The National Theatre Announces More Season Details, Including FOLLIES Casting
By: Stephi Wild Jun. 19, 2018
The National Theatre announces new information, and recaps its upcoming season.
Nine Night, Natasha Gordon's critically acclaimed debut play transfers to the West End following a sold-out run at the NT. Further cast announced for Antony and Cleopatra alongside Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo, playing from September. Cast confirmed for world premiere of David Hare's new play I'm Not Running, including Siân Brooke, Alex Hassell and Joshua McGuire. Peter Brook returns to direct at the National Theatre for the first time in 50 years with The Prisoner, co-directed with Marie-Hélène Estienne. Following the acclaimed Consent, Nina Raine returns to the NT with her new play Stories starring Claudie Blakley. Anthony Neilson makes his NT debut with new play The Tell-Tale Heart, based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe. Alexander Hanson and Joanna Riding to join the cast of Follies alongside Janie Dee and Peter Forbes, returning to the Olivier Theatre in February 2019. War Horse returns to the NT marking the centenary of Armistice Day. Antony and Cleopatra and I'm Not Running to broadcast to 65 countries worldwide as part of NT Live. To mark the 100th anniversary of the first women in the UK gaining the right to vote, the NT stages Courage Everywhere; a series of rehearsed readings, talks and screenings.
Olivier Theatre
ANTONY & CLEOPATRA
Previews from 18 September, press night 26 September in repertoire until 19 January
Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war-torn empire the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony have fallen fiercely in love.
In a tragic fight between devotion and duty, obsession becomes a catalyst for war. Politics and passion are violently intertwined in Shakespeare's gripping tale of power.
Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play the famous fated couple. Simon Godwin (Twelfth Night) directs.
Cast also includes Fisayo Akinade, Alexander Cobb, Tunji Kasim, Georgia Landers, Nicholas Le Prevost, Tim McMullan, Hannah Morrish, Shazia Nicholls, Gloria Obianyo, Nick Sampson, Katy Stephens and Sargon Yelda with further cast to be announced.
Directed by Simon Godwin, set designs by Hildegard Bechtler, costume designs by Wojciech Dziedzic, lighting designs by Tim Lutkin, music by Michael Bruce, movement direction by Jonathan Goddard and Shelley Maxwell, sound design by Christopher Shutt, video design by Luke Halls and fight direction by Kev McCurdy.
Production supported by Areté Foundation / Betsy & Ed Cohen, Mary M. Miner, Leila Maw Straus, Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly, Monica Gerard-Sharp, and the Antony & Cleopatra production appeal.
Official Hotel Partner Edwardian Hotels.
Broadcast live as part of NT Live to cinemas worldwide on 6 December
Lyttelton Theatre
I'M NOT RUNNING
a new play by David Hare
Previews from 2 October, press 9 October in repertoire until 31 January
Do I run? This is the question which is facing Pauline Gibson. She has spent her life as a doctor, the inspiring leader of a local health campaign. When she crosses paths with her old boyfriend, Jack Gould, a stalwart loyalist in Labour Party politics, she's faced with an agonising decision.
What's involved in sacrificing your private life and your peace of mind for something more than a single issue? Does she dare?
David Hare's explosive new play portrays the history of a twenty year intimate friendship and its public repercussions.
Cast includes Siân Brooke, Alex Hassell, Joshua McGuire, Amaka Okafor, Liza Sadovy and Brigid Zengeni.
Directed by Neil Armfield, set design by Ralph Myers, costume design by Sussie Juhlin-Wallén, lighting design by Jon Clark, sound design by Paul Arditti and music by Alan John.
Production supported by Marcia Grand in loving memory of Richard Grand
Broadcast live as part of NT Live to cinemas worldwide on 31 January
based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo
adapted by Nick Stafford,
presented in association with the award-winning Handspring Puppet Company
Performances begin 8 November, playing in repertoire until 5 January 2019
Eleven years after its NT debut, and having played in eleven countries to over seven million people, War Horse returns to the National Theatre to mark the centenary of Armistice Day.
At the outbreak of World War One, Albert's beloved horse, Joey, is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. Though not yet old enough to enlist, Albert joins the army, and embarks on a treacherous mission to find his horse and bring him home.
Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, this powerfully moving and imaginative drama is a show of phenomenal inventiveness. At its heart are astonishing life-sized horses, created by South Africa's Handspring Puppet Company.
The cast is Marcus Adolphy, Adam Barlow, Peter Becker, Joëlle Brabban, Lucas Button, Jasper William Cartwright, Jo Castleton, Chris Charles, Jonathan Charles, Sebastian Charles, Anna Chessher, Nicky Cross, Thomas Dennis, Bob Fox, Max Gallagher, Chris Garner, Andrew Hodges, Lewis Howard, William Ilkley, Ben Ingles, Billy Irving, Elan James, Kiran Landa, Gwilym Lloyd, Jack Lord, Stephen Love, Toyin Omari-Kinch, Samuel Parker, Tom Quinn, Domonic Ramsden, Arinder Sadhra, Tom Stacy, Elizabeth Stretton, and Simon Victor.
War Horse is directed by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, designs and drawings by Rae Smith, with puppet direction, design and fabrication by Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler for Handspring Puppet Company, lighting by Paule Constable, director of movement and horse choreography by Toby Sedgwick, puppetry direction by Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler, animation and projection design by Leo Warner and Mark Grimmer for 59 Productions, music by Adrian Sutton, songmaker John Tams, 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.
Half price tickets for under-18s.
Dorfman Theatre
THE PRISONER
text by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne
Previews from 12 September, press night 17 September, playing until 4 October
Somewhere in the world, a man sits alone outside a prison. Who is he, and why is he there? Is it a choice, or a punishment?
Asking profound questions about justice, guilt and redemption, The Prisoner brings together a cast of acclaimed actors from around the world to explore some of the most compelling issues of our time.
Peter Brook and his long-time collaborator Marie-Hélène Estienne return to London with a provocative study of what it means to be free.
Cast includes Hiran Abeysekera, Hervé Goffings, Omar Silva, Kalieaswari Srinivasan and Donald Sumpter.
Directed by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne, lighting design by Philippe Vialatte and stage elements by David Violi.
A co-production with C.I.C.T. / Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord; The Grotowski Institute; Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen; Yale Repertory Theatre; Theatre For A New Audience - New York.
Sponsored by Delta Air Lines.
STORIES
a new play by Nina Raine
Previews from 10 October, press night 17 October, playing until 28 November
How do you have a baby when you're 39 and single?
This is the story of Anna. A story filled with many chapters, unexpected characters and curious plot twists.
Following the critically acclaimed Consent, Nina Raine returns to the NT with this funny and touching new play about the fertilisation of an idea. Claudie Blakley plays Anna with further cast to be announced.
Directed by Nina Raine, design by Jeremy Herbert, lighting design by Bruno Poet, music and sound by Alex Baranowski.
This play is a recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New Plays Award.
THE TELL-TALE HEART
a new play by Anthony Neilson
based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe
Previews from 5 December, press night 12 December, playing until 9 January
A young playwright rents an attic flat in Brighton, hoping it will break the writer's block that's preventing her from following up on her wildly successful debut. Whilst there, she forms a relationship with her landlady, a lonely young woman with a life-altering condition.
But pressure mounts on the writer, and her relationship with the landlady becomes ever-more suffocating. The Tell-Tale Heart is a twisted, graphic and darkly-comic treat.
Renowned for his ground-breaking work, Anthony Neilson (The Prudes, Unreachable, The Wonderful World of Dissocia) makes his NT debut with this contemporary reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale of a haunted conscience.
Cast includes David Carlyle, Imogen Doel and Tamara Lawrance.
Directed by Anthony Neilson, design by Francis O'Connor, lighting design by Chahine Yavrayan and music and sound Nick Powell.
Productions currently on sale
Olivier Theatre
TRANSLATIONS
by Brian Friel
In repertoire 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.
EXIT THE KING
by Eugène Ionesco
in a new version by Patrick Marber
Previews from 17 July, Press night 25 July, in repertoire until 6 October
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 Emily-Jane Boyle.
Part of the Travelex Season with hundreds of tickets for every performance available at £15.
PERICLES
in a new 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.
