National Theatre
Londres - Angleterre

Construction: 1976

Topologie du théâtre

Nombre de salles actives: 3
Salle 1: Olivier Theatre (1100)    1976 - Actif
Salle 2: Lyttelton Theatre (900)    1976 - Actif
Salle 3: Dorfman Theatre (350)    1976 - Actif
Salle 4: Loft (100)    2002 - 2002
Salle 5: The Shed (100)    2009 - 2016
Salle 6: NT Live ()    2009 - Actif

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Olivier Theatre

1100 
1976 - Actif

Lyttelton Theatre

900 
1976 - Actif

Dorfman Theatre

350 
1976 - Actif

Loft

100 
2002 - 2002

The Shed

100 
2009 - 2016

NT Live

 
2009 - Actif

Musical
Original

753) Hex (Original)

Joué durant  1 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 04 December 2021
Première: 15 December 2022
Dernière: 22 January 2022

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: Jim Fortune •  
Parolier: Rufus Norris •  
Libettiste: Tanya Ronder •  
Metteur en scène: Rufus Norris •  
Chorégraphe: Jade Hackett •  
Avec: Tamsin Carroll (Queenie), Rosalie Craig (Fairy), Michael Elcock (Bert), Kat Ronney (Rose), Christopher Akrill, Delroy Atkinson, Esme Bacalla-Hayes, Madeline Charlemagne, Ebony Clarke, Sonya Cullingford, Hanna Dimtsu, Tamsin Dowsett, Joe Foster, Ben Goffe, Eleanor Kane, Daisy Maywood, Kody Mortimer, Joseph Prouse, Shaq Taylor, Sargon Yelda. 


Commentaire: Le musical a commencé les previews à l'Olivier Theatre le 4 décembre, le spectacle devant se jouer jusqu'au 22 janvier 2022. La Première devait avoir lieu le 15 décembre, mais en raison de l'augmentation des cas de COVID-19, elle a été reportée au 21 décembre puis finalement annulée. Cela a été le ca de nombreuses autres représentations et aussi de l'UK Tour et de la captation pour le NT Live. Pour vcette raison, Rufus Norris (parolier, metteur en scène maus aussi directeur du National) a annoncé que le musical s'arrêterait le 22 janvier 2022, mais qu'un revival serait programmé l'année suivante avec enfin une vraie Première de presse.  (plus) 


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Revival

752) Hex (Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 26 November 2022
Première: 06 December 2022
Dernière: 14 January 2023

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: Jim Fortune •  
Parolier: Rufus Norris •  
Libettiste: Tanya Ronder •  
Metteur en scène: Rufus Norris •  
Chorégraphe: Jade Hackett •  
Avec: Michael Elcock (Bert), Rosie Graham (Princess Rose), Victoria Hamilton-Barritt (Queenie), Lisa Lambe (Fairy), Zaynah Ahmed, Marc Akinfolarin, Christopher Akrill, Sabrina Aloueche, Sonya Cullingford, Ben Goffe, Chris Jenkins, Kalisha Johnson, Amanda Lindgren, Michael Matus, Kody Mortimer, Neïma Naouri, Mark Oxtoby, Aharon Rayner, Olivia Saunders, Sasha Shadid, Rumi Sutton, Riley Woodford 


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Revival

751) ** Hors DB Theatre (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 07 April 2022
Première: 14 April 2022
Dernière: 11 June 2022

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Dominic Cooke •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Nicola Walker (Miss Moffat), Adam Baker, Saffron Coomber, Gareth David-Lloyd, Iwan Davies, Sion Emlyn, Ben Alyn Francis, Gwion Glyn, Megan Grech, Matthew Hargreaves, Jonathan Hawkins, Matthew Hargreaves, Steffan Hughes, John Ieuan Jones, Gareth Kennerley, Richard Lynch, Jo McInnes, Kristian Morse, Tomas Moya, Alice Orr-Ewing, Steffan Rizzi, Rebecca Todd, Peter Willcock, Garyn Williams, Peter Willcock, Rufus Wright 


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Revival

750) Hamlet (Revival)

Joué durant  

Première preview: 04 April 2022
Première: 04 April 2022
Dernière: 06 April 2022

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •  
Metteur en scène: Tinuke Craig • Morgan Runacre-Temple •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Kiren Kebaili-Dwyer (Hamlet), Efe Agwele, David Ahmad, Jessica Alade, Curtis Callier, Claire Redcliffe, Vedi Roy, Chanel Waddock 


Commentaire: Hamlet - réinventé pour le jeune public.  (plus) 


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Original

749) Our Generation (Original)

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 14 February 2022
Première: 14 February 2022
Dernière: 09 April 2022

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Daniel Evans •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Dee Ahluwalia, Joe Bolland, Anna Burnett, Anushka Chakravarti, Debbie Chazen, Gavi Singh Chera, Rachelle Diedericks, Hasan Dixon, Helder Fernandes, Sarita Gabony, Conor Gormally, Alex Jarrett, Callum Mardy, Poppy Shepherd, Stephanie Street 


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748) Jack Absolute Flies Again ()

Joué durant  2 mois

Première preview: 15 April 2020
Première: 15 April 2020
Dernière: 20 June 2020

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Thea Sharrock •  
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Original London

747) Seven Streams of the River Ota (The) (Original London)

Joué durant  2 semaines

Première preview: 06 March 2020
Première: 06 March 2020
Dernière: 22 March 2020

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Robert Lepage •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Rebecca Blankenship, Lorranie Cote, Christian Essiambre, Richard Frechette, Tetsuya Kudaka, Myriam Leblanc, Umihiko Miya, Audree Southiere, Phillippe Thibault-Denis, Donna Yamamoto. 


Commentaire: The performance will last 7 hours and includes two intervals plus a 45-minute break and two pauses.
Dialogue is presented in English, French, German and Japanese with English subtitles.
A co-production with Chekhov International Theatre Festival, Moscow, the National Theatre, London, and Le Diamant, Québec  (plus) 


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Revival

746) Visit or The Old Lady Comes to Call (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 4 semaines

Première preview: 31 January 2020
Première: 13 February 2020
Dernière: 13 May 2020

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Jeremy Herrin •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Lesley Manville, Hugo Weaving, Troy Alexander, Charlotte Asprey, Jason Barnett, Sam Cox, Bethan Cullinane, Paul Dodds, Richard Durden, Ian Drysdale, Michael Elcock, Paul Gladwin, Garrick Hagon, Sara Kestelman, Simon Markey, Louis Martin, Kevin Mathurin, Joseph Mydell, Stuart Nunn, Simon Startin, Tony Turner, Douglas Walker, Flo Wilson, Nicholas Woodeson. 


Commentaire: Jeremy Herrin (This House) directs Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread, Long Day’s Journey into Night) and Hugo Weaving (The Matrix) as former lovers in Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s visionary revenge play, transported into mid-20th-century America by Tony Kushner (Angels in America).  (plus) 


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Original

745) Death of England (Original)

Joué durant  1 mois

Première preview: 31 January 2020
Première: 31 January 2020
Dernière: 07 March 2020

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
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Avec: Rafe Spall (Michael) 


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Original

744) Welkin (The) (Original)

Joué durant  4 mois

Première preview: 15 January 2020
Première: 22 January 2020
Dernière: 23 May 2020

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: James MacDonald •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Maxine Peake (Lizzy Luke), Ria Zmitrowicz (Sally Poppy), Nadia Albina, Natasha Cottriall, Aysha Kala, Wendy Kweh, Philip McGinley, Cecilia Noble, Dawn Sievewright, Brigid Zengeni, Daneka Etchells, Jenny Galloway, Haydn Gwynne, Zainab Hasan, June Watson, Laurence Ubong Williams, Shaofan Wilson, Hara Yannas. 


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Revival

743) Three Sisters (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 03 December 2019
Première: 10 December 2019
Dernière: 19 February 2020

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Nadia Fall •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Sarah Niles, Natalie Simpson, Racheal Ofori, Ronke Adekoluejo, Jonathan Ajayi, Jude Akuwudike, Tobi Bamtefa, Peter Bankole, Anni Domingo, Lola May, Jerome Ngonadi, Ken Nwosu, Joseph Ogeleka, Nasa Ohalete, Offue Okegbe, Chloe Okora, Sule Rimi, Diana Yekinni. 


Commentaire: Chekhov's iconic characters are relocated to Nigeria in this bold new adaptation.

Following his smash-hit Barber Shop Chronicles, Inua Ellams returns to the National Theatre with this heartbreaking retelling, directed by Nadia Fall (Home, Dara).  (plus) 


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West End Transfer

742) My Brilliant Friend (West End Transfer)

Joué durant  2 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 12 November 2019
Première: 05 December 2019
Dernière: 22 February 2020

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Melly Still •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Justin Avoth, Adam Burton, Niamh Cusack, Amiera Darwish, Trevor Fox, Danielle Henry, Martin Hyder, Kezrena James, David Judge, Wela Mbusi, Catherine McCormack, Victoria Moseley, Emily Mytton, Al Nedjari, Mary Jo Randle, Jonah Russell, Colin Ryan, John Sandeman, Ira Mandela Siobhan, Badria Timimi, Ben Turner, Emily Wachter, Toby Wharton, Elizabeth Mary (Em) Williams 


Commentaire: Following a sold-out run at Rose Theatre Kingston, the acclaimed two-part adaptation by April De Angelis (Jumpy) is reworked for the Olivier stage by Melly Still (Coram Boy). Niamh Cusack and Catherine McCormack return to play Lenu and Lila.

This is an adaptation of the 4 Ferrante novels (My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, The Story of the Lost Child) into a play of 2 parts.  (plus) 


Presse: ★★★★ Elena Ferrante's story makes a triumphant transition to stage
Evening Standard

★★★★ This is a production which should delight the books’ many fans and serve as a fine introduction to the richly conceived, unforcedly feminist world of Ferrante
Daily Telegraph

★★★★ An ultra-dynamic production with two towering performances
Time Out

★★★★ Elena Ferrante's story makes a triumphant transition to stage
Evening Standard

★★★★ This is a production which should delight the books’ many fans and serve as a fine introduction to the richly conceived, unforcedly feminist world of Ferrante
Daily Telegraph

★★★★ An ultra-dynamic production with two towering performances
Time Out

★★★★ A lively generous tale of femininity and violence
Independent

★★★★A triumphant staging. Richly rewarding.
Guardian

★★★★ As if Ferrante had materialised in front of us.
Observer

★★★★ Big, bold and brilliant
Metro

★★★★ Exhilarating. The passions and struggles of the two friends are vividly there on the stage
Mail on Sunday

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Original

741) Ocean at the End of the Lane (The) (Original)

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 03 December 2019
Première: 03 December 2019
Dernière: 25 January 2020

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Katy Rudd •  
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Avec: Josie Walker, Samuel Blenkin. 


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Reprise

740) Translations (Reprise)

Joué durant  1 mois 4 semaines

Première preview: 15 October 2019
Première: 21 October 2019
Dernière: 18 December 2019

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Ian Rickson •  
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Avec: Dermot Crowley, Ciarán Hinds, Seamus O’Hara, Judith Roddy, Rufus Wright, Jack Bardoe, Liádan Dunlea, Fra Fee, Amy Molloy and Julian Moore-Cook. 


Commentaire: Following a sold-out run in 2018, Ian Rickson’s exquisite production returns. Ciarán Hinds reprises his critically acclaimed role of patriarch and school master, Hugh, whose livelihood and culture are at risk. He will be re-joined by Seamus O’Hara and Judith Roddy.  (plus) 


Presse: ★★★★★ A flawless production. A culture-clash masterpiece.
Guardian

★★★★★ A true modern classic. Directed with immense sensitivity.
Sunday Times

★★★★★ A wild achievement. Tremendous production of a singular classic.
Observer

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739) Antipodes (The) ()

Joué durant  1 mois

Première preview: 21 October 2019
Première: 21 October 2019
Dernière: 23 November 2019

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Lila Neugebauer •  
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Avec: Matt Bardock, Arthur Darvill, Imogen Doel, Hadley Fraser, Conleth Hill, Sinead Matthews, Stuart McQuarrie, Bill Milner. 


Commentaire: Following acclaimed runs of The Flick and John, Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Baker returns to the National Theatre with her latest extraordinary play. Their phones switched off, a group of people sit around a table telling, categorising and theorising stories.  (plus) 


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738) 'Master Harold’… and the boys ()

Joué durant  2 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 21 September 2019
Première: 01 October 2019
Dernière: 17 December 2019

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Roy Alexander Weise •  
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Avec: Anson Boon, Lucian Msamati, Hammed Animashaun 


Commentaire: Tony Award-winning playwright Athol Fugard’s semi-autobiographical and blistering masterwork explores the nature of friendship, and the ways people are capable of hurting even those they love.  (plus) 


Presse: ★★★★ ’Master Harold’ cuts deep. An elegantly powerful revival
Time Out

★★★★ Extraordinary. Searing and urgent. Lucian Msamati is magnificent
What's On Stage

★★★★ Absolutely spellbinding. Compelling and remarkable
Daily Telegraph

★★★★ ‘Roy Alexander Weise’s production is as elegant and nimble as the foxtrot. A thing of beauty’
The Times

★★★★ Packs an incredible punch. A beautifully acted, exemplary production.
Financial Times

★★★★ Deeply moving. Lucian Msamati gives a superlative performance.
Metro

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737) Faith, Hope and Charity ()

Joué durant  1 mois

Première preview: 09 September 2019
Première: 09 September 2019
Dernière: 12 October 2019

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Alexander Zeldin •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Nick Holder, Susan Lync, Cecilia Nobl, Hind Swareldaha, Alan Williams 


Commentaire: Following Beyond Caring – ‘unforgettable’ (The Times) – and LOVE – ‘the National’s play of the year' (Evening Standard), Alexander Zeldin’s new play is another uncompromising theatrical experience that goes to the heart of our uncertain times.  (plus) 


Presse: ★★★★ Utterly necessary and deeply compassionate. The performances are superb.
What's On Stage

★★★★ A beautifully gauged production. The cast is exemplary. The Dorfman becomes the community centre, engulfing us, swallowing us and startling us.
Time Out

★★★★ Shines a light on the resilience and humour of those struggling to survive. An urgent account of the austerity age
Guardian

★★★★ Utterly necessary and deeply compassionate. The performances are superb.
What's On Stage

★★★★ A beautifully gauged production. The cast is exemplary. The Dorfman becomes the community centre, engulfing us, swallowing us and startling us.
Time Out

★★★★ Shines a light on the resilience and humour of those struggling to survive. An urgent account of the austerity age
Guardian

★★★★ A riveting fight for survival. Cecilia Noble is exceptional.
The Times

★★★★ ‘As a chronicler of the quiet tragedies, small victories and overwhelming mundanities of everyday life, writer and director Alexander Zeldin remains unparalleled.’
Evening Standard

★★★★ A galvanising slice of social realism
The Stage

★★★★ An unflinching look at austerity Britain. Cecilia Noble is extraordinary
Daily Telegraph

★★★★ Quietly devastating, gently funny and beautifully delivered
Financial Times

★★★★ Essential viewing. A harrowing slice of social realism that brims with humanity
Metro

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736) Hansard ()

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 22 August 2019
Première: 03 September 2019
Dernière: 24 October 2019

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Simon Godwin •  
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Avec: Alex Jennings, Lindsay Duncan 


Commentaire: A witty and devastating new play.  (plus) 


Presse: ★★★★ Touching and illuminating all at once.
The Times

★★★★ Engrossing and incisive. Performances take the breath away.
WhatsOnStage

★★★★ Deliciously witty. Jennings and Duncan are a truly dynamic duo.
Broadway World

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735) Secret River ()

Joué durant  1 semaine

Première preview: 22 August 2019
Première: 27 August 2019
Dernière: 07 September 2019

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Neil Armfield •  
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Commentaire: A moving and unflinching journey into Australia’s dark history. Adapted from Kate Grenville’s acclaimed novel, this multi-award-winning production from Sydney Theatre Company tells the story of two families divided by culture and land.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Major Festivals Initiative, managed by the Australia Council its arts funding and advisory body, in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals Inc., Sydney Festival, Perth International Arts Festival and The Centenary of Canberra.  (plus) 


Presse: ★★★★★ A compelling historical epic
Daily Telegraph

★★★★ A sweeping saga with deep currents. Riveting
The Times

★★★★ A mammoth production that takes a small family story and projects it onto a narrative of nations
What's On Stage

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Original

734) Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear (Original)

Joué durant  1 mois

Première preview: 25 July 2019
Première: 31 July 2019
Dernière: 31 August 2019

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: Jim Fortune •  
Parolier: Andy Stanton •  
Libettiste: Andy Stanton •  
Metteur en scène: Amy Hodge •  
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Avec: Richard Cant, Steve Furst, Tom Giles, Keziah Joseph, Helena Lymbery, Kate Malyon, Gary Wilmot 


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West End Transfer

733) Jellyfish (West End Transfer)

Joué durant  

Première preview: 05 July 2019
Première: 10 July 2019
Dernière: 16 July 2019

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Tim Hoare •  
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Avec: Sarah Gordy, Penny Layden, Nicky Priest 


Commentaire: Following a sold-out run at the Bush Theatre last year, Sarah Gordy returned to play Kelly for a limited run of this radical and heartfelt new play.  (plus) 


Presse: ★★★★ Heartening, important, thoughtful and unsettling. Sarah Gordy gives a magnificent performance.
Evening Standard

★★★★ A compassionate, bittersweet, romantic comedy. Sarah Gordy is superb.
The Stage

★★★★ Genuinely moving and beautifully realised. Jellyfish will win over even the coldest of hearts.
Time Out

★★★★ Laugh-out-loud funny and immensely touching. A gem
Financial Times

★★★★ A remarkable, thought-provoking rom-com
The Times

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Revival

732) Peter Gynt (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois

Première preview: 27 June 2019
Première: 09 July 2019
Dernière: 08 October 2019

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Jonathan Kent •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Tamsin Carroll, Jonathan Coy, Anya Chalotra, Caroline Deyga, Lauren Ellis-Steele, Oliver Ford Davies, Andrew Fraser, Guy Henry, Dani Heron, Ryan Hunter, Isabelle Joss, Lorne MacFadyen, Adam McNamara, Martin Quinn, Ann Louise Ross, Nabil Shaban and Jatinder Singh Randhawa 


Commentaire: In this radical new version, David Hare kidnaps Ibsen’s most famous hero and runs away with him into the 21st century. James McArdle takes the title role in this epic story of transformation, following his acclaimed performances in Platonov and Angels in America. He is reunited with David Hare and Jonathan Kent, the partnership behind the triumphant Young Chekhov at Chichester Festival Theatre and the National Theatre.  (plus) 


Presse: ★★★★ A sharp satire with an outstanding performance from James McArdle.
Guardian

★★★★ An exuberant reinvention of Ibsen’s Peer Gynt. Swashbuckling theatre.
Daily Mail

★★★★ Dazzling. A laugh-out-loud production.
Independent

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731) Rutherford and Son (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 28 May 2019
Première: 28 May 2019
Dernière: 03 August 2019

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Polly Findlay •  
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Avec: Roger Allam, Chris Anderson, Sue Appleby, Joe Armstrong, Joe Evans, Nick Harris, Harry Hepple, Barbara Marten, Nicola May-Taylor, Jules Melvin, Justine Mitchell, Sally Rogers, Sam Troughton and Anjana Vasan. 


Commentaire: Roger Allam (Les Misérables, The Thick of It) returns to the National for the first time in a decade to play Rutherford in this new production directed by Polly Findlay (Beginning).

Githa Sowerby’s astonishing play was inspired by her own experience of growing up in a family-run factory in Gateshead. Writing in 1912, when female voices were seldom heard on British stages, she now claims her place alongside Ibsen and Bernard Shaw with this searing depiction of class, gender and generational warfare.

This Edwardian classic and powerful drama is on a par with the work of Ibsen, Gorky and Granville Barker. It enjoyed huge success in London and New York, and was hailed as 'a remarkable play'.  (plus) 


Presse: ★★★★ The entire cast is superb. Roger Allam gives a performance of understated intensity.
Evening Standard

★★★★ Inspiring. A timely, memorable revival.
The Times

★★★★ Atmospheric and powerful. Finally given the blockbuster production it always deserved.
Time Out

★★★★ Roger Allam is magnificent
Guardian

★★★★ Compelling. Magnificent performances.
WhatsOnStage

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Original

730) Anna (Original)

Joué durant  3 semaines

Première preview: 11 May 2019
Première: 21 May 2019
Dernière: 15 June 2019

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
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Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Phoebe Fox, Nathalie Armin, Paul Bazely, Max Bennett, Jamie Bradley, Michael Gould, Georgia Landers, Diana Quick, Lara Rossi and Dwane Walcott. 


Commentaire: Created by playwright Ella Hickson (The Writer) and sound designers Ben and Max Ringham, this tense new thriller is directed by Natalie Abrahami (Machinal). It uses individual audio headsets to give the audience intimate access to events as they unfold over one evening, in East Berlin.  (plus) 


Presse: ★★★★★ Slick and stylish. Full of history, mystery and horror. Impressively intelligent
The Stage

★★★★ Layered and engrossing. Remarkable sound from extraordinary aural engineers Ben and Max Ringham
What's On Stage

★★★★★ A riveting 65 minutes. A multilayered plot worthy of Le Carré with fascinating wizard-level sound design
The Times

★★★★ Fun, smart, gripping and unsettling
Financial Times

★★★★★ Brilliantly unsettling. Phoebe Fox is outstanding
Daily Mail

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729) Small Island ()

Joué durant  3 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 17 April 2019
Première: 01 May 2019
Dernière: 10 August 2019

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Rufus Norris •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: CJ Beckford, Paul Bentall, Jacqueline Boatswain, Phoebe Frances Brown, Chereen Buckley, Cavan Clarke, Shiloh Coke, Beatie Edney, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Adam Ewan, David Fielder, Amy Forrest, Leah Harvey, John Hastings, Stephanie Jacob, Sandra James-Young, CJ Johnson, Natey Jones, Trevor Laird, Aisling Loftus, Johann Myers, .Daniel Norford, Andrew Rothney 


Commentaire: Andrea Levy’s epic, Orange Prize-winning novel bursts to new life on the Olivier stage. A company of 40 tells a story which journeys from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury.  (plus) 


Presse: ★★★★★ One of the most important plays of the year. Superb production. Outstanding performances. Andrea Levy’s epic makes momentous theatre.
Guardian

★★★★★ Epic and inspiring. Exceptional performances. Small Island has found its ideal home.
Daily Telegraph

★★★★★ Extraordinary. Charming performances. Spectacular adaptation of Andrea Levy's Windrush novel.
Observer

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728) Top Girls ()

Joué durant  3 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 26 March 2019
Première: 26 March 2019
Dernière: 20 July 2019

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Lyndsey Turner •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Lucy Black, Jessica Brindle, Lucy Ellinson, Amanda Hadingue, Liv Hill, Ebony Jonelle, Katherine Kingsley, Wendy Kweh, Amanda Lawrence, Marcia Lecky, Charlotte Lucas, Ashley McGuire, Siobhán Redmond, Ashna Rabheru, Roisin Rae, Kate Tydman, Nadia Williams and Naomi Yang 


Commentaire: For the first time, the National Theatre stages Caryl Churchill’s wildly innovative play about a country divided by its own ambitions.  (plus) 


Presse: ★★★★★ A once-in-a-lifetime staging. Poignant and awesome. Caryl Churchill’s feminist masterpiece is given the widescreen production it’s always deserved
Time Out

★★★★ A must-see production. The cast is on sparkling form and the laughs come thick and fast
What's On Stage

★★★★★ A dazzling revival. A work of genius that will never date
Independent

★★★★★ A once-in-a-lifetime staging. Poignant and awesome. Caryl Churchill’s feminist masterpiece is given the widescreen production it’s always deserved
Time Out

★★★★ A must-see production. The cast is on sparkling form and the laughs come thick and fast
What's On Stage

★★★★★ A dazzling revival. A work of genius that will never date
Independent

★★★★★ A brightly directed version of Caryl Churchill’s masterpiece
Arts Desk

★★★★ Frighteningly resonant. The cast is terrific
Metro

★★★★★ An engrossing return to Thatcher-era feminism. A play that fizzes and burns
Daily Mail

★★★★ An epic revival
Financial Times

★★★★★ An expansive and significant revival of one of the greatest plays of the decade.
Daily Express

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727) Downstate (Original)

Joué durant  1 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 12 March 2019
Première: 20 March 2019
Dernière: 27 April 2019

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Pam MacKinnon •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Glenn Davis, K Todd Freeman, Francis Guinan, Tim Hopper, Aimee Lou Wood, Cecilia Noble, Eddie Torres, Matilda Ziegler. 


Commentaire: Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, Bruce Norris’ (Clybourne Park, The Low Road) new play, directed by Pam MacKinnon, comes to the National Theatre direct from its premiere at Steppenwolf, Chicago.  (plus) 


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726) Follies (Reprise)

Joué durant  1 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 14 February 2019
Première: 19 February 2019
Dernière: 06 April 2019

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: Stephen Sondheim •  
Parolier: Stephen Sondheim •  
Libettiste: James Goldman •  
Metteur en scène: Dominic Cooke •  
Chorégraphe: Bill Deamer •  
Avec: Imelda Staunton (Sally Durant Plummer), Janie Dee (Phyllis Stone) and Philip Quast (Benjamin Stone), Dame Josephine Barstow, Tracie Bennett, Zizi Strallen, Leisha Mollyneaux, Emily Langham, Peter Forbes, Di Botcher, Billy Boyle, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Emily Goodenough, Bruce Graham, Fred Haig, Aimee Hodnett, Dawn Hope, Liz Izen, Alison Langer, Emily Langham, Sarah Marie Maxwell, Kate Parr, Edwin Ray, Gary Raymond, Adam Rhys-Charles, Jordan Shaw, Barnaby Thompson, Christine Tucker and Alex Young. 


