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National Theatre new season booking guide

By Lucy Brooks on 3/11/2017

From Rory Kinnear's Macbeth to a debut play about West Indian family rituals: here are the first five plays to go on sale from the National Theatre new season.

Public booking opens from 8:30am on Tuesday 21 November.

New play from Annie Baker: John, National Theatre

John

Cult cool American playwright Annie Baker returns to the Dorfman after 2016's sellout The Flick. New play John is an uncanny exploration of inanimate objects.

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WHEN
17 Jan 2018 – 03 Mar 2018, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
WHERE
National Theatre
South Bank, London, SE1 9PX
Credit: Jack Davison

Macbeth

Superstition, ambition and bloody violence come to the National Theatre as a new season featuring three Shakespeare plays opens with Rufus Norris's new production of Macbeth starring Anne-Marie Duff and Rory Kinnear.


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WHEN
26 Feb 2018 – 12 May 2018, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
WHERE
National Theatre
South Bank, London, SE1 9PX
The Winter’s Tale, National Theatre

The Winter’s Tale

Shakespeare's late comedy of love, loss and reconciliation is re-imagined for children in a new family-friendly production for February half-term.

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WHEN
14 Feb 2018 – 14 May 2018, Performance at 11:00:00, 13:45, and 14:00
WHERE
National Theatre
South Bank, London, SE1 9PX
Absolute Hell, National Theatre

Absolute Hell

Theatre doesn't get much more scandalous that Rodney Ackland's Absolute Hell. Maverick director Joe Hill-Gibbins revived the play branded 'a libel on the British people' back in 1952.

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WHEN
18 Apr 2018 – 23 May 2018, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
WHERE
National Theatre
South Bank, London, SE1 9PX
The Great Wave, National Theatre

The Great Wave

A new co-production from the National Theatre and Kilburn's Tricycle Theatre transports audiences to Japan and North Korea for a family tragedy with political consequences.

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WHEN
10 Mar 2018 – 14 Apr 2018, 7:30 PM – 8:00 PM
WHERE
National Theatre
South Bank, London, SE1 9PX
Nine Night, National Theatre

Nine Night

Natasha Gordon's debut play explores West Indian family ritual with a nine night wake to celebrate and mourn one woman's death.

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WHEN
21 Apr 2018 – 26 May 2018, 7:30 PM – 8:00 PM
WHERE
National Theatre
South Bank, London, SE1 9PX
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