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The Last Wild tour announced 🦌🎭
Posted on May 13, 2026
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.