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NOW ON A MAJOR NATIONAL TOUR UNTIL MARCH 2026 | COMING TO A VENUE NEAR YOU
The National Theatre’s Olivier Award-winning smash hit is now on a major 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 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.
Football and non-football fans alike will be brought to their feet in this joyous, five-star ‘new stage epic’ (Telegraph). From multi award-winning writer James Graham (Sherwood, BBC) and director Rupert Goold (Patriots, Cold War), Dear England tells the uplifting, at times heartbreaking, and ultimately inspiring story of Gareth Southgate’s revolutionary tenure as England manager.
David Sturzaker (Doctors, BBC) plays former England manager Gareth Southgate in this gripping examination of nation and game. He is joined by stage and screen actress Samantha Womack (Eastenders, BBC; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) as team psychologist Pippa Grange.
TOUR DATES
CANTERBURY
MARLOWE THEATRE
TUESDAY 7 OCTOBER – SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER
SHEFFIELD
LYCEUM THEATRE
TUESDAY 21 OCTOBER – SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER
LEEDS
GRAND THEATRE
TUESDAY 4 NOVEMBER – SATURDAY 8 NOVEMBER
NEWCASTLE
THEATRE ROYAL
TUESDAY 11 NOVEMBER – SATURDAY 15 NOVEMBER
CHICHESTER
FESTIVAL THEATRE
THURSDAY 20 NOVEMBER – SATURDAY 29 NOVEMBER
SOUTHAMPTON
MAYFLOWER THEATRE
TUESDAY 13 JANUARY – SATURDAY 17 JANUARY 2026
MILTON KEYNES
MILTON KEYNES THEATRE
TUESDAY 20 JANUARY – SATURDAY 24 JANUARY 2026
OXFORD
NEW THEATRE OXFORD
TUESDAY 27 JANUARY – SATURDAY 31 JANUARY 2026
NORWICH
THEATRE ROYAL
TUESDAY 3 FEBRUARY – SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2026
WOKING
NEW VICTORIA THEATRE
TUESDAY 10 FEBRUARY – SATURDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2026
BRADFORD
ALHAMBRA THEATRE
TUESDAY 17 FEBRUARY – SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2026
WIMBLEDON
NEW WIMBLEDON THEATRE
TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY – SATURDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2026
LIVERPOOL
LIVERPOOL EMPIRE
TUESDAY 3 MARCH – SATURDAY 7 MARCH 2026
BIRMINGHAM
BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME
TUESDAY 10 MARCH – SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2026
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Photography by Marc Brenner