Commentaire: After a sold-out run, Follies, winner of the Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, returns in 2019  (plus) 


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725) Tartuffe (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 09 February 2019
Première: 09 February 2019
Dernière: 30 April 2019

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: Molière •  
Metteur en scène: Blanche McIntyre •  
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Commentaire: A ferocious new version of Molière’s comic masterpiece.  (plus) 


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724) Winter's tale (The) (Reprise)

Joué durant  2 semaines

Première preview: 06 February 2019
Première: 06 February 2019
Dernière: 21 February 2019

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •  
Metteur en scène: Justin Audibert •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec:  


Commentaire: This exciting new version of The Winter's Tale is the perfect introduction to Shakespeare for younger audiences. Warning: watch out for pursuing bears.
Suitable for 8 – 12 yrs
Workshops and performances took place in schools throught the UK  (plus) 


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723) Tell-Tale Heart (The) (Original)

Joué durant  4 semaines

Première preview: 05 December 2018
Première: 12 December 2018
Dernière: 05 January 2019

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Anthony Neilson •  
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Commentaire: Renowned for his ground-breaking work, Anthony Neilson (The Prudes, Unreachable, The Wonderful World of Dissocia) makes his National Theatre debut with this contemporary reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tale of a haunted conscience.  (plus) 


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722) Hadestown (Original Europe)

Joué durant  2 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 02 November 2018
Première: 13 November 2018
Dernière: 26 January 2019

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: Anais Mitchell •  
Parolier: Anais Mitchell •  
Libettiste: Anais Mitchell •  
Metteur en scène: Rachel Chavkin •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Eurydice), Reeve Carney (Orpheus), Rosie Fletcher (the Fates), Carly Mercedes Dyer (the Fates), Gloria Onitiri (the Fates), Amber Gray (Persephone), Patrick Page (Hades), Sharif Afffifi (Ensemble), Beth Hinton-Lever (Ensemble), Seyi Omooba (Ensemble), Alesha Pease (Ensemble), Joseph Prouse (Ensemble), Jordan Shaw (Ensemble), Shaq Taylor (Ensemble) 


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721) Stories (Original)

Joué durant  1 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 10 October 2018
Première: 17 October 2018
Dernière: 28 November 2018

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Nina Raine •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Claudie Blakley, Stephen Boxer, Beau Gadsdon, Thusitha Jayasundera, Margot Leicester, Molly Simm, Katie Simons, Sam Troughton, Brian Vernel. 


Commentaire: Following the critically acclaimed Consent, Nina Raine returns to the National Theatre with this funny and touching new play.  (plus) 


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720) I'm Not Running (Original)

Joué durant  3 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 02 October 2018
Première: 09 October 2018
Dernière: 31 January 2019

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Neil Armfield •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Sian Brooke, Owen Findlay, Alex Hassell, Harry Long, Joshua McGuire, Amaka Okafor, Roisin Rae, Liza Sadovy, Nadia Williams, Brigid Zengeni. 


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719) Antony and Cleopatra (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 18 September 2018
Première: 26 September 2018
Dernière: 19 January 2019

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •  
Metteur en scène: Simon Godwin •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Ralph Fiennes (Antony), Sophie Okonedo (Cleopatra), Fisayo Akinade, Alexander Cobb, Tunji Kasim, Georgia Landers, Nicholas Le Prevost, Tim McMullan, Hannah Morrish, Shazia Nicholls, Gloria Obianyo, Nick Sampson, Katy Stephens, Sargon Yelda. 


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718) Prisoner (The) ()

Joué durant  3 semaines

Première preview: 12 September 2018
Première: 12 September 2018
Dernière: 04 October 2018

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Peter Brook • Marie-Helene Estienne •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Hiran Abeysekera, Herve Goffings, Omar Silva, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Donald Sumpter 


Commentaire: Asking profound questions about justice, guilt and who gets to decide what they are, The Prisoner brings together a multinational cast of acclaimed actors from countries including Sri Lanka, Rwanda, India and the UK. This is a provocative exploration of some of the most compelling issues of our times.  (plus) 


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717) Star Seekers (The) ()

Joué durant  3 semaines

Première preview: 08 August 2018
Première: 08 August 2018
Dernière: 01 September 2018

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Helena Middleton •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Jesse Meadows, Ben Vardy, Jack Drewry 


Commentaire: Suitable for ages 3+  (plus) 


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716) Home, I'm Darling (Original)

Joué durant  1 mois

Première preview: 24 July 2018
Première: 31 July 2018
Dernière: 05 September 2018

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Tamara Harvey •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Katherine Parkinson (Jud), Richard Harrington (Johnny), Sara Gregory, Barnaby Kay, Sian Thomas 


Commentaire: Following a sold-out run at the National Theatre, Laura Wade’s ‘piercingly funny’ (Time Out) new play transfers to the West End for 11 weeks only  (plus) 


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715) Lehman Trilogy (The) ()

Joué durant  3 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 04 July 2018
Première: 12 July 2018
Dernière: 20 October 2018

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Sam Mendes •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Simon Russell Beale (Henry Lehma), Ben Miles (Emanuel), Adam Godley (Mayer) 


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714) An Octoroon ()

Joué durant  1 mois

Première preview: 07 June 2018
Première: 14 June 2018
Dernière: 18 July 2018

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Ned Bennett •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Cassie Clare, Emmanuella Cole, Celeste Dodwell, Iola Evans, Ken Nwosu, Vivan Oparah, Alistair Toovey, Kevin Trainor, Ewesi Edman, James Douglas (cello) 


Commentaire: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ extraordinary play comes to the National Theatre after a sold-out run at the Orange Tree Theatre.  (plus) 


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713) Absolute Hell (Original)

Joué durant  3 mois

Première preview: 31 May 2018
Première: 07 June 2018
Dernière: 08 September 2018

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Carrie Cracknell •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Vanessa Kirby, Thomasin Gulgec, Eric Kofi Abrefa, Dak Mashava, Michela Meazza, Ashley Morgan-Davies, Yuyu Rau, Petra Soor, Thalissa Teixeira, Temitope Ajose-Cutting, El Anthony, Francesca Knight, Rebbeca Omogbehin 


Commentaire: August Strindberg's Miss Julie finds a new home in contemporary London, as Carrie Cracknell (The Deep Blue Sea) directs a cast including Vanessa Kirby (The Crown) and Eric Kofi Abrefa (The Amen Corner).  (plus) 


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712) Translations ()

Joué durant  2 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 22 May 2018
Première: 30 May 2018
Dernière: 11 August 2018

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Ian Rickson •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Colin Morga, Ciaran Hinds, Dermot Crowley, Aoife Duffin, Adetomiwa Edun, Michelle Fox, Laurence Kinlan, Seamus O'Hara, Judith Roddy, Rufus Wright 


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711) Nine Night (Original)

Joué durant  3 semaines

Première preview: 21 April 2018
Première: 30 April 2018
Dernière: 26 May 2018

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Roy Alexander •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Cecilia Noble, Oliver Alvin-Wilson, Franc Ashman, Rebekah Murrell, Ricky Fearon, Michelle Greenridge, Hattie Ladbury 


Commentaire: Sera transféré au Trafalgar Studio  (plus) 


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710) Absolute Hell (Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 18 April 2018
Première: 25 April 2018
Dernière: 16 June 2018

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Joe Hill-Gibbins •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Kate Fleetwood, Jonathan Slingr, Lloyd Hutchinso, Danny Web, Esh Alla, Joanna David, Charles Edward, Patricia Englan, Jenny Gallowa, Aaron Hefferna, Martins Imhangbe, Stephanie Jaco, Prasanna Puwanaraja, Anita Reynold, John Sackvill, Liza Sadov, Eileen Wals, Elizabeth Andrewarth, Ashley B, Jonathan Coote, Carole Dance, Simon Hepworth, Fiz Marcus, , Sinead Matthew, Connor Mil Jade Youre, Frazer Hadfiel, Rachel Dale 


Commentaire: Absolute Hell, Rodney Ackland’s extraordinarily provocative play, was condemned as ‘a libel on the British people’ when first performed in 1952. Now it emerges as an intoxicating plunge into post-war Soho; full of despair and longing.  (plus) 


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709) Great Wave (The) (Original)

Joué durant  3 semaines

Première preview: 10 March 2018
Première: 19 March 2018
Dernière: 14 April 2018

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Indhu Rubasingham •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Kae Alexander, Rosalind Chao, Tuyen Do, Vincent Lai, Kwong Loke, Frances Mayli, cCann
Kirsty Rider, Leo Wan, David Yip 


Commentaire: The Great Wave won the Catherine Johnson Award (2016), and renews Turnly's collaboration with the Tricycle Theatre - in 2014 he was awarded the Channel 4 Playwright in Residence, joining the Tricycle Theatre for a residency throughout 2015.  (plus) 


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708) Macbeth (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 26 February 2018
Première: 06 March 2018
Dernière: 23 June 2018

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •  
Metteur en scène: Rufus Norris •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Anne-Marie Duff (Lady Macbeth), Rory Kinnear (Macbeth), Stephen Boxer (Duncan), Patrick O'Kane (Macduff), Kevin Harvey (Banquo), Rakhee Sharma (Fleance), Amaka Okafor (Lady Macduff), Penny Layden (Ross), Trevor Fox (Porter), Parth Thakerar (Malcolm), Beatrice Scirocchi (Witch), Anna-Marie Nabirye (Witch), Hannah Hutch (Witch), Nadia Albina (Gentlewoman), Joshua Lacey (Murderer), Andrew Frame (Siward), Nicholas Karimi (Lennox), Alana Ramsey (Murderer), Michael Balogun (Doctor) 


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707) Winter's tale (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  2 semaines

Première preview: 14 February 2018
Première: 14 February 2018
Dernière: 28 February 2018

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •  
Metteur en scène: Justin Audibert •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec:  


Commentaire: This exciting new version of The Winter's Tale is the perfect introduction to Shakespeare for younger audiences. Warning: watch out for pursuing bears.
Suitable for 8 – 12 yrs
Workshops and performances took place in schools throught the UK  (plus) 


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706) John ()

Joué durant  1 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 17 January 2018
Première: 24 January 2018
Dernière: 03 March 2018

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: James MacDonald •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Marylouise Burke, Tom Mothersdale, Anneika Rose, June Watson 


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705) Amadeus (Reprise)

Joué durant  3 semaines

Première preview: 22 January 2018
Première: 22 January 2018
Dernière: 17 February 2018

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Michael Longhurst •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec:  


Commentaire: Music. Power. Jealousy.
Following its sell-out run in 2016/17, Amadeus returns to the Olivier in 2018.  (plus) 


Presse: "Musicians are thrust centre stage to epic effect in Michael Longhurst’s revival, and Lucian Msamati is excellent as the composer locked in battle with the divine." Michael Billington for The Guardian

"A note-perfect production by rising director Michael Longhurst that gives it a fresh, vital and musically inventive new reading, one which fully confirms its classic status." Dominic Cavendish for The Telegraph

"Longhurst has let the air of today into Amadeus in bravura fashion. It's a pleasure to report that the fourteenth Travelex season at the National has got off to such a triumphant start." Paul Taylor for The Independent

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704) Amadeus (Reprise)

Joué durant  1 mois

Première preview: 11 January 2018
Première: 18 January 2018
Dernière: 17 February 2018

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Michael Longhurst •  
Chorégraphe: Imogen Knight •  
Avec: Sarah Amankwah, Hammed Animashaun, Geoffrey Beevers, Fleur de Bray, Karla Crome, Tom Edden, Adam Gillen, Matthew Hargreaves, Andrew Macbean, Alexandra Mathie, Lucian Msamati, Eamonn Mulhall, Robyn Allegra Parton, Hugh Sachs, Eleanor Sutton, Wendy Dawn Thompson and Peter Willcock. 


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Presse: "Musicians are thrust centre stage to epic effect in Michael Longhurst’s revival, and Lucian Msamati is excellent as the composer locked in battle with the divine." Michael Billington for The Guardian

"A note-perfect production by rising director Michael Longhurst that gives it a fresh, vital and musically inventive new reading, one which fully confirms its classic status." Dominic Cavendish for The Telegraph

"Longhurst has let the air of today into Amadeus in bravura fashion. It's a pleasure to report that the fourteenth Travelex season at the National has got off to such a triumphant start." Paul Taylor for The Independent

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703) Pinocchio (Original)

Joué durant  3 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 01 December 2017
Première: 13 December 2017
Dernière: 07 April 2017

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: Leigh Harline • Martin Lowe • Ned Washington • Paul J Smith •  
Parolier: Leigh Harline • Martin Lowe • Ned Washington • Paul J Smith •  
Libettiste: Dennis Kelly •  
Metteur en scène: John Tiffany •  
Chorégraphe: Steven Hoggett •  
Avec: Stuart Angell, Trieve Blackwood-Cambridge, Audrey Brisson, Stephanie Bron, James Charlton, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Joe Idris-Roberts, Rebecca Jayne-Davies, Linford Johnson, Sarah Kameela Impey, David Kirkbride, Anabel Kutay, David Langham, Michael Lin, Annette McLaughlin, Jack North, Dawn Sievewright, Clemmie Sveaas, Michael Taibi, Scarlet Wilderink, Jack Wolfe. 


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702) Barber Shop Chronicles (Reprise)

Joué durant  1 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 20 November 2017
Première: 20 November 2017
Dernière: 09 January 2018

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Bijan Sheibani •  
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Presse: "Joyous. Brilliantly acted. Life-affirming. Go. " Independent

"Rich and exhilarating. A fascinating peek into the barber shop." The Stage

"Throbs with energy and heat. Full of sadness and great joy." Daily Telegraph

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701) Network (Revival)

Joué durant  4 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 04 November 2017
Première: 13 November 2017
Dernière: 24 March 2018

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Ivo van Hove •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Bryan Cranton (Howard Beale), Michelle Dockery (Diana Christenson) Douglas Henshall (Max Schumacher), … 


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700) Beginning (Original)

Joué durant  1 mois

Première preview: 05 October 2017
Première: 12 October 2017
Dernière: 14 November 2017

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Polly Findlay •  
Chorégraphe: Naomi Said •  
Avec: Justine Mitchell, Sam Troughton 


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699) Saint George and the Dragon (Original)

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 04 October 2017
Première: 11 October 2017
Dernière: 02 December 2017

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Lyndsey Turner •  
Chorégraphe: Lynn Page •  
Avec: Suzanne Ahmet, Jason Barnett, Julian Bleach, Luke Brady, Paul Brennen, Joe Caffrey, Paul Cawley, Richard Goulding, Gawn Grainger, Tamzin Griffin, John Heffernan, John Heffernan, Stephanie Jacob, Suzanne Ahmet Jason Barnett Julian Bleach Luke Brady Paul Brennen Joe Caffrey Paul Cawley Richard Goulding Gawn Grainger Tamzin Griffin John Heffernan John Heffernan Stephanie Jacob Olwen May, Victoria Moseley, Conor Neaves, Amaka Okafor, Sharita Oomeer, Jeff Rawle 


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698) Jane Eyre (Reprise)

Joué durant  3 semaines

Première preview: 26 September 2017
Première: 26 September 2017
Dernière: 21 October 2017

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Sally Cookson •  
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Commentaire: Following a critically acclaimed season at the National Theatre and a UK tour, Jane Eyre returns this September.  (plus) 


Presse: "Aflame with passion. A picture of exultant feminism" Observer

"Captures the beating heart of the novel. And then some" Mail On Sunday

"Sally Cookson's Jane Eyre is a joy to watch. It has a vibrancy that captures the spirit of the novel, and the spirit of its heroine " Time Out

"Original, engaging and unexpectedly funny. Full of intelligent detail" Daily Telegraph

"A fresh, exciting and endlessly inventive production " Evening Standard

"Sally Cookson's adaptation of Brontë's 1847 novel gives it the best stage workout it's had in years" Sunday Times

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697) Oslo (Original)

Joué durant  1 semaine

Première preview: 05 September 2017
Première: 12 September 2017
Dernière: 23 September 2017

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Bartlett Sher •  
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Commentaire: Direct from Broadway for a limited season
Nominated for 7 Tony® Awards including Best Play and Best Direction of a Play  (plus) 


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696) Follies (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois 4 semaines

Première preview: 22 August 2017
Première: 06 September 2017
Dernière: 03 January 2018

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: Stephen Sondheim •  
Parolier: Stephen Sondheim •  
Libettiste: James Goldman •  
Metteur en scène: Dominic Cooke •  
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Avec: Imelda Staunton (Sally Durant Plummer), Janie Dee (Phyllis Stone) and Philip Quast (Benjamin Stone), Dame Josephine Barstow, Tracie Bennett, Peter Forbes, Di Botcher, Billy Boyle, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Emily Goodenough, Bruce Graham, Fred Haig, Aimee Hodnett, Dawn Hope, Liz Izen, Alison Langer, Emily Langham, Sarah Marie Maxwell, Kate Parr, Edwin Ray, Gary Raymond, Adam Rhys-Charles, Jordan Shaw, Barnaby Thompson, Christine Tucker and Alex Young 


Commentaire: The National Theatre will produce a revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's 1971 musical Follies at the Olivier Theatre in late 2017. Set on the crumbling stage of a Broadway theatre the musical brings together past performers from the Weismann's Follies as they reunite for one final time before the venue's destruction. The show primarily focuses on two couples, Buddy and Sally Durant Plummer and Benjamin and Phyllis Rogers Stone and their own memories, challenges and roads they didn't take.
Imelda Staunton will star alongside Janie Dee and Philip Quast  (plus) 


Presse: "Played without a trace of camp and no interval, this is a production that perfectly captures the sustained emotional arc of Sondheim and Goldman’s musical. I came out admiring the show more than ever." - Michael Billington, The Guardian (five stars)
"I’d go straight back and see it again,” I heard a woman enthusing the moment she exited. You’d swear she’d lost her marbles... until, that is, you see for yourself. Unmissable, really." - Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph

"This story about the past, ageing and the allure of glitter does absorb us but there are also times when it (whisper it) drags. Mostly, though, it is the cat’s pyjamas, with added frou-frou." - Ann Treneman, The Times (four stars)

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695) Majority (The) (Original)

Joué durant  2 semaines

Première preview: 11 August 2017
Première: 14 August 2017
Dernière: 28 August 2017

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: David Overend •  
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Commentaire: Following the acclaimed Bullet Catch in The Shed, Rob Drummond returns to the National with a new show about democracy.  The Majority charts Rob’s journey as he navigates the Scottish Independence Referendum, Brexit, Trump... and whatever today brings.
So take your seat and push the button. Yes or No. Can you change the show with your votes? Every night will be different, depending on the majority.  (plus) 


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694) Mosquitoes (Original)

Joué durant  2 mois

Première preview: 18 July 2017
Première: 25 July 2017
Dernière: 28 September 2017

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Rufus Norris •  
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693) Barber Shop Chronicles (Original)

Joué durant  1 mois

Première preview: 30 May 2017
Première: 07 June 2017
Dernière: 08 July 2017

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Bijan Sheibani •  
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692) Common (Original)

Joué durant  2 mois

Première preview: 30 May 2017
Première: 06 June 2017
Dernière: 05 August 2017

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Jeremy Herrin •  
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691) Salomé (Original)

Joué durant  2 mois

Première preview: 15 May 2017
Première: 15 May 2017
Dernière: 15 July 2017

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Yael Farber •  
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690) Angels in America (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 11 April 2017
Première: 04 May 2017
Dernière: 19 August 2017

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Marianne Elliott •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Andrew Garfield (Prior Walter), Nathan Lane, Denise Gough, Russell Tovey (Joe Pitt), Stuart Angell, Susan Brown, Laura Caldow, Amanda Lawrence, James McArdle, Becky Namgauds, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Stan West and Lewis Wilkins. 


Commentaire: Running Time: Part One is about 3 hours and 30 minutes, with two 15-minute intervals. Part Two is about 4 hours with two 15-minute intervals  (plus) 


Presse: "This eight-hour fantasia is revealed as both a document of the Aids crisis and an enduringly relevant commentary on US politics." Michael Billington for The Guardian

"dazzling, quirky and often downright bizarre" Dominic Cavendish for The Telegraph

"This is a courageous revival, underpinned by piercingly authentic performances." Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard

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689) Consent (Original)

Joué durant  1 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 28 March 2017
Première: 04 April 2017
Dernière: 17 May 2017

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Roger Michell •  
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688) Lost without Words (Original)

Joué durant  2 semaines

Première preview: 04 March 2017
Première: 04 March 2017
Dernière: 18 March 2017

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
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Avec: Georgine Anderson, Caroline Blakiston, Anna Calder-Marshall, Lynn Farleigh, Charles Kay, Tim Preece 


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687) Ugly Lies the Bone (Original Europe)

Joué durant  1 mois

Première preview: 22 February 2017
Première: 01 March 2017
Dernière: 01 April 2017

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Indhu Rubasingham •  
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686) My Country: A Work in Progress (Original)

Joué durant  3 semaines

Première preview: 28 February 2017
Première: 28 February 2017
Dernière: 22 March 2017

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Rufus Norris •  
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Commentaire: Using exact words taken from the interviews, My Country; a work in progress puts those conversations centre stage. Rufus Norris, Director of the National Theatre, collaborates with Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate, to create this new performance which opens in London before playing at venues around the country.

Created in collaboration with; Citizens Theatre, Curve, Derry Playhouse, Live Theatre, National Theatre Wales, Sage Gateshead, Salisbury Playhouse and Strike A Light Festival in association with Cusack Projects Limited.  (plus) 


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685) Twelfth Night (Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 15 February 2017
Première: 22 February 2017
Dernière: 17 April 2017

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur:  
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Libettiste: William Shakespeare •  
Metteur en scène: Simon Godwin •  
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Avec: Tamsin Greig (Malvolia), Oliver Chris (Orsino), Daniel Ezra (Sebastian) Phoebe Fox (Olivia), Tamara Lawrance (Viola), Doon Mackichan (Feste) and Daniel Rigby (Sir Andrew Aguecheek) 


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684) Dublin OldSchool (Original)

Joué durant  1 semaine

Première preview: 24 January 2017
Première: 24 January 2017
Dernière: 31 January 2017

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Phillip McMahon •  
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Avec: Ian Lloyd Anderson, Emmet Kirwan 


Commentaire: Dark comedy, family drama and spoken word odyssey – Dublin Oldschool  snaps, crackles, raps and rhymes, with high octane performances by Emmet Kirwan (Sarah & Steve) and Ian Lloyd Anderson (LOVE/HATE), directed by Phillip McMahon.  (plus) 


Presse: ★★★★★ “Exceptional acting squared with exceptional writing […] unmissable.” The Sunday Times

★★★★★ “Kirwan’s late night trip through the city makes for incredible theatre” The Evening Herald

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683) Us/Them (Original London)

Joué durant  4 semaines

Première preview: 16 January 2017
Première: 20 January 2017
Dernière: 18 February 2017

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
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Commentaire: After a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016 and winning The Scotsman Fringe First Award, Us/Them comes to the NT.  (plus) 


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682) Hedda Gabler (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois

Première preview: 05 December 2016
Première: 12 December 2016
Dernière: 12 February 2017

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Ivo van Hove •  
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Avec: Wilson, Chukwudi Iwuji, Kate Duchene, Eva Magyar, Sinead Matthews, Kyle Soller, Rafe Spall 


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681) Love ()

Joué durant  1 mois

Première preview: 06 December 2016
Première: 10 December 2016
Dernière: 10 January 2017

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Alexander Zeldin •  
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Avec: Emily Beacock, Darcey Brown, Anna Colder-Marshall, Luke Clarke, Grace Doherty, Janet Etuk, Nick Holder 


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680) Peter Pan (West End Transfer)

Joué durant  2 mois

Première preview: 17 November 2016
Première: 02 December 2016
Dernière: 04 February 2017

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Sally Cookson •  
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Avec: Saikat Ahamed, Suzanne Ahmet, Marc Antolin, Lois Chimimba, Laura Cubitt, Phoebe Fildes, Felix Hayes, Paul Hilton, John Leader, Amaka Okafor, Sophie Thompson, Madeleine Worrall 


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679) Amadeus (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois

Première preview: 19 October 2016
Première: 26 October 2016
Dernière: 26 January 2017

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Michael Longhurst •  
Chorégraphe: Imogen Knight •  
Avec: Sarah Amankwah, Hammed Animashaun, Geoffrey Beevers, Fleur de Bray, Karla Crome, Tom Edden, Adam Gillen, Matthew Hargreaves, Andrew Macbean, Alexandra Mathie, Lucian Msamati, Eamonn Mulhall, Robyn Allegra Parton, Hugh Sachs, Eleanor Sutton, Wendy Dawn Thompson and Peter Willcock. 


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Presse: "Musicians are thrust centre stage to epic effect in Michael Longhurst’s revival, and Lucian Msamati is excellent as the composer locked in battle with the divine." Michael Billington for The Guardian

"A note-perfect production by rising director Michael Longhurst that gives it a fresh, vital and musically inventive new reading, one which fully confirms its classic status." Dominic Cavendish for The Telegraph

"Longhurst has let the air of today into Amadeus in bravura fashion. It's a pleasure to report that the fourteenth Travelex season at the National has got off to such a triumphant start." Paul Taylor for The Independent

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678) A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer (Original)

Joué durant  1 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 14 October 2016
Première: 19 October 2016
Dernière: 29 November 2016

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: Tom Parkinson •  
Parolier: Bryony Kimmings •  
Libettiste: Brian Lobel • Bryony Kimmings •  
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677) Red Barn (The) ()

Joué durant  1 mois

Première preview: 06 October 2016
Première: 17 October 2016
Dernière: 19 November 2016

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Robert Icke •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Elizabeth Debicki, Hope Davis, Michael Elwyn, Stuart Milligan, Anna Skellern, Mark Strong, Nigel Whitmey, Oliver Alvin-Wilson and Jade Yourell. 


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676) Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour (West End Transfer)

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 08 August 2016
Première: 10 August 2016
Dernière: 01 October 2016

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Vicky Featherstone •  
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Avec: Melissa Allan, Caroline Deyga, Kirsty Findlay, Karen Fishwick, Joanne McGuiness, Kirsty MacLaren, Frances Mayli McCann and Dawn Sievewright with musicians Amy Shackcloth, Laura Bangay, Becky Brass and Emily Linden. 


