You have to feel a certain sympathy for George Bernard Shaw’s flawed anti-hero John Tanner in Man & Superman. He goes through life doing his utmost not to
Bold and imaginative new productions are planned for the 2015 season at the National Theatre announced yesterday by its new leaders. New chief executive Tessa Ross and director
Splice the mainbrace and be prepared for adventure on the high seas with the National Theatre’s family-friendly Christmas treat, Treasure Island. Robert Louis Stevenson’s story of murder, money
Ralph Fiennes returns to the National Theatre in a new season launched this week. Fiennes appears in Shaw’s Man and Superman at the Lyttelton Theatre, previewing from February
Cillian Murphy is reunited with writer and director Enda Walsh on Ballyturk at the National Theatre, opening tomorrow at the Lyttelton Theatre. He is joined in the cast
The gags don’t stop coming in the National Theatre’s touring production of One Man, Two Guvnors that’s proving a cracking hit second time around at Aylesbury’s Waterside Theatre
Surrey teenager, Gavi Singh Chera, is to make his professional debut at the National Theatre after taking the National Youth Theatre’s Playing Up course. Gavi, 19, will appear
Pop music’s Goldfrapp are branching out into theatre by writing the score for the National Theatre’s tragic Medea opening soon. The production, opening on July 21, sees Carrie
Get ready to dance as Rufus Norris gets set to take over as artistic director of the National Theatre. The new season, Nicholas Hytner’s last at the venue,
They’re calling it the “hacking play”. Great Britain, which opens on the National Theatre’s Lyttelton stage on Monday, is Richard Bean’s fast and furious anarchic satire is about
No-one was caught napping at the National Theatre last night when war broke out on the Lyttelton stage. Mortar fire to the left of us, canons roaring to