavkin

Previews from 2 November, Press night 13 November, in repertoire until 26 January

Following record-breaking runs at New York Theatre Workshop and Canada's Citadel Theatre, Hadestown comes to the National Theatre prior to a Broadway run in 2019.

In the warmth of summertime, songwriter Orpheus and his muse Eurydice are living it up and falling in love. But as winter approaches, reality sets in: these young dreamers can't survive on songs alone. Tempted by the promise of plenty, Eurydice is lured to the depths of industrial Hadestown. On a quest to save her, Orpheus journeys to the underworld where their trust is put to a final test.

Celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and director Rachel Chavkin have transformed Mitchell's acclaimed concept album into a genre-defying new musical that mixes modern American folk music with vintage New Orleans jazz to reimagine a sweeping ancient tale. Cast to be announced.

Set design by Rachel Hauck, costume design by Michael Krass, lighting design by Bradley King, sound design by Nevin Steinberg, choreography by David Neumann, musical direction by Liam Robinson, arrangements and orchestrations by Michael Chorney, additional & co-arrangements & orchestrations by Todd Sickafoose.

Produced in association with Mara Isaacs, Dale Franzen, Hunter Arnold and Tom Kirdahy Co-conceived by Ben t Matchstick.

FOLLIES

book by James Goldman

music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Previews from 14 February, Press night February 2019, on sale until 26 March with further performances to be announced

After a sold-out run, Follies, winner of the 2018 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, returns in 2019.

New York, 1971. There's a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building will be demolished. Thirty years after their final performance, the Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing a few songs and lie about themselves.

Stephen Sondheim's legendary musical includes such classic songs as 'Broadway Baby', 'I'm Still Here' and 'Losing My Mind'. Featuring a cast of 37 and an orchestra of 21, Follies is directed by Dominic Cooke (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom). Janie Dee and Peter Forbes return to reprise their roles, with further casting to be announced.

With designs by Vicki Mortimer, winner of the 2018 Olivier Award for best costume design, choreography by Bill Deamer, music supervisor Nicholas Skilbeck, orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick with Josh Clayton, music director Nigel Lilley, lighting design by Paule Constable and sound designer Paul Groothuis.

Exclusive Crystal Provider Swarovski. Supported by the Follies production syndicate.

Dorfman Theatre

HOME, I'M DARLING

a new play by Laura Wade

a co-production with Theatr Clwyd

Previews from 24 July, Press night 31 July in repertoire until 5 September

Every couple needs a little fantasy to keep their marriage sparkling. But behind the gingham curtains, things start to unravel, and being a domestic goddess is not as easy as it seems.

Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd, Humans) plays Judy in this unsettling new comedy about one woman's quest to be the perfect 1950s housewife, written by Laura Wade (Posh).

Artistic Director of Theatr Clwyd Tamara Harvey, will direct this co-production which opens in the Emlyn Williams Theatre on the 3 July ahead of transferring to the Dorfman Theatre.

Cast includes Kathryn Drysdale, Sara Gregory, Richard Harrington, Barnaby Kay and Sian Thomas.

Design by Anna Fleischle, lighting design by Lucy Carter, choreography by Jack Murphy and sound design by Tom Gibbons.

Sponsored by Delta Airlines.

Productions currently on sale:

Olivier Theatre

MACBETH

by William Shakespeare

In repertoire until 23 June

The ruined aftermath of a bloody civil war. Ruthlessly fighting to survive, the Macbeths are propelled towards the crown by forces of elemental darkness. Shakespeare's most intense and terrifying tragedy is directed by Rufus Norris 25 years after his last Shakespeare production.

Rory Kinnear and Anne-Marie Duff play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, The cast also includes Nadia Albina, Michael Balogun, Stephen Boxer, Trevor Fox, Andrew Frame, Kevin Harvey, Hannah Hutch, Nicholas Karimi, Joshua Lacey, Penny Layden, Anna-Maria Nabirye, Amaka Okafor, Patrick O'Kane, Hauk Pattison, Alana Ramsey, Beatrice Scirocchi, Rakhee Sharma and Parth Thakerar.

