The Jungle Book
Press Night: 24th November 2026.
Audio described performances: 19th December 2026 at 1.30pm (touch tour 12 noon), 8th January 2027 at 7pm (touch tour 5.30pm), 30th January 2027 at 1.30pm (touch tour 12 noon).
Captioned performances: 15th December 2026 at 7pm, 20th January 2027 at 7pm.
Relaxed performance: 16th January 2027 at 1.30pm.
Signed performance: 23rd January 2027 at 1.30pm
Captioned glasses are not available for this production.
Filmed performance: 30th November 2026 at 7pm.
Mowgli is growing up among the animals of the Sundarbans mangroves. He must protect them – by discovering who he really is.
Using puppets by Finn Cauldwell and Nick Barnes, Anupama Chandrasekhar adapts Rudyard Kipling’s stories for Indhu Rubasingham to direct.
Note that this is NOT an adaptation of the Disney animated feature film. It is NOT a musical, and also has nothing to do with cakes, exceedingly good or otherwise.
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The monkey advises checking performance times on your tickets and that performances are happening as scheduled, before travelling.
| Run Time: | TBA |
| Monday: | 7pm |
| Tuesday: | 7pm |
| Wednesday: | 7pm |
| Thursday: | 7pm |
| Friday: | 7pm |
| Saturday: | 7pm |
| Sunday: | X |
Notes:
The 7pm performance on 21st November 2026 is replaced by a 3pm performance.
First Saturday 1.30pm performance is on 28th November 2026.
First Wednesday 3pm performance is on 2nd December 2026.
The 7pm performance is replaced by a 6.30pm performance on 8 and 17 December 2026, 5, 12, 28 January 2027 and 2 February 2027.
Venue Box Office & Current Prices
020 3989 5455Venue box office details and show price charts are available on the Olivier Theatre, the National Theatre page.
Availability: Box office discretion
Price: £15 off original price / £20 flat rate for Students, Stage Pass, the unwaged, SOLT, NCA and other theatre union members
Notes: STANDBY: Unsold seats may be available at £15 off the original prices to personal callers at the box office from 1 hour before the performance. This is reduced to a flat rate of £20 each to Students, Stage Pass, the unwaged, SOLT, NCA and other theatre union members. Valid I.D. is required for this concession. This offer does not apply to “sold out” performances where only returned and ‘producer’s use’ tickets are available. FRIDAY RUSH: Every Friday at 1pm, a number of £10 seats are also released online and by phone for the following week’s performances via the National Theatre’s website www.nationaltheatre.org.uk.
Address: Upper Ground, Lambeth, SE1 9PX
Box Office: 020 3989 5455
More details: Seats to buy or avoid at this venue plus travel information and other details can be found on the Olivier Theatre, the National Theatre page
