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    Kerry Jackson: skewers the British class divide but doesn’t roast it

    Kerry Jackson, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    30 Nov 22 – 28 Jan 23

    Fay Ripley from Cold Feet fame adds sparkle to an otherwise ill-thought through class comedy at the National Theatre

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    Othello review: sleek but too surface level

    Othello, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    23 Nov 22 – 21 Jan 23

    Clint Dyer’s slick production of Othello at the National Theatre starkly illuminates the systemic racism and misogyny in society

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    The Boy With Two Hearts: heartfelt and empathetic

    The Boy With Two Hearts, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    01 Oct 22 – 12 Nov 22

    Based on BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week, this stage adaptation of The Boy with Two Hearts details the heartrending struggle of Afghan refugees

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    Blues for an Alabama Sky: a stunning revival

    Blues for an Alabama Sky, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    21 Sep 22 – 05 Nov 22

    Samira Wiley (Orange Is the New Black) and Giles Terera (Hamilton) star in Lynette Linton’s mesmeric revival of Blues for an Alabama Sky at the National Theatre

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    The Crucible review: an elemental spectacle

    The Crucible, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    14 Sep 22 – 05 Nov 22

    Erin Doherty is compelling in Lyndsey Turner’s revival of The Crucible at the National Theatre, but ES Devlin’s design steals the show

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    Much Ado, with jazz hands and sparkle

    Much Ado About Nothing, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    07 Jul 22 – 10 Sep 22

    Director Simon Godwin teams up with designer Anna Fleischle to present a loud and glitzy Much Ado About Nothing, set in an Art Deco beachside hotel

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  • Tried and Tested

    Theatre 

    The Father and the Assassin at the National Theatre

    NT, The Father and the Assassin review ★★★★★

    12 May 22 – 18 Jun 22

    The Father and the Assassin tells the story of Nathuram Godse, the man who murdered Gandhi, within a compelling historical sweep through the run-up to India’s independence

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    Review: Middle at the National Theatre

    Middle, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    27 Apr 22 – 14 Jun 22

    In Middle, the second instalment of playwright David Eldridge's trilogy on love and relationships, attempts at relatability become distancing

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  • In the Know

    Theatre 

    Review: Emma Rice’s Wuthering Heights at the National

    Wuthering Heights, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    03 Feb 22 – 19 Mar 22

    A moody, folky take on Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights comes to the National’s Lyttelton Theatre in the hands of Emma Rice’s Wise Children

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    Theatre 

    Andrea Levy's epic returns to the National

    Small Island, National Theatre

    24 Feb 22 – 30 Apr 22

    Andrea Levy's epic tale of love, hope and sacrifice between Britain and Jamaica in the 40s returns after sold out premiere in 2019

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  • Tried and Tested

    Theatre 

    Trouble in Mind dazzles at the National Theatre

    Review: Trouble in Mind, Dorfman Theatre ★★★★★

    02 Dec 21 – 29 Jan 22

    Trouble in Mind, Alice Childress's cutting satire of racism in 1950s America, proves a play for the here and now in the National Theatre's engaging production

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    Manor: a thriller-esque state-of-the-nation drama

    Manor, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    16 Nov 21 – 01 Jan 22

    Playwright Moira Buffini returns to the National Theatre with Manor, a thriller-esque state-of-the-nation drama starring Nancy Carroll and Shaun Evans

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    The Normal Heart: an impassioned revival

    The Normal Heart, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    23 Sep 21 – 06 Nov 21

    Larry Kramer’s political and largely autobiographical Aids drama The Normal Heart is revived at the National Theatre in a production directed by Dominic Cooke

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    East is East turns 25 at National Theatre

    East is East, National Theatre

    07 Oct 21 – 30 Oct 21

    East is East, Ayub Khan Din’s culture-clash comedy about a British-Pakistani family, comes to the National Theatre to mark its 25th anniversary

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    Review: Winsome Pinnock's Rockets and Blue Lights

    Rockets and Blue Lights, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    25 Aug 21 – 09 Oct 21

    Award-winning playwright Winsome Pinnock provides poignancy and fury in her epic on slavery, legacy and representation

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  • Essential

    Theatre 

    Kae Tempest’s Paradise lends a Greek myth new relevance

    Paradise, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    04 Aug 21 – 11 Sep 21