Commentaire: A musical play about losing your virginity and finding yourself.
This award-winning production arrives at the National following a sell-out run at the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and a national tour. It’s adapted by Billy Elliot author Lee Hall and directed by Vicky Featherstone, Artistic Director of the Royal Court, with music arranged and supervised by Martin Lowe (Once).   (plus) 


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675) Ivanov (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois

Première preview: 19 July 2016
Première: 03 August 2016
Dernière: 08 October 2016

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Jonathan Kent •  
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Avec: Geoffrey Streatfeild (Ivanov), James McArdle (Lvov), Emma Amos, Pip Carter, Anna Chancellor, Jonathan Coy, Nicholas Day, Mark Donald, Peter Egan, Col Farrell, Joshua James, Beverley Klein, Adrian Lukis, Des McAleer, Mark Penfold, Lujke Pierre, Nina Sosanya, Sarah Twomey, David Verrey, Olivia Vinall, Jade Williams 


Commentaire: Performed by an ensemble of actors, Platonov, Ivanov and The Seagull can be seen as single performances or enjoyed together, either over different days or as a thrilling all-day theatrical experience.  (plus) 


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674) Platonov (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois

Première preview: 14 July 2016
Première: 03 August 2016
Dernière: 08 October 2016

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Jonathan Kent •  
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Avec: James McArdle (Platonov), Emma Amos, Pip Carter, Anna Chancellor, Jonathan Coy, Nicholas Day, Mark Donald, Peter Egan, Col Farrell, Joshua James, Beverley Klein, Adrian Lukis, Des McAleer, Mark Penfold, Luke Pierre, Nina Sosanya, Geoffrey Streatfeild, Sarah Twomey, David Verrey, Olivia Vinall, Jade Williams 


Commentaire: Performed by an ensemble of actors, Platonov, Ivanov and The Seagull can be seen as single performances or enjoyed together, either over different days or as a thrilling all-day theatrical experience.  (plus) 


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673) Seagull (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois

Première preview: 23 July 2016
Première: 03 August 2016
Dernière: 08 October 2016

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

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Libettiste: Anton Chekhov •  
Metteur en scène: Jonathan Kent •  
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Avec: Anna Chancellor (Akardina), Geoffrey Streatfeild (Trigorin), Emma Amos, Pip Carter, Jonathan Coy, Nicholas Day, Mark Donald, Peter Egan, Col Farrell, Joshua James, Beverley Klein, Adrian Lukis, Des McAleer, James McArdle, Mark Penfold, Luke Pierre, Nina Sosanya, Sarah Twomey, David Verrey, Olivia Vinall, Jade Williams 


Commentaire: Performed by an ensemble of actors, Platonov, Ivanov and The Seagull can be seen as single performances or enjoyed together, either over different days or as a thrilling all-day theatrical experience.  (plus) 


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672) Plough and the Stars (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 20 July 2016
Première: 27 July 2016
Dernière: 22 October 2016

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Howard Davies •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Stephen Kennedy, Justine Mitchell, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Adam Best, Cavan Clarke, Siobhan Cullen, Kieran Gough, Lloyd Gough, Grainne Keenan, Padraig Lynch, Lucia McAnespie, Caolan McCarthy, Niamh McGowan, Justine Mitchell, Christopher Patrick Nolan, Roisin O'Neill, Richard Pryal, Judith Roddy, Eoin Slattery, Josie Walker, Fionn Walton 


Commentaire: Sean O’Casey’s great epic drama, The Plough and the Stars, caused riots when it opened at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 1926, ten years after the 1916 Easter Rising…  (plus) 


Presse: "Sean O’Casey’s 1926 play keeps a remarkably chipper tone, before descending into predictable tragedy. Sadly, when the blows come, they fail to move much; when all that’s gone before is strained humour and crude stereotypes, it’s hard to care much for this Dublin family and neighbours." Holly Williams for the Independent

"From a slowish start the drama gathers in intensity to a final act of harrowing brilliance." Jane Shilling for The Telegraph

"The women are exceptionally strong in this production of O’Casey’s great Easter Rising drama, which draws out the complex humanity of its characters." Michael Billington for The Guardian

"The play is an ensemble piece, and every character has a moment in the spotlight. But some of the droll minor ones seem caricatures, and the drama takes too long to exert its grip. Still, Judith Roddy impresses as energetic Nora, desperate for her new husband Jack not to take part in the uprising." Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard

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671) Deep Blue Sea (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 01 June 2016
Première: 08 June 2016
Dernière: 17 August 2016

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Carrie Cracknell •  
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Avec: Helen McCrory (Hester), James Alper, Marion Bailey, Katy Brittain, Tom Burke, Hubert Burton, Adetomiwa Edun, Elsie Fallon, Nick Figgis, Nick Fletcher, Yolanda Kettle, Andrew Lewis, Sally Oliver, Peter Sullivan 


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Presse: "On the play’s release in 1952, the Observer’s critic showed a warped sense of judgment when he declared that all Hester needed was a good slap. At the end of this open-hearted production, I wanted to give her (and indeed all of the cast) a reassuring hug." Ben Lawrence for The Telegraph

"Because the production is so good, I resented even more Peter Rice’s sound design, which, with its thundery rumbles and earth-shaking vibrations, suggested that this London rooming house was not so much occupied by Freddie Page as about to be menaced by Freddy from A Nightmare on Elm Street." Mark Lawson for The Guardian

"Helen McCrory is achingly good in this sombre, tense revival of one of Terence Rattigan’s finest plays... McCrory delivers one of the performances of the year. Rigorous and poised, she makes Hester fragile and big-hearted, wry and wise but in the end a vortex of irrepressible desire." Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard

"Rattigan’s portrait of a self-destructive sexual yearning that cannot be properly realised has resonances with his own secluded, secret sexual life. But here it also has an indisputable power of its own in this mesmerising story of human failing and McCrory provides a revelatory performance marred only by the occasional slip when first night jitters caused the cast to run over each other's lines a couple of times." Ben Dowell for Radio Times

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670) Sunset at the Villa Thalia (Original)

Joué durant  2 mois

Première preview: 25 May 2016
Première: 01 June 2016
Dernière: 04 August 2016

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Simon Godwin •  
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Avec: Christos Callow, Sam Crane, Glykeria Dimou, Elizabeth McGovern, Ben Miles, Pippa Nixon and Eve Polycarpou 


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Presse: "Lukewarm, messy moussaka of a play." Dominic Cavendish for The Telegraph

"Overstuffed and Underheated." Susannah Clapp for The Guardian

"Despite Simon Godwin’s canny production, actors of the calibre of Ben Miles and Elizabeth McGovern as the Americans and Sam Crane and Pippa Nixon, as the English couple, can do little to avoid becoming mouthpieces, and occasionally strident ones at that." Ian Shuttleworth for FT

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669) Opéra de quat'sous (Revival)

Joué durant  4 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 18 May 2016
Première: 26 May 2016
Dernière: 01 October 2016

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: Kurt Weill •  
Parolier: Bertolt Brecht • François Villon •  
Libettiste: Bertolt Brecht •  
Metteur en scène: Rufus Norris •  
Chorégraphe: Imogen Knight •  
Avec: Rory Kinnear (Macheath), Jamie Beddard, Rosalie Craig and Nick Holder 


Commentaire: The National have previously staged The Beggar's Opera, John Gay's folk opera from 1728 that was one of the first British musicals, back in 1982. Then in 2000 it staged a contemporary rewrite The Villain's Opera. Now they finally tackle the scattergun but powerful Brecht/Weill version, inspired by the same story, first premiered in 1928 in Berlin, at the same time that yet another brand-new rewrite of the original source material The Busker's Opera is being staged at London's Park Theatre.  (plus) 


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668) Opéra de quat'sous (Revival)

Joué durant  4 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 18 May 2016
Dernière: 01 October 2016

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: Kurt Weill •  
Parolier: Bertolt Brecht • François Villon •  
Libettiste: Bertolt Brecht •  
Metteur en scène: Rufus Norris •  
Chorégraphe: Imogen Knight •  
Avec: Rory Kinnear (Macheath), Rosalie Craig (Polly Peachum), Haydn Gwynne (Mrs Peachum), George Ikediashi, Nick Holder, Sarah Amankwah, Dominic Tighe, Jamie Beddard, Andrew Buckley, Hammed Animashaun, Peter de Jersey, Sharon Small, Toyin Ayedun-Alase, Rebecca Brewer, Ricky Butt, Matt Cross, Debbie Kurup, Mark Carroll, Conor Neaves, Wendy Somerville 


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Original London

667) Flick (The) (Original London)

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 13 April 2016
Première: 19 April 2016
Dernière: 15 June 2016

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Sam Gold •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Jaygan Ayeh, Louisa Krause, Matthew Maher 


Commentaire: Annie Baker's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about three cinema attendants - 'Wondrous, devastating, hilarious, and infinitely touching. A play to be treasured' New York Times.
The Flick arrived at the National Theatre, London, in 2016, direct from New York, where it won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.  (plus) 


Presse: "Full of inventive ideas but never finds its rhythm,." Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard

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666) Suicide (The) ()

Joué durant  1 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 06 April 2016
Première: 13 April 2016
Dernière: 21 May 2016

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Nadia Fall •  
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665) Les Blancs ()

Joué durant  1 mois

Première preview: 22 March 2016
Première: 30 March 2016
Dernière: 04 May 2016

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Yael Farber •  
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Commentaire: Written eleven years after A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry’s final drama is an unknown masterpiece of the American stage and a highly theatrical search for the soul of post-colonial Africa.  (plus) 


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664) Brainstorm ()

Joué durant  

Première preview: 29 March 2016
Première: 29 March 2016
Dernière: 02 April 2016

Salle: The Shed (100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
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Commentaire: Islington Community Theatre  (plus) 


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663) Solid Life Of Sugar Water (The) ()

Joué durant  2 semaines

Première preview: 26 February 2016
Première: 29 February 2016
Dernière: 19 March 2016

Salle: The Shed (100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Amit Sharma •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Genevieve Barr, Arthur Hughes 


Commentaire: Graeae Theatre Company and Theatre Royal, Plymouth  (plus) 


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662) Cleansed ()

Joué durant  1 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 16 February 2016
Première: 23 February 2016
Dernière: 02 April 2016

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Katie Mitchell •  
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661) Ma Rainey's Black Bottom ()

Joué durant  3 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 26 January 2016
Première: 02 February 2016
Dernière: 18 May 2016

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Dominic Cooke •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Sharon D Clarke (Ma Rainey), Clint Dyer, O-T Fagbenle, Tunji Lucas, Lucian Msamati, Giles Terera 


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Revival

660) Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 26 January 2016
Première: 02 February 2016
Dernière: 18 May 2016

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Dominic Cooke •  
Chorégraphe: Coral Messam •  
Avec: Sharon D Clarke (Ma Rainey), Clint Dyer, O-T Fagbenle, Tunji Lucas, Lucian Msamati, Giles Terera 


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Presse: "A marvellous revival. Exemplary and revelatory. " Daily Telegraph

"A masterpiece. Breathtaking. " Sunday Times

"A terrific revival. Sharon D Clarke leads a superb cast in this knockout production." Observer

"Drop-dead brilliant. A near perfect production." Daily Express

"Dominic Cooke’s excellent revival. August Wilson's blues still electrify in this landmark play" Guardian

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659) Iphigenia in Splott ()

Joué durant  3 semaines

Première preview: 27 January 2016
Première: 29 January 2016
Dernière: 20 February 2016

Salle: The Shed (100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Rachel O’Riordan •  
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Original

658) Wonder.Land (Original)

Joué durant  4 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 23 November 2015
Première: 10 December 2015
Dernière: 30 April 2016

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: Damon Albarn •  
Parolier: Moira Buffini •  
Libettiste: Moira Buffini •  
Metteur en scène: Rufus Norris •  
Chorégraphe: Javier De Frutos •  
Avec: Carly Bawden (Alice), Lois Chimimba (Aly), Sam Archer, Ivan De Freitas, Anna Francolini, Hal Fowler, Paul Hilton, Daisy Maywood, Enyi Okoronkwo, Golda Rosheuvel, Cydney Uffindell-Phillips, Whitney White, Leon Cooke, Nadine Cox, Adrian Grove, Joshua Lacey, Lisa Ritchie, Ed Wade, Simon Anthony, Stephanie Rojas 


Commentaire: Coproduction National Theatre et Manchester International Festival; Créé au Palace Theatre de Manchester, lors du MIF (Manchester International Festival) de 2015  (plus) 


Presse: Les critiques sont mauvaises:

"Norris directs this show – newly reworked for its London run - with extraordinary visual flair."
Claire Allfree for The Telegraph

"This deranged musical feels cluttered, confused and overstuffed."
Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard

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Original

657) Here We Go (Original)

Joué durant  3 semaines

Première preview: 25 November 2015
Première: 27 November 2015
Dernière: 19 December 2015

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Dominic Cooke •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Susan Engel, Patrick Godfrey, Hazel Holder, Joshua James, Amanda Lawrence, Eleanor Matsuura, Alan Williams 


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Presse: "I would describe it as a complete stinker but that sends us on a false scent, because this short play about death is entirely odourless and colourless, theatre’s answer to carbon monoxide; though only 45 minutes long, its sheer tedium left me gasping to be let out of the Lyttelton." Dominic Cavendish for The Telegraph

"Dominic Cooke directs with great care, Vicki Mortimer’s design is austerely effective and Godfrey faces death and the deprivations of old age unflinchingly." Micheal Billington for The Guardian

"As a practical joke on London’s bien pensants, it is a hoot. Trendy chinstrokers will rush along to worship political Miss Churchill’s latest masterpiece and will have to sit there, smiles of self-adornment slowly cracking as it dawns on them they’ve just been had." Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail

"The last 15 minutes are wordless; I don’t think I’ve ever sat through such an extended period of silence in a drama before...Inevitably, some will carp, but I was mesmerised." Fiona Mountford for The Evening Standard

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656) Evening at the Talk House (Original)

Joué durant  4 mois

Première preview: 17 November 2015
Première: 24 November 2015
Dernière: 30 March 2016

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Ian Rickson •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Anna Calder-Marshall, Josh Hamilton, Sinead Matthews, Stuart Milligan, Joseph Mydell, Wallace Shawn, Simon Shepherd, Naomi Wirthner 


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655) I Want My Hat Back ()

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 12 November 2015
Première: 12 November 2015
Dernière: 02 January 2016

Salle: The Shed (100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Wils Wilson •  
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Commentaire: Jon Klassen’s brilliant, witty book was published in 2011, and has fast become a modern children’s classic. I Want My Hat Back now comes to the stage in a joyous new adaptation stuffed with humour, music and surprises.  (plus) 


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654) Waste ()

Joué durant  4 mois

Première preview: 03 November 2015
Première: 10 November 2015
Dernière: 15 March 2016

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Roger Michell •  
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Avec: Christopher Birch, Hubert Burton, Martin Chamberlain, William Chubb, Charles Edwards (Henry Trebell), Michael Elwyn, Laura Fitzpatrick, Tom Forrister, Andrew Havill, Paul Hickey, Louis Hilyer, Ian Jervis, Fleur Keith, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Gerrard McArthur, Doreen Mantle, Emerald O’Hanrahan, Stephen Rashbrook, Lucy Robinson, Claire Vousden, Olivia Williams 


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653) As you like it (Revival)

Joué durant  4 mois

Première preview: 26 October 2015
Première: 03 November 2015
Dernière: 05 March 2016

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

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Libettiste: William Shakespeare •  
Metteur en scène: Polly Findlay •  
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Avec: Rosalie Craig (Rosalind), Rosa Leon Annor, Philip Arditti, Mark Benton (Touchstone), Paul Chahidi (Jaques), Jonathan Dryden Taylor, Patsy Ferran (Celia), Patrick Godfrey, Gemma Lawrence, Ken Nwosu, Ekow Quartey, Alan Williams 


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Presse: "Some productions put a spring in your step; this one, alas, doesn’t. And, yegads, it runs until March!" Dominic Cavendish for The Telegraph

"In old-fashioned productions of As You Like It, it was often said that you couldn’t see the wood for the trees. In this instance, the cast is almost upstaged by the chairs." Michael Billington for The Guardian

"Inventively staged and well acted for the most part, it is held together by scintillating performances from Craig and Ferran whose relationship is funny and authentic." Neil Norman for The Daily Express

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652) Husbands & Sons ()

Joué durant  3 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 19 October 2015
Première: 27 October 2015
Dernière: 10 February 2016

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Marianne Elliott •  
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Avec: Anne-Marie Duff (Lizzie Holroyd), Joe Armstrong, Matthew Barker, John Biggins, Cassie Bradley, Louise Brealey, Susan Brown, Julia Ford, Johnny Gibbon, Tala Gouveia, Lloyd Hutchinson, Philip McGinley, Martin Marquez, Katherine Pearce, Josie Walker, Sue Wallace 


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651) Jane Eyre (Original)

Joué durant  3 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 08 September 2015
Première: 17 September 2015
Dernière: 10 January 2016

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Sally Cookson •  
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Avec: Benji Bower, Will Bower, Craig Edwards, Felix Hayes, Phil King, Melanie Marshall, Simone Saunders, Maggie Tagney, Madeleine Worrall 


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Presse: "The whole is done, under Cookson’s direction, with great elan. But if I couldn’t join in the final cheers, it is because this kind of hectic abridgement offers a demonstration of theatrical skill rather than the moving accumulation of detail you get in great fiction." Michael Billington for The Guardian
"This is a production full of intelligent detail...Original, engaging and unexpectedly funny, it slightly overdoes the emotional restraint: Worrall’s Jane is admirably feisty, though less assured in tender moments." Jane Shilling for The Telegraph
"This intelligent, exhilaratingly theatrical response is like seeing an old friend and seeing them afresh." Sarah Hemming for The Financial Times

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Original

650) People, Places and Things (Original)

Joué durant  2 mois

Première preview: 25 August 2015
Première: 01 September 2015
Dernière: 04 November 2015

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Jeremy Herrin •  
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Avec: Denise Gough in the central role, with Jacob James Beswick, Alastair Cope, Jacqui Dubois, Barbara Marten, Nathaniel Martello-White, Kevin McMonagle 


Commentaire: People, Places and Things is the latest collaboration between Headlong and the National, following the acclaimed Earthquakes in London and The Effect.
Transféré au Wyndham's Theatre en 2016.  (plus) 


Presse: ★★★★ Guardian, Time Out, Independent, The Times, Financial Times, The Sunday Times, Mail on Sunday, Sunday Express

'Vivid. Vibrant. Astonishing performances from Denise Gough, Barbara Marten and Alistair Cope.' Guardian

'Powerful. Provocative. Thrilling. Denise Gough is stunning.' Time Out

'Thoughtful. Darkly humane. Superbly directed by Jeremy Herrin.' Independent

'An excellent production. Denise Gough electrifies.' Observer

'Wonderfully well-crafted, often very funny, with a superb performance by Denise Gough.' The Sunday Times

'A bold, timely and searching play.' Financial Times

'Denise Gough gives a career-making performance. ' The Times

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649) Our Country's Good (Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 19 August 2015
Première: 26 August 2015
Dernière: 17 October 2015

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Nadia Fall •  
Chorégraphe: Arthur Pita •  
Avec: Jonathan Coote, Matthew Cottle, Jonathan Dryden Taylor, Caoilfhionn Dunne, Peter Forbes, Jason Hughes (Ralph Clark), Ellie James, Shalisha James-Davis, Paul Kaye, Ashley McGuire, Graeme McKnight, Jodie McNee, David Mara, Tadhg Murphy, Cyril Nri, Debra Penny, Lee Ross 


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Presse: ★★★★
‘A remarkable celebration of theatre’s potential to regenerate lost souls.’
Evening Standard

★★★★
‘Epic. Does justice to a landmark play.’
Guardian

★★★★
‘The music is spellbinding.’
Financial Times

★★★★
‘A beautiful production of a beautiful play.’
Daily Express

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648) Everyman (Revival)

Joué durant  4 mois

Première preview: 22 April 2015
Première: 29 April 2015
Dernière: 30 August 2015

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Rufus Norris •  
Chorégraphe: Javier De Frutos •  
Avec: Chiwetel Ejiofor (Everyman), Stephen Aintree, Philip Martin Brown (Father), Paul Bullion, Adam Burton (Goods), Michelle Butterly (Sister), Sharon D Clarke (Mother), Dermot Crowley (Dermot), Kate Duchene (God/Good Deeds), Amy Griffiths(Goods/Vanity), Nick Holder, Nicholas Karimi, Joshua Lacey, Penny Layden (Knowledge), Ira Mandela Siobhan, Coral Messam, Jeshaiah Murray, Amanda Minihan, Itxaso Moreno, Tumo Reetsang, Kiruna Stamell, Clemmie Sveaas (Goods/Insecurity) and Joshua Tikare 


Commentaire: One of the great primal, spiritual myths, Everyman asks whether it is only in death that we can understand our lives. A cornerstone of English drama since the 15th century, it now explodes onto the stage in a startling production with words by Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate, and movement by Javier De Frutos.

BAFTA winner and Academy Award® nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) takes the title role in this dynamic new production of one of English drama’s oldest plays, directed by the National Theatre’s new Director Rufus Norris (Broken, London Road).  (plus) 


Presse: "It’s an admirable effort, with industrious, multi-tasking support from an ensemble of 22, but is it, finally, a play for today? It induces shivers as a memento mori, possesses a rare metaphysical curiosity too but the best plays today tend to have more to chew on." Dominic Cavendish for The Daily Telegraph

"... virtuosic production that captures both the frantic dizziness of a money-driven world and the beckoning finality of death." Michael Billington for The Guardian

"Foul-mouthed, moralistic, atheistic, theatrical; the first big production from the new regime at the Royal National Theatre grabs your attention but it is also a dumbed-down jumble." Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail

"As a vision of the battle between the soul and the world, Everyman isn’t revelatory. But as a statement of intent from Norris it’s bold." Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard

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Rufus Norris succède à Nicholas Hytner à la tête du National Theatre de Londres.

Rufus Norris devient le sixième directeur du National Theatre de Londres

Rufus Norris succède à Nicholas Hytner à la tête du National Theatre de Londres.

Rufus Norris devient le sixième directeur du National Theatre de Londres

Rufus Norris succède à Nicholas Hytner à la tête du National Theatre de Londres.


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Revival

647) Man and Superman (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 17 February 2015
Première: 25 February 2015
Dernière: 17 May 2015

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Simon Godwin •  
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Avec: Ralph Fiennes (John Tanner/Don Juan), Tim McMullan (Mendoza/The Devil), Indira Varma (Anne Whitefield/Ana), Nicholas le Prevost (Nicholas Le Prevost) 


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646) Hard Problem (The) (Original)

Joué durant  3 mois 4 semaines

Première preview: 21 January 2015
Première: 28 January 2015
Dernière: 27 May 2015

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
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Avec: Vera Chok, Jonathan Coy, Damien Molony, Lucy Robinson, Parth Thakerar, Olivia Vinall 


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Presse: "I wish this production was a high-point in both men’s careers. But there’s no getting round it: this is a major disappointment." Dominic Cavendish for The Telegraph

"Even if the play occasionally suffers from information overload, it is still a rich, ideas-packed work that offers a defence of goodness whatever its ultimate source. The play also works because we are made to care about Hilary, who is excellently played by Olivia Vinall." Michael Billington for The Guardian

"Hytner directs an elegant, incisive account of a piece that buzzes with complex ideas, passionately and wittily expressed, but which never quite exerts a strong enough grip as drama." Paul Taylor for The Independent

"Flecked with Stoppard’s wry, ironic humour and luminous intelligence, directed with exemplary lucidity by Hytner, this is a play that, movingly, wrestles with deep questions about what makes us who we are and with the implications of materialism." Sarah Hemming for The Financial Times

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645) Treasure Island (Original)

Joué durant  3 mois 4 semaines

Première preview: 03 December 2014
Première: 10 December 2014
Dernière: 08 April 2015

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Polly Findlay •  
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644) Behind The Beautiful Forevers (Original)

Joué durant  5 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 10 November 2014
Première: 18 November 2014
Dernière: 05 May 2015

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Rufus Norris •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Meera Syal, Stephanie Street, Shane Zaza, Gavi Singh Chera, Hiran Abeysekera, Esh Alladi, Nathalie Armin, Pal Aron, Tia-Lana Chinapyel, Vincent Ebrahim, Sartaj Garewal, Mariam Haque, Thusitha Jayasundera, Muzz Khan, Ranjit Krishnamma, Manjeet Mann, Nikita Mehta, Anjli Mohindra, Tia Palamathanan, Bharti Patel, Ronak Patani, Chook Sibtain, Anneika Rose, Anjana Vasan, Assad Zaman. 


Commentaire: Pulitzer Prize-winner Katherine Boo spent three years in Annawadi recording the lives of its residents. From her uncompromising book, winner of the National Book Award for Non-Fiction 2012, David Hare has fashioned a tumultuous play on an epic scale.  (plus) 


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643) John (Original)

Joué durant  2 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 30 October 2014
Première: 04 November 2014
Dernière: 13 January 2015

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Lloyd Newson •  
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Avec: Taylor Benjamin, Lee Boggess, Gabriel Castillo, Ian Garside, Ermira Goro, Garth Johnson, Hannes Langolf, Vivien Wood, Andi Xhuma 


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642) Medea (Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 14 April 2014
Première: 21 July 2014
Dernière: 04 September 2014

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Carrie Cracknell •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Helen McCrory (Medea), Dominic Rowan, Michaela Coel, Danny Sapani, Cath Whitefield, T Jai Adu-Yeboah, Lorna Brown, Ricco Godfrey Brown, Vivien Carter, Simon Desborough, Amy Griffiths, Adrian Grove, Hazel Holder, Trevor Imani, Jane Leaney, Joel McDermott, Caroline Martin, Daisy Maywood, Jude Pearce, YuYu Rau, Petra Soor, Clemmie Sveaas, Naomi Tadevossian, Martin Turner, Toby Wharton, Kyron Wilson and Jane Wymark. 


