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On an illuminated stage, a young man sits in a wheelchair, looking down at another young man sitting cross-legged on the floor in front of him.

12 April 2024

The Little Big Things to stream on NTAH

Two life-sized puppets of horses, being made to rear up on their hind legs by their teams of three puppet handlers for each horse.

11 April 2024

Additional Tour Dates and Venues Announced for War Horse 

Poster image with a title treatment of People, Places & Things in red, and a black and white photo of one side of Denise Gough's face.

27 March 2024

Full Cast Announced for People Place Things in the West End

A young woman with blonde hair, wearing a corset and a black skirt. She is gesturing with her right arm raised. Her expression is focused.

21 March 2024

First look at rehearsal images for the world premiere of London Tide

A large group of performers in colourful and vibrant outfits performing at an outdoor summer event in the evening. They are surrounded by a large crowd watching.

20 March 2024

London’s largest free outdoor arts festival, River Stage, returns to the National Theatre

A man (Michael Sheen) wearing dark striped pajamas and plaid slippers, is standing amongst billowing pale green curtains.

18 March 2024

The National Theatre partners with the NHS inviting healthcare workers to watch Nye live on stage and in cinemas

Three women stand together, all facing to camera, the middle one, slightly higher than the others, seems to be trying to push the others, who each hold a pen, aside. All wear red shirts and skirts and the middle one has a large red bow tied at her collar.

13 March 2024

Rehearsal images released for Underdog: The Other Other Brontë

National Theatre logo in white on red background

6 March 2024

National Theatre launches transformational fundraising campaign, Stories Start Here following a flagship capital investment of £26.4m from the UK government

 

Show press releases

Poster image with a title treatment of People, Places & Things in red, and a black and white photo of one side of Denise Gough's face.

11 March 2024

People, Places and Things returns to the West End

Joel Harper-Jackson and Rachael Wooding stand, looking down into the camera, with a dark cloudy sky above them.

16 February 2024

Production images for Standing at the Sky’s Edge in the West End

A woman in a brown long-sleeved dress stands, smiling, looking straight to camera. She is holding hands with a young girl who looks up at her. The blurred figures of five other people stand either side of them and the girl is also blurred.

13 February 2024

Production images released for Dear Octopus at the National Theatre

A man (Michael Sheen) wearing dark striped pajamas and plaid slippers, is standing amongst billowing pale green curtains.

8 February 2024

Rehearsal images released for Nye at the National Theatre

National Theatre logo in white on red background

23 January 2024

National Theatre announces new productions for summer 2024

Indhu Rubasingham sits in front of a concrete wall within the National Theatre, smiling at the Camera.

13 December 2023

Indhu Rubasingham appointed as Director of the National Theatre

'Grenfell in the words of survivors' in black on a green background

1 November 2023

National Theatre production Grenfell: in the words of survivors to transfer to St. Ann’s Warehouse in New York

National Theatre logo in white on red background

17 October 2023

October season announcement 2023

 

Digital press releases

A woman crosses her arms and looks off to the right.

28 February 2024

National Theatre at Home announces The Father and the Assassin and The House of Bernarda Alba to stream from March

A blue-tinted photomontage split into four quadrants, with portraits of Taylor Russell in the top-left and Paapa Essiedu in the top-right, Paapa and Taylor about to kiss in the bottom-left and Taylor touching her neck, eyes closed, in the bottom-right.

12 December 2023

The Effect with Taylor Russell and Paapa Essiedu joins National Theatre at Home in January 2024

9 January 2024

National Theatre Live to broadcast 100th production

Andrew Scott is wearing a green shirt, standing, leaning against a kitchen cabinet on which stands a kettle, teapot and other items, looking over his shoulder, a cigarette dangling from his lips.

11 October 2023

National Theatre Live announces Dear England, VANYA and Skylight in cinemas across the UK and Ireland

National Theatre at Home, supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Unmissable theatre, whenever you want it. Composite image with photos of NT shows displayed on various devices,: phone, tablet, laptop, TV.

12 September 2023

National Theatre at Home’s autumn season announcement

24 August 2023

National Theatre announces partnership renewal with Sky Arts

A laughing woman wearing a red top, holding a drink in a bar, surrounded by spots of light.

11 July 2023

The Wife of Willesden and Dixon and Daughters added to NTAH

Poster for National Theatre Live screening of Fleabag with a still from the film of Phoebe Waller-Bridge sitting on a stool

5 April 2023

Fleabag returns to cinemas

 

Learning and exhibitions

15 February 2024

National Theatre expands its support for schools with new resource conceived by theatre director Katie Mitchell

8 February 2024

National Theatre partners with TikTok to inspire and support the next generation of creative talent

National Theatre logo in white on red background

6 February 2024

Young visually impaired audio describer collaborates with National Theatre in UK first

A group of people in top hats and a woman centre crowd round a chemical laboratory.

11 January 2024

Production images released for National Theatre’s 2024 nationwide schools tour of Jekyll & Hyde

A photograph reel of stills of Black British plays and directors

19 December 2023

National Theatre celebrates tenth anniversary of the Black Plays Archive with launch of new digital platform

27 November 2023

Rehearsals begin for the National Theatre’s upcoming schools tour of Jekyll & Hyde, reaching 10,000 young people nationwide

A mixed media exhibition board lit in orange light

15 November 2023

The Linbury Prize for Stage Design Exhibition opens

A group of young people sat on the floor in a circle brainstorming ideas on a piece of paper

18 September 2023

National Theatre’s Learning activity reaches every local authority across the UK

 

Personnel of the National Theatre

15 June 2023

Rufus Norris to step down as NT Director when his second term concludes in 2025

25 September 2023

Amanda Pritchard joins the National Theatre Board

23 November 2022

NT announces New Associates and Peter Hall Bursary recipients

6 June 2022

NT hosts inaugural Making Theatre Green sustainability conference

24 March 2022

National Theatre Up Next Gala Raises £1.7 Million

18 March 2022

The Duchess of Cornwall announced as new Royal Patron of the National Theatre

19 November 2021

National Theatre appoints Kate Varah as Executive Director

29 June 2021

Lisa Burger to step down in Summer 2022

16 February 2021

Farrah Storr joins NT Board

26 January 2021

Clint Dyer appointed Deputy Artistic Director

 

Other News from the National Theatre

18 January 2024

National Theatre announces a new, free exhibition Abstractions: Studies of the National Theatre

5 May 2023

Lola Saves the Show – children’s book release

10 May 2023

River Stage 2023 Programme Announcement

31 January 2023

Curtis Holder exhibition images

6 October 2021

NT partners with the Sir Peter Shaffer Charitable Foundation

7 September 2021

British Land partners with the NT across its London campuses

11 December 2020

Culture Recovery Fund