On a quest to be truly alive, Pinocchio leaves Geppetto’s workshop with Jiminy Cricket in tow. Their electrifying adventure takes them from alpine forests to Pleasure Island to the bottom of the ocean. This spectacular new production brings together the director of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and the writer of Matilda the Musical.
For the first time on stage, featuring unforgettable music and songs from the Walt Disney film including I’ve Got No Strings, Give a Little Whistle and When You Wish upon a Star in dazzling new arrangements, Pinocchiocomes to life as never before.
Creatives
Directed by John Tiffany
Written by Dennis Kelly,
Songs and score from the Walt Disney film by Leigh Harline, Ned Washington and Paul J. Smith, newly adapted by Martin Lowe
Design and puppet co-design by Bob Crowley
Lighting design by Paule Constable
Music supervision and orchestrations by Martin Lowe
The House of Bernarda Alba and more extraordinary performances in stories that live with you, streaming now on National Theatre at Home → https://www.ntathome.com
The House of Bernarda Alba
by Alice Birch
after Federico García Lorca
a co-production with Playful Productions
You bring such scandal to my house
In the domain of Bernarda Alba, a daughter who disobeys is no longer a daughter.
Forced to live under their mother’s tight grip as they mourn their father’s death, can five sisters survive when young Adela dares for passion and freedom?
Olivier Award-winner Harriet Walter (Succession) plays the formidable matriarch, guarding her reputation against the rising tide of her family’s desires in this pitch-black drama exploring the consequences of oppressing women.
Following Olivier Award-winning revivals of Cabaret and A Streetcar Named Desire, Rebecca Frecknall makes her directorial debut at the National Theatre with Alice Birch’s (Normal People) radical version of Federico García Lorca’s modern masterpiece.
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00:00 Yerma directed by Simon Stone, with Billie Piper
https://www.ntathome.com/yerma
The incredible Billie Piper (I Hate Suzie) returns in her Olivier Award-winning role.
A young woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child, in Simon Stone’s radical production of Lorca’s achingly powerful masterpiece.
Set in contemporary London, Piper’s portrayal of a woman in her thirties struggling to conceive builds with elemental force to a staggering, shocking climax.
Originally broadcast live from the Young Vic.
00:56 The Crucible directed by Lindsay Turner with Erin Doherty
https://www.ntathome.com/the-crucible
by Arthur Miller
Olivier Award-winner Lyndsey Turner directs this electrifying new production with set design by Es Devlin in a ‘nigh-on perfect revival’ (Evening Standard) of Arthur Miller’s masterpiece, a gripping parable of power and its abuse.
A witch hunt is beginning in Salem…
Raised to be seen but not heard, a group of young women suddenly find their words have a terrible power. As a climate of fear spreads through the community, private vendettas fuel public accusations and soon the truth itself is on trial.
As a climate of fear spreads through the community, private vendettas fuel public accusations and soon the truth itself is on trial.
A production from National Theatre
03:07 A View from the Bridge directed by Ivon Van Hove with Mark Strong and Nicola Walker
https://www.ntathome.com/a-view-from-the-bridge
by Arthur Miller
A production from Young Vic
In Brooklyn, Eddie Carbone welcomes his Sicilian cousins to the land of freedom. But when one of them falls for his beautiful niece, they discover that freedom comes at a price.
Eddie’s jealous mistrust exposes a deep, unspeakable secret – one that drives him to commit the ultimate betrayal.
Ivo Van Hove directs Mark Strong and Nicola Walker in Arthur Miller’s dark and passionate play.
04:33 Our Town directed by Francesca Goodridge with Michael Sheen
https://www.ntathome.com/our-town
By Thornton Wilder
Directed by Francesca Goodridge
Creative Associate, Russell T Davies
Grover’s Corners is a quiet little town, full of ordinary folk, living everyday lives. They work, they laugh, they sing, they fall in love and raise their children, and grow old.
But within those moments of ordinary, everyday life, there are truths that reach out to us all. And a passionate demand to cherish every moment, right now, while we still can.
Our Town is American playwright Thornton Wilder’s masterpiece, and this new production — starring internationally celebrated actor Michael Sheen — sees the story through a Welsh lens, bringing new life and vivid resonance for modern audiences.
07:15 The House of Bernarda Alba directed by Rebecca Frecknall with Harriet Walter
https://www.ntathome.com/the-house-of-bernarda-alba
by Alice Birch
after Federico García Lorca
a co-production with Playful Productions
You bring such scandal to my house
In the domain of Bernarda Alba, a daughter who disobeys is no longer a daughter.
Forced to live under their mother’s tight grip as they mourn their father’s death, can five sisters survive when young Adela dares for passion and freedom?
Olivier Award-winner Harriet Walter (Succession) plays the formidable matriarch, guarding her reputation against the rising tide of her family’s desires in this pitch-black drama exploring the consequences of oppressing women.
Following Olivier Award-winning revivals of Cabaret and A Streetcar Named Desire, Rebecca Frecknall makes her directorial debut at the National Theatre with Alice Birch’s (Normal People) radical version of Federico García Lorca’s modern masterpiece.
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Letitia Wright, Ashley Thomas, Lorraine Toussaint, Wilf Scolding, and Aliyah Odoffin describe the plot of their show in a sentence – using only one word each.
Come see them in this gripping newsroom thriller on our Oliver stage from 27 Aug to 24 Oct.
Head to the National Theatre website to book official tickets for The Story, playing at the Olivier Theatre at the National Theatre in London from 27 August to 24 October 2026, ideal for those looking for things to do on the South Bank: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/the-story/
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About the show
There’s the truth and then there’s the story.
When a white teacher is killed in a black neighbourhood, four journalists race to get the headline – at any cost. But when shocking new evidence pulls them into the dark heart of the case, they are each forced to confront what they’re prepared to risk to tell their version of the truth.
Gripping and adrenaline-fuelled, Tracey Scott Wilson’s seminal newsroom thriller is directed by Clint Dyer (Death of England) with a cast including BAFTA Award-winner Letitia Wright (Black Panther), Ashley Thomas (Hostage), Lorraine Toussaint (Orange is the New Black), and Wilf Scolding (Cabaret).
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Award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) plays the title role in this razor-sharp reimagining of Molière’s classic dark comedy.
The Misanthrope comes to cinemas from 22 September with National Theatre Live. Get tickets here → ntlive.com/plays/the-misanthrope/
Telling the truth isn’t always that simple. Alice, a brilliant novelist, despises the carefully constructed lies of modern society. But the more she challenges those around her, the fiercer the backlash becomes. Soon, she must confront the price of speaking her truth in a world that would rather silence her.
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Indhu Rubasingham directs Martin Crimp’s (Cyrano de Bergerac) highly anticipated play.
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Rakie Ayola, Sylvestra Le Touzel and Cherrelle Skeete test their authentication skills by discovering which items of the show 'The Authenticator' are real or cake.
Stream The Authenticator now on National Theatre at Home → ntathome.com/the-authenticator
About the Show
This house is full of secrets
Soon after inheriting her family’s stately home, eccentric artist Fenella Harford discovers a stash of hidden diaries and enlists a young academic, Marva, to confirm their authenticity.
Joined by Marva’s brilliant but overlooked mentor, Abi, the three women come together to seek the truth, soon realising that secrets at the heart of Harford Hall were darker than they could have imagined.
A gripping gothic psychological thriller, The Authenticator reunites writer Winsome Pinnock (Leave Taking) with director Miranda Cromwell (Death of a Salesman) following their acclaimed production, Rockets and Blue Lights.
The Authenticator reunites the acclaimed creative partnership of writer Winsome Pinnock and director Miranda Cromwell following their celebrated production Rockets and Blue Lights at the National Theatre and Royal Exchange Manchester. Pinnock is one of Britain's most important and distinctive playwrights — a writer whose work has always placed the experiences of Black British women at the centre of the stage. Cromwell is one of the most exciting directors of her generation, whose productions include Death of a Salesman at the Young Vic, Piccadilly Theatre, and Broadway.
The full creative team includes set designer Jon Bausor, costume designer Kinnetia Isidore (who also designed Nye for the NT), lighting designer Aideen Malone, sound designer Tingying Dong, composer Benjamin Kwasi Burrell (The Motive and the Cue, Small Island), and movement director Shelley Maxwell. The Authenticator is an Edgerton New Plays Commission, with additional support from the Sir Peter Shaffer Charitable Foundation.