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Presse: "At the end of this thrilling and merciless production you leave the theatre feeling both appalled and strangely elated – the sure sign that a tragedy has hit its mark." Charles Spencer for The Telegraph

"The play's tragic force emerges strongly and the production's climax seems better suited to modern tastes than Euripides's original." Michael Billington for The Guardian

"The heroine's formidability and vulnerability are brilliantly entwined in McCrory's performance." Paul Taylor for The Independent

"It’s McCrory’s performance that makes the production satisfyingly muscular. She captures Medea’s animal savagery and the agony of being transfixed by her own grim destiny." Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard

"Here is an exciting, fashionable production of a horrid play." Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail

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641) Great Britain (Original)

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 30 June 2014
Première: 30 June 2014
Dernière: 23 August 2014

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Billie Piper (Paige Britain), Harriet Thorpe, Sarah Annis, Ross Boatman, Robert Calvert, Oliver Chris, William Chubb, Dermot Crowley, Jo Dockery, Robert Glenister, Ian Hallard, James Harkness, Scott Karim, Barbara Kirby, Nicholas Lumley, Maggie McCarthy, Iain Mitchell, Miles Mitchell, Aaron Neil, Nick Sampson, Kellie Shirley, Kiruna Stamell, Rupert Vansittart, Joseph Wilkins and Andrew Woodall 


Commentaire: Sera transféré au Haymarket Theatre dès septembre 2014  (plus) 


Presse: "Directed with terrific niftiness by Nicholas Hytner, the play weaves between politically incorrect humour and something darker and more troubling as it raised awkward questions about the divisions between honourable and disgusting journalistic muck-raking. It suggests that, while a great many of our institutions may be found wanting at the moment, the NT is on exhilarating and exemplary form." Paul Taylor for The Independent

"Maybe it's too much to expect Bean to map out a path for the future. But what he has done is to remind us of the sins of the powerful and put an array of scandals on to the National Theatre stage. I mean it as a compliment when I say his play has a tabloid energy and bravura." Michael Billington for The Guardian

"Some terrific acting work across the board and slick direction from Nicholas Hytner keep it motoring along. It’s only in the darker second half, though, when despite Bean’s constant heavy-handed editorialising, the parallel real-life tragedies lurking behind the cartoon knock-about make themselves felt, that the show stops looking like a bold, topical summer filler, and becomes required, conscience-pricking viewing." Dominic Cavendish for The Daily Telegraph

"The Royal National Theatre’s quick-response play about the hacking scandal is less anti-Press than one might have expected. It is more ‘Drop the Dead Donkey’ than ‘J’accuse’. The heaviness of the humour obscures much of the seriousness." Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail

"Bean’s satire is deliberately grotesque. The cartoonish elements are richly enjoyable, laced with political incorrectness, yet they’re interleaved with some altogether more subtle jokes. Even if the show feels a little too broad and could do with a trim, it’s barbed, dense and very funny." Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard

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640) King Lear (Revival)

Joué durant  5 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 14 January 2014
Première: 23 January 2014
Dernière: 02 July 2014

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •  
Metteur en scène: Sam Mendes •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Simon Russell Beale (King Lear), Stephen Boxer (Gloucester), Tom Brooke (Edgar), Kate Fleetwood (Goneril), Anna Maxwell Martin (Regan), Adrian Scarborough (Fool), Stanley Townsend (Kent), Sam Troughton (Edmund) and Olivia Vinall (Cordelia) 


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Presse: "There is much to admire but also moments that seem overblown and at times downright perverse." Charles Spencer for The Telegraph

"... the production is, for the most part, thrillingly well-played ... Strongly recommended." Paul Taylor for The Independent

"Mendes's production and Russell Beale's performance sharpen our understanding of Shakespeare's analysis of human folly and the primacy of contradictory feeling over calm rationality." Michael Billington for The Guardian

"Mr Russell Beale is rightly held in affection. But at 53 is he old enough to be a Lear? Can he create sufficient sense of royalty and command? Not for me, alas." Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail

"... the scenes of anguish, violence and despair are stunningly achieved." Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard

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639) Emil and the Detectives (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 16 November 2013
Première: 04 December 2013
Dernière: 20 February 2014

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Bijan Sheibani •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Naomi Frederick, Sue Wallace, Judy Flynn, Stuart McQuarrie, Ella Kenion; the central characters of Emil and the Detectives will be played by 9-13 year olds, with a 50-strong ensemble of children recruited from local London boroughs, schools and youth theatres 


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638) From Morning to Midnight (Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 19 November 2013
Première: 26 November 2013
Dernière: 15 January 2014

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
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637) Light Princess (The) (Original)

Joué durant  3 mois

Première preview: 25 September 2013
Première: 09 October 2013
Dernière: 09 January 2014

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: Tori Amos •  
Parolier: Samuel Adamson • Tori Amos •  
Libettiste: Samuel Adamson •  
Metteur en scène: Marianne Elliott •  
Chorégraphe: Steven Hoggett •  
Avec: Rosalie Craig (Althea), Nick Hendrix (Digby), Clive Rowe, Hal Fowler, Amy Booth-Steel, Stephanie Bron, Vivien Carter, James Charlton, Owain Gwynn, Nicola Hart, C J Johnson, Luke Johnson, David Langham, Richard Lowe, Tommy Luther, Jamie Muscato, Emma Norin, Malinda Parris, Kane Oliver Parry, Adam Pearce, Caspar Phillipson, Laura Pitt-Pulford, Nuno Silva, Phoebe Street, Ben Thompson, Lynne Wilmot 


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Presse: "The show left me cold...This show about a floating princess feels ponderous rather than as light as air and never quite achieves dramatic lift-off. "
Charles Spencer for Daily Telegraph

"Entrancing, dreamlike show... visually original...I’d go again tomorrow, and again the day after that."
Simon Edge for The Express

"This almost entirely sung-through show lacks a genuine fairy tale sense of wonder or real emotional punch. "
Lyn Gardner for The Guardian

"Though much of the music is delicate and sensuous, there are bursts of thrilling exuberance."
Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard

★★★★
‘A tour de force’ Time Out

★★★★
‘Rosalie Craig is stunningly good’ Evening Standard

★★★★★
‘Every so often you see something in theatre so arresting, so unlike anything you’ve seen before, that you want to grab strangers in the street and tell them to book tickets.’ Daily Express

★★★★
‘Brilliantly staged by Marianne Elliott of War Horse and Curious Incident fame – a magical and ravishingly distinctive fusion of the theatrical arts.’ Independent

★★★★
‘Rosalie Craig – a star is born.’ Metro

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636) Edward II (Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 28 August 2013
Première: 04 September 2013
Dernière: 26 October 2013

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: Christopher Marlowe •  
Metteur en scène:  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: John Heffernan (Edward II), Vanessa Kirby (Queen Isabella), Kyle Soller (Gaveston) , Ben Addis, Alex Beckett, Paul Bentall, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Bettrys Jones, Nathaniel Martello-White, Matthew Pidgeon, David Sibley 


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635) Liolà (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois

Première preview: 31 July 2013
Première: 07 August 2013
Dernière: 06 November 2013

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Richard Eyre •  
Chorégraphe: Scarlett Mackmin •  
Avec: Rory Keenan (Liola), Lisa Dwyer Hogg, James Hayes, Carla Langley, Niamh McGowan, Roxanna Nic Liam, Jessica Regan, Anne Bird, Charlotte Bradley, Anthony Delaney, Jenny Fennessy, Rosaleen Linehan, Gertrude Montgomery, Aisling O’Sullivan, David Summer, Eileen Walsh 


Commentaire: This high-spirited drama by Pirandello takes us to the heart of a rural community where property and family provoke fierce passions. Richard Eyre directs Tanya Ronder’s new version, performed by an Irish cast and gypsy musicians. It’s unexpected, funny and touching.  (plus) 


Presse: ★ ★ ★ ★
Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, Independent, Sunday Express, Sunday Times


‘Touching and entertaining. Glows with the warmth of summer.’
Daily Telegraph

‘Richard Eyre’s beautifully judged production keeps the sun-baked Sicilian setting but his excellent cast give an Irish accent to the proceedings.’
Independent

‘A seductive curiosity.’
Sunday Times

‘A joyous summer surprise.’
Sunday Express

‘Tanya Ronder’s adaptation – poetic and full of juicy peasant dirt – meshes well with Orlando Gough’s “gypsy” songs.’
Financial Times

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634) Othello ()

Joué durant  5 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 16 April 2013
Première: 23 April 2013
Dernière: 05 October 2013

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Adrian Lester (Othello), Rory Kinnear (Iago), Olivia Vinall (Desdemona) , Jonathan Bailey (Cassio), Lyndsey Marshal (Emilia), William Chubb, Tom Robertson, Nick Sampson, Sandy Batchelor, Adam Berry, David Carr, Robert Demeger, Jonathan Dryden Taylor, Gabriel Fleary, Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi, Scott Karim, David Kirkbride, Tom Radford, Chook Sibtain, Rebecca Tanwen, Joseph Wilkins 


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Presse: "Hytner's brilliantly acted (both leads are stunning), acutely penetrating and deeply disturbing account of the play." Paul Taylor for The Independent

"It’s a gripping production of a tragedy that is also an intensely painful psychological thriller, and though the production lasts more than three hours, it never loosens its dramatic hold. This Othello has all the hallmarks of Hytner at his best - it’s witty, agile, lucid and deeply felt...Any production of Othello stands or falls with the actors playing Othello and Iago, and the double-act between Lester’s Moor and Rory Kinnear’s Iago proves exceptional. " Charles Spencer for Daily Telegraph

"Everything about the production is clear, clever and comprehensible. But, partly because it denies Othello something of his musical grandeur and makes Iago's diseased mind the main event, I'd say it scores a successful victory on points without delivering the final, knockout blow." Michael Billington for The Guardian

"Though it lasts well over three hours, Sir Nicholas Hytner’s inventive Othello zips along." Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail

"Adrian Lester is a charismatic, dignified Othello... a reminder, as if we needed one, of his great quality as a Shakespearean actor. Rory Kinnear is mesmerising as Iago...The modern setting reveals the play’s paranoid mood and uncomfortable humour but muffles the tragedy a little. Still, this is a distinguished, lucid production. " Henry Hitchings for The Evening Stanadard

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633) People (Original)

Joué durant  6 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 31 October 2012
Première: 07 November 2012
Dernière: 15 May 2013

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Frances de la Tour, Linda Bassett, Selina Cadell, Peter Egan, Nicholas le Prevost, Frances Ashman, Philip Childs, Jack Chissick, Giles Cooper, Andy de la Tour, Jess Murphy, Alastair Parker, Robin Pearce, Ellie Burrow, Carole Dance, Miles Jupp, Barbara Kirby , Alexander Warner 


Commentaire: Award-winning writer Alan Bennett is reunited with director Nicholas Hytner and Olivier Award-winning actress Frances de la Tour, with whom he worked on The History Boys and The Habit of Art.

Alan Bennett is one of Britain’s most celebrated playwrights, and the much anticipated People is the sixth of his plays to have its premiere at the National Theatre. Following its original run at the National Theatre, The History Boys transferred to Broadway, winning the Tony Award for Best Play in 2006, and toured internationally before being turned into a film, again directed by Nicholas Hytner and with a cast including Frances de la Tour.

Bennett and Hytner also collaborated on the award-winning play and film The Madness of King George and their last stage production, The Habit of Art, was broadcast as part of National Theatre Live in 2010.  (plus) 


Presse: "Mordantly funny new play...while the play has one or two awkward contrivances, it confirms Bennett's peculiar gift for blending the satiric and the elegiac. " Michael Billington for The Guardian

"Bennett’s writing brims with ideas — perhaps too many. Several of the characters are underdeveloped, and I’m not absolutely convinced that he has decided what this play’s main concern is. Yet it has bite..." Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard

"People has a good theme but the production doesn’t half plod in places." Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail

"People is maybe not the most even-handed of plays but it demonstrates that, in his 78th year, Alan Bennett's acute wit and talent for challenging cosy English complacencies are in a very healthy state of preservation." Paul Taylor for The Independent

"At 78, Alan Bennett has lost little of his mischievous wit and sense of the ridiculous. His eagerly awaited new comedy, People, may not be out of the top drawer of his work, lacking the emotional depth and sly subtlety of his best writing, but it is entertaining, funny and touching...This may not be Bennett at the very top of his game, but it is still a richly enjoyable evening. " Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph

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632) London Road (Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois

Nb de représentations: 29 représentations
Première preview: 28 July 2012
Première: 01 August 2012
Dernière: 06 September 2012

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: Adam Cork •  
Parolier: Adam Cork • Alecky Blythe •  
Libettiste: Alecky Blythe •  
Metteur en scène: Rufus Norris •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Clare Burt, Kate Fleetwood, Hal Fowler, Nick Holder, Claire Moore, Michael Shaeffer, Nicola Sloane, Paul Thornley , Duncan Wisbey, James Doherty, Linzi Hateley 


Commentaire: Reprise à l'Olivier Theatre (la plus grande salle du National Theatre) du spectacle créé l'année précédente au Cottesloe Theatre (la plus petite salle du National Theatre).  (plus) 


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631) Travelling Light (Original)

Joué durant  4 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 11 January 2012
Première: 18 January 2012
Dernière: 02 June 2012

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Antony Sher, Mark Extance, Colin Haigh, Paul Jesson, Sue Kelvin, Abigail McKern, Damien Molony (as Motl), Lauren O'Neil (as Anna), Karl Theobald, Alexis Zegerman. 


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Presse: "The show is often inventive and amusing."
Charles Spencer for The Telegraph

"Great subject matter but the play- and the production - fail to rise to their own piquant occasion."
Paul Taylor for The Independent

"It is Antony Sher who steals the honours as the ebullient Jacob."
Michael Billington for The Guardian

"The adjective ‘cheesy’ is insufficient for the new play at the Royal National Theatre. It may star Sir Antony Sher.
Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail

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630) Comedy of errors (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  4 mois

Première preview: 22 November 2011
Première: 29 November 2011
Dernière: 01 April 2012

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: Guy Woolfenden •  
Parolier: Trevor Nunn •  
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •  
Metteur en scène: Dominic Cooke •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Lenny Henry (Antipholus of Syracuse); Claudie Blakley (Adriana), Clare Cathcart, Chris Jarman (Antipholus of Ephesus), Lucian Msamati (Dromio of Syracuse), Joseph Mydell (Aegeon), Pamela Nomvete, Daniel Poyser (Dromio of Ephesus), Amit Shah, Michelle Terry (Luciana), Marcus Adolphy, Tom Anderson, Paul Bentall, Ian Burfield, Silas Carson, Adrian Hood, Yvonne Newman, Rhiannon Oliver, Jude Owusu, Simon Parrish, Grace Thurgood, Everal A Walsh , Rene Zagger. 


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Presse: "The mistaken identity routines and farcical chaos often prove a comic delight." Charles Spencer for The Telegraph

"This production captures vividly that dreamlike sense of transformation that makes Shakespearean comedy unique." Michael Billington for The Guardian

"As the National’s high-culture yet fun alternative to seasonal Christmas shows, this hits the spot." Ian Shuttleworth for Financial Times

"Henry beautifully conveys the tragicomic plight of an innocent abroad." Paul Taylor for The Independent

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629) One Man, Two Guvnors (Original)   

Joué durant  3 mois 4 semaines

Première preview: 17 May 2011
Première: 24 May 2011
Dernière: 19 September 2011

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste:  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
Chorégraphe: Adam Penford •  
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Presse: "An evening of riotous delight"
Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph

"Bubbles over with humour. A surefire hit. "
Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard

"One massive hit"
Paul Taylor for The Independent

"One of the funniest productions in the National's history."
Michael Billington for The Guardian

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628) London Road (Original)

Joué durant  4 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 07 April 2011
Première: 14 April 2011
Dernière: 27 August 2011

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: Adam Cork •  
Parolier: Adam Cork • Alecky Blythe •  
Libettiste: Alecky Blythe •  
Metteur en scène: Rufus Norris •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Clare Burt, Rosalie Craig, Kate Fleetwood, Hal Fowler, Nick Holder, Claire Moore, Michael Shaeffer, Nicola Sloane, Paul Thornley, Howard Ward, Duncan Wisbey 


Commentaire: The musical opened to almost unanimous critical acclaim, garnering 5-star ratings from the Evening Standard, Financial Times, The Independent, The Mail on Sunday, The Independent on Sunday, The Sunday Times, Metro, The Sunday Express and Time Out magazine.  (plus) 


Presse: "A remarkably detailed social panorama. Don't miss. "
Kate Bassett for The Indpendent

"Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork's wonderfully sung play, which has more spoken and musicalised dialogue than big numbers, has a serious subject, an innovative technique and an insinuating score."
Susannah Clapp for The Guardian

"Imaginatively staged production.The whole concept might sound deeply dodgy, but somehow it works, combining humour and compassion."
Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph

"By turns disturbing and surprising, haunting and harrowing, it is also frequently unexpectedly funny and ultimately even uplifting."
Mark Shenton for The Stage

"A subtle and affecting work."
Henry Hitchings for Evening Standard

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627) Frankenstein (Original)

Joué durant  2 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 05 February 2011
Première: 23 February 2011
Dernière: 02 May 2011

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Danny Boyle •  
Chorégraphe: Bill T Jones •  
Avec: Benedict Cumberbatch et Jonny Lee Miller alternent les rôles de Victor Frankenstein et de la créature. Mark Armstrong (Rab), Martin Chamberlain (Servant 2), Josie Daxter (Ensemble), Steven Elliott (Klaus), George Harris (M. Frankenstein), Naomie Harris (Elizabeth Lavenza), Daniel Ings (Servant 1), Karl Johnson (De Lacey) ,John Killoran (Gustav/Constable), Daniel Millar (Felix), Andreea Padurariu (Female Creature) Ella Smith (Gretel/Clarice), John Stahl (Ewan), Lizzie Winkler (Agatha), Haydon Downing (William Frankenstein), William Nye (William Frankenstein), Jared Richard (William Frankenstein). 


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626) Beauty and the Beast (Kirkwood) (Original)

Joué durant  1 mois

Première preview: 24 November 2010
Première: 01 December 2010
Dernière: 05 January 2011

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Katie Mitchell •  
Chorégraphe: Joseph Alford •  
Avec: Mark Arends, Sian Clifford, Kate Duchene, Kristin Hutchinson, Sean Jackson, Justin Salinger 


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625) Fela! (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 06 November 2010
Première: 16 November 2010
Dernière: 23 January 2010

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: Fela Anikulapo-Kuti •  
Parolier: Fela Anikulapo-Kuti •  
Libettiste: Bill T Jones •  
Metteur en scène: Bill T Jones •  
Chorégraphe: Bill T Jones •  
Avec: Sahr Ngaujah (Fela Anikulapo-Kuti - Rolan Bell performs the role at certain performances), Paulette Ivory, Melanie Marshall, Lydie Alberto, Cindy Belliot, Nandi Bhebhe, Ricardo Coke Thomas, Scarlette Douglas, Jacqui Dubois, Poundo Gomis, Jazmine Jarret Thorpe, Aisha Jawando, Wanjiru Kamuyu, Nyron Levy, Ira Mandela Siobhan, Shelley-Ann Maxwell, Tamara McKoy Patterson, Catia Moto da Cruz, Pamela Okoroafor, Jermaine Rowe, Craig Stein. Jonathan Andre, Kwame Peter Crentsil, Sherinne Kayra Anderson, Thierry Picaut 


Commentaire: The London staging began previews on November 6, 2010 with an opening night on November 16 and ran in repertoire with other National Theatre productions. There was a mixed reaction to this show: all agreed it had stunning choreography and a superb cast of singers and dancers, but for many its political message was lost in what was ultimately another “jukebox musical”. By avoiding an honest portrayal (in real life Fela had 27 wives and died of AIDS because of his refusal to use condoms) it was felt this was a whitewash and missed opportunity to create a serious and groundbreaking musical.  (plus) 


Presse: "Somehow Bill T Jones’s production proceeds in fits and starts without ever achieving a satisfying dramatic momentum. I longed for a stronger sense of narrative, and more depth beyond the showbiz razzle-dazzle" Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph

"It's a loud, brash, energetic spectacle...While musically impressive, the production could do with a stronger book. The story is flimsy and confused, and there's a lack of narrative drive." Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard

"The best bits, for me, were those that make you feel on your pulses why Fela's music, with its sarcastic pidgin lyrics and obstinately insistent rhythms." Paul Taylor for The Independent

"It's a great story, and one told with enormous verve in Bill T Jones's kaleidoscopic production. The dancing is ecstatic, the music lifts the spirits, and the stage is alive with movement...I've never seen a show quite like it at the National. " Michael Billington for The Guardian

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624) Hamlet (Revival)

Joué durant  

Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 14 October 2010
Dernière: Inconnu

Salle: NT Live ( places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Rory Kinnear (Hamlet), Clare Higgins (Gertrude), David Calder (Polonius), Patrick Malahide (Claudius), Ruth Negga (Ophelia), James Laurenson (Ghost/Player King), Matthew Barker, Jake Fairbrother, Ferdinand Kingsley, Alex Lanipekun, James Pearse, Saskia Portway, Victor Power, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Nick Sampson, Michael Sheldon, Leo Staar, Zara Tempest-Walters, Giles Terera, Ellie Turner. 


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Presse: "Kinnear's fine Hamlet...Kinnear is a strong, clearly-defined Hamlet...Both for Kinnear's performance and the revelatory detail of the production, this is an evening to admire and cherish."
Michael Billington for The Guardian

"In Rory Kinnear the National Theatre has a stunning new Hamlet. From the moment we first see him he’s a captivating presence.."
Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard

"Rory Kinnear’s intelligent, dry-witted student prince...An intriguing production that prompts and probes like an interrogation in a bare room.
Neil Norman for The Daily Express

"[Rory Kinnear] towering performance...a chilling production that demands to be seen."
David Lister for The Independent

"With great modesty, Mr Kinnear makes this modern Hamlet his distinctive possession.
Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail

"Kinnear proves a Hamlet of great individuality and distinction."
Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph

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623) Hamlet (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 30 September 2010
Première: 07 October 2010
Dernière: 26 January 2011

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Rory Kinnear (Hamlet), Clare Higgins (Gertrude), David Calder (Polonius), Patrick Malahide (Claudius), Ruth Negga (Ophelia), James Laurenson (Ghost/Player King), Matthew Barker, Jake Fairbrother, Ferdinand Kingsley, Alex Lanipekun, James Pearse, Saskia Portway, Victor Power, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Nick Sampson, Michael Sheldon, Leo Staar, Zara Tempest-Walters, Giles Terera, Ellie Turner. 


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Presse: "Kinnear's fine Hamlet...Kinnear is a strong, clearly-defined Hamlet...Both for Kinnear's performance and the revelatory detail of the production, this is an evening to admire and cherish."
Michael Billington for The Guardian

"In Rory Kinnear the National Theatre has a stunning new Hamlet. From the moment we first see him he’s a captivating presence.."
Henry Hitchings for The Evening Standard

"Rory Kinnear’s intelligent, dry-witted student prince...An intriguing production that prompts and probes like an interrogation in a bare room.
Neil Norman for The Daily Express

"[Rory Kinnear] towering performance...a chilling production that demands to be seen."
David Lister for The Independent

"With great modesty, Mr Kinnear makes this modern Hamlet his distinctive possession.
Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail

"Kinnear proves a Hamlet of great individuality and distinction."
Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph

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622) Danton's Death (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 3 semaines

Première preview: 15 July 2010
Première: 22 July 2010
Dernière: 14 October 2010

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Michael Grandage •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Toby Stephens (Danton), Max Bennett, Stefano Braschi, Kirsty Bushell, Jason Cheater, Judith Coke, Emmanuella Cole, Ilan Goodman, Taylor James, Barnaby Kay (as Camille), Gwilym Lee, Elliot Levey (Robespierre), Eleanor Matsuura, Elizabeth Nestor, Alec Newman ( St Just), Chu Omambala, Rebecca O'Mara, Rebecca Scroggs, Jonathan Warde, Ashley Zhangazha, David Beames, Michael Jenn, David Smith 


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Presse: "This version thins the dramatic texture and turns the play into a character study: one in which the sensual, death-haunted, strangely passive Danton confronts the repressed, life-fearing, remorselessly active Robespierre. That is a vital part of Büchner's play; but to focus so exclusively on that element is to miss the larger point that they are also history's puppets."
Michael Billington for The Guardian

"Certain plays are easier to admire than to love. Danton’s Death (1835), written by Georg Büchner in a fit of revolutionary zeal when he was just 21, indubitably falls into this category."
Fiona Mountford for The Evening Standard

"Thrilling production...a truly gripping drama. "
Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph

"Visually arresting and viscerally involving production."
Mark Shenton for The Stage

"'Danton’s Death' is not uplifting or touching but it makes for an interesting, admirably serious evening."
Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail

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621) Habit of Art (The) (Original)

Joué durant  

Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 22 April 2010
Dernière: Inconnu

Salle: NT Live ( places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Richard Griffiths (W H Auden), Alex Jennings (Benjamin Britten), Frances de la Tour, Danny Burns, Martin Chamberlain, Philip Childs, John Heffernan, Barbara Kirby, Elliot Levey, Adrian Scarborough, Stephen Wight, Tom Attwood, Laurence Belcher, Otto Farrant, Toby Graham. 


