Priority booking opens tomorrow for the spring and summer season at the National Theatre. It includes Simon Russell Beale directed by Nicholas Hytner in Shakespeare's Timon of Athens at the Olivier Theatre (opens 17 July) and Julie Walters as an ageing society dropout in the debut stage play by TV writer Stephen Beresford, The Last of the Haussmans, directed by Howard Davies at the Lyttleton (from 12 June), with Rory Kinnear and Helen McCrory as her children.

A stage production of Mark Haddon's novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time has been created by Simon Stephens for the Lyttelton, directed by Marianne Elliott (from 24 July), with Niamh Cusack and Una Stubbs among the cast.

Also in rep at the Lyttelton (from 24 July) is G B Shaw's The Doctor's Dilemma, and London Road, the successful music theatre production by Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork on the Ipswich murders, returns for a second run to the Olivier (28 July-6 Sep). Danny Boyle's Frankenstein with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller will be rebroadcast in cinemas in June.

A week of plays for children's performance fields 10 new plays (in the "Connections" festival, 20-25 June). Alongside the stage productions a programme of events from 1 June to 9 September includes The Pop-up workshop, including puppetry, prop-making and stage combat; outdoor performances from NoFit State Circus and Compagnie Bilbasso; site-specific work from Made In China and Non Zero One, and exhibitions on The Making of War Horse and The Making of Timon.

In autumn Richard Bean (author of One Man, Two Guv'nors) will adapt Alexandre Dumas's The Count of Monte Cristo for a family show that opens at the Olivier Theatre on 17 November, and live cinema broadcasts of Julie Walters in The Last of the Haussmans and Simon Russell Beale in Timon of Athens will take place on 11 October and 1 November respectively.

• Priority booking opens tomorrow, general public booking on 18 April. See National Theatre website for all details and booking