Rakie Ayola — three-time BAFTA winner, known for Anthony (BBC One), Noughts + Crosses, and Sherwood — plays Abi: a brilliant academic whose intellect and personal history collide with the horrors hiding inside Harford Hall. Sylvestra Le Touzel plays Fenella, the eccentric, unpredictable owner of the house, whose motives grow less clear the more the women uncover. Cherrelle Skeete plays Marva — young, determined, and increasingly unsettled — caught between her loyalty to Abi and the pull of what the house is telling her.
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You’ll find us in theatres. In cinemas. In schools. And online.
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Rakie Ayola, Sylvestra Le Touzel and Cherrelle Skeete test their authentication skills by discovering which items of the show 'The Authenticator' are real or cake.
Stream The Authenticator now on National Theatre at Home → ntathome.com/the-authenticator
About the Show
This house is full of secrets
Soon after inheriting her family’s stately home, eccentric artist Fenella Harford discovers a stash of hidden diaries and enlists a young academic, Marva, to confirm their authenticity.
Joined by Marva’s brilliant but overlooked mentor, Abi, the three women come together to seek the truth, soon realising that secrets at the heart of Harford Hall were darker than they could have imagined.
A gripping gothic psychological thriller, The Authenticator reunites writer Winsome Pinnock (Leave Taking) with director Miranda Cromwell (Death of a Salesman) following their acclaimed production, Rockets and Blue Lights.
The Authenticator reunites the acclaimed creative partnership of writer Winsome Pinnock and director Miranda Cromwell following their celebrated production Rockets and Blue Lights at the National Theatre and Royal Exchange Manchester. Pinnock is one of Britain's most important and distinctive playwrights — a writer whose work has always placed the experiences of Black British women at the centre of the stage. Cromwell is one of the most exciting directors of her generation, whose productions include Death of a Salesman at the Young Vic, Piccadilly Theatre, and Broadway.
The full creative team includes set designer Jon Bausor, costume designer Kinnetia Isidore (who also designed Nye for the NT), lighting designer Aideen Malone, sound designer Tingying Dong, composer Benjamin Kwasi Burrell (The Motive and the Cue, Small Island), and movement director Shelley Maxwell. The Authenticator is an Edgerton New Plays Commission, with additional support from the Sir Peter Shaffer Charitable Foundation.
Rakie Ayola — three-time BAFTA winner, known for Anthony (BBC One), Noughts + Crosses, and Sherwood — plays Abi: a brilliant academic whose intellect and personal history collide with the horrors hiding inside Harford Hall. Sylvestra Le Touzel plays Fenella, the eccentric, unpredictable owner of the house, whose motives grow less clear the more the women uncover. Cherrelle Skeete plays Marva — young, determined, and increasingly unsettled — caught between her loyalty to Abi and the pull of what the house is telling her.
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Every day we strive to make the world a better place through theatre; entertaining and inspiring audiences around the world, using our creativity, expertise and unique reach.
You’ll find us in theatres. In cinemas. In schools. And online.
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Watch Michael Sheen in Our Town, the critically acclaimed inaugural production of @WelshNationalTheatre , created in co-production with @RoseTheatreKingston where it was filmed live.
Streaming on National Theatre at Home → ntathome.com
Watch Michael Sheen in Our Town, the critically acclaimed inaugural production of @WelshNationalTheatre , created in co-production with @RoseTheatreKingston where it was filmed live.
Streaming on National Theatre at Home → ntathome.com
Ever wondered what it takes to bring a performance to life? Here's how our brilliant DSM Jo Nield runs a night from call times to cues, lighting to sound, backstage to on-stage.
The Misanthrope is coming to cinemas 22 Sept, find your venue → ntlive.com/plays/the-misanthrope/tickets
Featuring BAFTA Award-winner Letitia Wright (Black Panther), Ashley Thomas (Hostage), Lorraine Toussaint (Orange is the New Black), and Wilf Scolding (Cabaret), The Story plays at the Olivier Theatre at the National Theatre in London from 27 August to 24 October 2026, it’s ideal for those looking for things to do on the South Bank.
There’s the truth and then there’s the story.
When a white teacher is killed in a black neighbourhood, four journalists race to get the headline – at any cost. But when shocking new evidence pulls them into the dark heart of the case, they are each forced to confront what they’re prepared to risk to tell their version of the truth.
Gripping and adrenaline-fuelled, Tracey Scott Wilson’s seminal newsroom thriller is directed by Clint Dyer (Death of England) .
Book official tickets for The Story on the National Theatre website: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/the-story/
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You’ll find us in theatres. In cinemas. In schools. And online.
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Learn from Emily Aboud what a day in the life behind the scenes of The Story looks like.
' The Story' plays in our Olivier Theatre from 27 Aug-24 Oct
Books tickets → nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/the-story/
#NationalTheatre #LondonTheatre #Director #AssociateDirector #behindthescenes
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Every day we strive to make the world a better place through theatre; entertaining and inspiring audiences around the world, using our creativity, expertise and unique reach.
You’ll find us in theatres. In cinemas. In schools. And online.
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A line-up of amazing shows coming soon to streaming, All My Sons, Teeth 'n' Smiles, The Fifth Step, War Horse and the Audience.
Experience gripping dramas, stirring performances and stories that stay with you long after the curtain falls, with five new productions streaming this season on National Theatre at Home → ntathome.com
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We believe that great theatre sparks imagination and brings people together.
Every day we strive to make the world a better place through theatre; entertaining and inspiring audiences around the world, using our creativity, expertise and unique reach.
You’ll find us in theatres. In cinemas. In schools. And online.
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Award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) plays the title role in this razor-sharp reimagining of Molière’s classic dark comedy.
The Misanthrope comes to cinemas from 22 September with National Theatre Live. Get tickets here → ntlive.com/plays/the-misanthrope/
Telling the truth isn’t always that simple. Alice, a brilliant novelist, despises the carefully constructed lies of modern society. But the more she challenges those around her, the fiercer the backlash becomes. Soon, she must confront the price of speaking her truth in a world that would rather silence her.
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Indhu Rubasingham directs Martin Crimp’s (Cyrano de Bergerac) highly anticipated play.
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This house is full of secrets
Soon after inheriting her family’s stately home, eccentric artist Fenella Harford (Sylvestra Le Touzel) discovers a stash of hidden diaries and enlists a young academic, Marva (Cherrelle Skeete), to confirm their authenticity.
Joined by Marva’s brilliant but overlooked mentor, Abi (Rakie Ayola), the three women come together to seek the truth, soon realising that secrets at the heart of Harford Hall were darker than they could have imagined.
A gripping gothic psychological thriller, The Authenticator reunites writer Winsome Pinnock (Leave Taking) with director Miranda Cromwell (Death of a Salesman) following their acclaimed production, Rockets and Blue Lights.
Now available to stream on National Theatre at Home → ntathome.com
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Streaming now, extraordinary performances in stories that live with you,
A Streetcar Name Desire, The Crucible, Yerma, A view from the Bridge, The House of Bernarda Alba, Our Town all available now on National Theatre at Home → ntathome.com
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From the Old Vic to Skyfall — Judi Dench shares sixty years worth of stories in one unmissable evening at the National Theatre. In Conversation with Angus MacKechnie November 2014.
Only Judi Dench could open a sold-out conversation at the National Theatre — to a full house, on the eve of a very significant birthday she absolutely refuses to name — with humour, unique stories and her characteristic joyful personality.
Watch the full interview here → youtu.be/-aGhvdZEKUU
00:00 Judi Dench went to MI5 because of her role in James Bond as M
01:00 Judi Dench was told she would never make it in film.
02:06 Judi Dench on Playing Sally Bowles in Cabaret in 1968
The Conversation
Interviewed by Angus MacKechnie, this wide-ranging conversation takes in sixty years of stage and screen — from Ophelia at the Old Vic fresh out of drama school ("a baptism of fire"), to Cabaret's Sally Bowles, to Cleopatra in the Olivier with Anthony Hopkins, to seventeen years as M in the Bond franchise, to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and everything in between. Along the way there are stories about Ian McKellen, Ian McShane, Billy Connolly, Steve Coogan, Dustin Hoffman, Sam Mendes, Peter Hall, and a black leather glove that has been passed between theatrical colleagues more than a hundred times since the 1980s.
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About Judi Dench
Dame Judith Olivia Dench (1934) is an English actress. Dench attended an all-girls Quaker school, then followed with a brief stop at the York School of Art before changing course and heading off to London's Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art.
Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years, she performed in several of Shakespeare's plays, in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. Although most of her work during this period was in theatre, she also branched into film work and won a BAFTA Award as Most Promising Newcomer. She drew rave reviews for her leading role in the musical Cabaret in 1968.