Commentaire: The Habit of Art is a 2009 play by English playwright Alan Bennett, which centers on a fictional meeting between W. H. Auden and Benjamin Britten while Britten is composing the opera “Death in Venice”. The play has been described as a multi-layered postmodern masterpiece, describing the meeting between poet W.H. Auden (Richard Griffiths) and composer Benjamin Britten (Alex Jennings) in 1972, some 30 years after the failure of the opera they wrote together. But the play is not just about this meeting… it is a rehearsal of the play, so includes the stage manager (Frances de la Tour) who steps in occasionally to read the part for an absent actor, the writer, who must field complaints about his play, and even a casual walk on from another play being performed elsewhere in the theatre complex.  (plus) 


Presse: "Nicholas Hytner directs with an unerring instinct for the volatile nature of the material in a cracking production that flirtatiously keeps the audience up to speed with the outrageous amount of information and allusion." Paul Taylor for The Independent

"Absolute cracker, often wonderfully and sometimes filthily funny (this is not a show for the prudish), but also deeply and unexpectedly moving." Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph

"Satirical, serious and self-indulgent, sometimes all at the same time." Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail

"The play has the characteristic Bennett mix of wit and wistfulness...A play that could easily seem tricksy is also given a superbly fluid production by Nicholas Hytner and is beautifully acted." Michael Billington for The Guardian

"So much of The Habit of Art is so engaging, it seems churlish to point out its basic problem: which is that even the excellence of Richard Griffiths and Alex Jennings can’t stop one feeling that Bennett doesn’t fully trust his material. He isn’t confident that his portraiture can sustain a full-length play...the play lacks dramatic tension." Benedict Nightingale for The Times

"It’s funny, and sometimes brilliantly so, but strangely uninvolving. Although Bennett savours his material, he doesn’t make it sing." Henry Hitchings' for The Evening Standard

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Revival

620) Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois

Première preview: 09 January 2010
Première: 13 January 2010
Dernière: 17 February 2010

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: André Previn •  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: Tom Stoppard •  
Metteur en scène: Tom Morris • Felix Barrett •  
Chorégraphe: Maxine Doyle •  
Avec:  


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Presse: FIVE STARS: 'Tom Stoppard's superb black comedy... one of his greatest works.' Daily Telegraph

'Crackles with dangerous wit... Julian Bleach and Adrian Schiller are superb.' The Times

2009 reviews

FIVE STARS: 'A superb revival.' The Times

FIVE STARS: 'Dazzlingly theatrical.' Time Out

FOUR STARS: 'An all-encompassing piece of total theatre... a play that brilliantly counters Soviet iron with Stoppardian irony.' Guardian

FOUR STARS: 'Startlingly original and ambitious... memorably captures the distinctive mixture of wit, indignation and emotional depth.' Daily Telegraph

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Original

619) Habit of Art (The) (Original)

Joué durant  6 mois

Première preview: 05 November 2009
Première: 17 November 2009
Dernière: 19 May 2010

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Richard Griffiths (W H Auden), Alex Jennings (Benjamin Britten), Frances de la Tour, Danny Burns, Martin Chamberlain, Philip Childs, John Heffernan, Barbara Kirby, Elliot Levey, Adrian Scarborough, Stephen Wight, Tom Attwood, Laurence Belcher, Otto Farrant, Toby Graham. 


Commentaire: The Habit of Art is a 2009 play by English playwright Alan Bennett, which centers on a fictional meeting between W. H. Auden and Benjamin Britten while Britten is composing the opera “Death in Venice”. The play has been described as a multi-layered postmodern masterpiece, describing the meeting between poet W.H. Auden (Richard Griffiths) and composer Benjamin Britten (Alex Jennings) in 1972, some 30 years after the failure of the opera they wrote together. But the play is not just about this meeting… it is a rehearsal of the play, so includes the stage manager (Frances de la Tour) who steps in occasionally to read the part for an absent actor, the writer, who must field complaints about his play, and even a casual walk on from another play being performed elsewhere in the theatre complex.  (plus) 


Presse: "Nicholas Hytner directs with an unerring instinct for the volatile nature of the material in a cracking production that flirtatiously keeps the audience up to speed with the outrageous amount of information and allusion." Paul Taylor for The Independent

"Absolute cracker, often wonderfully and sometimes filthily funny (this is not a show for the prudish), but also deeply and unexpectedly moving." Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph

"Satirical, serious and self-indulgent, sometimes all at the same time." Quentin Letts for The Daily Mail

"The play has the characteristic Bennett mix of wit and wistfulness...A play that could easily seem tricksy is also given a superbly fluid production by Nicholas Hytner and is beautifully acted." Michael Billington for The Guardian

"So much of The Habit of Art is so engaging, it seems churlish to point out its basic problem: which is that even the excellence of Richard Griffiths and Alex Jennings can’t stop one feeling that Bennett doesn’t fully trust his material. He isn’t confident that his portraiture can sustain a full-length play...the play lacks dramatic tension." Benedict Nightingale for The Times

"It’s funny, and sometimes brilliantly so, but strangely uninvolving. Although Bennett savours his material, he doesn’t make it sing." Henry Hitchings' for The Evening Standard

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618) Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois 1 semaine

Première preview: 12 January 2009
Première: 16 January 2009
Dernière: 25 February 2009

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: André Previn •  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: Tom Stoppard •  
Metteur en scène: Tom Morris • Felix Barrett •  
Chorégraphe: Maxine Doyle •  
Avec: Joseph Millson (Alexander), Toby Jones (Ivanov), Bryony Hannah, Dan Stevens, Bronagh Gallagher, Alan Williams 


Commentaire: Dance sequences and acrobatic displays were interpolated into this production as a means of depicting the torture scenes. For several critics this was felt to be self-consciously “arty” and embarrassing. The political message of the work still made an impact, but 30 years on, some found that impact diminished.  (plus) 


Presse: FIVE STARS: 'Tom Stoppard's superb black comedy... one of his greatest works.' Daily Telegraph

'Crackles with dangerous wit... Julian Bleach and Adrian Schiller are superb.' The Times

2009 reviews

FIVE STARS: 'A superb revival.' The Times

FIVE STARS: 'Dazzlingly theatrical.' Time Out

FOUR STARS: 'An all-encompassing piece of total theatre... a play that brilliantly counters Soviet iron with Stoppardian irony.' Guardian

FOUR STARS: 'Startlingly original and ambitious... memorably captures the distinctive mixture of wit, indignation and emotional depth.' Daily Telegraph

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617) War Horse (Revival)

Joué durant  6 mois

Première preview: 10 September 2008
Première: 17 September 2008
Dernière: 18 March 2009

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: Nick Stafford •  
Metteur en scène: Marianne Elliott • Tom Morris •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: James Barriscale, Finn Caldwell, Paul Chequer, Tim van Eyken, Thomas Goodridge, Stephen Harper, Gareth Kennerley, Craig Leo, Tommy Luther, Mervyn Millar, Emily Mytton, Toby Olie, Howard Ward, Alan Williams Kit Harington (Albert), Bronagh Gallagher, Curtis Flowers, Bryony Hannah. 


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Original

616) War Horse (Original)

Joué durant  4 mois

Première preview: 09 October 2007
Première: 14 October 2007
Dernière: 14 February 2008

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: Nick Stafford •  
Metteur en scène: Marianne Elliott • Tom Morris •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Toby Sedgwick (Ted Narracott), Luke Treadaway (Albert Narracott), Angus Wright (Captain Nicholls), Alice Barclay, Jason Barnett, Finn Caldwell, Paul Chequer, Thomas Goodridge, Gareth Kennerley, Craig Leo, Rachel Leonard, Tim Lewis, Tommy Luther, Mervyn Millar, Emily Mytton, Toby Olie, Ashley Taylor-Rhys 


Commentaire:   


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Spectacular production...well acted by a huge cast." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Extraordinarily fresh and moving production." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Elliott and Morris recreate the kaleidoscopic horror of war through bold imagery." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "It is one of the most powerfully moving and imaginative productions of the year, whatever age you happen to be." SAM MARLOWE for THE TIMES says, "What makes the piece so elating is its expression of how, in the worst circumstances imaginable, love and compassion can endure. It’s heartbreakingly beautiful."

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Reprise

615) Waves (Reprise)

Joué durant  1 an 3 semaines

Nb de représentations: 17 représentations
Première preview: 20 August 2007
Première: 20 August 2007
Dernière: 09 September 2008

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Katie Mitchell •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Anastasia Hill, Kate Duchene, Liz Kettle, Michael Gould, Kristin Hutchinson, Sean Jackson, Paul Ready, Jonah Russell 


Commentaire: 2 séries:
> Cottesloe (16/11/2006 - 8/2/2007) 54 représ devant 14.913 spect
> Cottesloe (20/8 - 9/9/2007) 17 représ devant 5.198 spect  (plus) 


Presse: PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Excellent company of actors." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "The production is a sterile piece of theatre about theatre: a celebration of technical ingenuity that leaves the heart untouched. " SAM MARLOWE for THE TIMES says, "An intellectual and aesthetic pleasure — albeit a demanding one...A freeflowing meditation on inner life and the nature of identity, Woolf’s work follows six friends from childhood to middle age and towards death, and takes the form of a succession of subjective internal monologues. There is no dialogue and, though certain events emerge, no plot...True, it’s not easy, and Mitchell requires " JOHN THAXTER for THE STAGE says, "Powerfully played." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "...fixated on the way the actors wrought brilliant theatrical, visual and aural enhancements of Woolf 's text." SUSANNAH CLAPP for THE OBSERVER says, "Ingenious, brilliantly acted but ultimately academic production."

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Reprise

614) Burn / Chatroom / Citizenship (Reprise)

Joué durant  6 mois

Nb de représentations: 48 représentations
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 06 July 2007
Dernière: 02 January 2008

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Anna Mackmin •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Naomi Bentley, Robert Boulter, Claire-Louise Cordwell, Richard Dempsey, Farzana Due Elahe, Andrew Garfield, Matti Houghton, Sid Mitchell, Javone Prince, Joy Richardson, Andrea Riseborough, Matt Smith , Alex Tregear. 


Commentaire: 2 séries
> Cottesloe (15/3 - 3/6/2006) 30 représ devant 10.990 spect
> Cottesloe (6/7/2007 - 2/1/2008) 48 représ devant 9.792 spect  (plus) 


Presse: FIONA MOUNTFORD for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "An impressive number of themes, from internet suicide chatrooms to peer pressure to sexual orientation, are handled in commendably non-dogmatic style...A triumph." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "They give us keenly believable views of British teenagers today and offer revealing sociology and vivid entertainment...The actors are young and astoundingly good. You come out talking of Andrew Garfield and Matt Smith as much as of the plays...these are the best new plays currently to be seen in London." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Each astutely directed by Anna Mackmin and featuring an ensemble of terrific young acting talent." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Mackmin's production leaves you with a smile on your face." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Anna Mackmin now directs an outstanding company of young professionals." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Engrossed and amused...Both plays are strong, though Citizenship is the more accomplished and certainly the funnier."

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613) Attempts on her Life (Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Nb de représentations: 27 représentations
Première preview: 08 March 2007
Première: 14 March 2007
Dernière: 10 May 2007

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Katie Mitchell •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Kate Duchene, Michael Gould, Jacqueline Kington, Claudie Blakley, Liz Kettle, Dina Korzun, Helena Lymbery, Paul Ready, Jonah Russell, Zubin Varla, Sandra Voe. 


Commentaire:   


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "A dreadful form of directorial embellishment." SARAH HEMING for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "Witty, super-slick staging." ALICE JONES for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Felt just like an art installation - slick, chilly and a little shallow." MICHAEL BILLINGTON says, "Much as I admire Crimp's text, I'm not sure it is helped by Katie Mitchell's hi-tech revival, which has strong echoes of her recent version of Virginia Woolf's Waves." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Mitchell’s cast kept me absorbed and alert." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Theatre needs to do more than intrigue: it needs to move and involve us, and those are qualities beyond Crimp's grasp."

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612) Caucasian Chalk Circle (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois

Nb de représentations: 21 représentations
Première preview: 07 March 2007
Première: 08 March 2007
Dernière: 14 April 2007

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Sean Holmes •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Nicolas Tennant (Azdak), Cath Whitefield (Grusha), Leo Chadburn, Oliver Dimsdale, Thusitha Jayasundera, John Lloyd Fillingham, Ferdy Roberts, Gemma Saunders, Mo Sesay. 


Commentaire: Mobile production in collaboration with Filter Theatre Company  (plus) 


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Original

611) Reporter (The) (Original)

Joué durant  3 mois 1 semaine

Nb de représentations: 58 représentations
Première preview: 14 February 2007
Première: 21 February 2007
Dernière: 02 June 2007

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène:  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Ben Chaplin (James Mossman), Paul Ritter, Angela Thorne, Bruce Alexander, Leo Bill, Patrick Brennan, John Cummins, Aleksandar Mikic, Chris New, Angelo Paragoso, Gillian Raine, Tilly Tremayne 


Commentaire:   


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "So drawn and moved by the forgotten tragedy of James Mossman...Fascinating play, witty." SARAH HEMMING for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "Never less than absorbing...Richard Eyre’s production combines a seductive, brooding atmosphere with wonderful comic details. Yet the piece also frustrates. It does not give enough substance to Mossman’s reputation for brilliance..." RHODA KOENIG for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Unfortunately, Ben Chaplin, for most of the evening, stands with his arms folded across his chest and speaks in a guarded tone of voice. He's lovely to look at, but the lack of charm or command (at least one is a newsman's necessity) is obvious." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "The play is given a perfectly pitched production from Richard Eyre and a commanding performance from Ben Chaplin...But, much as I enjoyed the evening, it is one that, like Mossman himself, leaves its mysteries unresolved. " BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Pacy production and Chaplin’s fine, measured performance..."

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610) Man of Mode (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 1 semaine

Nb de représentations: 45 représentations
Première preview: 29 January 2007
Première: 06 February 2007
Dernière: 19 April 2007

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Hayley Atwell (Belinda), Tom Hardy (Dorimant), Amber Agah, Nancy Carroll, Shelley King, Rory Kinnear, Amit Shah 


Commentaire:   


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Its comedy misses out on cut and thrust. Handsome Hardy makes Dorimant a cocky toyboy rather than a practised lecher.." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "Rory Kinnear gives a star performance in a star role." RHODA KOENIG for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Superficially heartless comedy." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Hytner has created a coherent and persuasive modern equivalent of Restoration high society, and as a result the old comedy sparkles and shocks anew...this is a production that memorably captures both the laughter and the biting chill factor of Etherege's cruel comedy." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "An alarmingly cold, loveless play."

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609) Oh les beaux jours (Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois

Nb de représentations: 31 représentations
Première preview: 18 January 2007
Première: 24 January 2007
Dernière: 01 March 2007

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: Samuel Beckett •  
Metteur en scène: Deborah Warner •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Fiona Shaw (Winnie) 


Commentaire:   


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, “Overpitched production…her [Fiona Shaw] Winnie struck me as a crudely comic, patronising send-up of a character, who ought to inspire bleak amusement. I was left untouched and unmoved…” MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, “A brilliant naturalistic performance conceived very much in terms of Shaw's own stage persona… Shaw is a fine Winnie.” PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, “It's arguable… that this Winnie is too archly aware of the audience and that this diminishes our sense of her terrible loneliness.” CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, “a knockout production… Brilliantly acted by Shaw, it is a staging that superbly captures that combination of wild laughter and existential terror that is the hallmark of all Beckett's greatest work.” ALEKS SIERZ for THE STAGE says, “An extraordinary production… You’d expect a bravura performance from Shaw and that’s exactly what you get.” BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, “Memorable performance in an awesome play.”

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Reprise

608) Coram Boy (Reprise)

Joué durant  2 mois 2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 74 représentations
Première preview: 29 November 2006
Première: 07 December 2006
Dernière: 24 February 2007

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Melly Still •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Bertie Carvel (Adult Alex ), Abby Ford (Young Thomas), Ruth Gemmell (Mrs Lynch), Rebecca Johnson (Lady Ashbrook), Inika Leigh Wright (Miss Price), Sharon Maharaj (Mrs Hendry), Katherine Manners (Young Alex / Aaron), Justine Mitchell (Melissa / Angel), Stuart McLoughlin (Adult Thomas ), William Scott-Masson (Sir William Ashbrook), Adam Shipway (Claymore), Nicholas Tizzard (Handel / Dr Smith) Clare Burt, Debbie Korley, Jenni Maitland, Tim McMullan, Deeivya Meir, Hannah Storey, Al Weaver , Kelly Williams. 


Commentaire: 2 séries
> Olivier (14/11/2005 - 04/2/2006) 47 représ devant 41.752 spect
> Olivier (29/11/2006 - 24/2/2007) 74 représ devant 79.919 spect  (plus) 


Presse: FIONA MOUNTFORD for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "a Christmas cracker...busy from the start with novel-compressing short, sharp bursts of action on an ever-moving revolve, attains transcendence." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "There are many good things in Helen Edmundson’s adaptation...At every point, the story is clear and often gripping." LYN GARDNER for THE GUARDIAN says, "Beautifully acted by a large cast, and exquisitely sung by a choir, this is a deeply satisfying evening that celebrates parent-child love and reminds us that our children do not belong to us, they belong only to themselves." SUSAN ELKIN for THE STAGE says, "This arresting, sumptuous, fast-moving production is one of the most powerful pieces of theatre I’ve seen in a long time. I cried, laughed and gasped - sometimes within a single minute." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Just as special, just as moving, the second time around...Melly Still directs a beautifully fluent and uncluttered production that handles the complex narrative with clarity and panache...This is not a show for the excessively squeamish, or children under 12, but I suspect almost everyone else will be bowled over by its power and humanity." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Engrossing...bold, robust and never the least prurient or morbid."

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Original

607) Waves (Original)

Joué durant  2 mois 3 semaines

Nb de représentations: 54 représentations
Première preview: 08 November 2006
Première: 16 November 2006
Dernière: 08 February 2007

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Katie Mitchell •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Anastasia Hill, Kate Duchene, Liz Kettle, Michael Gould, Kristin Hutchinson, Sean Jackson, Paul Ready, Jonah Russell 


Commentaire: 2 séries:
> Cottesloe (16/11/2006 - 8/2/2007) 54 représ devant 14.913 spect
> Cottesloe (20/8 - 9/9/2007) 17 représ devant 5.198 spect  (plus) 


Presse: PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Excellent company of actors." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "The production is a sterile piece of theatre about theatre: a celebration of technical ingenuity that leaves the heart untouched. " SAM MARLOWE for THE TIMES says, "An intellectual and aesthetic pleasure — albeit a demanding one...A freeflowing meditation on inner life and the nature of identity, Woolf’s work follows six friends from childhood to middle age and towards death, and takes the form of a succession of subjective internal monologues. There is no dialogue and, though certain events emerge, no plot...True, it’s not easy, and Mitchell requires " JOHN THAXTER for THE STAGE says, "Powerfully played." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "...fixated on the way the actors wrought brilliant theatrical, visual and aural enhancements of Woolf 's text." SUSANNAH CLAPP for THE OBSERVER says, "Ingenious, brilliantly acted but ultimately academic production."

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606) Thérèse Raquin (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois 1 semaine

Nb de représentations: 54 représentations
Première preview: 04 November 2006
Première: 13 November 2006
Dernière: 21 February 2007

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Marianne Elliott •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Ben Daniels (Laurent), Charlotte Emmerson (Therese), Mark Hadfield (Grivet), Emma Lowndes (Suzanne), Judy Parfitt (Madame Raquin), Patrick Kennedy (Camille), Timothy Allsop, Judith Coke, Michael Culkin, Rendah Heywood, Chris Johnston 


Commentaire:   


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Feverish, flamboyant staging." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "It’s all dully interesting and admirably flat...One watches this Therese Raquin as if from an immense distance, and with total detachment." RHODA KOENIG for THE INDEPENDENT says, "The impression is of a story so adapted to contemporary, local taste that its odd, disturbing flavour has been adapted out of it. This Therese Raquin is easy to swallow, but an hour later you're hungry for a real play. MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "The play, in short, is nothing like as powerful as the novel." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "I suspect that Zola's original novel will haunt my memory far more potently than this disappointingly pallid and laborious stage version." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "A play that, far from being the scientific case-study Zola wanted, is as grimly moral a warning against extramarital hanky-panky as any ever written."

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605) Caroline or change (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 58 représentations
Première preview: 10 October 2006
Première: 19 October 2006
Dernière: 04 January 2007

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: Jeanine Tesori •  
Parolier: Tonu Kushner •  
Libettiste: Tonu Kushner •  
Metteur en scène: George C Wolfe •  
Chorégraphe: Hope Clarke •  
Avec: Tonya Pinkins {Caroline Thibodeaux), Greg Bernstein/Perry Millward/Jonny Weldon (Noah), Anna Francolini (Rose Gellman), Clive Rowe, Ian Lavender, Richard Henders, Hilton McRae Valda Avicks 


Commentaire: This through-composed musical, combining spirituals, blues, Motown , classical music and Jewish Klezmer, began off-Broadway in November 2003, and received a Broadway production from May 2004 running for 126 performances. In spite of its very short run, it received six Tony Award nominations. The London production at the National Theatre did not achieve its hoped-for West End transfer, but it did win the Olivier Award for Best New Musical. (Tony Kushner was better known as the author of the AIDS play “Angels in America” )  (plus) 


Presse: NICOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Caroline, Or Change turns out, therefore, to be a quaintly charming musical, beautifully acted...Unfortunately Kushner's almost non-stop lyrics, whose words too often become submerged by the 10-strong orchestra, are embarrassingly inept, banal and rambling." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "A remarkable musical...the real joy lies in finding a musical that combines compassion with social awareness." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Amazing piece of music-theatre...Kushner's great achievement is to make the political personal in a work that combines great dramatic intensity with wild flights of fantasy and music of thrilling variety and strength...Tonya Pinkins is simply sensational in the title role" BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Tesori’s score, which embraces Afro-American and Jewish music, rock and blues and gospel, does help to give the evening the size and significance it’s in danger of lacking." ALEKS SIERZ for THE STAGE says, "Enjoyable to watch and highly emotional." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "The staging by George C Wolfe is a pictorial joy. Caroline, or Change makes a delightful change from the usual no-brainer musical."

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Original

604) Seafarer (The) (Original)

Joué durant  4 mois

Nb de représentations: 78 représentations
Première preview: 20 September 2006
Première: 28 September 2006
Dernière: 30 January 2007

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Conor McPherson •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Ron Cook (Mr Lockhart), Conleth Hill (Ivan Curry), Karl Johnson (James 'Sharky' Harkin), Jim Norton (Richard Harkin), Michael McElhatton (Nicky Giblin) 


Commentaire:   


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Compelling...meticulously-wrought production, the finest ensemble acting in town." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Sparkling and suspenseful new play." KATE BASSETT for THE INDEPENDENT says, "This is like The Birthday Party crossed with Faust too. Yet it is also a hilarious, spooky and delving play about living hells, drying out, despair and hope. The superb cast includes Jim Norton as a horribly demanding invalid, Karl Johnson as his desolate brother, a comically lurching Conleth Hill and Ron Cook as the predatory, smirking Lockhart." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "There’s some fine writing here and...some excellent acting. But there are doubts. Doesn’t the author, who also directs, take inordinate time evoking this boozy, crazy household? Isn’t the diabolic intrusion a bit over the top? And couldn’t he tell us more about Sharkey’s sin and its effect on the man himself? Johnson’s pinched, arid face and uneasy body language reveal a lot, but a few more lines might clarify and maybe deepen the picture...Still, I laughed, became increasingly absorbed, and ended up impressed by McPherson’s originality." JOHN THAXTER for THE STAGE says, "Making his brilliant National Theatre debut as author and director, Conor McPherson’s new play powerfully recalls Pinter’s The Homecoming with its grim all-male household dominated by a stick-wielding bully in an armchair."

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Revival

603) Alchemist (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 1 semaine

Nb de représentations: 65 représentations
Première preview: 08 September 2006
Première: 14 September 2006
Dernière: 21 November 2006

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Alex Jennings (Subtle), Simon Russell Beale (Face), Lesley Manville (Doll), Ian Richardson (Sir Epicure Mammon), Tristan Beint, Elisabeth Dermot Walsh, Bryan Dick, Tim McMullan, Amit Shah, Sam Spruell 


Commentaire:   


Presse: PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Fresh, inventively funny production." KATE BASSETT also for THE INDEPENDENT says, "This is not Hytner's most successful modernisation. It often feels mildly strained, lacks real bite and is not quite thought through, actually missing a few tricks." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "The modern-dress performances brim with vitality. Jennings's estuary-accented wide boy Subtle sets the deceptions going in a comedy classic performance...Russell Beale delights and deftly bridges class divides thanks to speedy costume changes." SUSANNAH CLAPP for OBSERVER says, "Nicholas Hytner has gone for gold. And got it. There never was much doubt that his production of The Alchemist would be full of fine moments: a cast headed by Alex Jennings, Lesley Manville and Simon Russell Beale more or less guaranteed that. It was less predictable that Ben Jonson's play about 17th-century con-artists would present so juicy and precise a portrait of 21st-century metropolitan life." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Fine and hilarious...This, for my money, is one of the funniest plays in the English language." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "A fresh and superbly inventive production...Rarely have I seen an apparently dusty classic given such an exhilarating modern makeover." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Russell Beale and Jennings... there is no funnier or more adroit double-act on the London stage...The evening is irresistible."

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Revival

602) Exiles (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 3 semaines

Nb de représentations: 54 représentations
Première preview: 26 July 2006
Première: 02 August 2006
Dernière: 26 October 2006

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: James MacDonald •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Adrian Dunbar, Thomas Grant, Dervla Kirwan, Peter McDonald , Marcella Plunkett 


Commentaire:   


Presse: RHODA KOENIG for THE INDEPENDENT says, "A production that is a poem and a revelation. For three hours we experience that rarest quality on the contemporary stage - stillness - and it never loses its grip." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "MacDonald's production sacrifices Exiles' governing mood of perverse and agonised sexual confusion, which McDonald, Miss Plunkett and Dervla Kirwan's troubled Bertha powerfully transmit, in favour of Dunbar's misguided, winsome perkiness. James Joyce is accordingly done down." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Fine revival...Some may dismiss this as a novelist's play; to me it emerges as a neglected landmarks of modern theatre that explores the byzantine complexities of marriage with the honesty of genius." ALEKS SIERZ for THE STAGE says, "It’s an interesting rather than a dazzling play...restrained production." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Even in 2006 this is a play that asks sharp, searching questions about the power of mind over body, the difficulty of emotional honesty, the limits of tolerance in vital relationships and, above all, the sheer complexity of our sexual feelings. " DOMINIC CAVENDISH for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Fascinating, finely judged but finally only half-persuasive."

