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Meet our Archive Assistant Apprentice, Nadia.👋   ▪️ For this year's National Apprenticeship Week we shine a spotlight on some of our brilliant apprentices and the impact these career pathways are having on people's professional development.   ▪️ At the National Theatre we recognise the vital importance of investing in skills and education to empower the next generation, sustain the creative workforce and open up career opportunities for young people nationwide.    ▪️ A recent study from Ravensbourne University London found that 75% of 18-25 year-olds want to work in creative sectors, but 42% say it’s too hard to find entry-level opportunities. So, investing in skills and training for young people now is vital to sustain and support the pipeline of talent into the creative industries.    It's great to have you with us, Nadia! #creativecareers #NAW2025 #apprenticeship #skills

📢 Join the NT team!     We are currently recruiting for a series of exciting jobs that will contribute to our mission to celebrate stories from different cultures, connect communities, prepare the next generation with skills for life, and push the boundaries of what theatre can do in today’s world.     👉 Check out our current vacancies here: https://lnkd.in/eq8XMDph

This week we are proud to support National Apprenticeship Week! 🌟 🔸Whether you’re growing your business, changing your career or just starting out, it all starts with skills. So, this year’s theme of ‘Skills for Life’ perfectly aligns with our commitment here at the NT to supercharging specialist skills needed to nurture the next generation of theatre-makers. 🔸As the largest factory in London and a skills incubator for the creative industries, we have been training apprentices since 2011, with 90% going on to be employed within the sector. This forms part of our National Theatre Skills Centre which aims to address skills gaps across the sector and widen career pathways, offering resources, specialist training and professional development for over 5,000 people each year. 🔸But our work doesn’t stop here. We are excited to be working with Royal Ballet and Opera and other leading theatres across the country to develop new apprenticeship standards. These are designed to ease skills shortages in the theatre sector and give more young people the opportunity to learn hands-on, transferable skills that benefit the UK’s whole creative industry. 👉 To find out more about these exciting new apprenticeships, visit: https://bit.ly/3CUQv1t #creativecareers #NAW2025 #apprenticeship #skills 📷Cameron Slater

Thrilled to reveal a first look of our new nationwide secondary schools tour of 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙚𝙛𝙩𝘽𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨. 💫 🔹Co-created by Bristol playwright Ross Willis and director Ned Bennett, The LeftBehinds is set in a post-apocalyptic future as it follows a high-octane quest as The LeftBehinds race across a desolate wasteland to rebuild an android, unlock its power and save the planet. 🔹We are super excited to share this brilliant production with 10,000 young people across a 11-week-long tour across England in partnership with local arts organisations through the Theatre Nation Partnership network. 🔹We are also working with local schools on interactive workshops exploring theatre-making and teachers receive accompanying education resources to help embed the show into the wider curriculum. 👉 For more info about the show, visit https://bit.ly/3CCycOE 📷 @Alex Brenner #YouthTheatre #TheatreTouring

📢 Join the NT team! We are currently recruiting for a series of exciting jobs that will help us spark imagination and bring people together through the magic of theatre. 👉 Check out our current vacancies here: https://lnkd.in/eq8XMDph

A big milestone for making theatre more sustainable! 🎭 We are proud to have jointly led the creation and implementation of the pioneering Theatre Green Book which is now being adopted by cultural organisations around the world.   ✅ Last year we achieved the Theatre Green Book Basic Standard, meaning that in at least two-thirds of our productions, over 50% of the materials used on stage come from reused sources, and more than 65% will have a future life. ✅ The achievement also recognises the work we’ve been doing to foster a culture of sustainability amongst all our teams, including the development of comprehensive sustainability plans for areas such as food and drink, waste management, and building and energy efficiency. ✅ A key focus for us over the coming months is building our stocks of modular and reusable scenic elements to boost our reuse even further and to offer more resources to the creative teams we work with. Find out more about:  👉 our sustainability work: https://bit.ly/3EkNB6Q   👉 Theatre Green Book: https://bit.ly/3PXhDzP