Over the next two decades, Dench established herself as one of the most significant British theatre performers, working for the National Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company. She received critical acclaim for her work on television during this period, in the series A Fine Romance (1981–1984) and As Time Goes By (1992–2005), in both of which she held starring roles. Her film appearances included supporting roles in major films, such as A Room with a View (1986), before she rose to international fame as M in GoldenEye (1995), a role she continued to play in James Bond films until Spectre (2015).
source: https://www.lucy.cam.ac.uk/fellows/dame-judi-dench
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Othello, Shakespeare’s timeless tale of envy and brutal revenge with Jonathan Bailey, Rory Kinnear and Adrian Lester as Othello, is available to stream worldwide on the National Theatre Collection with Drama Online, and free for UK state schools and on National Theatre at Home.
Learn more → nationaltheatre.org.uk/learn-explore/national-theatre-collection/
Also available to stream worldwide on National Theatre at Home → ntathome.com/othello
Connections is the National Theatre’s annual, nationwide youth theatre festival, celebrating the creativity and talent of young people across the UK.
For over three decades, the programme has a proud history of empowering the next generation of theatre-makers.
From Home Performances to Partner Theatre venues to our Summer festival at Lowry in Salford, over 5000 young people from more than 250 companies from all over the country participated in our flagship youth theatre program in 2026.
Learn more → nationaltheatre.org.uk/learn-explore/connections/
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The Authenticator arrives to stream on National Theatre at Home 11 August → ntathome.com
The Authenticator is a gripping gothic psychological thriller by Winsome Pinnock (Rockets and Blue Lights), directed by Miranda Cromwell (Death of a Salesman) — the acclaimed creative partnership behind Rockets and Blue Lights reunited for a new commission that digs into the buried histories of colonial Britain with intelligence, wit, and suspense.
The creative team includes set designer Jon Bausor, costume designer Kinnetia Isidore, lighting designer Aideen Malone, sound designer Tingying Dong, and composer Benjamin Kwasi Burrell.
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Every day we strive to make the world a better place through theatre; entertaining and inspiring audiences around the world, using our creativity, expertise and unique reach.
You’ll find us in theatres. In cinemas. In schools. And online.
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Every day we strive to make the world a better place through theatre; entertaining and inspiring audiences around the world, using our creativity, expertise and unique reach.
You’ll find us in theatres. In cinemas. In schools. And online.
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The creative team behind the smash-hit sensation, War Horse, unpack how they brought the star of the show, Joey, the life-sized horse puppet, to life.
- Puppet Design and Fabrication Adrian Kohler for Handspring Puppet Company
- Director of Movement and Horse Choreography Toby Sedgwick
- Puppetry Director Matthew Forbes
- Associate Puppetry Director Lewis Howard
- Set and Costume Design Rae Smith
https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/war-horse/
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About the show
The last chance to see the global phenomenon gallop home to the National Theatre
At the outbreak of the First World War, young Albert’s beloved horse Joey is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. Too young to enlist, Albert refuses to forget him, embarking on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of wartime France – determined to bring Joey home.
Based on Michael Morpurgo’s beloved novel, War Horse is a timeless story of love, courage and friendship, brought to life by astonishing life-sized horses from Handspring Puppet Company and a stirring musical score.
Following a sell-out national tour, the Tony® Award–winning global sensation returns to where it all began, nearly two decades after its debut at the National Theatre.
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Suitability
Age recommendation: 10+
This production contains loud sound effects, flashing lights, haze and strobe lighting.
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Author Michael Morpurgo
Sir Michael Morpurgo OBE FRSL FKC DL, born Michael Andrew Bridge, is a writer, playwright, performer and librettist.
The author of more than 150 children’s books, he has sold over 35 million copies worldwide in almost 40 languages. The National Theatre adaptation of his most well-known novel War Horse (1982) was first produced in 2007 and has since been seen by more than ten million people in over 100 cities around the world.
A former teacher, Michael Morpurgo is currently the President of Book Trust. Between 2003–05, he was Children’s Laureate.
Alongside his wife Clare Lane, he is co-founder of the charity Farms for City Children.
In 2018 he was knighted for services to literature and charity.
War Horse – five Tony Awards and two Olivier Awards among others
michaelmorpurgo.com
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Adrian Kohler for Handspring Puppet Company
Training
Adrian Kohler is the artistic director and co-founder of Handspring Puppet Company. He has a BA (Fine Art) UCT and honorary PhDs from the University of Cape Town and Toronto.
Theatre
For the National Theatre: War Horse and Neil Bartlett’s Or You Could Kiss Me
Other productions include: Woyzeck on the Highveld, Faustus in Africa, Ubu and the Truth Commission and Il Riturno d’Ulisse (opera), which toured internationally as a result of a decade-long collaboration with William Kentridge; Tom Morris’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Bristol Old Vic; and Lara Foot’s Life & Times of Michael K and the revival of Faustus for the Baxter Theatre, Cape Town
Awards
Olivier and Tony Awards
The Handspring Puppet Company spent their first five years touring plays for children throughout Southern Africa. They pivoted into political theatre for adults in 1985, after the State of Emergency was declared in South Africa.
Handspring’s presentation of animal puppets as animals rather than as anthropomorphic beings is regarded by Kohler as the defining contribution of their career.
Their puppets are held in several public collections including the V&A Museum.
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Every day we strive to make the world a better place through theatre; entertaining and inspiring audiences around the world, using our creativity, expertise and unique reach.
You’ll find us in theatres. In cinemas. In schools. And online.
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Go behind the scenes and experience the best of the National Theatre in one long-durational collection. Enjoy exclusive backstage access, unforgettable moments from productions, interviews with artists and creatives, trailers, behind-the-scenes features, and much more.
From our stages and cinema screenings with NT Live to NT at Home and NT Collection, discover the stories, people and productions that bring theatre to life. and to your screens. Whether you're a lifelong theatre lover or new to the National Theatre, this collections is waiting for you.
00:00 National Theatre Live Playboy of the Western World
06:42 National Theatre Live Les Liaisons Dangereuses
14:19 National Theatre Live Les Liaisons Dangereuses set design exclusive behind the scenes.
21:25 National Theatre Live The Misanthrope
23:21 National Theatre Live The Fifth Step
25:36 National Theatre Collection
31:11 National Theatre at Home July-August Season Announcement
31:41 National Theatre at Home Inter Alia Rosamund Pike Invitation
33:15 National Theatre at Home Inter Alia
37:26 National Theatre at Home Summerfolk
41:30 National Theatre at Home Our Town with Michael Sheen
46:18 National Theatre at Home The Authenticator
53:47 National Theatre at Home One Man, Two Guvnors
57:04 National Theatre at Home The Importance of Being Earnest
01:10:20 National Theatre at Home Vanya
01:14:37 National Theatre at Home Romeo and Juliet
01:32:50 National Theatre at Home Josh O'Connor and Jessie Buckley interview
02:07:55 National Theatre at Home Angel's in America
02:27:12 National Theatre at Home People Places and Things
02:33:31 National Theatre at Home A Streetcar Name Desire
02:37:17 July - August National Theatre at Home Season
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Ian McKellen — King Lear, No Man's Land & On Stage. Streaming on National Theatre at Home → ntathome.com
00:00 No Man´s Land with Patrick Stewart directed by Sean Mathias
02:12 Ian McKellen On Stage directed by Sean Mathias
05:54 King Lear directed by Jonathan Munby
07:45 Ian McKellen and Judi Dench in conversation with Jim Carter at the National Theatre
Over six decades, across every major stage in the world, Sir Ian McKellen has given audiences performance after performance of startling intelligence, physical precision, and complete emotional commitment. This compilation celebrates three of his greatest — and most contrasting — works: the devastating tragedy of King Lear, the intimate warmth and wit of Ian McKellen on Stage, and the Pinter mind-game double act of No Man's Land alongside Sir Patrick Stewart.
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#IanMcKellen #NationalTheatre #KingLear #NoMansLand #PatrickStewart #NTLive #NTatHome
From Malvolia's letter to Henry's battle cry — five unforgettable Shakespeare scenes performed by Tamsin Greig, Ian McKellen, Giles Terera, Paul Chahidi and Kit Harington. Stream them all on National Theatre at Home.
Twelfth Night | National Theatre | Tamsin Greig as Malvolia
Directed by Simon Godwin and produced at the National Theatre's Olivier stage — reimagining Malvolio as the female Malvolia — this is the letter scene: the moment of self-delusion at the play's heart. Tamsin Greig reads the forged letter alone, discovering in its words the promise of everything she has always wanted
Othello | National Theatre, Lyttelton | Giles Terera as Othello
The most historic Othello in the National Theatre's history — the first time a Black man (director Clint Dyer) has directed the play at a major British venue. Giles Terera (Olivier Award-winner for Hamilton) plays Othello opposite Rosy McEwen's Desdemona and Paul Hilton's Iago. This clip captures the Act 2 reunion of Othello and Desdemona in Cyprus — one of Shakespeare's most charged and tender scenes. "Were I now to die, 'twere now to be most happy" — followed, almost immediately, by Iago's aside: "O, you are well tuned now! But I'll set down the pegs that make this music as honest as I am." Joy and catastrophe in the same breath. This is what Shakespeare does.