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Revival

601) Life of Galileo (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois 3 semaines

Nb de représentations: 59 représentations
Première preview: 28 June 2006
Première: 06 July 2006
Dernière: 31 October 2006

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Howard Davies •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Simon Russell Beale (Galileo), Oliver Ford Davies (The Cardinal Inquisitor), Zubin Varla (The Little Monk, Fulganzio), Andrew Woodall (Cardinal Barberini, later Pope ), Tim McMullan (The Chancellor / Official (sc 10) , Ryan Watson (Andrea Sarti, as a boy), Bryan Dick (Andrea Sarti, older), Elisabeth Dermot Walsh (Virginia, Galileo s daughter), Julia Ford (Signora Sarti ), Dermot Kerrigan (Federzoni, the lens grinder), Duncan Bell (Sagredo, Galileo s friend ), Bertie Carvel (Ludovico Marsili ), Jamie Manton (Cosimo De Medici, as a boy), Tristan Beint (Cosimo De Medici, older/ First Monk/ First Clerk/ Guarding Monk), Ian Barritt (Chamberlain/ Very Old Cardinal/ Vanni), Simon Merrells (Philosopher/ Clavius/ The Rector ), Christopher Gilling (Mathematician/ Astronomer), Amit Shah (Second Monk/ Second Clerk ), Sam Spruell (Cardinal Bellarmin/ Footman ), Marcus Cunningham (Ballad-Singer/ Guard/ Peasant), Sarah Annis (1st Girl/ Ballad-Singer's Wife), Natalie Best (2nd Girl), Lucy Vandi (3rd Girl ), Steven Williams (Boy) 


Commentaire:   


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Spectacular production." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Urgent, bitingly funny and morally devastating modern-dress production...Simon Russell Beale's brilliant performance " CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Superb production." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Sharp, actable adaptation." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Howard Davies has put the production into modern dress with surprising, often illuminating results." JOHN THAXTER for THE STAGE says, " He [Simon Russell Beale] triumphs in the central role."

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Revival

600) Seagull (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 4 semaines

Nb de représentations: 68 représentations
Première preview: 17 June 2006
Première: 27 June 2006
Dernière: 23 September 2006

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: Anton Chekhov •  
Metteur en scène: Katie Mitchell •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Juliet Stevenson, Ben Whishaw, Mark Bazeley, Michael Gould, Sean Jackson, Liz Kettle, Sandy McDade, Hattie Morahan, Justin Salinger, Angus Wright 


Commentaire:   


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Anyone who comes fresh to the play should be warned they are not seeing some radical reinterpretation, but a pallid version of the real thing...Mitchell's Seagull does, though, generate an intriguing, desolate atmosphere." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "This is an evening where acting takes second place to effect and the sight of a decaying class tangoing its way to oblivion. It is director's theatre at its most indulgent in which the play, as Chekhov wrote it, is definitely not the thing." DOMENIC CAVENDISH for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "One of the most insightful Chekhov interpreters of her generation with a daringly dark and stripped-back Seagull." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "The period is somewhat confusingly updated to the 1920s...the main problem is an excess of atmospherics and detail...One should feel their pain at the end. I didn’t." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "It’s clever, it’s elegant, it’s interesting – and so what if it isn’t the least bit moving? Or if it isn’t the play Chekhov wrote?"

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Original

599) Market Boy (Original)

Joué durant  2 mois 2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 45 représentations
Première preview: 27 May 2006
Première: 06 June 2006
Dernière: 24 August 2006

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Rufus Norris •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Jonathan Cullen, Callum Dixon, Paul Moriarty, Claire Rushbrook, Freddy White , Danny Worters, Andrew Frame, Gary McDonald, John Marquez, Owen Oakeshott, Jade Williams 


Commentaire:   


Presse: PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Highly engaging." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Stunning." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "It runs with much of the zip and colour of a good musical and, amid the huge cast, there is a wealth of first-rate acting." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Dramatically inert." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "An ensemble production of dazzling flair and comic vitality." SAM MARLOWE for THE TIMES says, "It’s the most fun I’ve had at the theatre in ages...It’s bold, brash, and fabulous"

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598) Overwhelming (The) (Original)

Joué durant  3 mois 2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 57 représentations
Première preview: 09 May 2006
Première: 17 May 2006
Dernière: 30 August 2006

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Max Stafford-Clark •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Matthew Marsh (Jack Exley), Andrew Garfield (Geoffrey Exley), Tanya Moodie (Linda White-keeler), William Armstrong (Charles Wolsey / British Doctor), Nick Fletcher (Jean-claude / Clark ), Jude Akuwudike (Joseph Gasana / Hospital Orderly / Waiter ), Chipo Chung (Elise Kayitesi / Waitress / Rwandan Doctor ), Danny Sapani (Samuel Mizinga ), Babou Ceesay (Gerard / Waiter ), Adura Onashile (Woman In Club / Market Woman / Waitress ), Lucian Msamati (Un Lieutenant / Man In Nightclub / Man At Embassy Party / Market Man / Policeman) 


Commentaire:   


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Deftly effective and powerfully acted production...The Overwhelming gives political theatre serious allure." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "What the play has to say is important; but Rogers's dramatic technique is spasmodically flawed....The technical shortcomings are camouflaged by the speed and clarity of Max Stafford-Clark's Cottesloe production." JEREMY AUSTIN for THE STAGE says, "Powerful and evocative...A brilliant and horrifying evening’s theatre." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Best new play I've seen this year...one of the most entertaining. The drama has both comic and thriller-like elements, and something of the atmosphere of a Graham Greene novel." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Absorbing, uneven."

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Revival

597) Voysey Inheritance (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois 1 semaine

Nb de représentations: 40 représentations
Première preview: 18 April 2006
Première: 25 April 2006
Dernière: 07 June 2006

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Peter Gill •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Lucy Briers (Honor Voysey), Nancy Carroll (Alice Maitland), Julian Glover (Mr Voysey), Martin Hutson (Hugh Voysey), John Normington (Peacey), Dominic West (Edward Voysey ) , Andrew Woodall (Major Booth Voysey), Doreen Mantle (Mrs Voysey), Mark Tandy (Trenchard Voysey), Sarah Mowat (Mrs Booth Voysey (Emily), Kirsty Bushell (Mrs Hugh Voysey (Beatrice)), Isabella Calthorpe (Ethel Voysey), Joseph Thompson (Denis Tregoning), John Nettleton (Mr Booth), Roger Swaine (The Rev. Evan Colpus), Julia West (Phoebe), Anna Steel (Mary), David Baron, Christopher Gilling, Max Dowler, Sinead O'Keeffe 


Commentaire:   


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Atmospheric, exquisitely acted production, a great family drama of the British 20th century." RHODA KOENIG for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Splendidly crisp and wonderfully cast production." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Often funny." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "well-upholstered play and the acting has the in-depth quality of the National at its best...a first-rate evening." CHARLES SPENCER for DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Wonderfully rich and satisfying play...This is a great play that finds the National at the top of its game."

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Revival

596) Royal Hunt of the Sun (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  4 mois

Nb de représentations: 72 représentations
Première preview: 30 March 2006
Première: 12 April 2006
Dernière: 12 August 2006

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Trevor Nunn •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Alun Armstrong (Pizarro), Paterson Joseph (Atahuallpa), Philip Voss (Miguel Estete), Israel Aduramo, Natasha Bain, Micah Balfour, Dwayne Barnaby, Tristan Beint, Ralph Birtwell, Martin Carroll, Oliver Cotton, Jim Creighton, Branwell Donaghey, Darrell D Silva, Andrew Frame, Bradley Freegard, Daniel Lindquist, Richard Lintern, George Daniel Long, Andrew McDonald, Tam Mutu, Terel Nugent, Owen Oakeshott, Gary Oliver, Bhasker Patel, Paul Ritter, Nataylia Roni, Douglas Scott Franklin, Amit Shah, Malcolm Storry, Michael Taibi, Oliver Tompsett, Ewart James Walters. 


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Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "A spectacular theatrical epic." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Old-fashioned in stage-craft and style." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "While the play was a startling antidote to 60s naturalism, what now seems more interesting is Shaffer's understanding of the imperialist instinct in which the conquest of the Incas becomes a metaphor for modern Iraq." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Lumbering production by Trevor Nunn, full of empty displays of ritual, dodgy choreography and naff mime sequences" BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "There’s much to admire in Nunn’s use of a bare, round, wooden stage with plenty of gorgeous costumes but a minimum of props."

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Reprise

595) Two Thousand Years (Reprise)

Joué durant  4 mois

Nb de représentations: 61 représentations
Première preview: 25 March 2006
Première: 28 March 2006
Dernière: 29 July 2006

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Mike Leigh •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Gina Bellman (Michelle), John Burgess (Dave), Ben Caplan (Josh), Allan Corduner (Danny), Caroline Gruber (Rachel ), Simon Schatzberger (Jonathan), Nitzan Sharron (Tzachi), Alexis Zegerman (Tammy) 


Commentaire: 2 séries
> Cottesloe (15/9/2005 - 31/1/2006) 90 représ devant 28.236 spect
> Lyttelton (25/3 - 29/7/2006) 61 représ devant 42.647 spect  (plus) 


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Despite the play's thematic flaws, Leigh and his superb players know just how to keep an audience tantalisingly hooked." BEN RUSSELL for THE INDEPENDENT says, " A good, but slightly pedestrian play that lacks the layered richness of Leigh's finest stage and film drama." MICHAEL BILINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Funny-sad exploration of the inherent tensions of family life and the nature of the world around us...This is a passionate, funny, moving and well-observed play." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "It is absolutely terrific, at times as screamingly funny as Abigail's Party, at others as painfully touching and true such superb Leigh films as Secrets and Lies and Vera Drake." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Leigh’s improvisational skills — actually the actors improvise while he prods, listens, selects, edits — have created a piece that is consistently absorbing and remarkably topical...almost all the time this is quality Leigh: amusing, touching, wise." JOHN THAXTER for THE STAGE says, "A funny but warmly touching story of secular Jewish parents struggling to cope with their son’s fierce new dedication to the Hebrew faith."

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Original

594) Burn / Chatroom / Citizenship (Original)

Joué durant  2 mois 2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 30 représentations
Première preview: 03 March 2006
Première: 15 March 2006
Dernière: 03 June 2006

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Anna Mackmin •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Naomi Bentley, Robert Boulter, Claire-Louise Cordwell, Richard Dempsey, Farzana Due Elahe, Andrew Garfield, Matti Houghton, Sid Mitchell, Javone Prince, Joy Richardson, Andrea Riseborough, Matt Smith , Alex Tregear. 


Commentaire: 2 séries
> Cottesloe (15/3 - 3/6/2006) 30 représ devant 10.990 spect
> Cottesloe (6/7/2007 - 2/1/2008) 48 représ devant 9.792 spect  (plus) 


Presse: FIONA MOUNTFORD for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "An impressive number of themes, from internet suicide chatrooms to peer pressure to sexual orientation, are handled in commendably non-dogmatic style...A triumph." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "They give us keenly believable views of British teenagers today and offer revealing sociology and vivid entertainment...The actors are young and astoundingly good. You come out talking of Andrew Garfield and Matt Smith as much as of the plays...these are the best new plays currently to be seen in London." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Each astutely directed by Anna Mackmin and featuring an ensemble of terrific young acting talent." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Mackmin's production leaves you with a smile on your face." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Anna Mackmin now directs an outstanding company of young professionals." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Engrossed and amused...Both plays are strong, though Citizenship is the more accomplished and certainly the funnier."

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593) Southwark Fair (Original)

Joué durant  4 mois 2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 69 représentations
Première preview: 10 February 2006
Première: 16 February 2006
Dernière: 04 July 2006

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Margaret Tyzack (May), Rory Kinnear (Simon), Michael Legge (Aurek), Rhashan Stone (Alexander), Simon Gleeson (Angus), Con O Neill (Patrick), Madeleine Potter (Toni) 


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Revival

592) Measure for Measure (Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois

Nb de représentations: 40 représentations
Première preview: 10 February 2006
Première: 15 February 2006
Dernière: 18 March 2006

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •  
Metteur en scène: Simon McBurney •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Jamie Bradley, Steven Crossley, Hannes Flaschberger, Naomi Frederick, Mike Grady, Tamzin Griffin, Katie Jones, Richard Katz, Anamaria Marinca, Clive Mendus, Ben Meyjes, Ajay Naidu, Craig Parkinson, Kostas Philippoglou, Angus Wright 


Commentaire: 2 séries
> Olivier (17/5 - 31/6/2004) 39 représ devant 41.243 spect
> Lyttelton (10/2 - 18/3/2006) 40 représ devant 32.500 spect  (plus) 


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Enthralling." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Simon McBurney's production is brilliant." SUSANNAH CLAP for THE OBSERVER says, "Suddenly the play looks brutal, contradictory, unresolved: barbaric and Christian and modern." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Powerfully disturbing production." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "I’ve seldom enjoyed this tricky play more."

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Revival

591) Once in a Lifetime (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 3 semaines

Nb de représentations: 86 représentations
Première preview: 05 December 2005
Première: 15 December 2005
Dernière: 11 March 2006

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Edward Hall •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: David Suchet (Herman Glogauer), Victoria Hamilton (May Daniels), Adrian Scarborough (George Lewis), Caroline Sheen (Susan Walker), Marcia Warren (Mrs Walker), Issy van Randwyck (Helen Hobart), Jonathan McGuinness (Lawrence Vail) 


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Presse: NICK CURTIS for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Once in a Lifetime is not very funny or very sharp, and director Edward Hall tries to paper over its deficiencies by throwing expensive sets..." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "At the end, I felt as exhausted by the struggle to have a good time as the game cast must be by the strain of trying to provide one." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Dizzily enjoyable revival." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Has a certain period charm." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "There’s no faulting the energy of Hall’s cast or the exotic excellence of Mark Thompson’s designs... I just wasn’t convinced that Once in a Lifetime was worth the effort." ALISTAIR SMITH for THE STAGE says, "It falls down due to a lack of substance and fails to create anything truly memorable. Like its source material it is just a bit too frothy."

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590) History Boys (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois 4 semaines

Nb de représentations: 59 représentations
Première preview: 02 December 2005
Première: 05 December 2005
Dernière: 01 February 2006

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: Alan Bennett •  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
Chorégraphe: Aucun •  
Avec: ) Desmond Barrit (Hector), Bruce Alexander (Headmaster), James Cartwright (Timms), Philip Correia (Rudge), Marc Elliott (Akthar), Diane Fletcher (Mrs Lintott), Jamie King (Dakin), Tobias Menzies (Irwin), Thomas Morrison (Scripps), Matt Smith (Lockwood), Kenny Thompson (Crowther), Steven Webb (Posner) 


Commentaire: Best Play - Evening Standard Award & Critics' Circle Award / Best New Play - Laurence Olivier Award / Best Actor - Richard Griffiths - Evening Standard Award, Critics' Circle Award and Laurence Olivier Award / Samuel Barnett won Best Newcomer & Best Supporting Actor in a play at the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers Choice Awards / Best Director - Nicholas Hytner - Laurence Olivier Award
Plusieurs séries de représentations:
> Lyttelton (8/5/2004 - 26/04/2005) 222 représ devant 197.605 spect
> UK Tour 1 (23/9/2005 - 26/11/2005)
> Lyttelton (2/12/2005 - 1/2/2006) 99 représ devant 52.212 spect
> UK Tour 2 (31/8/2006 - 25/11/2006)
> Wyndham's Theatre (21/12/2006 - 14/7/2007)
> UK Tour 3 (6/9/2007 - 17/11/2007)
> Wyndham's Theatre (20/12/2007 - 26/4/2008)  (plus) 


Presse: PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "The play is a delight." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says,"A superb, life-enhancing play." "NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Comic ramble fails to make the top grade." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "This is a wonderful evening, as heart-catching as it is hilarious." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Curious, questing, intelligent, witty and, at times, hilarious." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "Brilliantly funny, with lines that we will, I hope, quote for years and several show-stopping vignettes."

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Revival

589) Translations (Revival)

Joué durant  2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 13 représentations
Première preview: 15 November 2005
Première: 16 November 2005
Dernière: 01 December 2005

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Sean Holmes •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Billy Carter (Owen), Simon Coates (Captain Lancey), David Ganly (Manus), Kenny Ireland (Hugh), Aislinn Mangan (Sarah), Mairead Mckinley (Maire), Jane Murphy (Bridget ), Eugene O'Hare (Doalty), Tony Rohr (Jimmy Jack ), Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Lieutenant Yolland) 


Commentaire: NT Education Mobile production  (plus) 


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Original

588) Coram Boy (Original)

Joué durant  2 mois 3 semaines

Nb de représentations: 47 représentations
Première preview: 02 November 2005
Première: 14 November 2005
Dernière: 04 February 2006

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Melly Still •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Sophie Bould (Alice ), Bertie Carvel (Adult Alex), Abby Ford (Young Thomas), Ruth Gemmell (Mrs Lynch), Akiya Henry (Toby ), Rebecca Johnson (Lady Ashbrook), Inika Leigh Wright (Miss Price), Stuart McLoughlin (Adult Thomas), Anna Madeley (Young Alex / Aaron), Katherine Manners (Edward), Eve Matheson (Mrs Milcote), Justine Mitchell (Melissa), Paul Ritter (Otis Gardiner / Mr Philip Gaddarn), Jack Tarlton (Meshak Gardiner), Kelly Williams (Isobel) 


Commentaire: 2 séries
> Olivier (14/11/2005 - 04/2/2006) 47 représ devant 41.752 spect
> Olivier (29/11/2006 - 24/2/2007) 74 représ devant 79.919 spect  (plus) 


Presse: CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Helen Edmundson's adaptation does full justice to the dark power of the original, while also transforming it into a thrilling piece of theatre...This is an emotionally overwhelming production, and one that will haunt the memory of all who see it." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Wonderfully abundant, munificent version of Jamila Gavin’s Whitbread-winning novel." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "A highly superior show that should appeal to adults and children alike."

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Original

587) Paul (Original)

Joué durant  2 mois 3 semaines

Nb de représentations: 47 représentations
Première preview: 30 September 2005
Première: 09 November 2005
Dernière: 04 February 2006

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Howard Davies •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Adam Godley (Paul), Lloyd Owen (Peter), Paul Higgins (James) (Note: Paul Rhys withdrawn through illness) 


Commentaire:   


Presse: PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "This rather restrained and painstaking play - premiered in Howard Davies's well-acted, joltingly modern-dress production - offers an intriguingly secular account of the resurrection" MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Brenton's fascinating play persuades me that it is invariably the secular dramatists who write best about spiritual matters...an exciting play that explores big issues from a point of rationalist doubt." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Much of this play moved me...Adam Godley is superb as the ascetic Paul." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Tense production." ALEKS SIERZ for THE STAGE says, "a compelling study of faith and of the human need for stories that explain the world and inspire action."

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Revival

586) Pillars of the Community (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois

Nb de représentations: 46 représentations
Première preview: 21 October 2005
Première: 01 November 2005
Dernière: 04 February 2006

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Marianne Elliott •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Damian Lewis (Karsten Bernick ), Geraldine Alexander (Betty), Brid Brennan (Marta Bernick ), Michelle Dockery (Dina Dorf ), Michael Gould (Knap), Annabel Leventon (Mrs Rummel), Lesley Manville (Lona Hessel), Pamela Merrick (Mrs Lynge), Paul Moriarty (Aune), Justin Salinger (Hilmar Tonnesen), Una Stubbs (Mrs Holt), Michael Thomas (Rorlund) 


Commentaire:   


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "A lucid, not too modern-sounding version by Samuel Adamson." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "A wonderfully rich and absorbing piece." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE TIMES says, "The real joy lies in seeing a virtually unknown Ibsen work rescued from the shadows and shown to be a resonant play for today." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "A stimulating if wordy play about moral collapse and regeneration." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "A grippingly entertaining stage thriller."

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Original

585) Playing with Fire (Original)

Joué durant  1 mois

Nb de représentations: 40 représentations
Première preview: 12 September 2005
Première: 21 September 2005
Dernière: 22 October 2005

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Michael Attenborough •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Oliver Ford Davies, Emma Fielding, Kate Best, David Troughton, Geoffrey Beevers, Paul Bhattacharjee, Susan Brown, Trevor Cooper, Rudi Dharmalingam, Nick Fletcher, Colin Haigh, Ranjit Krishnamma, Jonathan McGuinness, Aaron Neil, Bhasker Patel, Alistair Petrie, Helen Rutter, Rebekah Staton, Ewan Stewart, Caroline Strong, Tony Turner, Deka Walmsley, Sameena Zehra 


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Presse: NICK CURTIS for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "David Edgar's new play is an uncannily timely but thorny work that takes some struggling through." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "While I admire Edgar's desire to explore big issues on public stages and to instruct delightfully, I can't help feeling his new play offers somewhat tendentious explanations for the failure of multi-cultural policies...In short, Edgar's play doesn't quite add up and overlooks the many other sources of racial tension in Britain. But at least it occupies the Olivier stage with a certain bravura in Michael Attenborough's production." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "What [David Edgar] hasn't been able to achieve is a satisfying drama. He hits all the right topical buttons, but for long arid stretches the play resolutely refuses to come to life...There are ideas in abundance, so much clever talk...But of real human drama, and characters you genuinely come to care for, there is little evidence." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Intelligent, balanced and fair...A 23-person cast that includes Oliver Ford Davies as an educated demagogue and David Troughton as the council’s genially floundering leader, is as committed as any cast could be. They left me stimulated and impressed. But excited? Not quite." KATE BASSETT for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Hardly sparks into life at all...hasn't successfully digested and transformed all his material into an engaging drama...this is a peculiarly arid, grey and sprawling piece with too many wooden exchanges and repetitive sections that patently need redrafting. "

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Original

584) Two Thousand Years (Original)

Joué durant  4 mois 2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 90 représentations
Première preview: 10 September 2005
Première: 15 September 2005
Dernière: 31 January 2006

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Mike Leigh •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: John Burgess, Ben Caplan, Allan Corduner, Adam Godley, Caroline Gruber, Nitzan Sharron, Samantha Spiro, Alexis Zegerman 


Commentaire: 2 séries
> Cottesloe (15/9/2005 - 31/1/2006) 90 représ devant 28.236 spect
> Lyttelton (25/3 - 29/7/2006) 61 représ devant 42.647 spect  (plus) 


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Despite the play's thematic flaws, Leigh and his superb players know just how to keep an audience tantalisingly hooked." BEN RUSSELL for THE INDEPENDENT says, " A good, but slightly pedestrian play that lacks the layered richness of Leigh's finest stage and film drama." MICHAEL BILINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Funny-sad exploration of the inherent tensions of family life and the nature of the world around us...This is a passionate, funny, moving and well-observed play." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "It is absolutely terrific, at times as screamingly funny as Abigail's Party, at others as painfully touching and true such superb Leigh films as Secrets and Lies and Vera Drake." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Leigh’s improvisational skills — actually the actors improvise while he prods, listens, selects, edits — have created a piece that is consistently absorbing and remarkably topical...almost all the time this is quality Leigh: amusing, touching, wise." JOHN THAXTER for THE STAGE says, "A funny but warmly touching story of secular Jewish parents struggling to cope with their son’s fierce new dedication to the Hebrew faith."

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Revival

583) Aristocrats (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois

Nb de représentations: 58 représentations
Première preview: 02 July 2005
Première: 12 July 2005
Dernière: 13 October 2005

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Tom Cairns •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Sam Beazley (Uncle George), Stephen Boxer (Tom Hoffnung), Brian Doherty (Willie Diver), Dervla Kirwan (Alice), Peter McDonald (Eamon ), Gina McKee (Judith), T P McKenna (Father), Marcella Plunkett (Claire), Andrew Scott (Casimir) 


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Presse: MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "fine revival..What Friel offers us is a humane analysis of the flawed Irish temper and its propensity for romance." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "unsatisfying....wilting production." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "If anyone is writing richer plays than Friel, I don’t know him, or her...Friel is the bard of loss, the poet of dislocation, and Aristocrats is a fine elegy to a disappearing world, well worth its revival at the National." PETER HEPPLE for THE STAGE says, "Andrew Scott...rather overshadows the rest of the low-key players, particularly his female siblings, Dervla Kirwan as alcoholic Alice and Gina McKee.." CHARLES SPENCER for DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Too much clotted exposition, too little living drama.....Friel is a paradoxical writer. At his greatest, he soars into the sublime. But when less than inspired, as he mostly is here, he seems like a conscientious, earthbound plodder." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "The production skilfully sustains the play's meditative, tragicomic mood. ...there is something genuinely Chekhovian in the mix of objectivity and compassion with which Friel views this dying breed...a richly ambivalent play."

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Original

582) President of an Empty Room (The) (Original)

Joué durant  2 mois

Nb de représentations: 51 représentations
Première preview: 17 June 2005
Première: 28 June 2005
Dernière: 27 August 2005

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Howard Davies •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Georgina Ackerman, Jim Carter, Nona Dumezweni, Paul Hilton, Fraser James, Inika Leigh Wright, Petra Letang, Stephen Moore, Lucian Msamati, Anthony O'Donnell, Tracey Saunders. 


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Original

581) Un Inspector (The) (Original)

Joué durant  3 mois 3 semaines

Nb de représentations: 51 représentations
Première preview: 07 June 2005
Première: 16 June 2005
Dernière: 05 October 2005

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: David Farr •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Michael Sheen ( Carson, the UN Inspector), David Ryall (Justice), Mark Arends, Geoffrey Beevers, Elizabeth Bell, Kate Best, Sam Cox, Michelle Dockery, Nick Fletcher, Michael Gould, Daisy Haggard, Geraldine James, Mark Leadbetter, Penelope McGhie, Jonathan McGuinness, David Ryall, Justin Salinger, Nicolas Tennant and Tony Turner. 