Set design by Rae Smith, costume design by Moritz Junge, lighting design by James Farncombe, movement direction by Imogen Knight, music by Orlando Gough, sound design by Paul Arditti and fight direction by Kev McCurdy and Jeremy Barlow.

Hundreds of Travelex tickets available for every performance at £15.

Broadcast live as part of NT Live to cinemas worldwide on 10 May.

TRANSLATIONS

by Brian Friel

Previews from 22 May, Press night 30 May, now on sale until 11 August

Owen, the prodigal son, returns to rural Donegal from Dublin. With him are two British army officers. Their ambition is to create a map of the area, replacing the Gaelic names with English. It is an administrative act with radical consequences.

Brian Friel's modern classic is a powerful account of nationhood, which sees the turbulent relationship between England and Ireland play out in one quiet community. Cast includes Dermot Crowley, Aoife Duffin, Adetomiwa Edun, Michelle Fox, Ciarán Hinds, Laurence Kinlan, Colin Morgan, Seamus O'Hara, Judith Roddy and Rufus Wright.

Directed by Ian Rickson, with design by Rae Smith, lighting design by Neil Austin and music by Stephen Warbeck, sound design by Ian Dickinson and movement Anna Morrissey.

Part of the Travelex Season with hundreds of tickets for every performance available at £15.

Lyttelton Theatre

ABSOLUTE HELL

by Rodney Ackland

Previews from 18 April, Press night 25 April, in repertoire until 16 June

Bomb blasted London. A Soho den in the hangover from World War II, where members drink into the darkness, night after night. Lying, fighting and seducing, these lost souls and bruised lovers struggle from the rubble of war towards an unknown future.

Rodney Ackland's extraordinarily provocative play was condemned as 'a libel on the British people' when first performed in 1952. Now it emerges as an intoxicating plunge into post-war Soho, full of despair and longing. Joe Hill-Gibbins returns to the NT to direct a large ensemble in this new production.

Cast includes Esh Alladi, Elizabeth Andrewartha, Ashley Byam, Jonathan Coote, Rachel Dale, Carole Dance, Joanna David, Charles Edwards, Patricia England, Kate Fleetwood, Frazer Hadfield, Simon Hepworth, Lloyd Hutchinson, Jenny Galloway, Aaron Heffernan, Martins Imhangbe, Stephanie Jacob, Fiz Marcus, Sinéad Matthews, Connor Mills, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Anita Reynolds, John Sackville, Liza Sadovy, Jonathan Slinger, Eileen Walsh, Danny Webb and JADE YOURELL.

Set design is by Lizzie Clachan, with costumes designed by Nicky Gillibrand, lighting by Jon Clark, associate director and movement Jenny Ogilvie, sound Paul Arditti, and music director Harvey Brough.

JULIE

by Polly Stenham

after Strindberg

Previews from 31 May, Press night 7 June, now on sale until 8 September

Miss Julie finds a new home in contemporary London.

Wild and newly single, Julie throws a late night party. In the kitchen, Jean and Kristen clean up as the celebration heaves above them. Crossing the threshold, Julie initiates a power game with Jean. It descends into a savage fight for survival.

Fuelled by social division, Strindberg's masterpiece remains shocking and fiercely relevant in this new adaptation by Polly Stenham (That Face, Neon Demon). Carrie Cracknell (The Deep Blue Sea) directs a cast including Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), Eric Kofi Abrefa (The Amen Corner) and Thalissa Teixeira (Yerma, Young Vic). Cast also includes Temitope Ajose-Cutting, El Anthony, Thomasin Gulgec, Francesca Knight, Dak Mashava, Beatriz Meireles, Michela Meazza, Ashley Morgan-Davies, Rebecca Omogbehin, Yuyu Rau and Petra Söör.

Design by Tom Scutt, with lighting design by Guy Hoare, movement direction by Ann Yee, music by Stuart Earl and sound design by Christopher Shutt.

Part of the Travelex Season with hundreds of tickets for every performance available at £15

Broadcast live as part of NT Live to cinemas worldwide on 6 September.

THE LEHMAN TRILOGY

by Stefano Massini

adapted by Ben Power

a co-production with Neal Street Productions

Previews from 4 July, Press night 12 July, now on sale until 22 September with further performances to be announced

The story of a family and a company that changed the world, told in three parts on a single evening.