The cast includes Naana Agyei-Ampadu, Audrey Brisson, Ayesha Dharker, Kevin Harvey, Garry Robson, Ashley Zhangazha, performers recruited through our community partners and seven cameo performance groups who represent the cultural diversity of London: Ascension Eagles, Faithworks Gospel Choir, London Bulgarian Choir, Manifest Nation, The Archetype Dance Team, The Bhavan and The Youthsayers.
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.
The National Theatre's Partner for Learning is Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
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.
Directed by Rachel Chavkin, with 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 and 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 and press night in 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, Alexander Hanson and Joanna Riding join the cast as Ben and Sally 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 design by Paul Groothuis.
Exclusive Crystal Provider: Swarovski. Supported by the Follies production syndicate.
Lyttelton Theatre
JULIE
after Strindberg
In repertoire 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 Gülgec, Francesca Knight, Dak Mashava, Michela Meazza, Ana Beatriz Meireles, 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, sound design by Christopher Shutt, fight direction by Owain Gwynn, illusions by Chris Fisher and video design by Mogzi Bromley-Morgans.
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, in repertoire until 20 October
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, costume design by Katrina Lindsay, with video design by Luke Halls, lighting design by Jon Clark, music and sound design by Nick Powell, music director Candida Caldicot and movement by Polly Bennett.
Media Partners: Wall Street Journal and Financial News.
Dorfman Theatre
AN OCTOROON
a co-production with the Orange Tree Theatre
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, Kwêsi 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.
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.
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 Air Lines.
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 also includes Kathryn Drysdale, Sara Gregory, Richard Harrington, Barnaby Kay and Sian Thomas.
Design by Anna Fleischle, lighting design by Lucy Carter, choreography by Charlotte Broom and sound design by Tom Gibbons.
Sponsored by Delta Air Lines.
THE STAR SEEKERS
by the Wardrobe Ensemble
A Wardrobe Ensemble and Wardrobe Theatre Production
Performances from 8 August until 1 September
Do you want to fly to the moon? Visit a space station? Become an astronaut? Star Seekers Alph, Betty and Gammo need your help to save their space station, collect all the orbs and delve into the great unanswered question of the universe: what do astronauts really have for tea?
In this interactive family show you take the steering wheel to shape the story and the actors improvise the rest. Discover strange worlds, create solar system soundscapes, decide the noises of the aliens and even fire asteroids through space!
Visit the NT space station one hour before every performance to take part in free family activities, or book for a family workshop to take your space adventure out of this world.
Suitable for 3-8 years
Sponsored by Delta Air Lines.
COURAGE EVERYWHERE
Rehearsed readings celebrating the fight for political equality
15 - 18 November
To mark the 100th anniversary of the first women in the UK gaining the right to vote, the NT marks this historic moment through a series of rehearsed readings, talks and screenings.
World-class directors will bring these seminal plays to life on themes of suffrage and courage in order to recognise the fight for political equality in the UK and around the world.
Thursday 15th November 7.30pm
AND OTHERS written and directed by Jenny Sealey
A testimony to the women who have been lost to history, who fought for suffrage but whose stories have been left untold. Graeae Theatre's Artistic Director draws together the words of forgotten women to mark the reach of Suffrage.
Friday 16th November 7.30pm
IN THE PARLOUR by Judy Tate, directed by Dawn Walton
March 1913: On the eve of the most historic Women's Suffrage Marches two women, divided by race, battle for their right to be united and to fight in this movement.
MAGDA, JO, ISABELLA by Saviana Stanescu, Aoise Stratford, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, directed by Dawn Walton
Three brilliant new monologues from US writers tackling race, class and belonging in the Suffrage movement.
Saturday 17th November 3pm
HER NAKED SKIN by Rebecca Lenckiewicz, directed by Nadia Fall
Depicting a love-affair which crosses fraught class lines against the backdrop of the violent struggle for Suffrage, Rebecca Lenkiewicz's historic play premiered in the Olivier Theatre in 2008
Saturday 17th November 7.30pm
BULL IN A CHINA SHOP by Bryna Turner, directed by Phyllida Lloyd
Two lovers in a Massachusetts seminary find their lives upturned by revolution, fan-adoration and the price of joining the establishment. A fierce new comedy by US writer Bryna Turner, this is a dynamic queering of history, that traverses the generations
Sunday 18th November, 3pm
VOTES FOR WOMEN by Elizabeth Robins, directed Lyndsey Turner
Elizabeth Robins' genre-defining 1907 play dramatises the moment in which the Suffragette movement was born; as polite political discourse reached breaking point and women across the UK stood up to be counted.
