National Theatre

London's concrete stages

The National Theatre is Britain's flagship publicly funded theater company, based on London's South Bank since 1976.

It stages a repertoire of classic and contemporary plays across multiple auditoriums.

Other countries have their own national theatres serving similar functions as state-supported showcases for dramatic arts.

We saw a brilliant production at the National Theatre.

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