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Presse: NICK CURTIS for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Never quite clever or funny enough.....Farr's production has good supporting performances, deals with the dual-language problem with admirable simplicity, and has a sting in its tail. But I'm not sure, for all its sly contemporary references, that it has any more to say to us than Gogol's original." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "There are also good things in Farr's production: not least Ti Green's set filled with a baroque imperialist nostalgia. But Farr's play veers awkwardly between a paraphrase of Gogol's original and a satire on east European capitalist chaos. In the end, it feels neither one thing nor the other and leaves one hungrily waiting for Gogol." IAN JOHNS for THE TIMES says, "Sheen is superb as a self-aggrandising fantasist...But the play often drifts between riffing on Gogol and satirising post-Soviet capitalism and dilutes each’s social sting."

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Original

580) On the Shore of the Wide World (Original)

Joué durant  2 mois 4 semaines

Nb de représentations: 38 représentations
Première preview: 20 May 2005
Première: 26 May 2005
Dernière: 23 August 2005

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Sarah Frankcom •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Carla Henry, Thomas Morrison, Eileen O'Brien , Steven Webb, Siobhan Finneran, Nicholas Gleaves, David Hargreaves, Susannah Harker, Roger Morlidge, Matt Smith 


Commentaire: Une coproduction: National Theatre / Manchester Royal Exchange
Cette pièce a ouvert à Manchester le 18 avril (jusqu'au 14 mai), avant un tranfert au Cottesloe Theatre le 20 mai.  (plus) 


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Original

579) Theatre of Blood (Original)

Joué durant  3 mois 3 semaines

Nb de représentations: 65 représentations
Première preview: 09 May 2005
Première: 19 May 2005
Dernière: 10 September 2005

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Philem McDermott •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Jim Broadbent (as Lionheart), Paul Bentall, Hayley Carmichael, Sally Dexter, Nick Haverson, Mark Lockyer, Tim McMullan, Rachael Spence, Steve Steen , Rachael Stirling, Gerard Bell, Bette Bourne, Stephen Harper, Victoria Willing and Edward Woodall 


Commentaire: A collaboration with Improbable  (plus) 


Presse: PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "An intelligent, larky evening that offers, in more senses than one, a bloody good show." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "However enjoyable it is, there is also something hermetic about the show's preoccupation with theatre.." SUSANNAH CLAPP for THE OBSERVER says, "Giddily enjoyable." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "..I also found Broadbent’s endlessly confused quotations from the Shakespeare canon a bit wearisome. But he blends ersatz Irving — Sir Henry not Mr Wardle — and flatulent Wolfit with wonderfully hammy panache."

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Revival

578) Henry IV, Part I (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois 4 semaines

Nb de représentations: 58 représentations
Première preview: 16 April 2005
Première: 04 May 2005
Dernière: 31 August 2005

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Michael Gambon (Falstaff), David Bradley (King Henry), David Harewood (Hotspur), Matthew Macfadyen (Prince Hal ), John Wood (Shallow), Thomas Arnold, Robert Blythe, Susan Brown, John Carlisle, Naomi Frederick, Ian Gelder, Darren Hart, Jeffery Kissoon, Elliot Levey, Robert Lister, Iain Mitchell, Eve Myles, Harry Peacock, Alistair Petrie, Samuel Roukin, Adrian Scarborough, Roger Sloman, Rupert Ward-Lewis, Andrew Westfield , Danny Worters 


Commentaire:   


Presse: ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "Nicholas Hytner's new National Theatre production isn't perfect, but I've encountered none so interesting." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Even if Michael Gambon doesn't quite turn out to be the Falstaff of one's dreams, Nicholas Hytner's production of our great national epic is as socially detailed and emotionally moving as one had hoped." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, Superb new production in the Olivier...captures both the epic scale of this dramatic diptych.." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Didn’t always light my mental and emotional fires... Hytner’s revival moves at a bold, impressive pace."

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Revival

577) Henry IV, Part II (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois 4 semaines

Nb de représentations: 46 représentations
Première preview: 16 April 2005
Première: 04 May 2005
Dernière: 31 August 2005

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Michael Gambon (Falstaff), David Bradley (King Henry), David Harewood (Hotspur), Matthew Macfadyen (Prince Hal ), John Wood (Shallow), Thomas Arnold, Robert Blythe, Susan Brown, John Carlisle, Naomi Frederick, Ian Gelder, Darren Hart, Jeffery Kissoon, Elliot Levey, Robert Lister, Iain Mitchell, Eve Myles, Harry Peacock, Alistair Petrie, Samuel Roukin, Adrian Scarborough, Roger Sloman, Rupert Ward-Lewis, Andrew Westfield , Danny Worters 


Commentaire:   


Presse: ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "Nicholas Hytner's new National Theatre production isn't perfect, but I've encountered none so interesting." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Even if Michael Gambon doesn't quite turn out to be the Falstaff of one's dreams, Nicholas Hytner's production of our great national epic is as socially detailed and emotionally moving as one had hoped." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, Superb new production in the Olivier...captures both the epic scale of this dramatic diptych.." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Didn’t always light my mental and emotional fires... Hytner’s revival moves at a bold, impressive pace."

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576) Tristan & Yseult (Original)

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Nb de représentations: 35 représentations
Première preview: 04 April 2005
Première: 12 April 2005
Dernière: 07 June 2005

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Emma Rice •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Stu Barker, Dan Canham, Craig Johnson, Giles King, Pieter Lawman, Amanda Lawrence, Eva Magyar, Sarah Moody, Mike Shepherd, Anthony Shuster, Tristan Sturrock , Alex Vann. 


Commentaire: A collaboration with Kneehigh Theatre  (plus) 


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Revival

575) House of Bernarda Alba (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  4 mois 2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 73 représentations
Première preview: 05 March 2005
Première: 15 March 2005
Dernière: 30 July 2005

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Howard Davies •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Penelope Wilton (Bernarda Alba) , Deborah Findlay (Poncia) , Mary Cunningham, Beth Fitzgerald, Maria Golledge, Sally Hawkins, Jennifer Hill, Katherine Manners, Sandy McDade, Jo McInnes, Pamela Merrick, Justine Mitchell, Cherry Morris, Jennifer Scott-Malden, Rachael Spence, Sophie Trott, Kirsty Wood. 


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Revival

574) A Dream Play (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 3 semaines

Nb de représentations: 51 représentations
Première preview: 04 February 2005
Première: 15 February 2005
Dernière: 11 May 2005

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Katie Mitchell •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Mark Arends, Anastasia Hille, Kristin Hutchinson, Sean Jackson, Charlotte Roach, Dominic Rowan, Justin Salinger, Susie Trayling, Lucy Whybrow, Angus Wright 


Commentaire:   


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Miss Mitchell's beautifully articulated images and actions pass in a seamless flow of surprises and atmospherics." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "While I don't feel a masterpiece has been desecrated, the result is technical virtuosity shorn of emotional content......capriciously inventive production." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "The staging is stunning yet simple...the acting is pretty good too." PETER HEPPLE for THE STAGE says, "What is striking...is the fluidity of Katie Mitchell’s production...As for the acting, this is true ensemble playing." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, " In Katie Mitchell's stunning adaptation of Strindberg, you are whirled through 100 minutes of disconcerting theatrical brilliance and at the end feel you have woken from a troubling dream."

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Revival

573) A Minute too late (Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois

Nb de représentations: 21 représentations
Première preview: 20 January 2005
Première: 27 January 2005
Dernière: 26 February 2005

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Simon McBurney •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Jos Houben, Simon McBurney, Marcello Magni 


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Original

572) Fix Up (Original)

Joué durant  3 mois 1 semaine

Nb de représentations: 45 représentations
Première preview: 07 December 2004
Première: 16 December 2004
Dernière: 23 March 2005

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Angus Jackson •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Claire Benedict (Norma), Jeffery Kissoon (Brother Kiyi), Mo Sesay Carl), Nina Sosanya Alice), Steve Toussaint (Kwesi) 


Commentaire:   


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Beautifully acted and modulated production." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Although the play climaxes in a welter of revelations, it has dramatic impetus and universal relevance...Richly eloquent new play" BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "The characters are strongly drawn, the dialogue often sharp and funny." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Clearly heartfelt but somewhat creaky piece exploring the broader issue of black identity."

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Original

571) His dark Materials - Part 1 (Original)

Joué durant  3 mois 3 semaines

Nb de représentations: 51 représentations
Première preview: 20 November 2004
Première: 08 December 2004
Dernière: 02 April 2005

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Timothy Dalton (Lord Asriel) , Patricia Hodge (Mrs Coulter) , Niamh Cusack (Serafina Pekkala); Dominic Cooper (Will); Anna Maxwell Martin (Lyra). Samuel Barnett, John Carlisle, Patrick Godfrey, Stephen Greif, Jamie Harding, Akbar Khurta, Inika Leigh Wright, Helena Lymbery, Tim McMullan, Iain Mitchell, Helen Murton, Cecilia Noble, Nick Sampson, Danny Sapani, Jason Thorpe, Russell Tovey, Ben Whishaw, Katie Wimpenny, Ben Wright, Richard Youman 


Commentaire:   


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, “Dark and fantastic epic.” JOHN TAYLOR FOR THE INDEPENDENT says, “Epic journey excels when simple drama is applied.” MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, “There is much to admire in the staging; yet the result, inevitably, is like a clipped hedge compared to Pullman's forest.” CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, “An honourable failure rather than an exhilarating success. There are some striking moments and several superb performances, but too often the production seems earthbound when it ought to soar.” BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, “I must admit that, lover of all things bold and imaginative though I hope I am, I was weary by the end…..tension and excitement get lost in the pseudo-theological blather.” ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "It is mainly good." SUSAN ELKIN for THE STAGE says, "gloriously entertaining production."
MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "A weird hybrid which survives chiefly as a vehicle for Alex Jennings and Zoe Wanamaker." IAN JOHNS for THE TIMES says, "Despite its lulls, there are enough big laughs to make this adaptation great fun." MICHAEL COVENEY for THE DAILY MAIL says, "A delightfully imperfect night out." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "I was deluged with wave upon wave of comic pleasure." SHERIDAN MORLEY for TELETEXT says, "Great performances from Zoe Wanamaker and Alex Jennings."

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Original

570) His dark Materials - Part 2 (Original)

Joué durant  3 mois 3 semaines

Nb de représentations: 70 représentations
Première preview: 30 November 2004
Première: 08 December 2004
Dernière: 02 April 2005

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: David Harewod (Lord Asriel) , Lesley Manville (Mrs Coulter) , Michael Legge (Will), Elaine Symons (Lyra ), John Carlisle (Lord Boreal), Adjoa Andoh (Serafina Pekkala), Mark Bailey (Billy Costa ), Michelle Dockery (Jessie), Vanessa Earl (Mrs Lonsdale ), Jamie Harding (Pantalaimon), Darren Hart (Roger), Don Gallagher (Iofur Raknison/Jeptha Jones), Ian Gelder (John Faa), Leo Kay (Golden Monkey) , David Killick (Farder Coram ), Pascal Langdale (Ben ), Samantha Lawson (Lilly), Elliot Levey (Brother Jasper/Kaisa), Emma Manton (Stelmaria) , Iain Mitchell (Professor Hopcraft) , Victoria Moseley (Salcilia), Helen Murton (Daisy), Chike Okonkwo (Dr Cade) , Harry Peacock (Tony Costa), Alan Perrin (Lee Scoresby), Alistair Petrie (Iorek), Dodger Phillips (Dr West ) , Samuel Roukin (Thorold/Balthamos), Nick Sampson (Fra Pavel), Rachel Sandars (Ruta Skadi/Betty) 


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Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, “Dark and fantastic epic.” JOHN TAYLOR FOR THE INDEPENDENT says, “Epic journey excels when simple drama is applied.” MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, “There is much to admire in the staging; yet the result, inevitably, is like a clipped hedge compared to Pullman's forest.” CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, “An honourable failure rather than an exhilarating success. There are some striking moments and several superb performances, but too often the production seems earthbound when it ought to soar.” BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, “I must admit that, lover of all things bold and imaginative though I hope I am, I was weary by the end…..tension and excitement get lost in the pseudo-theological blather.” ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "It is mainly good." SUSAN ELKIN for THE STAGE says, "gloriously entertaining production."
MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "A weird hybrid which survives chiefly as a vehicle for Alex Jennings and Zoe Wanamaker." IAN JOHNS for THE TIMES says, "Despite its lulls, there are enough big laughs to make this adaptation great fun." MICHAEL COVENEY for THE DAILY MAIL says, "A delightfully imperfect night out." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "I was deluged with wave upon wave of comic pleasure." SHERIDAN MORLEY for TELETEXT says, "Great performances from Zoe Wanamaker and Alex Jennings."

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Revival

569) Mandate (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois

Nb de représentations: 43 représentations
Première preview: 15 October 2004
Première: 26 October 2004
Dernière: 26 January 2005

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Declan Donnellan •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Deborah Findlay (Nadejda Petrovna), Sinead Matthews (Nastia), David Collings (Autonom), Naomi Frederick (Varvara Sergeevna), Martin Hutson (Pavel ), Adrian Scarborough (Ivan Ivanovich Shironkin), Bruce Alexander (Olymp Valerianovich Smetanich), Sarah-Jane Drummey (Ensemble), Daniel Hart (Anatoly), Sean Jackson (Ensemble), Carol Macready (Vishnevezkaia, Tamara Leopoldovna) , Laurence Penry-Jones (Valerian), Michael Rouse (Ensemble ), Roger Sloman (An Organ Grinder), Harry Towb (Agaphangel), Anne White (Ensemble) 


Commentaire: Interdite pendant des décennies en URSS, cette nouvelle version du chef-d'œuvre comique de Nikolai Erdman décrit une société emplie d'hypocrisie et de confusion.  (plus) 


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Original

568) Primo (Original)

Joué durant  2 mois

Nb de représentations: 29 représentations
Première preview: 24 September 2004
Première: 30 September 2004
Dernière: 01 December 2004

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Richard Wilson •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Antony Sher 


Commentaire:   


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "I sometimes found Richard Wilson's stylised, austere production and the manner of Sir Antony's performance fussily decorative." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Antony Sher, as adapter and performer, and Richard Wilson as director, have such aesthetic tact and imaginative sobriety that they capture precisely the book's controlled outrage." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH "The person we encounter on the pages of Levi's book, and in Sher's perfectly judged performance, is a human being who has emphatically not been destroyed by the very worst this world has to offer. That is the beacon in the terrible darkness." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "This is an evening beyond criticism."

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Revival

567) Buried Child (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 45 représentations
Première preview: 18 September 2004
Première: 29 September 2004
Dernière: 15 December 2004

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Matthew Warchus •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Brendan Coyle (Tilden), Sam Troughton (Vince), Sean Murray (Bradley), John Rogan (Father Dewis), Lauren Ambrose (Shelley), Elizabeth Franz (Halie), M. Emmet Walsh (Dodge) 


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Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Buried Child steers a choppy course between black comedy and chilling confessional." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Highly recommended." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Excellent production." CHARLES SPENCER FOR THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Gripping and often wildly funny production." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Matthew Warchus’s uniformly excellent cast kept me appalled and agog, amused and repelled."

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Original

566) Stuff happens (Original)

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Nb de représentations: 53 représentations
Première preview: 01 September 2004
Première: 10 September 2004
Dernière: 06 November 2004

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Alex Jennings (George W. Bush), Nicholas Farrell (Tony Blair), Adjoa Andoh (Condoleezza Rice) , Desmond Barrit (Dick Cheney), Joe Morton (Colin Powell), Isla Blair (Laura Bush / Jessica Stern) , Ewan Hooper (President Jaques Chirac / Hans Blix), Philip Quast (George Tenet / John Negroponte / Maurice Gourdault-Montagne), Angus Wright (David Manning), Dermot Crowley (Donald Romsfeld), Ian Gelder (Paul Wolfowitz), Iain Mitchell (Jack Straw / Geoff Hoon), Raad Rawi (Philip Bassett / Christopher Meyer / Gerard Errera / Saddam Hussein / Ricardo Lagos), Larrington Walker (Kofi Annan / Trevor McDonald / General Hassan Muhammad Amin), Tim Donoghue (Senator John McCain /Paul O'Neill / Jean-David Levitte), Alan Leith (Jeremy Greenstock / Dan Bartlett), Don Gallagher (Alastair Campbell / Robin Cook / David Kay / Igor Ivanov), Kevork Malikyan (Ari Fleischer / Sergei Lavrov / Mohammed Elbaradei), Sara Powell (Interviewer), Nick Sampson (Jonathan Powell), Robert East (Sir Richard Dearlove), Raeda Ghazaleh 


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Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "A beautifully staged and acted production." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "A very good, totally compelling play." NEAL ASCHERSON for THE OBSERVER says, "Gives us plenty to think about but not enough to stir the emotions." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "The dramatist has had the gall to raise serious doubts about the wisdom and honesty of both the Coalition’s leaders....a play that strikes me as hard-hitting, yet balanced enough...."

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Original

565) Night Season (The) (Original)

Joué durant  3 mois 2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 44 représentations
Première preview: 23 July 2004
Première: 03 August 2004
Dernière: 17 November 2004

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Lucy Bailey •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: David Bradley (Patrick Kennedy), Annette Crosbie (Lily O'Hanlon), Sarah-Jane Drummey (Maud Kennedy), Lloyd Hutchinson (Gary Malone), John Light (John Eastman), Susan Lynch (Judith Kennedy), Justine Mitchell (Rose Kennedy) 


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Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Mildly atmospheric production." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "charming, blithe and funny." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Sharp and funny, sometimes sentimental, and never less than absorbing and fun." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "In the course of Lucy Bailey's splendidly acted production - which imparts a dream-like feel to the proceedings, with its spaced-out set, weird aerial angles, and torrential falls of sand for the seashore scenes - Lenkiewicz's more distinctive strengths become increasingly apparent. She has a gift for combining the lyrical and the eccentrically comic" SERENA DAVIES for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "The play was...so winningly portrayed that I forgave it its sentimentality and fell for its charm."

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Revival

564) A funny thing happened on the way to the Forum (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois 3 semaines

Nb de preview: 10 previews
Nb de représentations: 66 représentations
Première preview: 28 June 2004
Première: 09 July 2004
Dernière: 02 November 2004

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: Stephen Sondheim •  
Parolier: Stephen Sondheim •  
Libettiste: Burt Shevelove • Larry Gelbart •  
Metteur en scène: Edward Hall •  
Chorégraphe: Rob Ashford •  
Avec: Desmond Barrit (Pseudolus), Darren Carnall & Peter Caulfield & David Lucas &Graham MacDuff & Michael Rouse & Matthew Wolfenden (The Proteans), Sam Kelly (Senex), Isla Blair (Domina), Vince Leigh (Hero), Hamish McColl (Hysterium), David Schneider (Lycus), Simone De La Rue & Hayley Newton (Geminae), Jane Fowler (Tintinabula), Tiffany Graves (Gymnasia), Michelle Lukes (Vibrata), Lorraine Stewart (Panacea), Caroline Sheen (Philia), Harry Towb (Erronius), Philip Quast (Miles Gloriosus), Alan Leith (Sergeant) 


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Revival

563) Iphigenia at Aulis (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 45 représentations
Première preview: 12 June 2004
Première: 22 June 2004
Dernière: 07 September 2004

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Katie Mitchell •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Kate Duchene (Clytemnestra); Peter Needham (Old Man); Charlotte Roach (Coach); Justin Salinger (Achilles); Dominic Rowan (Menelaus); Hattie Morahan (Iphigenia), Ben Daniels (Agamemnon), Martin Hodgson (Soldier ), Sean Jackson (Messenger ), Annamaria Adams, Helena Lymbery; Penelope McGhie, Kristin Hutchinson, Sarah Malin, Susie Trayling, Charlotte Roach 


Commentaire:   


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Astonishing"; CHARLES SPENCER for DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Fresh, daring and stylish...This is an edgy, gripping and often brilliantly atmospheric production." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Wonderfully edgy and mordant revival." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Brilliantly imaginative, tense, powerful, and essentially true to the ageing Euripides." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "Katie Mitchell...might have seemed the right director for the task. But she stages the play as if both text and translation were inconvenient encumbrances." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Hyperactive production that sometimes obscures the play's driving momentum. But, at its best, it brings home the situation's painful poignancy."

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Revival

562) False Servant (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois 2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 64 représentations
Première preview: 26 May 2004
Première: 01 June 2004
Dernière: 15 September 2004

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Kent •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: David Shaw-Parker (Frontin), Adrian Scarborough (Trivelin ), Nancy Carroll (The Chevalier), Anthony Calf (Lelio ), David Collings (Arlequin), Charlotte Rampling (The Countess), Michael Cantwell (Servant), William Rycroft (Servant ), Katherine Toy (Servant), Tam Ward (Servant) 


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Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "A rich pleasure" MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Kent's production is slow to get started, but it wrings every last sexual nuance out of the key encounters." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "A brilliant, cynical scary play that justifies every British prejudice about French sophistication and avarice." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Thrills, chills, and belly laughs – this addictively adult comedy has got the lot." ALSTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES "Adrian Scarborough as the satiric servant Trivelin, brilliant.." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "A deeply satisfying evening."

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561) Measure for Measure (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois

Nb de représentations: 39 représentations
Première preview: 17 May 2004
Première: 27 May 2004
Dernière: 31 July 2004

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •  
Metteur en scène: Simon McBurney •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: David Troughton (The Duke), Mike Grady (Escalus), Paul Rhys (Angelo), Toby Jones (Lucio), Clive Mendus (Froth / First Gentleman/ Abhorson), Tamzin Griffin (Mistress Overdone), Richard Katz (Pompey), Ben Meyjes (Claudio), Angus Wright (Provost), Steven Crossley (Friar Peter / Justice), Naomi Frederick (Isabella), Cait Davis (Francisca), Kostas Philippoglou (Elbow), Rhydian Jones (Servant to Angelo), Vinette Robinson (Juliet), Jamie R Bradley (Boy), Meredith MacNeill (Mariana), Johannes Flaschberger (Barnadine) 


Commentaire: 2 séries
> Olivier (17/5 - 31/6/2004) 39 représ devant 41.243 spect
> Lyttelton (10/2 - 18/3/2006) 40 représ devant 32.500 spect  (plus) 


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Enthralling." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Simon McBurney's production is brilliant." SUSANNAH CLAP for THE OBSERVER says, "Suddenly the play looks brutal, contradictory, unresolved: barbaric and Christian and modern." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Powerfully disturbing production." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "I’ve seldom enjoyed this tricky play more."

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Original

560) History Boys (The) (Original)

Joué durant  11 mois 1 semaine

Nb de représentations: 222 représentations
Première preview: 08 May 2004
Première: 18 May 2004
Dernière: 26 April 2005

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: Alan Bennett •  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
Chorégraphe: Aucun •  
Avec: Frances De La Tour (Mrs Lintott); Samuel Barnett (Posner ); Richard Griffiths (Hector), Dominic Cooper (Dakin), James Curden (Timms), Samuel Anderson (Crowther ), Tom Attwood (Boy ), Stephen Campbell Moore (Irwin), Sacha Dhawan (Akthar ), Rudi Dharmalingam (Boy ), Andrew Knott (Lockwood ), Clive Merrison (The Headmaster ), Jamie Parker (Scripps ), Russell Tovey (Rudge), 


Commentaire: Best Play - Evening Standard Award & Critics' Circle Award / Best New Play - Laurence Olivier Award / Best Actor - Richard Griffiths - Evening Standard Award, Critics' Circle Award and Laurence Olivier Award / Samuel Barnett won Best Newcomer & Best Supporting Actor in a play at the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers Choice Awards / Best Director - Nicholas Hytner - Laurence Olivier Award
Plusieurs séries de représentations:
> Lyttelton (8/5/2004 - 26/04/2005) 222 représ devant 197.605 spect
> UK Tour 1 (23/9/2005 - 26/11/2005)
> Lyttelton (2/12/2005 - 1/2/2006) 99 représ devant 52.212 spect
> UK Tour 2 (31/8/2006 - 25/11/2006)
> Wyndham's Theatre (21/12/2006 - 14/7/2007)
> UK Tour 3 (6/9/2007 - 17/11/2007)
> Wyndham's Theatre (20/12/2007 - 26/4/2008)  (plus) 


Presse: PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "The play is a delight." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says,"A superb, life-enhancing play." "NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Comic ramble fails to make the top grade." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "This is a wonderful evening, as heart-catching as it is hilarious." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Curious, questing, intelligent, witty and, at times, hilarious." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "Brilliantly funny, with lines that we will, I hope, quote for years and several show-stopping vignettes."

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559) Lifegame ()

Joué durant  1 semaine

Nb de représentations: 10 représentations
Première preview: 05 May 2004
Première: 06 May 2004
Dernière: 13 May 2004

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Philem McDermott • Lee Simpson •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Niall Ashdown, Angela Clerkin, Julian Crouch, Guy Dartnell, Stella Duffy, Phelim McDermott, Nick Powell, Lee Simpson 


Commentaire: Une production de l'Improbable Theatre  (plus) 


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Revival

558) Sing yer Heart out for the Lads (Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois 3 semaines

Nb de représentations: 38 représentations
Première preview: 23 April 2004
Première: 30 April 2004
Dernière: 26 June 2004

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Paul Miller •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Kay Bridgeman (Sharon), Callum Dixon (Becks), Gawn Grainger (Jimmy), Paul Moriarty (Alan), Tanya Franks (Gina), Ryan Ford (Glen), Ray Fearon (Mark), Kyle Smith-Thompson (Duane), Ryan Regis, (Bad T), Jake Nightingale (Lawrie), Steve John Shepherd (Lee), Neal Barry (Phil), Stehen Wright (Jason), Ashley Walters (Barry) 


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Revival

557) Cyrano de Bergerac (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois

Nb de représentations: 45 représentations
Première preview: 10 April 2004
Première: 19 April 2004
Dernière: 24 June 2004

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: Edmond Rostand •  
Metteur en scène: Howard Davies •  
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Avec: Stephen Rea (Cyrano de Bergerac), Claire Price (Roxane), Zubin Varla (Christian) , Malcolm Storry (Count de Guiche), Anthony O'Donnell (Ragueneau), Nick Sampson (Debray,), Katherine Manners (Genevieve), Mark Bonnar (Ligniere) , Pascal Langdale (Valvert), Stephen Critchlow (Montfleury), David Collings (Jodelet), Mairead McKinley (Liz), Gregory Fox-Murphy (Castel-Jaloux), Katy Odey (Marianne), Simon Merrells, Thomas Arnold, Dermot Kerrigan, Harry Peacock, William Rycroft, Daniel Tuite, Stephen Berkeley-White, Gildas Diquero, Joanne Fong, Antonia Grove, Miranda Lind, Karl Sullivan, Trevour Thomas, Tam Ward. 