As You Like It | National Theatre, Olivier | Paul Chahidi as Jaques
Polly Findlay's production stars Rosalie Craig as Rosalind and Paul Chahidi as Jacques in a Shakespeare classic. Chahidi's Jacques, uses the forest floor as a reflective space and the Seven Ages of Man as a meditation on depression, time, and the terrible comedy of growing old.
King Lear | NT Live | Chichester Festival Theatre / Duke of York's Theatre | Ian McKellen as Lear
Ian McKellen returned at 78 to the role he last played in the 1990s. Jonathan Munby directs this contemporary, modern-dress production, in which McKellen brings his years of Shakespearean experience to this iconic role. Ian McKellen plays a man slowly losing his grip on the world with Lloyd Hutchinson's as the Fool by his side.
Henry V | Donmar Warehouse | Kit Harington as Henry V
Directed by Max Webster and filmed for National Theatre Live at the Donmar Warehouse in 2022, Kit Harington plays Henry V. The St Crispin's Day speech is one of Shakespeare's greatest rhetorical set-pieces — a king compensating for his troubled conscience.
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#Shakespeare #NationalTheatre #IanMcKellen #TamsinGreig #GilesTerera #KitHarington #NTatHome
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Every day we strive to make the world a better place through theatre; entertaining and inspiring audiences around the world, using our creativity, expertise and unique reach.
You’ll find us in theatres. In cinemas. In schools. And online.
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Watch Michael Sheen in Our Town, the critically acclaimed inaugural production of @WelshNationalTheatre , created in co-production with @RoseTheatreKingston where it was filmed live.
Streaming on National Theatre at Home → ntathome.com
The creative team behind the smash-hit sensation, War Horse, unpack how they brought the star of the show, Joey, the life-sized horse puppet, to life.
Experience the wonder live at the National Theatre on London's South Bank, only until 30 July 2026.
- Puppet Design and Fabrication Adrian Kohler for Handspring Puppet Company
- Director of Movement and Horse Choreography Toby Sedgwick
- Puppetry Director Matthew Forbes
- Associate Puppetry Director Lewis Howard
- Set and Costume Design Rae Smith
Book official War Horse tickets for the Tony Award-winning global sensation, based on Michael Morpurgo’s beloved novel. Playing in the Olivier Theatre at the National Theatre until this Thursday 30 July 2026, with performances this summer, it’s an unforgettable family day out.
Official website: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/war-horse/
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About the show
The last chance to see the global phenomenon gallop home to the National Theatre
At the outbreak of the First World War, young Albert’s beloved horse Joey is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. Too young to enlist, Albert refuses to forget him, embarking on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of wartime France – determined to bring Joey home.
Based on Michael Morpurgo’s beloved novel, War Horse is a timeless story of love, courage and friendship, brought to life by astonishing life-sized horses from Handspring Puppet Company and a stirring musical score.
Following a sell-out national tour, the Tony® Award–winning global sensation returns to where it all began, nearly two decades after its debut at the National Theatre.
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Suitability
Age recommendation: 10+
This production contains loud sound effects, flashing lights, haze and strobe lighting.
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Author Michael Morpurgo
Sir Michael Morpurgo OBE FRSL FKC DL, born Michael Andrew Bridge, is a writer, playwright, performer and librettist.
The author of more than 150 children’s books, he has sold over 35 million copies worldwide in almost 40 languages. The National Theatre adaptation of his most well-known novel War Horse (1982) was first produced in 2007 and has since been seen by more than ten million people in over 100 cities around the world.
A former teacher, Michael Morpurgo is currently the President of Book Trust. Between 2003–05, he was Children’s Laureate.
Alongside his wife Clare Lane, he is co-founder of the charity Farms for City Children.
In 2018 he was knighted for services to literature and charity.
War Horse – five Tony Awards and two Olivier Awards among others
michaelmorpurgo.com
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Adrian Kohler for Handspring Puppet Company
Training
Adrian Kohler is the artistic director and co-founder of Handspring Puppet Company. He has a BA (Fine Art) UCT and honorary PhDs from the University of Cape Town and Toronto.
Theatre
For the National Theatre: War Horse and Neil Bartlett’s Or You Could Kiss Me
Other productions include: Woyzeck on the Highveld, Faustus in Africa, Ubu and the Truth Commission and Il Riturno d’Ulisse (opera), which toured internationally as a result of a decade-long collaboration with William Kentridge; Tom Morris’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Bristol Old Vic; and Lara Foot’s Life & Times of Michael K and the revival of Faustus for the Baxter Theatre, Cape Town
Awards
Olivier and Tony Awards
The Handspring Puppet Company spent their first five years touring plays for children throughout Southern Africa. They pivoted into political theatre for adults in 1985, after the State of Emergency was declared in South Africa.
Handspring’s presentation of animal puppets as animals rather than as anthropomorphic beings is regarded by Kohler as the defining contribution of their career.
Their puppets are held in several public collections including the V&A Museum.
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We believe that great theatre sparks imagination and brings people together.
Every day we strive to make the world a better place through theatre; entertaining and inspiring audiences around the world, using our creativity, expertise and unique reach.
You’ll find us in theatres. In cinemas. In schools. And online.
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Discover our work: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/
Broadcast to cinemas worldwide: https://www.ntlive.com/
Streaming online: https://www.ntathome.com/
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The creative team behind the smash-hit sensation, War Horse, unpack how they brought the star of the show, Joey, the life-sized horse puppet, to life.
- Puppet Design and Fabrication Adrian Kohler for Handspring Puppet Company
- Director of Movement and Horse Choreography Toby Sedgwick
- Puppetry Director Matthew Forbes
- Associate Puppetry Director Lewis Howard
- Set and Costume Design Rae Smith
Official website: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/war-horse/
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About the show
The last chance to see the global phenomenon gallop home to the National Theatre
At the outbreak of the First World War, young Albert’s beloved horse Joey is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. Too young to enlist, Albert refuses to forget him, embarking on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of wartime France – determined to bring Joey home.
Based on Michael Morpurgo’s beloved novel, War Horse is a timeless story of love, courage and friendship, brought to life by astonishing life-sized horses from Handspring Puppet Company and a stirring musical score.
Following a sell-out national tour, the Tony® Award–winning global sensation returns to where it all began, nearly two decades after its debut at the National Theatre.
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Suitability
Age recommendation: 10+
This production contains loud sound effects, flashing lights, haze and strobe lighting.
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Author Michael Morpurgo
Sir Michael Morpurgo OBE FRSL FKC DL, born Michael Andrew Bridge, is a writer, playwright, performer and librettist.
The author of more than 150 children’s books, he has sold over 35 million copies worldwide in almost 40 languages. The National Theatre adaptation of his most well-known novel War Horse (1982) was first produced in 2007 and has since been seen by more than ten million people in over 100 cities around the world.
A former teacher, Michael Morpurgo is currently the President of Book Trust. Between 2003–05, he was Children’s Laureate.
Alongside his wife Clare Lane, he is co-founder of the charity Farms for City Children.
In 2018 he was knighted for services to literature and charity.
War Horse – five Tony Awards and two Olivier Awards among others
michaelmorpurgo.com
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Adrian Kohler for Handspring Puppet Company
Training
Adrian Kohler is the artistic director and co-founder of Handspring Puppet Company. He has a BA (Fine Art) UCT and honorary PhDs from the University of Cape Town and Toronto.
Theatre
For the National Theatre: War Horse and Neil Bartlett’s Or You Could Kiss Me
Other productions include: Woyzeck on the Highveld, Faustus in Africa, Ubu and the Truth Commission and Il Riturno d’Ulisse (opera), which toured internationally as a result of a decade-long collaboration with William Kentridge; Tom Morris’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Bristol Old Vic; and Lara Foot’s Life & Times of Michael K and the revival of Faustus for the Baxter Theatre, Cape Town
Awards
Olivier and Tony Awards
The Handspring Puppet Company spent their first five years touring plays for children throughout Southern Africa. They pivoted into political theatre for adults in 1985, after the State of Emergency was declared in South Africa.
Handspring’s presentation of animal puppets as animals rather than as anthropomorphic beings is regarded by Kohler as the defining contribution of their career.
