Do more: Support the creation of unforgettable stories
Stories Start Here is the National Theatre’s most ambitious fundraising campaign, aiming to transform our backstage facilities and power the creation of unforgettable stories.
Please support us to make sure these stories can be shared with millions - on stages, screens and in classrooms around the world.
Rent our plays
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Life of Pi (Rent)
6 videos
Puppetry, magic and storytelling combine in a unique, Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of the best-selling novel.
After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, a 16-year-old boy named Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with four other survivors – a hyena, a zebra, an orangu...
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The Other Place
5 videos
Two sisters reunite on the anniversary of the death of their father.
Their uncle has remodelled their family home, in an attempt at a fresh start. But one sister’s sudden reappearance threatens to shatter this fragile idyll as she demands justice for the pain she carries.
Amid the debris and ...
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Death of England :Closing Time
5 videos
There are two sides to every story.
Grieving the loss of the family shop with their dreams destroyed, Denise and daughter-in-law Carly are left to pick up the pieces of their relatives’ mistakes.
Sharon Duncan-Brewster and Erin Doherty play Denise and Carly in this thought-provoking drama tha...