Some Love Lasts A Lifetime. Some Secrets Do Too.

Six decades, two continents and a heart that wants nothing but to be free. Based on Bernardine Evaristo's acclaimed Booker Prize-winning novel and the BAFTA Award-winning BBC series, Natasha Gordon (Nine Night) brings Mr Loverman to the Lyttelton Theatre at the National Theatre, starring Danny Sapani as Barrington and Gary Beadle as Morris. Directed by Paulette Randall MBE (Doctor Faustus).

Don't miss Mr Loverman at the Lyttelton Theatre at the National Theatre from 25 February to 24 April 2027.

What's The Story?

Barrington Walker has built a life he can be proud of. He's a dapper husband, father, grandfather and well-respected man in his Hackney community. To the outside world, Barry has everything he could want.

But behind closed doors, he's been keeping one very big secret.

For the last 60 years, Barry has been in a secret relationship with his best friend, Morris. As he looks back over six decades of love, family and memories, Barry must finally confront the life he's built and decide whether it's time to stop hiding the truth. Spanning from Antigua to modern-day London, Mr Loverman is a story about what it looks like to have the perfect life on the outside whilst being incomplete on the inside.