Their puppets are held in several public collections including the V&A Museum.
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We believe that great theatre sparks imagination and brings people together.
Every day we strive to make the world a better place through theatre; entertaining and inspiring audiences around the world, using our creativity, expertise and unique reach.
You’ll find us in theatres. In cinemas. In schools. And online.
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Discover our work: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/
Broadcast to cinemas worldwide: https://www.ntlive.com/
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Jim Carter met Imelda Staunton on stage, flirted and fall in love.
Filmed at the National Theatre as part of the In Conversation with Judi Dench, Ian McKellen and Jim Carter series, this clip captures the exact moment the conversation turns to Dame Judi's somewhat unexpected film credit: the role of Aereon — an enigmatic, ethereal prophet of the Elemental race — in David Twohy's 2004 sci-fi epic The Chronicles of Riddick, starring Vin Diesel. Judi Dench, it should be noted, is very proud of this. Ian McKellen and Jim Carter cannot entirely hide their delight.The story she tells — of Vin Diesel coming to see her at the Haymarket, arriving with a bouquet so vast it could not fit up the stairs, sitting in her dressing room, and asking, with what she describes as "absolutely charming" courtesy, whether she'd like to be in his film — is one of those anecdotes that belongs permanently to the canon of great theatre stories. That she said yes without hesitation, and has never watched the film, makes it entirely perfect.
Now streaming on National Theatre at Home https://www.ntathome.com/videos/judi-dench-and-ian-mckellen-in-conversation-with-jim-carter
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We believe that great theatre sparks imagination and brings people together.
Every day we strive to make the world a better place through theatre; entertaining and inspiring audiences around the world, using our creativity, expertise and unique reach.
You’ll find us in theatres. In cinemas. In schools. And online.
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About the Speakers
Sir Ian McKellen is one of the most celebrated stage and screen actors of his generation, with a career spanning six decades and encompassing landmark Shakespeare roles, West End and Broadway productions, and iconic film performances.
Dame Judi Dench is one of the most decorated actors in British history — winner of an Academy Award, eight BAFTA Awards, and nine Olivier Awards — whose love of the stage has never dimmed despite a glittering screen career.
Jim Carter, best known as Carson in Downton Abbey, is himself a distinguished theatre actor and the perfect host for a conversation this good. Together on the National Theatre stage, the three of them are unstoppable.
#JudiDench #VinDiesel #NationalTheatre #IanMcKellen #ChroniclesOfRiddick #JimCarter #BritishTheatre-
Stream Bacchae worldwide on National Theatre at Home → ntathome.com/bacchae
We sat down with Nima Taleghani to talk through his new version of Euripides’ timeless tragedy, Bacchae, directed by National Theatre Artistic Director, Indhu Rubasingham.
Find out more about the show's plot, Nima's background and inspirations, and what he's learnt in the process.
Nima Taleghani is an actor and writer whose debut play Bacchae made history as the first ever debut play staged on the National Theatre's Olivier stage. Born and raised on the Elthorne estate in North London, his parents having emigrated from Iran, Taleghani studied English literature at Warwick and then a master's at UCL before establishing himself as a stage actor in productions directed by Jamie Lloyd, including Cyrano de Bergerac and Romeo and Juliet, as well as playing Mr Farouk in Netflix's Heartstopper. His adaptation of the Greek tragedy came from a desire to explore a story about someone who isn't accepted because of where they come from — a half-god, half-man who is a refugee — and is written entirely in verse, infused with spoken word, rhyme, and rap. He has said the writing was instinctual — "I didn't Google how to write a play, I just started doing it" — and that staying slightly naive is the key: being in touch with the part of yourself that doesn't know everything, and letting that push you to go for things you might otherwise hold back from.
About Bacchae
Fierce and unstoppable, the Bacchae are a chorus of wild energy ready to shake Thebes to its core - and liberate its women.
But their god Dionysos has his own reckoning. In a showdown with his cousin, King Pentheus, family loyalty, political power and human desire are pushed to breaking point.
Opening her tenure as National Theatre Artistic Director, Indhu Rubasingham (The Father and the Assassin) stages Nima Taleghani’s (Heartstopper) thrilling new version of Euripides’ timeless tragedy.
#playwright #playwriting #nimahtaleghani #theatre
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From Malvolia's letter to Henry's battle cry — five unforgettable Shakespeare scenes performed by Tamsin Greig, Ian McKellen, Giles Terera, Paul Chahidi and Kit Harington. Stream them all on National Theatre at Home.
00:00 Twelfth Night | National Theatre | Tamsin Greig as Malvolia
Directed by Simon Godwin and produced at the National Theatre's Olivier stage — reimagining Malvolio as the female Malvolia — this is the letter scene: the moment of self-delusion at the play's heart. Tamsin Greig reads the forged letter alone, discovering in its words the promise of everything she has always wanted
02:55 Othello | National Theatre, Lyttelton | Giles Terera as Othello
The most historic Othello in the National Theatre's history — the first time a Black man (director Clint Dyer) has directed the play at a major British venue. Giles Terera (Olivier Award-winner for Hamilton) plays Othello opposite Rosy McEwen's Desdemona and Paul Hilton's Iago. This clip captures the Act 2 reunion of Othello and Desdemona in Cyprus — one of Shakespeare's most charged and tender scenes. "Were I now to die, 'twere now to be most happy" — followed, almost immediately, by Iago's aside: "O, you are well tuned now! But I'll set down the pegs that make this music as honest as I am." Joy and catastrophe in the same breath. This is what Shakespeare does.
03:52 As You Like It | National Theatre, Olivier | Paul Chahidi as Jaques
Polly Findlay's production stars Rosalie Craig as Rosalind and Paul Chahidi as Jacques in a Shakespeare classic. Chahidi's Jacques, uses the forest floor as a reflective space and the Seven Ages of Man as a meditation on depression, time, and the terrible comedy of growing old.
06:13 King Lear | NT Live | Chichester Festival Theatre / Duke of York's Theatre | Ian McKellen as Lear
Ian McKellen returned at 78 to the role he last played in the 1990s. Jonathan Munby directs this contemporary, modern-dress production, in which McKellen brings his years of Shakespearean experience to this iconic role. Ian McKellen plays a man slowly losing his grip on the world with Lloyd Hutchinson's as the Fool by his side.
08:14 Henry V | Donmar Warehouse | Kit Harington as Henry V
Directed by Max Webster and filmed for National Theatre Live at the Donmar Warehouse in 2022, Kit Harington plays Henry V. The St Crispin's Day speech is one of Shakespeare's greatest rhetorical set-pieces — a king compensating for his troubled conscience.
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An event to remember, Songs for Joey got together a group of community choirs to perform songs from War Horse to celebrate its return to our Olivier Theatre.
Playing at the National Theatre in London, War horse it’s an unforgettable family day out, until 30 July 2026.
Experience War Horse, the Tony Award-winning global sensation, based on Michael Morpurgo’s beloved novel.
Find out more about this live theatre show and book tickets on the official website: nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/war-horse/
With thanks to our singers from
The Chelsea Pensioners
Mixed Up Chorus
Sing for Freedom
The Boury Academy
Choir with No Name
National Theatre Staff Choir
Creative Team
Musical Director - Ty Lowe
Pianist - Josh Sneesby
Accordionist - Ben Murray
Soloist - Billy Meechan
Tea Poldervaart (Joey head puppeteer)
Alex Cartuson (Joey heart puppeteer)
Sam Parker (Joey hind puppeteer)
Becks Chan (puppet technician)
With special thanks to Michael Morpurgo
National Theatre Learning
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About the show
The global phenomenon gallops home to the National Theatre
At the outbreak of the First World War, young Albert’s beloved horse Joey is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. Too young to enlist, Albert refuses to forget him, embarking on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of wartime France – determined to bring Joey home.
Based on Michael Morpurgo’s beloved novel, War Horse is a timeless story of love, courage and friendship, brought to life by astonishing life-sized horses from Handspring Puppet Company and a stirring musical score.
Following a sell-out national tour, the Tony Award–winning global sensation returns to where it all began, nearly two decades after its debut at the National Theatre.
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Sir Michael Morpurgo OBE FRSL FKC DL, born Michael Andrew Bridge, is a writer, playwright, performer and librettist.
The author of more than 150 children’s books, he has sold over 35 million copies worldwide in almost 40 languages. The National Theatre adaptation of his most well-known novel War Horse (1982) was first produced in 2007 and has since been seen by more than ten million people in over 100 cities around the world.
A former teacher, Michael Morpurgo is currently the President of Book Trust. Between 2003–05, he was Children’s Laureate.
