Samira
Dorfman Theatre
National Theatre, South Bank, London, SE1 9PX
National Theatre, South Bank, London, SE1 9PX
Running Time
TBC
Running Since
Thu, 4 February 2027
Booking Until Sat, 13 March 2027
| Monday | - | 19:30 | - |
| Tuesday | - | 19:30 | - |
| Wednesday | 14:30 | 19:30 | - |
| Thursday | - | 19:30 | - |
| Friday | - | 19:30 | - |
| Saturday | 14:30 | 19:30 | - |
| Sunday | - | - | - |
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More about Samira
Sometimes only the truth can save us.
2011, Damascus. As protests flood the streets, Samira stands at the heart of a movement demanding change. Charismatic, radical and fiercely funny, she shares an unfiltered account of events as they unfold.
Thousands of miles away, a group of London academics follow her story, captivated by a revolution in real time.
Then she disappears…
Thrilling, funny and provocative, Samira is a new play by Carmen Nasr (Under the Shadow), directed by Emily Burns (Dear Octopus), with a cast including May Calamawy (Moon Knight), Joshua McGuire (Anatomy of a Scandal) and Sirine Saba (Phaedra).
For assisted performances, please book directly through the National Theatre.
Dorfman Theatre
National Theatre, South Bank, London, SE1 9PX
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.