On a cold September morning in 1844 a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside. Dreaming of a new life in the new world, he is joined by his two brothers and an American epic begins. 163 years later, the firm they establish - Lehman Brothers - spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy, and triggers the largest financial crisis in history.

Sam Mendes returns to the National to direct Ben Power's English version of Stefano Massini's vast and poetic play, a hit across Europe.

Adam Godley, Ben Miles and Simon Russell Beale play the Lehman brothers, their sons and grandsons.

Set design by Es Devlin, with video design by Luke Halls, costume design by Katrina Lindsay, lighting design by Jon Clark, music and sound design by Nick Powell and movement Polly Bennett.

For sold out performances Day Tickets are available to purchase in person at the ground floor box office from 9.30am on the day of performance. Tickets are £15/£18 and are limited to two per customer.

Tickets are also available through Friday Rush, where every Friday at 1pm an allocation of £20 tickets for shows are released to buy online, for the following week's performances. Friday Rush tickets are only available to book online and limited to 2 per customer for each show.

Media Partners: The Wall Street Journal and Financial News.

Dorfman Theatre

NINE NIGHT

a new play by Natasha Gordon

Previews from 21 April, Press night 30 April playing until 26 May

Gloria is gravely sick. When her time comes, the celebration begins; the traditional Jamaican Nine Night Wake. But for Gloria's children and grandchildren, marking her death with a party that lasts over a week is a test. Nine nights of music, food, sharing stories - and an endless parade of mourners.

Roy Alexander Weise directs Natasha Gordon's debut play Nine Night which is a touching and very funny exploration of the rituals of family.

The cast includes Oliver Alvin-Wilson, Franc Ashman, Ricky Fearon, Michelle Greenidge, Hattie Ladbury, Rebekah Murrell and Cecilia Noble.

Design by Rajha Shakiry, with lighting design by Paule Constable, sound design by George Dennis and movement direction by Shelley Maxwell.

AN OCTOROON

by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

a co-production with the Orange Tree Theatre

Previews from 7 June, Press night 14 June playing until 18 July

Described by the New York Times as 'this decade's most eloquent statement on race in America today', Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' extraordinary and provocative play comes to the National Theatre after a sold out run at the Orange Tree Theatre. In 1859, white Irish playwright Dion Boucicault writes a hit play about America. Today, a black American playwright attempts to do the same.

Cast includes Cassie Clare, Emmanuella Cole, Celeste Dodwell, Iola Evans, Ken Nwosu, Vivian Oparah, Alistair Toovey and Kevin Trainor, and with cellist, Kwesi Edman.

Directed by Ned Bennett, with design by Georgia Lowe, lighting design by Elliot Griggs, movement director Ivan Blackstock, music by Theo Vidgen, sound design by George Dennis, puppetry Jimmy Grimes, music director Michael Henry and fight direction by Kev McCurdy.

The New American Work Programme is supported by The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Lawton W Fitt & James I McLaren Foundation and Kathleen J Yoh.

Sponsored by Delta Airlines.

RIVER STAGE

Festival weekends: 13 July - 12 Aug

The big red River Stage returns this summer with an exciting and eclectic mix of weekend takeovers. There's something for everyone including live music, dance, DJs, family workshops, club nights and theatre - and it's all free!

Join the party atmosphere and get your hands on tasty street food including cheese toasties, wood-fired pizza and gelato ice cream or try our local craft beers and summer cocktails.

13 - 15 July: The Glory

East London's alternative cabaret mecca brings a drag-packed tour-de-force of shows, DJs and outrageous fun.

20 - 22 July: HOME Manchester

An eclectic line-up of the best in contemporary international performance - with dance, theatre and DJs.

27 - 29 July: Sadler's Wells

Dedicated to dance in all its forms, Sadler's Wells present a weekend of choreography, live music and dance workshops.

3 - 5 August: Nonclassical

Turning classical music on its head and redefining the rules, Nonclassical bring their vibrant club nights to the river front.

10 - 12 August: National Theatre

The closing party weekend of family theatre, contemporary circus, music and dance.

