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Dorfman - National Theatre
- Opens: Tuesday, 25 November 2025 -
Booking until: Friday, 16 January 2026
End description
End stars Clive Owen and Saskia Reeves, a stellar cast telling a moving, funny story.
End follows on from the critically acclaimed Beginning and Middle, the last in a series of three plays by David Eldridge exploring love and relationships.
In this final production of National Theatre Director Rufus Norris' Dorfman programme, we meet Julie and Alfie. Their love story has been a beautiful mix of music, laughter and heartache, a life well-lived. But everyone's story has a final chapter and Alfie and Julies' is coming to a close. So, one early June morning, they decide to write their own ending.
Clive Owen (Closer) plays Alfie and Saskia Reeves (Slow Horses) plays Julie in this lovely play full of humour and warmth. Both actors are household names, well on the way to becoming national treasures, each with an enormous volume of work under their belts on stage, screen, and TV.
Lyric Hammersmith Theatre Artistic Director Rachel O'Riordan (Romeo and Julie) directs David Eldridge's play. The Set and Costume Designer is Gary McCann, the Lighting Designer is Sally Ferguson and the Sound Designer is Donato Wharton. The Intimacy Director is Bethan Clark, the Casting Director is Alastair Coomer CDG and the Dialect Coach is Patricia Logue. Associate Sound Designer Nick Mann and Staff Director Philip J Morris complete the creative team.
Two top British actors plus a touching story from a top class playwright make End tickets a sure-fire choice if you love being moved by great theatre.
