London's National Theatre has revealed its programming for 2026, and it features an array of world-class talent and titles.

The 2026 season will include the National Theatre debut of Golden Globe winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve), who will perform alongside Paul Chahidi (The Night Manager) and Abigail Cruttenden (Ragdoll) in a refreshed contemporary-verse adaptation of Molière’s The Misanthrope from Martin Crimp (Cyrano de Bergerac). Directed by Indhu Rubasingham (Bacchae), this new version of Molière's dark comedy will begin performances in the Lyttelton in June. 

Also in the spring, Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) will direct Lesley Manville (Oedipus, Phantom Thread) and Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a new staging of Christopher Hampton’s (The Father) celebrated adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos’ classic novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses. The piece will play the Lyttelton prior to The Misanthrope, beginning in March and continuing through June.

In August, director and adapter Benedict Andrews (A Streetcar Named Desire) has assembled a stellar cast for his National Theatre debut, including Oscar winner Cate Blanchett (The Seagull) and Nina Hoss (Hedda), who will reunite following their celebrated performances in the critically acclaimed film Tár, alongside Ella Lily Hyland (Black Doves) in the world premiere of Electra / Persona. Performed on the Lyttelton stage, with music from Oscar-winning composer Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker), the new play is based on both Sophocles’ story of Electra from Greek mythology and Ingmar Bergman’s celebrated 1966 film Persona. Creating a charged dialogue that spans over 2000 years between the ancient and the modern, the production will interrogate the inner life of an actress, and query how grief can make us strangers to ourselves.

Aliyah Odoffin (All My Sons), Wilf Scolding (Andor), Ashley Thomas (Hostage), and Lorraine Toussaint (Orange is the New Black) will join Letitia Wright (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) in the previously announced revival of Tracey Scott Wilson’s adrenaline-fueled newsroom thriller The Story, directed by National Theatre Associate Artist Clint Dyer. Beginning performances in August on the Olivier stage, the cast also includes Tee Arnold (The Prince), Donna Augustin (St Marks), Antonia Bernath (Downton Abbey), Linseigh Green (The Drifter’s Girl), Jay Simpson (Black Mirror) and Unique Spencer (Top Boy). Further casting to be announced.

For additional productions, including the return of War Horse, a new production of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Tiago Rodrigues' Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists, and more, visit NationalTheatre.com.