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The Last Wild tour announced 🦌🎭

Today, the National Theatre launched National Theatre Nationwide: a new landmark partnership with 12 leading theatres in all nine regions of England dedicated to ensuring parity of access to art and culture, enriching people’s lives – wherever they live.

This includes original and annual National Theatre-commissioned tours for schools, offering children and young people vital first encounters with curriculum-relevant theatre.

In partnership with the Unicorn Theatre, The Last Wild will visit 7 partners nationwide in 2027. Directed by Rachel Bagshaw and adapted by Jude Christian from the award-winning eco-thriller.

The partnership proudly brings together the expertise and reach of theatres across England to address this. Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, Birmingham Hippodrome, Leeds Heritage Theatres, Curve, Leicester, Lowry in Salford, Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury, Newcastle Theatre Royal, Norwich Theatre, Sheffield Theatres, Southampton Mayflower, Theatre Royal Plymouth and Theatre Royal, Nottingham join together to form a new network with the National Theatre.

Tickets are on sale now via the Unicorn Theatre.

The Last Wild – the play!

Delighted to announce that The Last Wild is going to be a play,  in a new version for primary school audiences, adapted by Jude Christian from the award-winning novel by Piers Torday, will be directed by the Unicorn Theatre’s Artistic Director and former Peter Hall Associate, Rachel Bagshaw, in a co-production with The National Theatre.

Opening at the Unicorn Theatre in February 2027, the production will tour to venues and schools in areas across England, doubling the reach of previous National Theatre primary tours.

For more details see the full announcement by The National Theatre here.