NATIONAL THEATRE ASSISTED PERFORMANCES JULY 2013 – JANUARY 2014

A press release from the National Theatre:

 

Olivier Theatre

OTHELLO

by William Shakespeare

 

Adrian Lester takes the title role and Rory Kinnear plays Iago in Nicholas Hytner’s production of Shakespeare’s play.

CAPTIONED
Sunday 14 July at 2pm
Tuesday 23 July at 7.15pm
Monday 9 Sept at 7.15pm

AUDIO DESCRIBED
Friday 5 July at 7.15pm
Saturday 6 July at 1.30pm
Saturday 3 Aug at 1.30pm
Saturday 7 Sept at 1.30pm

TOUCH TOUR
Saturday 6 July at 12pm

Saturday 3 August at 12pm

Saturday 7 September at 12pm

THE AMEN CORNER

by James Baldwin

 

Beautifully expressed through the rousing beat of the gospel choir, James Baldwin’s The Amen Corner (1965) will be given full voice in the National’s production.

CAPTIONED
Sunday 28 July at 3pm
Thursday 8 Aug at 7.30pm

AUDIO DESCRIBED
Friday 19 July at 7.30pm
Saturday 20 July at 2pm

TOUCH TOUR
Saturday 20 July at 12.30pm

EDWARD II
by Christopher Marlowe

A behind-the-scenes exploration of power, sexual obsession, and a king who treats the realm as his playground. The National offers a contemporary take on Christopher Marlowe’s magnificent, erotic and violent play.

CAPTIONED
Sunday 29 September at 2.30pm
Monday 14 October at 7.30pm

AUDIO DESCRIBED
Friday 18 October at 7.30pm
Saturday 19 October at 2pm

TOUCH TOUR
Saturday 19 October at 12.30pm

THE LIGHT PRINCESS
a new musical
music and lyrics by Tori Amos
book and lyrics by Samuel Adamson

The Light Princess brings together iconic singer-songwriter Tori Amos with playwright Samuel Adamson and director Marianne Elliott (Curious Incident) in this spectacular coming-of-age story. A dark fairytale about grief, rebellion and the power of love.

Suitable for 13 years +

AUDIO DESCRIBED
Saturday 9 November at 2.15pm

TOUCH TOUR
Saturday 9 November at 12.45pm

EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES
by Erich Kästner
adapted by Carl Miller

Growing up is the most exciting adventure of all. Join young Emil as he says goodbye to his mother, leaves his small town and sets off on a journey that will change his life.

CAPTIONED
Monday 30 December at 7 pm

AUDIO DESCRIBED
Friday 3 January 2014 at 7 pm
Saturday 4 January 2014 at 2pm

TOUCH TOUR
Saturday 4 January 2014 at 12.45pm

Lyttleton Theatre

STRANGE INTERLUDE

by Eugene O’Neill

 

Eugene O’Neill’s audacious epic is one of the great masterpieces of American theatre. Anne-Marie Duff returns to the NT to play Nina.

CAPTIONED
Tuesday 2 July at 7pm
Sunday 11 Aug at 1.30pm

AUDIO DESCRIBED
Saturday 10 Aug at 1pm
Monday 12 Aug at 7pm

TOUCH TOUR
Saturday 10 August at 11.30am

LIOLÁ
by Luigi Pirandello
in a new version by Tanya Ronder

This high-spirited drama by Pirandello defiesexpectations. It is not the intellectual whirlwind ofhis Six Characters in Search of an Author but takesus instead to the heart of a rural community whereproperty and kinship provoke fierce passions.Liolà, a young man untroubled by tradition, takesthe part of nature all the way.

CAPTIONED
Sunday 27 October at 2.30pm
Tuesday 5 November at 7.30pm

AUDIO DESCRIBED
Friday 25 October at 7.30pm
Saturday 26 October at 2.15pm  

TOUCH TOUR
Saturday 26 October at 12.45pm

 

The Shed

ROMEO AND JULIET
by William Shakespeare
in a version for young audiences by Ben Power

Join us for this swift, contemporary celebration of Shakespeare’s muchloved drama as we bring Romeo and Juliet to life for a new generation.

Suitable for families with children aged 8 years and over.

RELAXED PERFORMANCE
Tuesday 30 July at 2.30pm

Tickets for the Relaxed Performance of Romeo and Juliet are £8, to book call 020 7452 3961

HOME
created by Nadia Fall

Documentary theatre meets beatboxing and R&B as director Nadia Fall and a team of musicians and actors tell the stories of Londoners who don’t get heard.

CAPTIONED
Wednesday 4 September at 8pm

AUDIO DESCRIBED
Saturday 31 August at 3pm

TOUCH TOUR
Saturday 31 August at 1.45pm

THE WORLD OF EXTREME HAPPINESS
by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig

Sunny leaves her family and her home in the Chinese countryside to head to the city and the promise of a job in a factory and a new life. But letting go of the past and embracing a bright new future proves harder than she could have imagined.

CAPTIONED
Tuesday 22 October at 8pm

AUDIO DESCRIBED
Saturday 12 October at 3pm

TOUCH TOUR
Saturday 12 October at 1.45pm

 

New London Theatre, Drury Lane

 

WAR HORSE

based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo
adapted by Nick Stafford

 

The National Theatre’s award-winning production continues its record-breaking run at the New London Theatre.

CAPTIONED
Saturday 20 July at 2.30pm
Saturday 14 Dec at 2.30pm

AUDIO DESCRIBED
Saturday 27 July at 2.30pm
Sat 23 Nov 2.30pm

TOUCH TOUR
Saturday 27 July at 12.45pm
Saturday 23 November at 12.45pm

Theatre Royal, Haymarket

 

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS

by Richard Bean
based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni

with songs by Grant Olding

 

*****

‘Comic perfection. What are you waiting for? Book now!’

Daily Telegraph

 

SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETED PERFORMANCE
Saturday 13 July at 2.30pm  

CAPTIONED
Saturday 11 January 2014 at 2.30pm

AUDIO DESCRIBED
Saturday 30 November at 2.30pm

TOUCH TOUR
Saturday 30 November at 12.45pm

Apollo Theatre

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME
based on the best-selling novel by Mark Haddon
adapted by Simon Stephens

Based on the award-winning novel by Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens and directed by Marianne Elliott, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a thrilling new stage play, hailed by The Times as ‘a phenomenal combination of storytelling and spectacle’.

CAPTIONED
Saturday 5 October at 2.30pm
Saturday 7 December at 2.30pm

AUDIO DESCRIBED
Saturday 2 November at 2.30pm

TOUCH TOUR
Saturday 2 November at 12.45pm

RELAXED PERFORMANCE
Saturday 22 June at 2.30pm
To book for the Relaxed Performance call 020 7452 3961

UK Tour

PEOPLE
by Alan Bennett

Tour cast includes Siân Phillips as Dorothy, Brigit Forsyth as Iris, Selina Cadell as June, and Michael Thomas as Lumsden.

There are assisted performances at most venues on the tour which runs from 3 September – Saturday 17 November. Please call the tour venues for details of accessible performances.

PEOPLEvisits: Birmingham Repertory Theatre (3 – 21 September), Leicester Curve (24 – 28 September), Theatre Royal, Norwich (1 – 5 October),  The Lowry, Salford (15 – 19 October), Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury (22 – 26 October), Milton Keynes Theatre (29 October – 2 November), Grand Theatre, Leeds (5 – 9 November) and Theatre Royal Plymouth (12 – 16 November).