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Explore our treasure trove of theatre gems 🪎Did you know that students can stream Treasure Island and many more producti...
11/06/2026

Explore our treasure trove of theatre gems 🪎

Did you know that students can stream Treasure Island and many more productions on the National Theatre Collection with Drama Online? And it's free for UK state schools!

Link in our comments to learn more.

🎨 Set and Costume by Lizzie Clachan
📸 Photography by Johan Persson

Unveiled 🥹Sir Ian McKellen unveiled an English Heritage Blue Plaque for Sir Laurence Olivier.From Olivier's childhood ho...
11/06/2026

Unveiled 🥹

Sir Ian McKellen unveiled an English Heritage Blue Plaque for Sir Laurence Olivier.

From Olivier's childhood home to his artistic home, our Director and Co-Chief Executive Indhu Rubasingham joined in the celebrations of our founder, one of the greatest actors of the 20th century.

📸 David Parry

Just thinking about Julie 👏 Vanessa Kirby plays Julie in Polly Stenham’s shocking and fiercely relevant new version of A...
10/06/2026

Just thinking about Julie 👏

Vanessa Kirby plays Julie in Polly Stenham’s shocking and fiercely relevant new version of August Strindberg’s play Miss Julie.

Streaming now on National Theatre at Home.

Link in comments.

🎨 Set and Costume Design by Tom Scutt
📸 Photography by Richard H Smith

Love. Courage. Friendship. 🏇Access performances for War Horse are now booking:CaptionedThursday 11 June – 7:30PMThursday...
10/06/2026

Love. Courage. Friendship. 🏇

Access performances for War Horse are now booking:

Captioned
Thursday 11 June – 7:30PM
Thursday 2 July – 7:30PM
Tuesday 14 July – 7:30PM
Tuesday 28 July – 7:30PM

BSL Interpreted
Tuesday 23 June – 7:30PM
Wednesday 22 July – 7:30PM

Audio described
Saturday 20 June – 2:15PM
Friday 24 July – 7:30PM

Relaxed performance
Tuesday 7 July – 6:30PM

Playing in the Olivier Theatre until 30 July.

Head to the link in comments for more info and tickets.

🎨 Set and Costume Design by Rae Smith
📸 Brinkhoff-Moegenburg

10/06/2026

'It's time to put your money where your mouth is!' 💸

Daniel Raggett directs Shaan Sahota’s remarkable debut play, The Estate, with Adeel Akhtar, Shelley Conn and Thusitha Jayasundera. Available to stream now on National Theatre at Home.

Watch the full play at the link in our comments.

🧵 Costume Design by Khadija Raza
🎨 Set Design by Chloe Lamford

Is it true love or just the drugs? 💊 You can watch Lucy Prebble's funny and intimate examination of love and ethics, str...
09/06/2026

Is it true love or just the drugs? 💊

You can watch Lucy Prebble's funny and intimate examination of love and ethics, streaming now on National Theatre at Home.

Head to the link in our comments to watch The Effect.

🎨 Set and Costume Design by Soutra Gilmour
📸 Photography by Marc Brenner

In association with the Jamie Lloyd Company.

The Misanthrope is coming to the big screen 🤭Catch this razor sharp reimagining of Molière's classic dark comedy, starri...
09/06/2026

The Misanthrope is coming to the big screen 🤭

Catch this razor sharp reimagining of Molière's classic dark comedy, starring Sandra Oh, in cinemas with National Theatre Live from 22 September.

Head to the link in our comments to find your local screening.

It's International Archives Day 🗂️Have you ever thought about archiving your own work?Using our Black Plays Archive as a...
09/06/2026

It's International Archives Day 🗂️

Have you ever thought about archiving your own work?

Using our Black Plays Archive as a case study, our Archive team has created a guide for theatre-makers, playwrights, practitioners, and organisations wanting to remember and catalogue their productions online.

With thanks to The National Archives, the Association of Performing Arts Collections (APAC), National Lottery Heritage Fund and more.

Head to the link in comments to find out more.

📸 Catherine Ashmore, James Bellorini, Richard H Smith

08/06/2026

'A stroke of genius' 🌟

War Horse plays in our Olivier Theatre until 30 July.

Head to the link in comments for more info and tickets.

08/06/2026

The original lovebomber, Vicomte de Valmont 🫣

Catch Monica Barbaro and Aidan Turner in 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 is in cinemas with National Theatre Live from 25 June.

Head to the link in comments to find your local screening.

🎨 Set Design by Rosanna Vize
🧵 Costume Design by Natalie Roar

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