RIVER STAGE
Festival weekends: 13 July - 12 Aug
London's largest outdoor arts festival 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 and a screening of the NT's award winning production of Stephen Sondheim's classic musical Follies, originally broadcast to cinemas with National Theatre Live last November.
River Stage is supported by Delta Air Lines (Official Airline Partner), Hertz (Official Transport Provider) and Lighting is sponsored by Vari-lite and Showline. Sound is sponsored by SSS (Stage Sound Services Ltd).
nationaltheatre.org.uk/riverstage
In the West End
NINE NIGHT?
Trafalgar Studios
1 December 2018 - 9 February 2019, Press night 6 December
Following a sold out run at the National Theatre, Natasha Gordon's critically acclaimed debut play, Nine Night, will transfer to Trafalgar Studios in a co-production with Trafalgar Theatre Productions.?
Directed by Roy Alexander Weise (The Mountaintop), Nine Night is a touching and exuberantly funny exploration of the rituals of family. 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 rum-fuelled nights of music, food, storytelling and laughter - and an endless parade of mourners.
Original NT production design by Rajha Shakiry, with lighting design by Paule Constable, sound design by George Dennis, movement direction by Shelley Maxwell, fight direction by Bret Yount, company voice work by Rebecca Cuthbertson, dialect coaching by Hazel Holder, and staff direction by Jade Lewis. Casting for the West End transfer to be announced.
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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 is now playing at the Harold Pinter Theatre for a strictly limited run until 11 August.
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 is Claudie Blakley, Stephen Campbell Moore, Sian Clifford, Heather Craney, Clare Foster, Lee Ingleby and Adam James. Set design is by Hildegard 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.
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 is now in previews at the Playhouse Theatre until 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.
Cast transferring from the Young Vic include Mohammad Amiri, Elham Ehsas, Trevor Fox, Moein Ghobsheh, Ammar Haj Ahmad, Alex Lawther, Jo McInnes, John Pfumojena, Rachel Redford, Rachid Sabitri, Mohamed Sarrar, Ben Turner and Nahel Tzegai. New cast members include Tiran Aakel, Gerard Carey, Alexander Devrient, Cherno Jagne, Kiki Kendrick, Freddie Meredith, Sara Mokonen, Yasin Moradi, Jonathan Nyati, Dominic Rowan and Eric Sirakian.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
The National Theatre on tour
LOVE
by Alexander Zeldin
The National Theatre and Birmingham Repertory Theatre production
LOVE, a 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, followed by L'Odéon - Théâtre de l'Europe as part of the Festival d'Automne à Paris from 5 - 10 November 2018. Further tour dates to be announced.
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 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 (21 - 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, tour lighting design by Paul Pyant, tour movement direction byCydney Uffindell-Phillips, music by Orlando Gough and Marc Tritschler, sound design by Paul Arditti, associate sound design by Mike Winship, and fight direction by Kev McCurdy. The associate director is Liz Stevenson.
For more information visit the NT website.
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.
based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo
adapted by Nick Stafford
War Horse continues its UK tour, currently playing at The Lowry, Salford until 30 June. A Relaxed Performance will take place on Thursday 28 June at 2pm.
War Horse will tour to 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 - 2 February 2019), Sunderland Empire (6 February - 23 February 2019), the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury (27 February - 16 March 2019) and the Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent (27 March - 6 April 2019).
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.
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 the full cast, see the Lyttelton Theatre listing above.
For more information visit warhorseonstage.com
On Broadway
ANGELS IN AMERICA
A Gay Fantasia on National Themes
by Tony Kushner
Until 15 July 2018
The NT production of Tony Kushner's epic masterwork, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes was awarded three 2018 Tony Awards® including Best Revival of a Play on Broadway, Andrew Garfield, Best Actor in a Play for his role as Prior Walter, and Nathan Lane Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role as Roy M. Cohn.
Playing at the Neil Simon Theatre, returning to Broadway for the first time since its now-legendary original production opened in 1993, the cast of Angels in America also 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,
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