25 June 2025
September 2025 will see six National Theatre performances launch exclusively on Bloomsbury‘s Drama Online. This new set of plays features Sharon D. Clarke, Ncuti Gatwa, Michael Sheen, Hugh Skinner, Giles Terera, Samira Wiley and many more. Watch the collection trailer.
These films take the total number of National Theatre productions available to watch on Drama Online to 76.
The plays launching this September are:
The Importance of Being Earnest
Max Webster directs a joyful and flamboyant reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy. Olivier Award-winner Sharon D. Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa and Hugh Skinner in this hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance.
Blues for an Alabama Sky
New York, 1930. Following a decade of creative explosion, the Harlem Renaissance is starting to feel the bite of the Great Depression. In the face of hardship and dwindling opportunity, Angel and her friends battle to keep their artistic dreams alive.
The Boy with Two Hearts
After speaking out against the Taliban, a young family are forced to flee their country. Embarking on a long and terrifying journey they seek final refuge in the UK. But, as their eldest son’s life-threatening heart condition worsens, their escape becomes a race against time.
Ballet Shoes
In a crumbling house full of dinosaur bones and fossils, three adopted sisters – Pauline, Petrova and Posy – are learning who they are and what they want to be. Noel Streatfeild’s beloved novel is brought back to the Olivier Stage in this new version by Kendall Feaver.
Kin
This powerful piece by acclaimed physical theatre company Gecko is a provocative story of desperation, compassion and acceptance, inspired by the migration stories of Gecko’s international performers and the extraordinary voyage Leah undertook as a young child.
Nye
Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan, often referred to as the politician with greatest influence on the UK without ever having been Prime Minister. Nye’s deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey through his life, from childhood to mining, to Parliament and fights with Churchill, in an epic Welsh fantasia.
We are very pleased to offer these latest National Theatre titles exclusively on the Drama Online platform, further cementing Bloomsbury’s partnership with the renowned National Theatre. Drama Online occupies a pre-eminent place in the educational market for theatre and literary studies, underpinned by the wealth of content from Bloomsbury’s prestigious Arden Shakespeare and Methuen Drama lists as well as existing partnerships with world-leading theatre producers from the National Theatre to the Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare’s Globe. It is the only resource to combine exclusively available playtext content and scholarly publications from the world’s leading drama publisher with filmed live performances, film adaptations and audio plays.