The Authenticator Tickets

Dorfman Theatre
National Theatre, South Bank, London, SE1 9PX

Running Time TBC

Running Since Thu, 26 March 2026

Booking Until Sat, 9 May 2026

Monday	-	19:30
Tuesday	-	19:30
Wednesday	-	19:30
Thursday	-	19:30
Friday	-	19:30
Saturday	14:30	19:30
Sunday	-	-

Upcoming Performances

Today is Wed, 8 April 2026

09 Apr 26 18:30 10 Apr 26 19:30 11 Apr 26 14:30 11 Apr 26 19:30 13 Apr 26 19:30 14 Apr 26 19:30

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More about The Authenticator

Soon after inheriting her family's stately home, eccentric artist Fenella Harford discovers a stash of hidden diaries and enlists a young academic, Marva, to confirm their authenticity.

Joined by Marva’s brilliant but overlooked mentor, Abi, the three women come together to seek the truth, soon realising that secrets at the heart of Harford Hall were darker than they could have imagined.

A gripping gothic psychological thriller, The Authenticator reunites writer Winsome Pinnock (Leave Taking) with director Miranda Cromwell (Death of a Salesman) following their acclaimed production, Rockets and Blue Lights.

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Dorfman Theatre

National Theatre, South Bank, London, SE1 9PX

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The Dorfman Theatre (formerly the Cottesloe Theatre) is the smallest and most flexible of the National Theatre auditoriums. It is a rectangular room, which can hold up to 450 people.

There are three levels in the Dorfman auditorium; the Pit, the Circle and the Gallery:

The Pit has a flexible seating system that can be raised and lowered in minutes, to either a steep or shallow rake format; or the seats can be folded away completely to become a flat floor.

Performances can be staged in a conventional format with the stage at one end; in “traverse”, where the seating is in two banks facing each other, lengthways or across the space; or in-the-round, with the stage surrounded on all sides by the seating.

The Circle and Gallery levels are on three sides of the room, looking down on the Pit and stage. These are fixed and are reminiscent of the inn-yards that were used as performance areas before Shakespeare’s era.