Monday, 26 October, 2020, 12:18
Following Death of England: Delroy and Dick Whittington, Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart will be the first show to open at the National Theatre in 2021. Performances will begin in February 2021, and will be staged in-the-round.
First performed in 1985, The Normal Heart deals with the rise of HIV/AIDs in New York City in the early eighties. Kramer’s autobiographical play transferred to London’s Royal Court the following year, with Martin Sheen as Ned Weeks. The production...