The Latest Breaking News from National atre

Travelling Homer: how the National Theatre is staging a multi-city Odyssey

In episodes developed with communities around England, the production aims to tell ‘a story of resilience and healing and hope’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2023

National Theatre’s Phaedra review: suicide tragedy leaves a bad taste

Suicide is an act so shocking and violent that it undoes not only sensation, memory and feeling, but meaning. Poet and novelist Ocean Vuong describes how it unpicks even the connective tissue of language.

The Conversation · Mar 3, 2023

My Neighbour Totoro nominated for nine Olivier awards

Stage version of 1988 Japanese animation leads the pack while Standing at the Sky’s Edge has eight nominations

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023

Joseph Fiennes to play Gareth Southgate in play about England team

Shakespeare in Love star Joseph Fiennes will play Gareth Southgate in a new National Theatre play about how the England football team has changed during his time in charge.

Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2023

Joseph Fiennes cast as Gareth Southgate in National Theatre play

James Graham’s Dear England follows ‘gentle revolution’ implemented by men’s football manager

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2023

The week in theatre: Phaedra; Sylvia; Standing at the Sky’s Edge – review

Lyttelton; Old Vic; Olivier, LondonJanet McTeer is mighty in Simon Stone’s electric remaking of myth; dance, not speech, powers Kate Prince’s suffragette musical; and Richard Hawley’s paean to Sheffield finds a home from home

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2023

The Evening Standard Theatre Podcast: The Lehman Trilogy cast, and reviews of Standing at the Sky’s Edge & Phaedra

In this week’s Evening Standard Theatre Podcast, we talk to the cast of The Lehman Trilogy about the award-winning play which arrived in the West End this month, and the challenges of staging a story that spans 160 years and multiple characters. We also review the musical Standing at the…

Evening Standard · Feb 19, 2023

Babygrows are such sweet sorrow: Romeo and Juliet get a gritty romcom reboot

Romeo, an out-of-work single dad, falls for Julie, a top student who dreams of being an astrophysicist. We go behind the scenes at a Shakespeare update that swaps fair Verona for Splott in Cardiff

The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2023

Our pick of the 50 best plays of the 21st century

The last two decades have been full of extraordinary theatre – it’s a thrilling indication of what’s ahead of us when doors reopen

Evening Standard · Feb 8, 2023

The Lehman Trilogy’s Michael Balogun on his extraordinary journey from prison to starring in the West End

Following an ‘epiphany’ while serving a prison sentence, Balogun decided to pursue a career in acting - and became a star. Now he is about to open in an acclaimed play in the West End

Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2023