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‘People say I’m pouring Coca-Cola into fine malt whisky’: why is the National Theatre shaking up Sophocles?

In a bold new production starring Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss, the NT is fusing Sophocles and Ingmar Bergman. So what can two stories written 23 centuries apart tell us about how we live today?

The Guardian - UK

War Horse at the National Theatre: Remains tremendously moving

4/5 The return of War Horse to the National Theatre comes with added resonance in our time

Evening Standard

Princess Royal pats and jokes with puppet horse ‘Joey’ at National Theatre visit

Anne’s visit on Tuesday afternoon was to celebrate the National Theatre’s apprenticeship scheme after it received the Princess Royal Training Award.

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Rosamund Pike hails theatre as her ‘first love’

Pike won the Olivier for best actress for her role in Inter Alia at the National Theatre.

Evening Standard

Rosamund Pike and Brendan Gleeson among Critics’ Circle Theatre awards winners

Paddington the Musical was also recognised by as the best new musical during a ceremony at the National Theatre on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Theatre director Rufus Norris says knighthood is an ‘extraordinary privilege’

Sir Rufus, who was director of the National Theatre for a decade, has been recognised for his services to theatre.

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves under investigation by standards watchdog over free National Theatre tickets

Rachel Reeves and three of her family members were given tickets to a show, believed to have been Ballet Shoes, on December 27 last year

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Gareth Southgate's kind revolution has a bittersweet ending in Dear England at the National

4/5 This is a team effort, which captures the communal joy and heartache of sport, and now boasts a proper ending

Evening Standard

'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

Award-winning Dear England play to embark on 16-venue tour

Written by James Graham it had a sell-out run at the National Theatre before it transferred to the West End in 2023.

The Independent UK

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

‘You become addicted to pressure’: Rufus Norris on success, stress and the National Theatre’s survival

He has triumphed over controversies, the ‘devastation’ of Covid and 100-hour weeks. As Norris leaves the biggest job in British theatre, he reveals his final season – and his plans to take up carpentry and design kayaks

The Guardian - UK

The Grapes of Wrath at the National Theatre review: the powerhouse cast led by Cherry Jones is compelling

Though this initially understated Steinbeck adaptation steers clear of pastiche, a melodromatic second half threatens to veer into parody

Evening Standard

The play that changed my life: ‘Comedians got me the job running the National Theatre’

Our series on theatrical discoveries continues with Trevor Griffiths’ incandescent examination of laughter and prejudice, remembered by the director who first put it on

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Olivier Awards: Full winners list as Nicole Scherzinger’s Sunset Boulevard dominates

Musical picked up seven wins

Evening Standard

London Tide at the National Theatre review: all tension washes away in this leaden Dickens retelling

PJ Harvey’s ceaselessly repetitive songs don’t make their case for being in the show

The Guardian - UK

Olivier awards 2024: complete list of nominations

Sunset Boulevard and Dear England have the most nominations at this year’s awards – see who else is in the running

The Guardian - UK

Olivier’s Othello was always a racially offensive anachronism

Letters: Geoffrey Wheatcroft recalls watching the actor perform as Othello at the National Theatre in 1964, and finding it grotesque

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The Guardian - UK

National Theatre’s War Horse to return to UK stages after five-year absence

Exclusive: Director says he is interested to see response of new audiences at a time of growing instability

The Guardian - UK

Richard Pilbrow obituary

Lighting designer who worked with Laurence Olivier on the construction and design of the National Theatre in London

The Guardian - UK

Motorised mice and hideous death masks: bringing The Witches to life on stage

From mixing 20 shades of pink to not making the witch heads too scary, a behind-the-scenes tour of the National Theatre’s new production reveals the craft that goes into bringing Roald Dahl’s children’s classic to the stage

Evening Standard

Josh Barrie On the Sauce at Forza Wine: a knockout performance at the National Theatre

Funky cocktails, natural wines and snacky Italian food: Forza’s threquel deserves a round of applause

The Guardian - UK

‘We messed with some heads’: Roy Williams on tackling a torn nation in Death of England

As his series co-created with Clint Dyer continues at the National Theatre, the playwright revisits how a Guardian microplay about sport led to a panorama of Britain in tumult

Evening Standard

Harry Styles spotted getting cosy with actress Taylor Russell after actor’s London press night

The pair were seen looking close at the press night of Russell’s new play, The Effect, at the National Theatre

The Independent UK

Joseph Fiennes on playing Gareth Southgate: He has a steel spine

The actor is due to step into the role of the England football manager in a new play at the National Theatre.

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