23:30, Thu 31st July – Tue 5th August 2025 at Haymarket Theatre
20:45, Thu 7th – Tue 12th August 2025 at Haymarket Theatre
21:00, Thu 14th – Tue 19th August 2025 at Haymarket Theatre
Summer Vacation

Nathan the Wise is a play published by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing in 1779. It is a fervent plea for religious tolerance. Its performance was forbidden by the church during Lessing's lifetime; it was first performed in 1783 in Berlin. In 1922 it was adapted into a silent film of the same title.
Set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade, it describes how the wise Jewish merchant Nathan, the enlightened sultan Saladin, and the Templar bridge their gaps between Judaism, Islam and Christianity. Its major themes are friendship, tolerance, relativism of God, a rejection of miracles and a need for communication.