River Stage is supported by Delta Air Lines (Official Airline Partner), Hertz (Official Transport Partner) and Lighting is sponsored by Vari-lite and Showline.

visit: nationaltheatre.org.uk/riverstage

At the Young Vic

DRAW ME CLOSE

by Jordan Tannahill

A preview of the National Theatre and National Film Board of Canada production, presented by Young Vic in January 2019

Draw Me Close blurs the worlds of live performance, virtual reality and animation to create a vivid memoir about the relationship between a mother and her son in the wake of her terminal-cancer diagnosis. Weaving theatrical storytelling with cutting-edge technology, the project takes a deceptively simple and humanistic approach to the immersive medium: it allows the audience member to experience life as Jordan inside a live, animated world.

Draw Me Close was created by award-winning playwright and filmmaker Jordan Tannahill, in a co-production between the NFB and the NT's Immersive Storytelling Studio, in collaboration with All Seeing Eye, with illustrations by Teva Harrison.

An early iteration of Draw Me Close was staged at Tribeca Film Festival 2017, whilst a later iteration entitled Draw Me Close: A Memoir was selected to compete at Venice International Film Festival 2017, as part of the first ever competition for films made in virtual reality at a major film festival.

The NT's Immersive Storytelling Studio is supported by Accenture, the NT's Partner for Innovation.

LEARNING

CONNECTIONS

Dorfman Theatre

26 - 30 June

Each year the National Theatre commissions ten new plays for young people to perform, bringing together some of the UK's most exciting writers with the theatre-makers of tomorrow.

260 youth theatre companies and over 5,000 young people from every corner of the UK are producing a Connections play this year.10 companies will come to the National Theatre with their productions of plays by Alice Birch, Brad Birch, Chris Bush, In-Sook Chappell, Fiona Doyle, Phoebe Eclair-Powell, Natalie Mitchell, Barney Norris, Chinonyerem Odimba and Chris Thompson.

Tickets on sale 25 May.

All performances will be captioned.

Connections is supported by The Mohn Westlake Foundation, The Buffini Chao Foundation, Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, Delta Air Lines, Jacqueline and Richard Worswick, The Peter Cundill Foundation, Mactaggart Third Fund, The EBM Charitable Trust, Samantha and Richard Campbell-Breeden, The Garvey Family Trust, Susan Miller and Byron Grote, Anthony P. Skyrme, The Derrill Allatt Foundation, Hays Travel Foundation, Faithorn Farrell Timms and supporters of the Connections Appeal.

NEW VIEWS

Dorfman Theatre

11 - 13 July

Be the first to see work by the next generation of playwrights. Hundreds of students in schools across the UK have followed an in-depth, online course and have been mentored by a team of professional writers as part of our nationwide playwriting programme. In April, they will submit their short plays to the New Views competition. Eight shortlisted plays will be given rehearsed readings and the winning play will be performed in the Dorfman Theatre.

Winning play announced 4 June with tickets for performances of the winning play on sale from 11 June.

For more information visit www.new-views.tv

New Views is supported by The Mohn Westlake Foundation, Old Possum's Practical Trust, Chapman Charitable Trust, Golsoncott Foundation and The Steel Charitable Trust.

The National Theatre's partner for learning is Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

The National Theatre on tour:

The NT will tour to 27 venues in 25 towns and cities across the UK and Ireland, for more than 57 playing weeks over the next year.

LOVE

by Alexander Zeldin
The National Theatre and Birmingham Repertory Theatre production

LOVE, a new play about the housing crisis written and directed by Alexander Zeldin, which premiered at the National Theatre to critical acclaim in late 2016, will transfer to the Queen's Theatre Hornchurch from 25 - 27 October 2018.

It's the run up to Christmas. In a city where over 50,000 households are living in temporary accommodation, three families find themselves without a home. A middle-aged man and his elderly mum, a young family with a baby on the way, a woman newly arrived from Sudan. Strangers. Forced together. No space is personal. This piercing new play is a timely reflection on an often overlooked crisis and an intimate story of family love for our times.

LOVE will continue the NT's partnership with the Queen's Theatre Hornchurch established with Public Acts: a nationwide initiative to create extraordinary acts of theatre and community. The NT is currently working with the Queen's Theatre and a number of community organisations across Greater London that share the NT's vision for theatre as a force for change.

