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‘Nothing less than a punishment’: Serbian artists criticise theatre role for ex-paramilitary chief

Dragoslav Bokan to head national theatre’s board of directors as authorities crack down on culture sector

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2025

Actor and writer Gawn Grainger dies aged 87

A prolific performer with the National Theatre, the actor and playwright – who was married to Zoë Wanamaker – was also a regular on TV, starring in Doctor Who

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2025

Here We Are at the National Theatre, Lyttelton review: should this have been staged at all?

2/5 Stephen Sondheim’s posthumous musical has no songs, only a stellar cast save it from being completely unenjoyable

Evening Standard · May 9, 2025

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Paul Mescal headlines National Theatre’s bold new season as Stormzy debuts for ground-breaking collaboration

The theatre unveils ambitious global vision with 16 new productions, including Mescal’s double debuts and a Stormzy-powered musical

Evening Standard · May 1, 2025

Paul Mescal to make National Theatre debut in two 20th century plays

It comes after it was announced the actor is play Sir Paul McCartney in four films directed by Sir Sam Mendes about The Beatles.

Evening Standard · Apr 29, 2025

Decline of drama at school prompts UK training drive for backstage work

The National Theatre is worried about a shortage of skills from costume designers, to set creators, to computer technicians

The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2025

John Lithgow and Lesley Manville take home acting gongs at starry Olivier Awards

Imelda Staunton and Romola Garai were among the winners of the night

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2025

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Olivier awards 2025: full list of winners

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Giant and Fiddler on the Roof were among the big winners at the Royal Albert Hall ceremony

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2025

Performing arts bosses protest government’s AI plans

Chief executives from the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Albert Hall and National Theatre have shared joint statement urging government to support ‘moral and economic’ rights of creatives

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2025

'My teeth pinged out': Gwilym Lee on playing Gareth Southgate in Dear England

Bohemian Rhapsody and SAS Rogue Heroes star Gwilym Lee talks to us about becoming Gareth Southgate as Dear England hits the National Theatre

Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2025

Olivier awards 2025: complete list of nominations

From Adrien Brody up for best actor for The Fear of 13 to Hello, Dolly! up for best musical revival, see who else is in the running at this year’s awards

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2025

Alterations review – tailoring comedy remade to measure at the National Theatre

In Michael Abbensetts’ play, elegantly directed by Lynette Linton, characters work, dream, horse around and question the nature of home

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2025

Radiohead take on Shakespeare with Hamlet Hail To The Thief

A new live experience fusing theatre, music and movement is coming this spring, in which a new version of Hamlet will be set to Thom Yorke’s reworking of Radiohead’s famous album

Evening Standard · Feb 25, 2025

Camilla surprised as she hosts Hollywood and stage stars at palace reception

The Queen was surprised with a scene from The Importance of Being Earnest, which she said was one of her favourite plays

The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2025

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The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2025

National Theatre to stage major work by ‘forgotten’ black British playwright

Alterations, by Michael Abbensetts, follows a Guyanese tailor as he tries to establish himself on Carnaby Street

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2025

National Theatre’s shift from repertory plays risks ‘eroding culture’, says David Hare

Playwright calls for return to theatre’s founding vision and to stop ‘angling for West End’

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2025

National Theatre ‘does not present world’s drama’, says playwright David Hare

The Oscar-nominated writer warned about the survival of the next ‘generation of writers’.

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2025

Curtain up! Meet the new artistic directors with great plans for British theatre

Our theatre critic welcomes inspiring developments at stages across the UK, from the Young Vic to the Liverpool Everyman while, below, some of the top new recruits talk about working post-pandemic in an era of funding cuts – and share the secrets of their trade

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The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2025

‘Impish, tremendously warm, never grand’: Sheila Reid pays tribute to Joan Plowright

Joan Plowright, who has died aged 95, is remembered by her friend and fellow member of the budding National Theatre company in the 1960s

Evening Standard · Jan 15, 2025

Ncuti Gatwa to virtually read play scripts with fans for National Theatre Live

Members of the public will be able to sit back at the Vue cinema in Manchester Arndale Centre and connect with an actor based at the National Theatre.

Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2024

Ballet Shoes at the National Theatre review: Bravo – this superlative adaptation never puts a foot wrong

5/5 This wonderful show is suffused with gung-ho spirit, exuberance and larky wit

The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2024

The importance of freeing Earnest – without bursting Oscar Wilde’s ‘delicate bubble of fancy’

The 1895 comedy has been staged with age-blind and all-male casts and even David Suchet as Lady Bracknell. Now reinvented again, at the National Theatre, the trick is to be seriously funny

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2024

‘If audiences are crying, I’ve done my job’: closing the stories of a generation of British south Asians

Actors Meera Syal and Shobna Gulati, with playwright Tanika Gupta, explain how their National Theatre production springs from the anguish of losing their mothers

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024

Maggie Smith: the magisterial star of Harry Potter and Downton had the courage and talent to do absolutely everything

The real-life dame and on-screen dowager countess, who has died aged 89, earned fame in her 70s and 80s for blockbuster roles. But her early work at the National Theatre marked her out as a talent for the ages

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2024

‘Our Romeo even impressed the school bullies’: stars of stage on the power of drama in schools

Being taught drama can transform your life. Actor David Oyelowo, writer James Graham, set designer Es Devlin and more recall their own awakenings – and their inspirational, unforgettable teachers

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