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Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Boring production." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "This Cyrano is tactless and deeply inessential." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "There’s energy, and narrative momentum and, at times, fun." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "It just about works because the play is indestructible." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Disappointing production." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "Transcending the translation and the set, this Cyrano is the freshest and freest person on the stage." SUSAN ELKIN for THE STAGE says, "Fine production."

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Original

556) Permanent Way (The) (Original)

Joué durant  4 semaines

Nb de représentations: 32 représentations
Première preview: 03 April 2004
Première: 03 April 2004
Dernière: 01 May 2004

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Max Stafford-Clark •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Flaminia Cinque, Nigel Cooke, Matthew Dunster, Souad Faress, Sam Graham, Lloyd Hutchinson, Kika Markham, Bella Merlin , Ian Redford 


Commentaire: En coproduction avec Out of Joint.
Créé au York Theatre Royal le 13 novembre 2003
Joué au Cottesloe Théâtre et transféré au Lyttelton Theatre.  (plus) 


Presse: RACHEL HALLIBURTON for THE EVENING STANDARD says, “Searing piece of documentary theatre." LYN GARDNER for THE GUARDIAN says, "Max Stafford Clark delivers a great production and you leave the theatre aroused and angry." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Superbly edited, directed and acted." IAN JOHNS for THE TIMES says, "This production is worth a visit." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "Powerfully moving."

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Reprise

555) Democracy (Reprise)

Joué durant  1 mois 2 semaines

Première preview: 12 February 2004
Première: 13 February 2004
Dernière: 30 March 2004

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Michael Blakemore •  
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Avec: Roger Allam as Willy Brandt and Conleth Hill as Gunter Guillaume. The cast also includes Nicholas Blane, Paul Broughton, Jonathan Coy, Christopher Ettridge, Paul Gregory, Glyn Grain, Steven Pacey, David Ryall. 


Commentaire: Ce spectacle créé au Cottelsoe Theatredu NT en août 2003, est repris au Lyttelton Theatre du NT en février 2004 avant d'être ttransféré dans le West End, au Wyndham's Theatre en avril 2004, pendant 6 amois!  (plus) 


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554) Permanent Way (The) (Original)

Joué durant  2 mois 2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 53 représentations
Première preview: 08 January 2004
Première: 13 January 2004
Dernière: 30 March 2004

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Max Stafford-Clark •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Flaminia Cinque, Nigel Cooke, Matthew Dunster, Souad Faress, Sam Graham, Lloyd Hutchinson, Kika Markham, Bella Merlin , Ian Redford 


Commentaire: En coproduction avec Out of Joint.
Créé au York Theatre Royal le 13 novembre 2003
Joué au Cottesloe Théâtre et transféré au Lyttelton Theatre.  (plus) 


Presse: RACHEL HALLIBURTON for THE EVENING STANDARD says, “Searing piece of documentary theatre." LYN GARDNER for THE GUARDIAN says, "Max Stafford Clark delivers a great production and you leave the theatre aroused and angry." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Superbly edited, directed and acted." IAN JOHNS for THE TIMES says, "This production is worth a visit." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "Powerfully moving."

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Original

553) His dark Materials - Part 2 (Original)

Joué durant  2 mois 2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 69 représentations
Première preview: 15 December 2003
Première: 03 January 2004
Dernière: 20 March 2004

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: David Harewod (Lord Asriel) , Lesley Manville (Mrs Coulter) , Michael Legge (Will), Elaine Symons (Lyra ), John Carlisle (Lord Boreal), Adjoa Andoh (Serafina Pekkala), Mark Bailey (Billy Costa ), Michelle Dockery (Jessie), Vanessa Earl (Mrs Lonsdale ), Jamie Harding (Pantalaimon), Darren Hart (Roger), Don Gallagher (Iofur Raknison/Jeptha Jones), Ian Gelder (John Faa), Leo Kay (Golden Monkey) , David Killick (Farder Coram ), Pascal Langdale (Ben ), Samantha Lawson (Lilly), Elliot Levey (Brother Jasper/Kaisa), Emma Manton (Stelmaria) , Iain Mitchell (Professor Hopcraft) , Victoria Moseley (Salcilia), Helen Murton (Daisy), Chike Okonkwo (Dr Cade) , Harry Peacock (Tony Costa), Alan Perrin (Lee Scoresby), Alistair Petrie (Iorek), Dodger Phillips (Dr West ) , Samuel Roukin (Thorold/Balthamos), Nick Sampson (Fra Pavel), Rachel Sandars (Ruta Skadi/Betty) 


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Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, “Dark and fantastic epic.” JOHN TAYLOR FOR THE INDEPENDENT says, “Epic journey excels when simple drama is applied.” MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, “There is much to admire in the staging; yet the result, inevitably, is like a clipped hedge compared to Pullman's forest.” CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, “An honourable failure rather than an exhilarating success. There are some striking moments and several superb performances, but too often the production seems earthbound when it ought to soar.” BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, “I must admit that, lover of all things bold and imaginative though I hope I am, I was weary by the end…..tension and excitement get lost in the pseudo-theological blather.” ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "It is mainly good." SUSAN ELKIN for THE STAGE says, "gloriously entertaining production."
MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "A weird hybrid which survives chiefly as a vehicle for Alex Jennings and Zoe Wanamaker." IAN JOHNS for THE TIMES says, "Despite its lulls, there are enough big laughs to make this adaptation great fun." MICHAEL COVENEY for THE DAILY MAIL says, "A delightfully imperfect night out." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "I was deluged with wave upon wave of comic pleasure." SHERIDAN MORLEY for TELETEXT says, "Great performances from Zoe Wanamaker and Alex Jennings."

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552) His dark Materials - Part 1 (Original)

Joué durant  3 mois

Nb de représentations: 69 représentations
Première preview: 06 December 2003
Première: 20 December 2003
Dernière: 20 March 2004

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Timothy Dalton (Lord Asriel) , Patricia Hodge (Mrs Coulter) , Niamh Cusack (Serafina Pekkala); Dominic Cooper (Will); Anna Maxwell Martin (Lyra). Samuel Barnett, John Carlisle, Patrick Godfrey, Stephen Greif, Jamie Harding, Akbar Khurta, Inika Leigh Wright, Helena Lymbery, Tim McMullan, Iain Mitchell, Helen Murton, Cecilia Noble, Nick Sampson, Danny Sapani, Jason Thorpe, Russell Tovey, Ben Whishaw, Katie Wimpenny, Ben Wright, Richard Youman 


Commentaire:   


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, “Dark and fantastic epic.” JOHN TAYLOR FOR THE INDEPENDENT says, “Epic journey excels when simple drama is applied.” MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, “There is much to admire in the staging; yet the result, inevitably, is like a clipped hedge compared to Pullman's forest.” CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, “An honourable failure rather than an exhilarating success. There are some striking moments and several superb performances, but too often the production seems earthbound when it ought to soar.” BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, “I must admit that, lover of all things bold and imaginative though I hope I am, I was weary by the end…..tension and excitement get lost in the pseudo-theological blather.” ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "It is mainly good." SUSAN ELKIN for THE STAGE says, "gloriously entertaining production."
MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "A weird hybrid which survives chiefly as a vehicle for Alex Jennings and Zoe Wanamaker." IAN JOHNS for THE TIMES says, "Despite its lulls, there are enough big laughs to make this adaptation great fun." MICHAEL COVENEY for THE DAILY MAIL says, "A delightfully imperfect night out." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "I was deluged with wave upon wave of comic pleasure." SHERIDAN MORLEY for TELETEXT says, "Great performances from Zoe Wanamaker and Alex Jennings."

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Reprise

551) Play without words (Reprise)

Joué durant  2 mois 2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 54 représentations
Première preview: 10 December 2003
Première: 18 December 2003
Dernière: 06 March 2004

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Matthew Bourne •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Scott Ambler, Belinda Lee Chapman, Saranne Curtin, Will Kemp, Stephen Kirkham, Michela Meazza, Eddie Nixon, Alan Vincent, Ewan Wardrop and Richard Winsor. 


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Revival

550) Mourning becomes Electra (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois

Nb de représentations: 36 représentations
Première preview: 17 November 2003
Première: 27 November 2003
Dernière: 31 January 2004

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Howard Davies •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Helen Mirren (Christine Mannon) , Eve Best, Clarke Peters, Paul McGann, Paul Hilton, Tim Pigott-Smith, Dominic Rowan, , Karen Archer, Thomas Arnold, Felix Dexter, Peter Eastland, Maxine Howe, Rebecca Johnson, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Beverley Longhurst, Simon Merrells, Lucian Msamati, James Smith, Trevor Thomas 


Commentaire:   


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENENING STANDARD says, "Gripping epic tale." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Eve Best's Lavinia is astonishing." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "I was swept away by the clarity and punch of Howard Davies’s production." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "A touch of greatness." ALASTAIR MACAULAY for THE FINANCIAL TIMES says, "It's a National triumph."

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Original

549) Pillowman (The) (Original)

Joué durant  5 mois

Nb de représentations: 71 représentations
Première preview: 07 November 2003
Première: 13 November 2003
Dernière: 17 April 2004

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: John Crowley •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Jim Broadbent, Adam Godley, Nigel Lindsay, David Tennant, James Daley, Jennifer Higham, Victoria Pembroke, Mike Sherman 


Commentaire:   


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Dazzling, disquieting nightmare of a play." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "While clever, has a feeling of hollowness." SUSANNAH CLAPP for THE OBSERVER says, "Stomach-churning and wildly comic." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE of the THE TIMES says, "Unnerving but provocative."

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Revival

548) Tales from the Vienna Woods (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  1 mois

Nb de représentations: 32 représentations
Première preview: 07 October 2003
Première: 14 October 2003
Dernière: 19 November 2003

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Richard Jones •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Frances Barber (Valerie), Darrell D'Silva (Oskar), Karl Johnson, David Ross, Helen Anderson-Lee, Jane Bertish, Paul Birchard, Paul Chequer, Judith Coke, Joe Duttine, Keiran Flynn, Gregory Fox-Murphy, Penelope McGhie, Carol Macready, Doreen Mantle, Tom Marshall, Gary Oliver, Amanda Perry-Smith, Liza Sadovy, Nicholas Sidi, Emma Stansfield, Nicola Walker, Lauren Graham, Jodi Ellen Spencer, Peter Moreton 


Commentaire:   


Presse: MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "The production is a riveting portrait of a society waltzing towards the abyss." IAN JOHNS for THE TIMES says, "Viennese whirl fails to take off." CHARLOTTE CRIPPS for THE INDEPENDENT says, "New translation...is a welcome bolt from the blue." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Tales without a sting."

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Original

547) Democracy (Original)

Joué durant  3 mois 3 semaines

Nb de représentations: 65 représentations
Première preview: 30 August 2003
Première: 09 September 2003
Dernière: 30 December 2003

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Michael Blakemore •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Roger Allam as Willy Brandt and Conleth Hill as Gunter Guillaume. The cast also includes Nicholas Blane, Jonathan Coy, Christopher Ettridge, Paul Gregory, Glyn Grain, Steven Pacey, David Ryall. 


Commentaire: Ce spectacle créé au Cottelsoe Theatredu NT en août 2003, est repris au Lyttelton Theatre du NT en février 2004 avant d'être ttransféré dans le West End, au Wyndham's Theatre en avril 2004, pendant 6 amois!  (plus) 


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Revival

546) Edmond (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 50 représentations
Première preview: 10 July 2003
Première: 17 July 2003
Dernière: 04 October 2003

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Edward Hall •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Kenneth Branagh , Tony Haygarth, Stephen Greif, Jude Akuwudike, Robert Horwell, David Kennedy, Adam Levy, Iain Mitchell, Nicola Stephenson, Harry Towb, Elli Garnett, Rebecca Johnson, Tom Marshall, Joseph Mydell, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Nicola Walker, Carol Macready, Andrew Westfield, Nonso Anozie 


Commentaire:   


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says of Kenneth Branagh " Remarkable return to the stage with an intense, shocking performance." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Kenneth Branagh makes an impressive return to the London stage in Edward Hall's balefully witty revival of Edmond, a strange and provocative moral fable." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Superb production." CHARLES SPENCER for DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "Thrilling production." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Energetic, pacey and well-acted."

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545) Power ()

Joué durant  3 mois 4 semaines

Nb de représentations: 73 représentations
Première preview: 27 June 2003
Première: 03 July 2003
Dernière: 29 October 2003

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Lindsay Posner •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Robert Lindsay (Fouquet), Rupert Penry-Jones (Louis XIV), Stephen Boxer, Barbara Jefford, Jonathan Slinger, Geraldine Somerville, Hattie Morahan 


Commentaire:   


Presse: RACHEL HALLIBURTON for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "[Robert]Lindsay is most enjoyable." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Arresting production." And goes on to say "Lindsay lights up the bare stage." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, " Witty, elegant and strikingly well acted."

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Revival

544) Jumpers (Revival)

Joué durant  4 mois 3 semaines

Nb de représentations: 82 représentations
Première preview: 07 June 2003
Première: 19 June 2003
Dernière: 07 November 2003

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: David Leveaux •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Simon Russell Beale (George Moore), John Rogan (Crouch ) Nicholas Woodeson (Bones), Jonathan Hyde (Archie), Essie Davis (Dorothy) 


Commentaire: Sera transféré dès le 14 novembre 2003 au Picadilly Theatre, puis à Broadway en avril 2004.  (plus) 


Presse: ROBERT HANKS for THE INDEPENDENT says, "It is still a marvellous display of Stoppard's verbal ingenuity, with some beautifully contrived cross-purposes and neat gags." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "One emerges having had a good time." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Beale triumphantly proves Jumpers worth reviving." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Leveaux's spectacular production artfully unites Stoppard's contrary elements into a witty, though verbosely over-extended whole."

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Revival

543) His Girl Friday (Revival)

Joué durant  5 mois 2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 73 représentations
Première preview: 29 May 2003
Première: 05 June 2003
Dernière: 22 November 2003

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Jack O'Brien •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Zoe Wanamaker (Hildy Johnson), Alex Jennings ( Walter Burns), Margaret Tyzack (Mrs Baldwin), Sam Beazley (Rev. Peter Davies), Paul Birchard (Schwartz), Dermot Crowley (Murphy), Tim Donoghue (Murphy), Demetri Goritsas (Endicott), Mike Grady (Pinku), Stephen Greif (Diamond Louie ), Paul Grunert (Kruger), Tony Haygarth (Woodenshoes Eichorn), Richard Lintern (Bruce Baldwin), Nathan Osgood (Bensinger), David Ross (Sheriff Hartman), Christopher Ryan (McCue), Kerry Shale (Earl Holub), Nicola Stephenson (Mollie Malloy), Russell Tovey (Ralph Sweeney), Harry Towb (The Mayor), Helen Anderson-Lee, David Baron, Paul Benzing, Judith Coke, Kieran Flynn, Richard Hollis, Penelope McGhie, Breffni McKenna, Andrew Westfield 


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Presse: MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "A weird hybrid which survives chiefly as a vehicle for Alex Jennings and Zoe Wanamaker." IAN JOHNS for THE TIMES says, "Despite its lulls, there are enough big laughs to make this adaptation great fun." MICHAEL COVENEY for THE DAILY MAIL says, "A delightfully imperfect night out." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "I was deluged with wave upon wave of comic pleasure." SHERIDAN MORLEY for TELETEXT says, "Great performances from Zoe Wanamaker and Alex Jennings."

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Original

542) Elmina's Kitchen (Original)

Joué durant  2 mois 4 semaines

Nb de représentations: 45 représentations
Première preview: 23 May 2003
Première: 29 May 2003
Dernière: 25 August 2003

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Angus Jackson •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Paterson Joseph (Deli), George Harris (Clifton), Emmanuel Idowu (Ashley), Oscar James (Baygee), Donna Croll (Anastasia), Shaun Parkes (Digger) 


Commentaire:   


Presse: MADDY COSTA for THE GUARDIAN says, "Kwei-Armah writes exquisitely, in a language that is peppery, poetic and full of wit." IAN JOHNS for THE TIMES says, "Elmina’s Kitchen builds into a powerful, of-the-moment drama and a heartfelt plea for finding your potential without a gun. It’s a fine addition to Nicholas Hytner’s first season at the National." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Amusing but too static first half....absolutely chilling second half."

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Revival

541) Henry V (Revival)

Joué durant  3 mois 1 semaine

Nb de représentations: 55 représentations
Première preview: 06 May 2003
Première: 13 May 2003
Dernière: 20 August 2003

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •  
Metteur en scène: Nicholas Hytner •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Adrian Lester (Henry V), Penny Downie (Chorus), Jude Akuwudike (Pistol) Peter Blythe (Exeter), Robert Blythe (Fluellen), Tony Devlin (Warwick/MacMorris), Felicite Du Jeu (Princess Katherine), William Gaunt (Archbishop of Canterbury/Burgundy), Jamie Harding (Le Fer), Ian Hogg (King of France ), Robert Horwell (Nym), David Kennedy (Bardolph/Michael Williams), Adam Levy (Dauphin), Tom McKay (Scroop/Gloucester), Marian McLoughlin (Alice), Iain Mitchell (Constable of France), Cecilia Noble (Mistress Quickly/Mistress of France), Nick Sampson (Cambridge/Orleans), Faz Singhateh (Westmoreland), Rohan Siva (Mountjoy), Mark Springer (Grey/Bourbon), Russell Tovey (Boy), Tim Treloar (Bedford/Bates), David Weston (Bishop of Ely/Sir Thomas Erpingham), Rupert Wickham (Gower/French Ambassador) 


Commentaire: Il s'agit de la première mise en scène de Nycholas Hytner durant sa direction au National, mais aussi la première fois que Henry V de Shakespeare est présenté au national!  (plus) 


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "This is a rare Henry V, convincingly revalued and redefined." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "This is absolutely a Henry V for our age." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Adrian Lester, recently a fine Hamlet and now a vivid, vital Henry." CHARLES SPENCER for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH says, "For dramatic power, contemporary resonance and sheer wit, this Henry V is bang on target." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Adrian Lester's powerful, charismatic Henry is evidently overcompensating for his reckless youth in a determined and sustained display of humourless righteousness."

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540) Jerry Springer: The Opera (Original)

Joué durant  5 mois

Nb de représentations: 87 représentations
Première preview: 09 April 2003
Première: 29 April 2003
Dernière: 30 September 2003

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur: Richard Thomas • Stewart Lee •  
Parolier: Richard Thomas • Stewart Lee •  
Libettiste:  
Metteur en scène: Stewart Lee •  
Chorégraphe: Jenny Arnold •  
Avec: Michael Brandon (Jerry Springer), Alison Jiear (Chantel/Eve), David Dedella (Warm-up Man/Satan), Wills Morgan (Montel/Jesus), Marcus Cunningham (Chucky/Adam), Valda Aviks (Zandra/Mary), Benjamin Lake (Dwight/God), Aally Bourne (Andrea/Archangel Michael), 


Commentaire: This was Nicholas Hytner’s first show as the new artistic director of the Royal National Theatre, and it seemed to herald a new era, very different from Trevor Nunn’s series of American musicals’ “golden oldies”.
It had been rewritten and enlarged from earlier “fringe” versions at the Edinburgh Festival and the BAC, and proved to be hugely controversial. The clash of high operatic music and big choral parodies with scatological lyrics about whores, crack, and junkies made some critics compare it to a modern day “Beggar’s Opera”. A nearly naked Jesus admitting to being “a bit gay”, a plump glam-rock God descending on a golden swing singing “It Ain’t Easy Being Me”, and Jesus and Satan performing a baroque duet caused some critics to scream blasphemy. Adam and Eve and the Holy Virgin appearing as guest artists on the Jerry Springer TV chat-show made some critics respond enthusiastically to the satire on the cheap values of modern society. The show won four Olivier Awards including Best Musical.  (plus) 


Presse: NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "It's vulgar, salacious but such a pleasure."

MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "But the supreme merit of Lee's Lyttelton production is that it is superbly sung."

BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, " If ever a show seems destined for cult status, this is it."

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Original

539) Scenes from the Big Pictures (Original)

Joué durant  2 mois 1 semaine

Nb de représentations: 40 représentations
Première preview: 02 April 2003
Première: 10 April 2003
Dernière: 21 June 2003

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Peter Gill •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Kathy Kiera Clarke (Connie Dean), Ruairi Conaghan (Paul Foggarty), Chris Corrigan (Robbie Mullin), Darren Healy (Bop Torbett), Packy Lee( Swiz Murdock), Karl Johnson (Shanks o' Neill), Gerard Jordan (Cooper Jones), Aoife McMahon (Maeve Hynes), Eileen Pollock (Sharon Lawther), Frances Tomelty (Theresa Black), Harry Towb (Frank Coin), June Watson (Betty Lennon), Elaine Cassidy (Maggie Lyttle), Patrick O'Kane (Joe Hynes), John Normington (Sammy Lennon), Dermot Crowley (Dave Black), Ron Donachie (Bobbie Torbett), Michelle Fairley (Helen Woods), Stuart McQuarrie (Harry Foggarty), Breffni McKenna (Spilo Johnson), Andy Moore (Rat Joyce) 


Commentaire:   


Presse: MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "McCafferty's ability to show not just the way individual lives intersect, but the collision of private and public worlds, is striking" BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "This is, as someone says, a place where people feel as much in control of their lives as lumps of meat in that abattoir — and it’s brought to life with care, intelligence and, yes, love." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Captivating....Dark brilliance".

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Revival

538) Three Sisters (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 3 semaines

Nb de représentations: 37 représentations
Première preview: 20 March 2003
Première: 03 April 2003
Dernière: 29 June 2003

Salle: Lyttelton Theatre (900 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: Anton Chekhov •  
Metteur en scène: Katie Mitchell •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Susannah Harker (Masha) , Kate Burton (Olga), Madeleine Worrall (Irina), Eric Sykes (Ferapont), Robert Bathurst (Vershinin), James Fleet ( Kulygin), Stephen Ballantyne (Andrei), David Antrobus (Rode), Sebastian Bates (Fedotik), Tom Beard (Solyony), David Burke (Chebutykin), Margery Mason (Anfisa), Tobias Menzies (Tusenbach), Susannah Wise (Natasha), Eleanor Howell (Maid), Brian Greene (Musician) 


Commentaire:   


Presse: BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "Blakemore’s revival is as careful, sensitive and unostentatious as Christopher Hampton’s translation." He goes on to say, "There isn’t a weak or ill-considered performance on view." JASON BEST for THE STAGE says, "Clear, supple and idiomatic." MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "Any production relies on the casting of the sisters; and here the prize performance is from Kristin Scott Thomas." PAUL TAYLOR for THE INDEPENDENT says, "Even with some superb performances, the production is a bit of a let-down." He goes on to say, "A production that needs more fire." PATRICK MARMION for TIME OUT says, "A fine new version." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "A rapturous debut from the compelling Kristin Scott Thomas."

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Nicholas Hytner devient le cinquièmre directeur du National Theatre de Londres

Nicholas Hytner succède à Trevor Nunn à la tête du National Theatre de Londres.

Nicholas Hytner devient le cinquièmre directeur du National Theatre de Londres

Nicholas Hytner succède à Trevor Nunn à la tête du National Theatre de Londres.

Nicholas Hytner devient le cinquièmre directeur du National Theatre de Londres

Nicholas Hytner succède à Trevor Nunn à la tête du National Theatre de Londres.


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Revival

537) Tempest (The) (Revival)

Joué durant  

Nb de représentations: 3 représentations
Première preview: Inconnu
Première: 19 March 2003
Dernière: 20 March 2003

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •  
Metteur en scène: Mark Rosenblatt •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec:  


Commentaire: NT Education ‘Shakespeare Unplugged’  (plus) 


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Revival

536) Honour (Revival)

Joué durant  2 mois 2 semaines

Nb de représentations: 31 représentations
Première preview: 21 February 2003
Première: 27 February 2003
Dernière: 13 May 2003

Salle: Dorfman Theatre (350 places)

Compositeur: *** Divers •  
Parolier: *** Divers •  
Libettiste: *** Divers •  
Metteur en scène: Roger Michell •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Eileen Atkins, Corin Redgrave, Anna Maxwell Martin, Catherine McCormack 


Commentaire:   


Presse: MICHAEL BILLINGTON for THE GUARDIAN says, "The acting is breathtaking...The strength of the play lies in its emotional specifics." BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE for THE TIMES says, "It’s an intelligent, powerful, gripping piece." NICHOLAS DE JONGH for THE EVENING STANDARD says, "Faintly preposterous play...rather too gross for conviction." SHERIDAN MORLEY for TELETEXT says, "A really powerful new play....Brilliant production."

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Revival

535) Love's Labour's Lost (Revival)

Joué durant  3 semaines

Nb de représentations: 26 représentations
Première preview: 15 February 2003
Première: 21 February 2003
Dernière: 18 March 2003

Salle: Olivier Theatre (1100 places)

Compositeur:  
Parolier:  
Libettiste: William Shakespeare •  
Metteur en scène: Trevor Nunn •  
Chorégraphe:  
Avec: Joseph Fiennes (Berowne), John Barrowman (Dumaine), Simon Day (King of Navarre), Ph