NT Live: Dear England TBC

"★★★★★ – The beautiful game in a beautiful play" – WhatsOnStage

"★★★★★ – Joseph Fiennes mesmerises as Gareth Southgate" – Telegraph

"★★★★ – A big-hearted, technically dazzling celebration of football" – Time Out

The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game?

With the worst track record for penalties in the world, 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.

Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Rupert Goold (Judy) directs this spectacular new play.