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The National Theatre has announced new productions for all three South Bank stages this summer: Alan Bleasdale’s Boys from the Blackstuff and Mnemonic in the Olivier theatre and The Grapes of Wrath in the Lyttelton theatre, alongside the previously announced The Hot Wing King in the Dorfman theatre.
The Rumble in the Jungle represented a hugely important moment in Black History. The fight was much more than a boxing match; it was one of the first major sporting events to be hosted in Africa, organised by Don King, with a record amount of prize money going to the two fighters, the undefeated and
Moonlight writer Tarell Alvin McCraney’s elite school drama hits all the right notes; Marina Carr’s intense Irish play finds its ideal director. Plus, notes on an 1889 scandal…
Nancy Medina directs Tarell Alvin McCraney’s play, which begins a four week run on October 12
Alan Bleasdale’s 80s TV classic about jobless workers hits home in James Graham’s adaptation; Andrew Scott is not alone in his one-man Chekhov; and Lynn Nottage adds imagination to a tale of ivory smuggling