Double Feature
18 July – 10 Sept
A summer of new plays.
Two double bills of four new plays performed in a pop-up performance environment at the National Theatre.
Ticket Information
All tickets £20. Suitable for 15yrs+
Box Office 020 7452 3000.
No booking fee.
Day Tickets are also available from the Box Office, on the performance day from 9.30am. Subject to availability.
16-25 years old? Join Entry Pass online and get access to £5 tickets.
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/entrypass
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Waterloo, Southwark, Embankment
National Theatre, South Bank, SE1 9PX
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18 July – 10 Sept
A summer of new plays
‘Sharp, funny and fizzing with invention.’ The Times
Four world premieres by four exciting writers, performed in The Paintframe at the National Theatre. This summer, for the first and only time, this space will be transformed into an extraordinary pop-up performance environment.
Presented in two double bills, a single group of performers and theatre-makers deliver these funny, scary and moving plays for today. Follow this unique journey from workshop space to performance environment on our blog.
Double Feature 1 is now sold out. Tickets are still available for Double Feature 2.
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Hear what audiences think of the four plays in The Paintframe.
Double Feature Reviews
‘Sharp, funny and fizzing with invention.’ The Times
‘Double Feature a quartet of freshly-minted plays.’ Evening Standard
‘An ingenious piece of theatrical double-play.’ Metro
(Double Feature 1: Edgar and Annabel)
‘A savvy, worldly piece about deception and loyalty.’ Evening Standard
(Double Feature 1: The Swan)
‘A marvelously incisive metaphor for the strains in second-generation identity.’ Independent (Double Feature 2: Nightwatchman)
‘Sharp, satire with an irresistibly silly strain.’ Financial Times
(Double Feature 2: There Is A War)
Read the full set of reviews for Double Feature. Tickets are still available.
Book your tickets online now: Double Feature 1: Edgar & Annabel / The Swan and Double Feature 2: Nightwatchman / There Is A War
Double Feature Reviews continued.
Read the Double Feature reviews online so far…
- Guardian
- Evening Standard
- Arts Desk
- Official London Theatre
- New York Times
- Exeunt
- Matt Trueman blog
- The Arts Desk
- The Stage: Double Feature 1
- The Stage: Double Feature 2
- A Younger Theatre: Double Feature 1
- A Younger Theatre: Double Feature 2
- British Theatre Guide: Edgar & Annabel
- British Theatre Guide: The Swan
- British Theatre Guide: Nightwatchman
- British Theatre Guide: There Is A War
Book your tickets online now: Double Feature 1: Edgar & Annabel / The Swan and Double Feature 2: Nightwatchman / There Is A War
Entry Pass Reviews
Four lucky winners had the chance to review Double Feature. Read what they had to say about these exciting new plays.
Double Feature 1
Double Feature 2
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Watch the transformation of The Paintframe from workshop space to pop-up performance space.
Aged 16-25? Join Entry Pass for FREE and get £5 tickets for Double Feature.
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• £5 theatre tickets
• Professional workshops
• Discounts
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CHECK OUT THE PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS FROM There Is A War
By Tom Basden, Directed by Lyndsey Turner
Image 1 - There Is A War set
Image 2 - Trevor Cooper (Father Michael), Phoebe Fox (Anne)
Image 3 - Richard Goulding (John)
Image 4 - The Band
Image 5 - Damian O’Hare (Colonel Huggins), Phoebe Fox (Anne), Tom Basden (Martin), Richard Hope (Field Comm.Goodman), Trevor Cooper (Big Dave)
Image 6 -Tom Basden (Martin), Damian O’Hare (Colonel Huggins), Phoebe Fox (Anne)
Image 7 -Trystan Gravelle (Theo), Matthew Needham (Griff), Claire-Louise Cordwell (Joy)
Image 8 - Oliver Birch (Murray)
Image 9 - Sharon Duncan-Brewster (Kate), Phoebe Fox (Anne), Damian O’Hare (Luke)
Photographs by Johan Persson
CHECK OUT THE PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS FROM The Swan
By DC Moore, Directed by Polly Findlay.
Image 1 -Claire-Louise Cordwell (Grace)
Image 2 - Claire-Louise Cordwell (Grace)
Image 3 - Trevor Cooper (Jim)
Image 4 - Richard Hope (Russell)
Image 5 - Trevor Cooper (Jim)
Image 6 - Trevor Cooper (Jim)
Image 7 - Trevor Cooper (Jim), Nitin Kundra (Bradwell), Richard Hope (Russell)
Image 8 - Trevor Cooper (Jim), Nitin Kundra (Bradwell), Richard Hope (Russell)
Image 9 - Pippa Bennet-Warner (Denise), Trevor Cooper (Jim)
Image 10 - Sharon Duncan-Brewster (Christine)
Photographs by Johan Persson
Check out the production photographs from EDGAR AND ANNABEL By Sam Holcroft, Directed by Lyndsey Turner.
Image 1 - Kirsty Bushell (Marianne), Damian O’Hare (Miller), Trystan Gravelle (Nick)
Image 2 - Kirsty Bushell (Marianne), Damian O’Hare (Miller)
Image 3 - Trystan Gravelle (Nick), Kirsty Bushell (Marianne)
Image 4 - Trystan Gravelle (Nick), Kirsty Bushell (Marianne), Tom Basden (Marc), Karina Fernandez (Tara)
Image 5 - Trystan Gravelle (Nick), Kirsty Bushell (Marianne), Karina Fernandez (Tara), Tom Basden (Marc)
Image 6 - Kirsty Bushell (Marianne), Trystan Gravelle (Nick)
Image 7 - Richard Goulding (Anthony), Kirsty Bushell (Marianne)
Image 8 - Richard Goulding (Anthony), Kirsty Bushell (Marianne)
Photographs by Johan Persson
CHECK OUT THE PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS FROM Nightwathcman
By Prasanna Puwanarajah, directed by Polly Findlay
All images: Stephanie Street (Abirami)
Photographs by Johan Persson
‘The South Bank’s mini-fringe…
Four young playwrights are using a backstage space in Britain’s best known theatre to present daring work to the public.’
Read full article on Double Feature and what the four playwrights have to say…
Book your tickets online now: Double Feature 1: Edgar & Annabel / The Swan and Double Feature 2: Nightwatchman / There Is A War
Ben Power writes about the National Theatre’s new pop-up performance space, The Paintframe.
Book now to see Double Feature, two double-bills of new plays performed in The Paintframe. Double Feature 1: Edgar & Annabel / The Swan and Double Feature 2: Nightwatchman / There Is A War