    Kae Tempest’s Paradise, showing at the National Theatre under the direction of Ian Rickson, lends contemporary relevance to the Greek myth of Philoctetes

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  • Essential

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    Under Milk Wood brings medley of memories to the NT

    Under Milk Wood, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    16 Jun 21 – 24 Jul 21

    Dylan Thomas’s ‘play for voices’ is reframed and revived in a vibrant medley of poetry and memory with a shining performance from Michael Sheen

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  • Essential

    Theatre 

    After Life: NT’s beautiful, bittersweet reopening show

    After Life, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    02 Jun 21 – 07 Aug 21

    Writer Jack Thorne, director Jeremy Herrin and designer Bunny Christie join forces to bring Hirokazu Kore-eda’s tender movie After Life to the National Theatre’s Dorfman stage

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    Theatre 

    The National Theatre announces two new productions

    The National Theatre announces reopening plans and a double bill

    The National Theatre will reopen in June with Jack Thorne's adaptation of After Life and a Michael Sheen-led production of Under Milk Wood

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    Michael Balogun is electric in Death of England: Delroy

    Death of England: Delroy, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    21 Oct 20 – 04 Nov 20

    Clint Dyer and Roy Williams return to the National Theatre with Death of England: Delroy, an unflinching examination of being a black working-class man in Britain

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    Kids 

    National Theatre to stage Dick Whittington panto

    Dick Whittington, National Theatre

    11 Dec 20 – 23 Jan 21

    For one year only, the National Theatre is staging a panto for Christmas. Dick Whittington is being performed live to a socially distanced audience

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    Theatre 

    Bitter revenge comedy is updated at The National

    The Visit, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    31 Jan 20 – 04 Apr 20

    Tony Kushner (Angels in America) updates Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s visionary revenge play, The Visit

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    Review: The Antipodes, National Theatre

    The Antipodes, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    21 Oct 19 – 23 Nov 19

    Hotshot American writer Annie Baker returns to the National Theatre with The Antipodes, a new play about stories

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    Theatre 

    Translations is back at the NT

    Back for 2019: Translations, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    15 Oct 19 – 18 Dec 19

    Brian Friel's 'finest and most universal' play gets a major revival at the National Theatre

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    Theatre 

    Stormy Weather at the National Theatre

    Master Harold and the boys, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    21 Sep 19 – 17 Dec 19

    Director Roy Alexander Weise revives Athol Fugard's semi-autobiographical masterpiece about apartheid era South Africa with comedy and tragedy in miniature

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    Theatre 

    Political home truths at the National Theatre

    Hansard, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    22 Aug 19 – 25 Nov 19

    Politics and family secrets spark in Hansard, a new play starring two-time Olivier winners Alex Jennings and Lindsay Duncan

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    Review: The Secret River, National Theatre

    The Secret River, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    23 Aug 19 – 07 Sep 19

    Andrew Bovell's adaptation of The Secret River comes to the National Theatre, telling the story of Australia's early settlers and their clashes with the country's native people

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  • In the Know

    Theatre 

    Jellyfish, National Theatre review

    Jellyfish, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    05 Jul 19 – 16 Jul 19

    After a sold out run at Bush Theatre, Jellyfish brings a heartfelt story of coming of age with Down's Syndrome to the National Theatre

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    David Hare gives Ibsen a modern makeover

    Peter Gynt, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    27 Jun 19 – 08 Oct 19

    With Peter Gynt, David Hare returns for the National Theatre 2019 season, tweaking a classic Ibsen tale for the modern day

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    Cinema 

    How to enjoy the best plays at a fraction of the price

    Best live theatre screened in cinemas

    From NT Live screenings to the best of the Royal Shakespeare Company – theatre screened in cinemas has plenty to offer in London

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    Theatre 

    Top Girls fizzes with relevance in 2019

    Top Girls, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    26 Mar 19 – 20 Jul 19

    Director Lyndsey Turner revives Caryl Churchill's masterful 1982 play Top Girls at the National Theatre

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    Theatre 

    Immersive surveillance at the National Theatre

    ANNA, National Theatre ★★★★★

    11 May 19 – 15 Jun 19

    With ANNA, the National Theatre audience becomes part of Cold War surveillance, listening into a young wife's secrets

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