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Dear England

Tue 11 – Sat 15 Nov 2025
Main Stage, Theatre Royal

EVENT INFORMATION

Evenings: 7.30pm
Matinees: Wed, Fri & Sat 2pm, 
Running time: 2hrs 50mins (including interval)
Audio Described & Captioned perf: Thu 13 Nov, 7.30pm
Recommended: 10+, contains offensive language, strobe lights, bright lights directly focused at the audience and loud noises throughout.

Under 30s tickets available

A co-production with JAS Theatricals.

The National Theatre’s 2024 Olivier Award-winning smash-hit comes to Newcastle 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.

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Booking Dates:
Friends Plus: Mon 24 Mar, 10am
Friends: Fri 28 Mar, 10am
Flexi Priority Pass, Groups and Schools: Tue 1 Apr, 10am
Public: Fri 4 Apr, 10am

★★★★★

‘A theatrical spectacle as uplifting as any England victory’

WhatsOnStage

★★★★★

‘The beautiful game in a beautiful play’

WhatsOnStage

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