Alongside his wife Clare Lane, he is co-founder of the charity Farms for City Children.
Theatre
For the National Theatre: War Horse
Awards
In 2018 he was knighted for services to literature and charity.
War Horse – five Tony Awards and two Olivier Awards among others.
https://www.michaelmorpurgo.com/
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'If It's True' from the smash-hit musical Hadestown performed by Marley Fenton as Orpheus alongside the West End cast.
Welcome to @Hadestown , where a song can change your fate.
The acclaimed Broadway musical phenomenon by singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and director Rachel Chavkin, is now playing at the Lyric Theatre.
‘An epic celebration of music, togetherness and hope’ (Forbes), Hadestown is the winner of 8 Tony Awards® including Best Musical and the Grammy Award® for Best Musical Theatre Album.
Take an unforgettable journey to the underworld and back, intertwining two mythic love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone.
A deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience, the show invites you to imagine how the world could be.
Book official Hadestown tickets, the acclaimed musical by Anaïs Mitchell, now playing at the Lyric Theatre in London. Produced in association with the National Theatre and currently booking through to June 2027 → nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/hadestown/
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A group of community choirs performed songs from War Horse to celebrate its return to our Olivier Theatre.
Author Sir Michael Morpurgo and life-sized horse puppet Joey joined in!
Find out more about this live theatre show and book tickets on the official website: nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/war-horse/
00:00 A Song for Joey - A War Horse Choir Event
00:03 'Only Remembered'
02:26 'Rolling Home'
04:28 'The Year Turns Round Again'
With thanks to our singers from
The Chelsea Pensioners
Mixed Up Chorus
Sing for Freedom
The Boury Academy
Choir with No Name
National Theatre Staff Choir
Creative Team
Musical Director - Ty Lowe
Pianist - Josh Sneesby
Accordionist - Ben Murray
Soloist - Billy Meechan
Tea Poldervaart (Joey head puppeteer)
Alex Cartuson (Joey heart puppeteer)
Sam Parker (Joey hind puppeteer)
Becks Chan (puppet technician)
With special thanks to Michael Morpurgo
National Theatre Learning
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About the show
The global phenomenon gallops home to the National Theatre
At the outbreak of the First World War, young Albert’s beloved horse Joey is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. Too young to enlist, Albert refuses to forget him, embarking on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of wartime France – determined to bring Joey home.
Based on Michael Morpurgo’s beloved novel, War Horse is a timeless story of love, courage and friendship, brought to life by astonishing life-sized horses from Handspring Puppet Company and a stirring musical score.
Following a sell-out national tour, the Tony Award–winning global sensation returns to where it all began, nearly two decades after its debut at the National Theatre.
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Sir Michael Morpurgo OBE FRSL FKC DL, born Michael Andrew Bridge, is a writer, playwright, performer and librettist.
The author of more than 150 children’s books, he has sold over 35 million copies worldwide in almost 40 languages. The National Theatre adaptation of his most well-known novel War Horse (1982) was first produced in 2007 and has since been seen by more than ten million people in over 100 cities around the world.
A former teacher, Michael Morpurgo is currently the President of Book Trust. Between 2003–05, he was Children’s Laureate.
Alongside his wife Clare Lane, he is co-founder of the charity Farms for City Children.
Theatre
For the National Theatre: War Horse
Awards
In 2018 he was knighted for services to literature and charity.
War Horse – five Tony Awards and two Olivier Awards among others.
https://www.michaelmorpurgo.com/
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The Playboy of the Western World is out now in cinemas worldwide with National Theatre Live.
Find your local venue: https://www.ntlive.com/plays/the-playboy-of-the-western-world/
Trailer edited by Robin Finetto
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About the Production
The Playboy of the Western World by J.M. Synge is one of the great masterpieces of Irish theatre — first performed at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in January 1907, where it famously caused riots in the audience. Set in County Mayo and soaked in the language, landscape, and folklore of the west of Ireland, it tells the story of Christy Mahon, who arrives at a remote village pub claiming to have killed his father — and promptly becomes a local hero.
Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery.
Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming that he’s killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero and begins to win hearts, that is until a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene…
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Caitríona McLaughlin directs this darkly funny tale full to the brim with secrets.
Stream London Road from 14 July on ntathome.com
Using their own words set to an innovative musical score, London Road is a moving story of ordinary people coming together during an extraordinary time.
Director Rufus Norris (Small Island), writer Alecky Blythe (Our Generation) and composer Adam Cork reunite for this highly anticipated return of the remarkable, award-winning verbatim Musical, filmed live on stage.
A National Theatre production
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Monica Barbaro — making her stage debut — gives us an exclusive acces backstage to her pre-show routine as she prepares to play Madame de Tourvel on Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
Les Liaisons Dangereuses is now on cinemas with National Theatre Live. Get tickets here: ntlive.com/plays/les-liaisons-dangereuses/tickets
Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path.
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) directs this thrilling game of love, lies, and social warfare.
The Production
Marianne Elliott's sweeping staging of the scandalous French classic is characteristic in its mix of sumptuousness and precision — and when its finely tooled pieces start to fall out of place, it's devastating.
From its opening moments, Marianne Elliott's production subtly reconfigures Christopher Hampton's Les Liaisons Dangereuses for the MeToo generation — a world where love is a battle of single combat, a hand-to-hand struggle for survival, and women are constantly melding themselves to the shapes and behaviour demanded by the men who still hold all the cards.
Aidan Turner endows Valmont with the conspicuous charm that Merteuil ascribes to him — making him puppyish and almost clownish until he reveals the pure power and malice beneath. He is sexy, but the sex almost doesn't matter. It's the pursuit that counts.
Monica Barbaro — making her stage debut — plays Madame de Tourvel with tremulous directness: a woman genuinely surprised by the strength of her own feelings, and desperate to escape them. She is overcome by shame after falling for Valmont — a woman tragically conflicted, her moral conviction colliding with something she cannot control.
See It in Cinemas
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre's Lyttelton, Les Liaisons Dangereuses comes to cinemas worldwide with National Theatre Live from 25 June 2026. Directed by Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) and featuring Christopher Hampton's celebrated adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos' classic novel — this is your chance to experience one of the most talked-about productions of the year on the big screen.
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You’ll find us in theatres. In cinemas. In schools. And online.
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About Monica Barbaro
Monica Barbaro was born in San Francisco and raised in Mill Valley, Calif. She is classically trained in ballet and has studied modern dance, salsa, flamenco and West African dance. She attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where she took her first acting classes while getting her bachelor of fine arts degree in dance. After university, Barbaro studied at various acting schools in San Francisco and Los Angeles, including the Beverly Hills Playhouse. (source imdb.com)
Streaming now! Inter Alia on ntathome.com
Jessica Parks is a judge, a mother, a wife, a friend. Her career exists inter alia (among other things). How will one unthinkable event pull into question all aspects of her life?
Following their global phenomenon Prima Facie, the ‘dream creative collaboration’ (Radio Times) of Suzie Miller and Justin Martin reunite with this searing examination of modern motherhood and masculinity. Featuring a ‘gale force performance’ (Time Out) from Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) and music from Erin Le Count and Jakwob.
Stream the sold-out, critically acclaimed show ‘that we should all be talking about’ (Broadway world), on National Theatre at Home.
Streaming worldwide.
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Monica Barbaro — making her stage debut — gives us an exclusive acces backstage to her pre-show routine as she prepares to play Madame de Tourvel on Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
Les Liaisons Dangereuses is now on cinemas with National Theatre Live. Get tickets here: ntlive.com/plays/les-liaisons-dangereuses/tickets
Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path.
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) directs this thrilling game of love, lies, and social warfare.
The Production
Marianne Elliott's sweeping staging of the scandalous French classic is characteristic in its mix of sumptuousness and precision — and when its finely tooled pieces start to fall out of place, it's devastating.
From its opening moments, Marianne Elliott's production subtly reconfigures Christopher Hampton's Les Liaisons Dangereuses for the MeToo generation — a world where love is a battle of single combat, a hand-to-hand struggle for survival, and women are constantly melding themselves to the shapes and behaviour demanded by the men who still hold all the cards.
Aidan Turner endows Valmont with the conspicuous charm that Merteuil ascribes to him — making him puppyish and almost clownish until he reveals the pure power and malice beneath. He is sexy, but the sex almost doesn't matter. It's the pursuit that counts.
Monica Barbaro — making her stage debut — plays Madame de Tourvel with tremulous directness: a woman genuinely surprised by the strength of her own feelings, and desperate to escape them. She is overcome by shame after falling for Valmont — a woman tragically conflicted, her moral conviction colliding with something she cannot control.