LOVE is designed by Natasha Jenkins, lighting by Marc Williams, sound design by Josh Anio Grigg and movement by Marcin Rudy. Casting to be announced.

For further information visit the NT website.

MACBETH
by William Shakespeare

Macbeth will embark on an 18-venue tour of the UK and Ireland from September 2018 - March 2019, opening at The Lowry, Salford with a press night on Thursday 4 October.

Directed by Rufus Norris with set designs by Rae Smith, this epic new production propels Shakespeare's classic title into a post-apocalyptic world of anarchy and uncertainty. Tour casting to be announced.

The tour will open at The Lowry, Salford (29 September - 6 October 2018), and visit the Theatre Royal, Plymouth (16 - 20 October 2018), Festival Theatre, Edinburgh(23 - 27 October 2018), Theatre Royal, Norwich (30 October - 3 November 2018), His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen (7 - 10 November 2018), Theatre Royal, Newcastle(13 - 17 November 2018), Lyceum, Sheffield (20 - 24 November 2018), Theatre Royal, Bath (27 November - 8 December 2018), New Theatre, Oxford (8 - 12 January 2019), Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin (15 - 19 January 2019), Theatre Royal, Nottingham (22 - 26 January 2019), New Theatre, Hull (5 - 9 February 2019), Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury (12 - 16 February 2019), Theatre Royal, Glasgow (19 - 23 February 2019), Mayflower Theatre, Southampton (26 February - 2 March 2019), Grand Opera House, Belfast (5 - 9 March 2019), Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton (12 - 16 March 2019) and Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (19 - 23 March 2019).

Set design by Rae Smith, associate set design by Aaron Marsden, costume design by Moritz Junge, lighting design by James Farncombe, movement direction byImogen Knight, music by Orlando Gough and Marc Tritschler, sound design by Paul Arditti and fight direction by Kev McCurdy and Jeremy Barlow. The Associate Director is Liz Stevenson.

Macbeth on Tour in partnership with Lloyds Bank Private Banking. Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England's cross-border touring programme, The Thompson Family Charitable Trust and The Royal National Theatre Foundation.

THIS HOUSE
by James Graham

Jonathan Church Productions and Headlong present the National Theatre and Chichester Festival Theatre production of This House, produced in the West End by Nica Burns, Neal Street Productions and Headlong. James Graham's smash-hit political drama examining the 1974 hung parliament is now touring the UK for the first time, visiting Birmingham, Salford, Plymouth, Norwich, Malvern, Guildford and Sheffield. Directed by Jeremy Herrin, the production is designed by Rae Smith, with lighting design by Paule Constable, music by Stephen Warbeck, choreography by Scott Ambler and sound by Ian Dickinson.

For dates and information visit the website.

War Horse

based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo

adapted by Nick Stafford

War Horse continues its 19 venue UK tour, currently playing at the Festival Theatre Edinburgh until 12 May 2018, before visiting Mayflower Theatre, Southampton (16 May - 9 June 2018), The Lowry, Salford (13 - 30 June 2018), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (4 - 28 July 2018), New Victoria Theatre, Woking (1 - 18 August 2018),Plymouth Theatre Royal (29 August - 15 September 2018), Milton Keynes Theatre (19 September - 6 October 2018), Birmingham Hippodrome (10 October - 3 November 2018), Glasgow SEC (15 January 2019 - 2 February 2019), Sunderland Empire (6 February 2019 - 23 February 2019), and returning to the Marlowe Theatre,Canterbury (27 February 2019 - 16 March 2019) following a sold-out run in September 2017.

War Horse will return to the National Theatre, playing in the Lyttelton Theatre from 8 November 2018 - 5 January 2019 to mark the centenary of Armistice Day. Tickets will go on sale later in the year.

War Horse is directed by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, designed by Rae Smith, with puppet direction, design and fabrication by Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler for Handspring Puppet Company, lighting by Paule Constable, and movement and horse choreography by Toby Sedgwick, with video design by Leo Warner and Mark Grimmer for 59 Productions, songmaker John Tams, music by Adrian Sutton and sound by Christopher Shutt.

