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Rutherford and Son

A piercing look at power and family.

Roger Allam (Les Misérables, The Thick of It) returns to the National for the first time in a decade to play Rutherford in this new production directed by Polly Findlay (Beginning).

In a Northern industrial town, John Rutherford rules both factory and family with an iron will. But even as the furnaces burn relentlessly at the Glassworks, at home his children begin to turn against him.

Githa Sowerby’s astonishing play was inspired by her own experience of growing up in a family-run factory in Gateshead. Writing in 1912, when female voices were seldom heard on British stages, she now claims her place alongside Ibsen and Bernard Shaw with this searing depiction of class, gender and generational warfare.

Performance Times

Now taking bookings for performances up until Wed 31st July 2019.

Show times for each day are below.

Mon

7.30pm

Tue

2.15pm
7.30pm

Wed

2.15pm
7.30pm

Thu

7.30pm

Fri

7.30pm

Sat

2.15pm
7.30pm

Sun

-

Lyttelton Theatre, National Details

Buses Icon Bus routes: (Waterloo Road) 1, 4, 26, 59, 68, 76, 139, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 243, 341, 521, RV1, X68

Night Buses Icon Night buses: (Waterloo Road) 139, 176, 188, 243, 341, N1, N68, N76, N171, N343

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Facilities at Lyttelton Theatre, National

Air conditioned

Bar

Disabled toilets

Infrared hearing loop

Toilets

Wheelchair accessible

Lyttelton Theatre, National Location

South Bank, London, SE1 9PX
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