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Maverick theatre-maker Anthony Neilson makes his National Theatre debut with an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe
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After the success of Consent, Nina Raine returns to the National Theatre with a new play about the complexity of starting a family
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Prolific playwright David Hare delves into 20 years of Labour Party history, but this heavy-going play is bogged down with Big Ideas and combative dialogue
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Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare's sensuous lovers in a large-scale revival of Antony and Cleopatra
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Legendary director Peter Brook returns to the National Theatre with a strangely staid, under-powered new play
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Avant-garde playwright Eugène Ionesco's Exit the King is staged with flair, verve and a patchwork of references
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This superlative revival of Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece has substance, form and a formidably talented team – now there's another chance to see it
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French masterpiece meets quintessentially British as the National Theatre stage a play by Eugène Ionesco. Here's everything you need to know about the pioneering playwright
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From genre-defying folk opera to avant-garde greats, here's what to book at the National Theatre
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Immersive
Explore outer space this summer in a new interactive children's show at the National Theatre
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Public Acts invites a huge company of Londoners to join professional actors on stage in a community production of Pericles