CASTING ANNOUNCEMENT 📢 Today we're unveiling further casting for the return of our smash-hit play Dear England by James Graham and directed by Rupert Goold. ⚽ Dear England is an epic examination of nation and game, which has been updated following the 2024 UEFA EURO tournament to reflect Gareth Southgate’s final chapter as England manager. Liz White will play the role of Pippa Grange, sports psychologist and Head of People and Team Development at The Football Association from 2017 – 2019, joining previously announced cast member Gwilym Lee who will play the role of Gareth Southgate. The cast also includes performers Josh Barrow, Gunnar Cauthery, Tony Turner, John Hodgkinson, Ryan Whittle, Matt Bardock, Jude Carmichael, Gamba Cole, Ryan Donaldson, Felixe Forde, Kadell Herida, Joshua Hill, Martin Marquez, Tane Siah, Tristan Waterson, Jass Beki, Courtney George, Will Harrison-Wallace, Jordan Ford Silver, Philip Labey and Ellouise Shakespeare-Hart. 📍 We can’t wait to stage another exciting run of Dear England in the Olivier theatre from 10 March to 24 May, followed by a 4-week run at the Lowry in Salford from 29 May to 29 June. 👉 For more info and to read about the full cast, visit: https://bit.ly/4jDcieA

On Saturday we said a heartfelt farewell to our joyful production of The Importance of Being Earnest. 🩷   Take a peek behind the scenes of the NT's costume department with Set and Costume Designer Rae Smith and Freelance Assistant Supervisor Mariama Bojang discussing how they created the iconic pink dress for Algernon Moncreiff, played by the dazzling Ncuti Gatwa. 👉 To watch the full episode: https://bit.ly/42v23mr   🎞️ Missed the show? The Importance of Being Earnest will be available to watch in cinemas with National Theatre Live from 20 February. To find your local screening, visit: https://bit.ly/4aQM4BH

Yesterday, we published the findings from Scene Change, a major sector-wide study providing a ‘behind the curtain’ look at performing arts business models - how they operate, the value they deliver, and the challenges they face. 🎭    ▪️140 organisations were part of this research, and 92% of them said that undertaking business innovation was important to their organisation’s future. The report sets out seven practical recommendations - two led by the sector, two led by our partners and three led by policymakers - that address their challenges and that will help our sector to create even more value.   ▪️What better way to launch this report with a thought-provoking panel discussion featuring Doreen Foster (Director at Warwick Arts Centre), Dame Caroline Dinenage MP DBE (Chair of the Culture, Media, and Sport Committee), Amy Vaughan (one of the report authors and Executive Director & Deputy CEO of Battersea Arts Centre), Sir Damon Buffini (Chair of the NT Board), and our very own Kate Varah (Executive Director and Co-CEO at the NT), discussing how we can create a more resilient and sustainable future for the performing arts.    ▪️Also, a big thank you to our two other report authors John Knell and Eliza Easton, the brilliant members of our advisory group and research network members, and to those 140 performing arts leaders who shared their data, experiences and ideas with us.     👉 To find out more about the research, please visit: bit.ly/409DBo2 📷 Lucian Koncz / @capturedbylucian  #scenechangereport

📢 SHOWS ANNOUNCEMENT We're excited to share further details for 4 previously announced shows, in what will be Director Rufus Norris’ final season. They are all world premieres telling bold new stories on our stages.🎭 📍 Inter Alia (July 2025)  Rosamund Pike, Jamie Glover and Jasper Talbot will make their National Theatre debuts, in a play written by Suzie Miller and directed by Justin Martin as they reunite following their global phenomenon, Prima Facie, with this searing examination of modern masculinity and motherhood. 📍 The Estate (July 2025) BAFTA winner Adeel Akhtar is Angad in this razor-sharp exploration of family, power and the lies we tell about ourselves. The debut play by Shaan Sahota is directed by Daniel Raggett. 📍 The Land of the Living (September 2025)   Juliet Stevenson is joined by Tom Wlaschiha in this remarkable and timely new play by David Lan, former Artistic Director of the Young Vic, exploring the shapeshifting nature of memory and morality. Directed by Stephen Daldry. 📍 End (November 2025)  Announced today, Clive Owen and Saskia Reeves play husband and wife in End, the final play in David Eldridge's trilogy exploring love and relationships. Directed by Lyric Hammersmith Theatre Artistic Director, Rachel O'Riordan. Tickets will go on sale to the public on 6 February 2025. 👉 More info found here: https://bit.ly/3Cj2t4Y 📷 Julian Andrews / Oliver Kingsley / Sarah Cresswell