Dear England
The National Theatre’s 2024 Olivier Award-winning smash-hit comes to Canterbury in a highly anticipated national tour.
It’s time to change the game. The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. The England men’s team has the worst track record for penalties in the world, and new manager Gareth Southgate knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt to take team and country back to the promised land.
From multi award-winning writer James Graham (Sherwood, BBC) and director Rupert Goold (Patriots, Cold War), this five-star “new stage epic” (Telegraph) tells the uplifting, at times heartbreaking, and ultimately inspiring story of Gareth Southgate’s revolutionary tenure as England manager in this gripping examination of nation and game.
A co-production with JAS Theatricals.
Recommended 10yrs+
Please note this is a fictionalised account of the struggles and successes of England’s football teams, based on extensive research and interviews. It features characters inspired by some real-life individuals, and some composite characters entirely imagined by the author.
There will be a free touch tour before our audio described evening performance on Saturday 11 October. This event is for blind and partially sighted customers, it provides audio described performance bookers an opportunity to immerse in the world presented on stage by touching parts of the set, props and costumes. Please contact our Box Office to book.
