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National Theatre: Olivier

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London Road

London Road

7 Jun 2025 - 21 Jun 2025

Autumn, 2006. The everyday life of Ipswich is shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women. 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.
Nye

Nye

4 Jul 2025 - 16 Aug 2025

Michael Sheen (Under Milk Wood) reprises his role as Nye Bevan following a sell-out run. Tim Price’s (The Internet is Serious Business) celebration of the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state is ‘vividly directed’ (★★★★ Times) by Rufus Norris (Small Island).
Ballet Shoes

Ballet Shoes

17 Nov 2025 - 21 Feb 2026

In a crumbling house full of dinosaur bones and fossils, three adopted sisters – Pauline, Petrova and Posy – are learning who they are and what they want to be. Under the watchful eyes and guidance of their guardian Sylvia, Nana, and some unlikely lodgers, they fight to pursue their individual passions. But in a world that wasn’t built for women with big ambitions, can they forge a future, keep their family together, and even learn a dance or two along the way?
Dear England

Dear England

1 May 2025 - 7 Mar 2026

It’s time to change the game. The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. The England men’s team has the worst track record for penalties in the world, and manager Gareth Southgate knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt to take team and country back to the promised land. From multi award-winning writer James Graham (Sherwood, BBC) and director Rupert Goold (Patriots, Cold War), this five-star ‘new stage epic’ (Telegraph) tells the uplifting, at times heartbreaking, and ultimately inspiring story of Gareth Southgate’s revolutionary tenure as England manager, in a 'gripping' (The Times) examination of nation and game. A co-production with JAS Theatricals. Casting to be announced.

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