We all have a nationality.
Or almost all of us.
Status is a show about someone who doesn’t want his any more. About running away from the national story you’re given.

“tender, sensual and exquisite” Anna Mortimer

Challenging a youth to turn down his music, Irene Sparrow, finds herself under suspicion of murder after the train emerges from a tunnel with the young man dead.

Welcome to the Caribbean. Where the sun is hot and the living is uneasy.

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly. I don’t know why she swallowed a fly…
But The People’s Theatre Company do!

“Are we the same person? If not, why not? If so, can either of us bear it?”

Featuring a Tony Award-winning performance from host of the The Late Late Show, James Corden, the hilarious West End and Broadway hit One Man, Two Guvnors returns to cinemas to mark National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday.

The Testaments, Margaret Atwood’s highly anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, is revealed.

This exciting Metallica gig with S&M2 will be screened in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the S&M concerts and album release!

In and Out of Chekhov’s shorts is an exhilarating, fun and accessible romp through some of the best of Chekhov’s short stories

Sexual intrigue, jealousy, wit, anger… and retribution!

An inspired contemporary re-telling of Wilde’s Dorian Gray, exploring male vanity, gym culture, masculinity and body dysmorphia.

A feuding fairy King and Queen of the forest cross paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of actors trying to rehearse a play.

Being a slug is hard. Everyone thinks you’re disgusting.

Royal Opera favourite Bryn Terfel heads the cast for this new production of Donizetti’s comedy of domestic drama across two generations.

Leonardo da Vinci is acclaimed as the world’s favourite artist.

Join us for a special All Hallows Eve-Eve screening of Robert Wiene’s classic horror…

Watch out! There’s a Snatcher about!

Since she first rose to the surface of the art scene she’s been creating ripples far and wide

Hurried along by relentless content, stricken by disasters and facing problems varying vastly in scale, how do we know where to focus?

Take a journey into the curious, unexpected, and downright surreal origins of the words we use every day.

An outlandish trip through the mind of one of literature’s most influential imaginations.

From The Royal Ballet’s classical origins in the works of Marius Petipa, to the home-grown choreographers who put British ballet on the world stage, this mixed programme highlights the versatility of the Company.

Don’t miss this witty and devastating portrait of the governing class.

Morgan & West present captivating chemistry, phenomenal physics, and bonkers biology in this fun for all the family science extravaganza!

Matthew Warchus directs Andrew Scott (BBC’s Sherlock, Fleabag) in Noël Coward’s provocative comedy Present Laughter.

Join The Knotted Project & Hawk Dance Theatre on our interactive icy adventure for ages 4+ and their families!

A classic returns to The Royal Ballet repertory with Ninette de Valois’ charming and funny Coppélia – a story of love, mischief and mechanical dolls.

The Royal Ballet’s glorious production of The Nutcracker, created by Peter Wright in 1984, is the production par excellence of an all-time ballet favourite.

Creating a sense of the fireside in the theatre.

One of the most celebrated painters of our time, Lucian Freud is also one of very few 20th-century artists who portrayed themselves with such consistency.

This production of The Sleeping Beauty has been delighting audiences in Covent Garden since 1946. A classic of Russian ballet, it established The Royal Ballet both in its new home after World War II and as a world-class company.

Puccini’s opera of young love in 19th-century Paris is packed with beautiful music, including lyrical arias, celebratory choruses for Act II’s evocation of Christmas Eve in the Latin Quarter and a poignant final scene over which the composer himself wept.

Dante’s Divine Comedy is an epic journey through the afterlife: it encompasses the horrifying drama of Inferno and its damned, the lyrical mysticism of pilgrims on mount Purgatorio and the dazzling spheres of Paradiso with their endless configurations of light.

Strauss’s thrilling and audacious adaptation of Greek tragedy receives a new staging by the award-winning director Christof Loy.

“I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality” Frida Kahlo