National Theatre
Britain's National Theatre is one of the key elements of the South Bank arts complex alongside BFI Southbank and the Royal Festival Hall.
The National Theatre was established in 1963 and was initially based at The Old Vic, moving to its purpose-built home designed by Denys Lasdun in 1976.
The building houses three performance spaces - the Olivier Theatre, the Cottesloe and the Lyttelton. The foyers are regularly used for exhibitions and musical recitals.
Web: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
Open: Foyers open Mon-Sat 9.30am-11pm; Sun 12 noon-6pm
Open: Foyers open Mon-Sat 9.30am-11pm; Sun 12 noon-6pm
Buy tickets for National Theatre online now
Admission FREENews & features about National Theatre
- Southbank Centre and National Theatre open riverside box office (17 May 2012)
- Tablet computers installed in London Eye capsules (25 Jan 2012)
- Shakespeare's Globe defends invitation to Israeli theatre company (13 Jan 2012)
- Cityscapes plans pop-up gardens across SE1 during 2012 (20 Dec 2011)
- Jim Carter presents landscape photography prize at National Theatre (12 Dec 2011)
- Local photographer Steve Hollingshead launches 2012 London calendar (4 Dec 2011)
- Queen Elizabeth Hall and Hayward Gallery on international list of 'endangered' buildings (6 Oct 2011)
- Simon Schama delivers Southwark's John Harvard memorial lecture (6 Sep 2011)
- Festival of Britain's floral bicycle parade recreated on the South Bank (28 Aug 2011)
- Globe Mysteries at Shakespeare's Globe (11 Aug 2011)
- Mint Street Adventure Playground celebrates 40 years (1 Aug 2011)
- Sam Wanamaker Award presented to Glynn MacDonald and Giles Block (15 Jun 2011)
- Royal Wedding celebrated on riverside (29 Apr 2011)
- Elephant & Castle opera designs showcased at Cardiff exhibition (9 Apr 2011)
- Mixed fortunes for SE1 arts organisations as funding cuts are revealed (30 Mar 2011)
- Theatre Uncut at Southwark Playhouse (20 Mar 2011)
- Southwark to seek Olympic host borough status (15 Mar 2011)
- Southwark Cathedral to celebrate King James Bible anniversary (13 Jan 2011)
- National's Cottesloe Theatre to be renamed after Lloyd Dorfman (28 Oct 2010)
- Council vetoes "insensitive" pink paint in Leathermarket Street (27 Oct 2010)
- National Theatre revamp gets the green light from Lambeth (30 Sep 2010)
- Bermondsey actor and artist on opposite sides of pink paint debate (7 Sep 2010)
- Waterloo East Theatre prepares to open its doors (7 Aug 2010)
- Barclays to sponsor TfL cycle hire and superhighways (28 May 2010)
- Historic maps and SE1 panorama at Museum of London (28 May 2010)
Forum discussions about National Theatre
- Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre to endure
- Funny and not so funny comments you have heard tourists make.
- Moving to SE1
- RFH Music Shop Closure
- The Coffee Bean Mobile van between Gabriel's Wharf and National Theatre. (near OXO tower)
- Take a National Theatre backstage tour for £1
- Bookstores in SE1?
- Earth Hour 2009
- The Blue Fin Building- style??? (need to find post-modernist building)
- ethnic minorities - 40 to 50 % of London?
- Lost Tabby, South Bank & The Cut
- Fireworks Tonight
- Concrete classics
- Rollerskating at Hungerford Car Park, Jubilee Gardens
- Southwark Cathedral Shakespeare Window
- Flake £3.50?!?!?!
- Dustin Hoffman filming today...
- If Charles Dickens stood in Potters Fields today....
- Quiet space to write in
- Recommendations for a quiet indoor place in the evenings
Restaurants, pubs & bars close to National Theatre
- Terrace Bar and Food (28 yards)
- Mezzanine Restaurant (28 yards)
- Espresso Bar (104 yards)
- Benugo Bar & Kitchen (116 yards)
- Concrete (156 yards)
- The Riverfront Bar and Kitchen (160 yards)
- Chez Gerard (166 yards)
- Pizza Express (168 yards)
- Royal House Cafe (198 yards)
- Canteen (258 yards)
- The Mulberry Bush (258 yards)
- Film Cafe (260 yards)
- Nando's (262 yards)
- House of Crepes (268 yards)
- Giraffe (272 yards)
- Pieminister (280 yards)