Katie Henry is the revival director and Craig Leo is the associate puppetry director. They are joined by resident puppetry director, Matthew Forbes and resident director,Charlotte Peters.

For more information visit warhorseonstage.com

In the West End:

CONSENT

by Nina Raine

Following the 2017 critically acclaimed sell-out run in the Dorfman Theatre, Consent, Nina Raine's 'blistering new play' (New York Times), directed by Roger Michell will transfer to the Harold Pinter Theatre for a strictly limited 12-week run from 29 May - 11 August, with an opening night taking place on 29 May.

Why is Justice blind? Is she impartial? Or is she blinkered? Friends take opposing briefs in a contentious legal case. The key witness is a woman whose life seems a world away from theirs. At home, their own lives begin to unravel as every version of the truth is challenged.

This 'tense, entertaining modern-day tragi-comedy' (Daily Telegraph) takes a searing look at the law whilst putting modern relationships into the dock.

The cast includes Claudie Blakley, Stephen Campbell Moore, Heather Craney, Clare Foster, Lee Ingleby, Adam James and Thusitha Jayasundera. Set design is byHildegard Bechtler, with costumes by Dinah Collin, lighting by Rick Fisher, music by Kate Whitley, and sound by John Leonard. Consent was originally co-produced and commissioned by Out of Joint and is produced in the West End by the National Theatre and Sonia Friedman Productions.

Tickets are now on sale with over 14,000 priced at £25 or under. For more information visit consentwestend.com

Consent is supported by American Express, the National Theatre preferred card partner.

THE JUNGLE

by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson

A National Theatre and Young Vic co-production with Good Chance Theatre

Following critical acclaim, and a sold-out run at the Young Vic, The Jungle, directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin transfers to the Playhouse Theatre from 16 June - 3 November, with an opening night on 5 July.

The production is set in Europe's largest unofficial refugee camp, the Calais Jungle, which in 2015, became a temporary home for more than 10,000 people. The Jungletells stories of loss, fear, community and hope, of the Calais camp's creation - and of its eventual destruction. Join the residents over freshly baked naan and sweet milky chai at the Afghan Café, and experience the intense, moving and uplifting encounters between refugees from many different countries and the volunteers who arrived from the UK.

The auditorium stalls will be completely reconfigured to house Miriam Buether's critically-acclaimed set design as seen at the Young Vic, where audiences were invited to sit at the benches and tables of the Afghan café in the Calais camp. 40% of the house to be priced at £25 and under, and a proportion of tickets will be held off sale to be offered to refugees and targeted groups in order to maximise diversity and accessibility.

The majority of the original cast will transfer with the production, including actors from refugee backgrounds, some of whom came through the Jungle. The full cast includes: Ammar Haj Ahmad, Mohammad Amiri, Girum Bekele, Elham Ehsas, Trevor Fox, Moein Ghobsheh, Ansu Kabia, Alex Lawther, John Pfumojena, Rachel Redford, Rachid Sabitri, Mohamed Sarrar, Ben Turner and Nahel Tzegai. Costumes by Catherine Kodicek, lighting by Jon Clark, sound by Paul Arditti, musical direction / composition by John Pfumojena. The Jungle is produced in the West End by Sonia Friedman Productions, Tom Kirdahy and Hunter Arnold.

Official charity partner, Help Refugees, will be supported by the production, with fundraising efforts taking place at the venue throughout the entire run.

Original production supported by Glenn and Phyllida Earle and Clive and Sally Sherling.

For more information visit TheJunglePlay.co.uk

On Broadway

ANGELS IN AMERICA
A Gay Fantasia on National Themes

by Tony Kushner
Until June 2018

The NT production of Tony Kushner's epic masterwork, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes is now playing at the Neil Simon Theatre, returning to Broadway for the first time since its now-legendary original production opened in 1993.

