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The Playboy of the Western World
Lyttelton - National Theatre
In this collaboration between Irish drama and British theatre, the Abbey Theatre and the National Theatre come together for the revival of the Irish masterpiece about a killer who becomes a folk hero. Starring Irish national treasures like Nicola Coughlan, Éanna Hardwicke, and Siobhán McSweeney, this darkly comic play comes to the National Theatre this winter.
- Opens: Thursday, 4 December 2025
Booking until: Saturday, 28 February 2026
- Playing at: Lyttelton - National Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 28 February 2026
Bacchae
Olivier Theatre (National Theatre)
Euripides’s greatest tragedy gets a bold new revival, filled with music, poetry, and spoken word, where the wild women of the Bacchae take centre-stage to make their voices heard. Bacchae comes to the National Theatre as part of Indhu Rubasingham’s inaugural season.
- Opens: Saturday, 13 September 2025
Booking until: Saturday, 1 November 2025
- Playing at: Olivier Theatre (National Theatre)
- Booking until: Saturday, 1 November 2025
Hamlet
Lyttelton - National Theatre
4.6 21 reviews 4.6 21 reviewsOpening at the National Theatre this autumn, Robert Hastie’s production of Hamlet starring Hiran Abeysekera promises to be a powerful contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s most melancholic revenge tragedy.
- Opens: Thursday, 25 September 2025
Booking until: Saturday, 22 November 2025
- Playing at: Lyttelton - National Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 22 November 2025
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