See It in Cinemas
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre's Lyttelton, Les Liaisons Dangereuses comes to cinemas worldwide with National Theatre Live from 25 June 2026. Directed by Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) and featuring Christopher Hampton's celebrated adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos' classic novel — this is your chance to experience one of the most talked-about productions of the year on the big screen.
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Every day we strive to make the world a better place through theatre; entertaining and inspiring audiences around the world, using our creativity, expertise and unique reach.
You’ll find us in theatres. In cinemas. In schools. And online.
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About Monica Barbaro
Monica Barbaro was born in San Francisco and raised in Mill Valley, Calif. She is classically trained in ballet and has studied modern dance, salsa, flamenco and West African dance. She attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where she took her first acting classes while getting her bachelor of fine arts degree in dance. After university, Barbaro studied at various acting schools in San Francisco and Los Angeles, including the Beverly Hills Playhouse. (source imdb.com)
From their dressing room windows, the War Horse cast treated the building to a rendition of 'Only Remembered'.
Head to the National Theatre website to book official War Horse tickets for the Tony Award-winning global sensation, based on Michael Morpurgo’s beloved novel. Playing in the Olivier Theatre at the National Theatre in London until Thursday 30 July 2026, with performances this summer, it’s an unforgettable family day out.
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ABOUT THE SHOW
The last chance to see the global phenomenon gallop home to the National Theatre.
At the outbreak of the First World War, young Albert’s beloved horse Joey is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. Too young to enlist, Albert refuses to forget him, embarking on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of wartime France – determined to bring Joey home.
Based on Michael Morpurgo’s beloved novel, War Horse is a timeless story of love, courage and friendship, brought to life by astonishing life-sized horses from Handspring Puppet Company and a stirring musical score.
Following a sell-out national tour, the Tony® Award–winning global sensation returns to where it all began, nearly two decades after its debut at the National Theatre.
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★★★★★ 5 STAR REVIEWS
‘Remains one of the great achievements of modern theatre. And it just got even better.’ Sunday Express
‘This acclaimed production feels as groundbreaking as ever’ Financial Times
‘Even if you’ve seen it, this revival is still unmissable Mail on Sunday
‘War Horse continues to be a stunning, invincibly spellbinding spectacle’
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‘Twenty years on and the National Theatre’s First World War-set megahit is still shockingly good’ Time Out
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Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the director and writer behind Prima Facie, is streaming now on National Theatre at Home → ntathome.com/inter-alia
Jessica Parks is a smart Crown Court Judge at the top of her career. Behind the robe, she is a karaoke fiend, loving wife and a supportive parent. When an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance, can she hold her family upright?
Writer Suzie Miller and director Justin Martin reunite following their global phenomenon Prima Facie, with this searing examination of modern motherhood and masculinity.
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We believe that great theatre sparks imagination and brings people together.
Every day we strive to make the world a better place through theatre; entertaining and inspiring audiences around the world, using our creativity, expertise and unique reach.
You’ll find us in theatres. In cinemas. In schools. And online.
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About Inter Alia
A searing new play from the team behind Prima Facie
Jessica Parks is smart, compassionate, a true maverick at the top of her career as an eminent London Crown Court Judge. At work she’s changing and challenging the system one case at a time. But behind the robe, Jessica is a karaoke fiend, a loving wife and a supportive parent.
While managing the impossible juggling act faced by every working mother, an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance. Can she hold her family upright?
Rosamund Pike (Saltburn) makes her National Theatre debut as Jessica. Writer Suzie Miller and director Justin Martin reunite following their global phenomenon Prima Facie with this searing examination of modern masculinity and motherhood.
About Suzie Miller
Suzie Miller is a contemporary international playwright, screenwriter and author, drawn to complex human stories often exploring injustice. Her plays have been produced in over 40 productions around the world and won multiple prestigious awards. Her one-woman stage play ‘Prima Facie’ won an Olivier Award for Best New Play and an Olivier and Tony Award for actress Jodie Comer who performed in the West End and Broadway productions. It has been translated into over 20 languages, produced all over the world and also published as a novel in various countries.
Miller is currently under commission with several new plays, alongside film and television projects and ‘Inter Alia’, starring Rosamund Pike.
About NT LIVE
For over 15 years, we’ve given our audience the best seat in the house.
We film unmissable theatre live from Britain’s most exciting stages and screen it in thousands of cinemas around the globe. Our productions have been seen by more than 13 million people worldwide.
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Rosamund Pike, Michael Sheen, Rakie Ayola and more. Five unmissable productions streaming this summer — Inter Alia, London Road, Our Town, The Authenticator & Summerfolk. Experience gripping dramas, stirring performances and stories that stay with you long after the curtain falls, with five new productions streaming this season on National Theatre at Home. → ntathome.com
00:00 Summer Season coming to National Theatre at Home
00:30 Inter Alia trailer with Rosamund Pike by Suzie Miller, directed by Justin Martin.
01:46 Inter Alia exclusive clip with Rosamund Pike, Jasper Talbot and Jamie Glover
03:39 Summerfolk by Maxim Gorky, directed by Robert Hastie
04:21 London Road exclusive clip 'Everyone Smile' 2025 Cast
Summerfolk | Streaming from 7 July
It’s a hot, beautiful summer in 1905, and Russia’s elite retreat to the countryside to swim, sip champagne and start affairs. As the party continues, how long can they ignore the storm on the horizon?
Robert Hastie directs Maxim Gorky’s razor-sharp portrait of class, privilege and denial, in a new adaptation from Nina Raine and Moses Raine.
Inter Alia | Streaming worldwide from 7 July
A judge, a mother, an unthinkable event – Olivier Award-winning Rosamund Pike is Jessica Parks in Inter Alia, the much-anticipated next play from the director and writer of Prima Facie.
London Road | Streaming from 14 July
Using their own words set to an innovative musical score, London Road is a moving story of ordinary people coming together during an extraordinary time.
Director Rufus Norris, writer Alecky Blythe and composer Adam Cork reunite for this highly anticipated return of the remarkable, award-winning verbatim musical.
Our Town | Streaming from 4 August
Michael Sheen (Nye, Under Milk Wood) leads the cast in the Welsh National Theatre and Rose Theatre production of Our Town, Thornton Wilder’s masterpiece, told through a Welsh lens and bringing new resonance to its timeless story of life, love and community. Directed by Francesca Goodridge.
The Authenticator | Streaming from 11 August
Three women come together to seek the truth, soon realising that secrets at the heart of Fenella Harford’s newly inherited stately home were darker than they could have imagined.
A gripping gothic psychological thriller, The Authenticator reunites writer Winsome Pinnock with director Miranda Cromwell following their acclaimed production, Rockets and Blue Lights.
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You’ll find us in theatres. In cinemas. In schools. And online.
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BAFTA-winner Rakie Ayola goes backstage at The Authenticator — Winsome Pinnock's gripping gothic thriller at the National Theatre's Dorfman. Ghosts, diaries & a chessboard set. NT.
The Authenticator arrives to stream on National Theatre at Home 11 August → ntathome.com
Rakie Ayola swipes her pass — "I am officially in the building" — and leads us on a warm, candid, and completely disarming tour of her world before curtain. The dressing room, the vocal exercises (the alphabet, as it turns out, done at speed — "I love that you got it"), the skip rope to get the heart pumping, and the moment character arrives: not gradually, not through method rituals or wardrobe vigils, but the instant the music kicks in and she steps on stage.
In The Authenticator, Rakie Ayola plays Abi — a brilliant but overlooked academic who arrives at Harford Hall with her research assistant Marva (Cherrelle Skeete) at the invitation of eccentric artist Fenella Harford (Sylvestra Le Touzel). Their mission: to authenticate a hidden stash of diaries and inventories kept by enslaver Henry Harford during his time on a plantation in Jamaica in the early 1800s.
The Authenticator is a gripping gothic psychological thriller by Winsome Pinnock (Rockets and Blue Lights), directed by Miranda Cromwell (Death of a Salesman) — the acclaimed creative partnership behind Rockets and Blue Lights reunited for a new commission that digs into the buried histories of colonial Britain with intelligence, wit, and suspense.
The creative team includes set designer Jon Bausor, costume designer Kinnetia Isidore, lighting designer Aideen Malone, sound designer Tingying Dong, and composer Benjamin Kwasi Burrell.
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We believe that great theatre sparks imagination and brings people together.
Every day we strive to make the world a better place through theatre; entertaining and inspiring audiences around the world, using our creativity, expertise and unique reach.
You’ll find us in theatres. In cinemas. In schools. And online.
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BAFTA-winner Rakie Ayola goes backstage at The Authenticator — Winsome Pinnock's gripping gothic thriller at the National Theatre's Dorfman. Ghosts, diaries & a chessboard set. NT.