Starring two-time Tony Award® winner Nathan Lane and Academy Award® and Tony Award nominee Andrew Garfield, the cast of Angels in America features Susan Brown, Denise Gough, Amanda Lawrence, James McArdle, Lee Pace, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Beth Malone, Patrick Andrews, Glynis Bell, Amy Blackman, Curt James, Rowan Ian Seamus Magee, Mark Nelson, Matty Oaks, Genesis Oliver, Jane Pfitsch, Lee Aaron Rosen, Ron Todorowski, Silvia Vrskova, and Lucy York.Angels in America is directed by Marianne Elliott. Set design by Ian MacNeil, costume design by Nicky Gillibrand, lighting design by Paule Constable, music by Adrian Sutton, sound design by Ian Dickinson, puppetry design is by Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell (also Puppetry Director and Movement), movement direction by Robby Graham, and illusions by Chris Fisher. Angels in America is produced by NT America, Jujamcyn Theaters and Elliott & Harper Productions. For more information visitangelsbroadway.com

M?A?C Cosmetics is the official makeup partner of Angels in America on Broadway.

American Express is the official card partner of Angels in America on Broadway.

International

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME

based on the novel by Mark Haddon

adapted by Simon Stephens

The NT's Olivier and Tony Award®-winning production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is now on an international tour, visiting Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou before embarking on a nationwide Australian tour to Brisbane, Canberra, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Timerecently completed a North American tour which took in 30 cities across the USA and a 25-date UK and Ireland tour as well as touring to Amsterdam, Toronto, Melbourne, Hong Kong and Singapore following five years in the West End.

The play is adapted by Simon Stephens from Mark Haddon's best-selling book, and directed by Marianne Elliott. The production is designed by Bunny Christie, with lighting design by Paule Constable, video design by Finn Ross, movement by Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett for Frantic Assembly, music by Adrian Sutton and sound by Ian Dickinson for Autograph. For more information visit http://www.curiousonstage.com/global/

National Theatre Live

Three new screenings announced as part of the NT Live Season. NT Live currently screens to 65 countries across the globe.

BAFTA nominee Vanessa Kirby (The Crown, Streetcar Named Desire) stars in an updated version of Strindberg's classic play Miss Julie. Now set in modern London,Julie will be in cinemas on Thursday 6 September. Adapted by Polly Stenham (That Face) and directed by Carrie Cracknell (The Deep Blue Sea, A Doll's House), the newly single Julie becomes involved in a power struggle after a late night party

Jonathan Munby directs King Lear - with Academy Award nominee and Tony® and Olivier Award winner Ian McKellen (Lord of the Rings, X-Men) in the title role - will be broadcast live to cinemas on Thursday 27 September from the Duke of York's Theatre. Considered one of the greatest tragedies ever written, King Lear attempts to divide his kingdom between his three daughters with disastrous consequences. The production transfers to London's West End after a sold out season at Chichester Festival Theatre last year. Cast also includes Sinéad Cusack (Marcella, V for Vendetta) Kirsty Bushell (Motherland, Silk) and Danny Webb (Liar, Humans).

NT Live travels to Nottingham Playhouse for the first time to broadcast their new production of Alan Bennett's The Madness of George III. Directed by Adam Penford, it will be live in cinemas on Tuesday 20th November, with Olivier award winner Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Game of Thrones) as King George III and Adrian Scarborough as Dr Willis (The King's Speech and Gavin and Stacey).

Two of National Theatre Live's most successful broadcasts will be returning to selected international venues later this year. Olivier and Tony award winning play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, directed by Olivier and Tony award winning director Marianne Elliott (Angels in America, War Horse) will be screened from June. Captured live in 2012, Olivier award-winner Luke Treadaway (Ordeal by Innocence, A Street Cat Named Bob) stars as Christopher - the fifteen year old teenager who discovers his neighbour's dead dog and decides to find the culprit.

Frankenstein returns to international cinemas to mark the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's most famous novel. Captured live at the National Theatre in 2011, Academy award winner Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting) directs Olivier award winning actors Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock, Hamlet) and Jonny Lee Miller(Elementary, Dexter), alternating as the creature and Frankenstein. Both parts will be in cinemas on 22nd October and 29th October.

Shakespeare's Macbeth starring double Olivier award winning actor Rory Kinnear (Othello, Skyfall) and Olivier and BAFTA nominee Anne-Marie Duff (Sufragette,Shameless) as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth is the next live broadcast on 10th May from the Olivier theatre at the National Theatre.

Sky Arts is the sponsor of NT Live in the UK.

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