The Authenticator arrives to stream on National Theatre at Home 11 August → ntathome.com
Rakie Ayola swipes her pass — "I am officially in the building" — and leads us on a warm, candid, and completely disarming tour of her world before curtain. The dressing room, the vocal exercises (the alphabet, as it turns out, done at speed — "I love that you got it"), the skip rope to get the heart pumping, and the moment character arrives: not gradually, not through method rituals or wardrobe vigils, but the instant the music kicks in and she steps on stage.
In The Authenticator, Rakie Ayola plays Abi — a brilliant but overlooked academic who arrives at Harford Hall with her research assistant Marva (Cherrelle Skeete) at the invitation of eccentric artist Fenella Harford (Sylvestra Le Touzel). Their mission: to authenticate a hidden stash of diaries and inventories kept by enslaver Henry Harford during his time on a plantation in Jamaica in the early 1800s.
The Authenticator is a gripping gothic psychological thriller by Winsome Pinnock (Rockets and Blue Lights), directed by Miranda Cromwell (Death of a Salesman) — the acclaimed creative partnership behind Rockets and Blue Lights reunited for a new commission that digs into the buried histories of colonial Britain with intelligence, wit, and suspense.
The creative team includes set designer Jon Bausor, costume designer Kinnetia Isidore, lighting designer Aideen Malone, sound designer Tingying Dong, and composer Benjamin Kwasi Burrell.
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You’ll find us in theatres. In cinemas. In schools. And online.
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Streaming soon on National Theatre at Home, experience stories that stray with you lon after the curtain falls.
Summerfolk
Inter Alia
Our Town
London Road
The Authenticator
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Tony and Olivier awards-winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) and Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unkown) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin.
Les Liaisons Dangereuses comes to cinemas from 25 June with National Theatre Live. Get tickets here: ntlive.com/plays/les-liaisons-dangereuses/tickets
Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path.
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) directs this thrilling game of love, lies, and social warfare.
The Production
Marianne Elliott's sweeping staging of the scandalous French classic is characteristic in its mix of sumptuousness and precision — and when its finely tooled pieces start to fall out of place, it's devastating.
From its opening moments, Marianne Elliott's production subtly reconfigures Christopher Hampton's Les Liaisons Dangereuses for the MeToo generation — a world where love is a battle of single combat, a hand-to-hand struggle for survival, and women are constantly melding themselves to the shapes and behaviour demanded by the men who still hold all the cards.
Aidan Turner endows Valmont with the conspicuous charm that Merteuil ascribes to him — making him puppyish and almost clownish until he reveals the pure power and malice beneath. He is sexy, but the sex almost doesn't matter. It's the pursuit that counts.
Monica Barbaro — making her stage debut — plays Madame de Tourvel with tremulous directness: a woman genuinely surprised by the strength of her own feelings, and desperate to escape them. She is overcome by shame after falling for Valmont — a woman tragically conflicted, her moral conviction colliding with something she cannot control.
See It in Cinemas
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre's Lyttelton, Les Liaisons Dangereuses comes to cinemas worldwide with National Theatre Live from 25 June 2026. Directed by Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) and featuring Christopher Hampton's celebrated adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos' classic novel — this is your chance to experience one of the most talked-about productions of the year on the big screen.
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You’ll find us in theatres. In cinemas. In schools. And online.
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A summer of pleasure. A storm on the horizon. Summer folk streaming from 7 July on National Theatre at Home → ntathome.com
It’s a hot, beautiful summer in 1905, and Russia’s elite retreat to the countryside to swim, sip champagne and start affairs.
When they’re having this much fun, why care about anything else? But Varvara just can’t shake the feeling that their holiday idyll is built on borrowed time.
As the party continues, how long can they ignore the storm on the horizon?
Deputy Artistic Director Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky’s Edge) directs Maxim Gorky’s razor-sharp portrait of class, privilege and denial, revived for 2026 in a new adaptation from Nina Raine (Consent) and Moses Raine (Donkey Heart).
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You’ll find us in theatres. In cinemas. In schools. And online.
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From Rome's bloodiest battlefield to the Forest of Arden — five Shakespeare plays, five world-class casts, one unmissable compilation.
Populism. Desire. Betrayal. Joy. Five Shakespeare plays as urgent as today's headlines — performed by the finest actors in Britain.
00:00 Romeo and Juliet
Currently streaming on National Theatre at Home → ntathome.com/romeo-juliet
Jessie Buckley and Josh O'Connor play Juliet and Romeo. Romeo and Juliet risk everything to be together. In defiance of their feuding families, they chase a future of joy and passion as violence erupts around them. This bold film brings to life the remarkable backstage spaces of the National Theatre in which desire, dreams and destiny collide to make Shakespeare's romantic tragedy sing in an entirely new way. The award-winning cast includes Tamsin Greig, Fisayo Akinade, Adrian Lester, Lucian Msamati, and Deborah Findlay.
02:56 Julius Caesar
Currently streaming on National Theatre at Home → ntathome.com/julius-caesar
Nicholas Hytner stages Shakespeare's play as a promenade production, with standing tickets and the audience forming the Roman mob itself — starring David Morrissey, Ben Whishaw, David Calder, and Michelle Fairley. It starts with a rock band at a political rally. Merch stands flog cheap red "CAESAR" caps to the crowd and posters show the man himself staring sternly out of the shadows. Ben Whishaw's Brutus is a charismatic but fatally flawed liberal thinker, and Fairley's Cassius is equally powerful — both giving detailed, insightful performances.
04:55 A Midsummer Night´s Dream
Nicholas Hytner's Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bridge Theatre transformed the space once again into a promenade playground — a forest of chaos, desire, and mischief in which the audience moved through the action, surrounded by fairies, lovers, and the gloriously chaotic mechanicals. One of the most physically inventive Shakespeare productions in recent London theatrical memory, and one of the most joyful.
with Gwendoline Christie, Hammed Animashaun, Oliver Chris, Jay Webb and Chipo Kureya.
06:34 Coriolanus
Currently streaming on National Theatre at Home → ntathome.com/coriolanus
David Oyelowo (Selma, Lawmen: Bass Reeves) made his National Theatre debut in the title role, directed by Lyndsey Turner in a thrilling new production of Shakespeare's timeless political tragedy, performed in the Olivier Theatre in 2024. The creative team includes set designer Es Devlin, costume designer Annemarie Woods, lighting designer Tim Lutkin, and composer Angus MacRae. Who should lead in a land where political rules are rapidly shifting, class revolt is raging, and basic food has become unaffordable? Is there a place for Coriolanus — a noble war hero and uncompromising aristocrat, both admirable and detestable, who refuses to hide his contempt for the newly empowered plebeian citizens?
07:58 Much Ado About Nothing
Currently streaming on National Theatre at Home → ntathome.com/videos/much-ado-about-nothing-full-play
Director Simon Godwin and designer Anna Fleischle relocated the action to an Art Deco hotel in 1930s Italy — the legendary, family-run Hotel Messina — with Katherine Parkinson as Beatrice and John Heffernan as Benedick. Witty, warm, and irresistibly charming, this is Shakespeare's greatest romantic comedy.
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The National Theatre began in 1963 with the first Artistic Director Lord Laurence Olivier begin directing and producing shows from The Old Vic Theatre. By 1977, the National Theatre moved into its current home on the South Bank. The building designed by Sir Denys Lasdun has become noted and famed for the brutalist concrete fly towers that overlook ...
Continuing our series on affordable theatre, guest blogger Nicole Ackman runs through the best places in London for younger theatregoers to get the most out of their Student ID. Do YOU know which blockbuster West End musical you can see for just £5?!
Jiminy Cricket makes his National Theatre stage debut tonight (13 December 2017) in Dennis Kelly's stage adaptation of the 1940 Walt Disney screen classic PINOCCHIO. Watch #StageFave Audrey Brisson bring him to life - and remind yourself of the Disney original. You'll be giving a little whistle all the way to the South Bank and back...
We won't be growing any long noses in the #StageFaves office because it's totally true - PINOCCHIO is coming to the National Theatre this winter as part of the newly announced season (which includes the #StageFaves-filled FOLLIES). With the writing brains behind the RSC's MATILDA and with songs and score from the original Walt Disney film, it's certainly going to be a treat for all the family...
As part of the National Theatre's announcement of its wide-ranging plans for the next year, there are two productions that are cause for major excitement amongst musical lovers: a star-studded revival of Sondheim's FOLLIES and a world premiere stage adaptation of PINOCCHIO directed by John Tiffany (Once, Harry Potter)...
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