The Best of British Theatre!
National Theatre Live brings the best of British theatre to cinema screens all over the UK and beyond, from Tokyo to San Francisco.
With state-of-the-art filming techniques, tailored to every play, we bring you each performance as it happens, in all its glory. From close-ups that capture every flicker of emotion, to sweeping wide shots of the stage.
There’ll be thousands of others all around the world watching along with you. Sharing every gasp, every laugh, every dramatic moment.
This is theatre for everyone.
David Tennant, Sharon Small, Elliot Levey
(160min) As the world faces its Second World War, John Halder, a good, intelligent German professor, finds himself pulled into a movement with unthinkable consequences.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
(80min) Phoebe Waller-Bridge stars in this hilarious, award-winning, original one-woman play that inspired the hit TV series. In just 67-minutes, audiences can expect a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life.
David Boyle, Clare Foster, David Harewood
(180min) David Harewood (Homeland) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) play feuding political rivals in James Graham’s (Sherwood) multiple award-winning new drama. In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal. During a new nightly television format, they debate the moral landscape of a shattered nation. As beliefs are challenged and slurs slung, a new frontier in American politics is opening and television news is about to be transformed forever. Jeremy Herrin (All My Sons) directs this blistering political thriller, filmed live in London’s West End.
Josh Barrow, Tashinga Bepete, Joseph Fiennes
(182min) The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game? With the worst track record for penalties in the world, Gareth Southgate knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt to take team and country back to the promised land.
Mark Gatiss, Johnny Flynn, Tuppence Middleton
(180min) 1964: Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under John Gielgud’s exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel.
Jonny Lee Miller, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andreea Paduraru
(140min) Captured live on stage in 2011, this thrilling, sold-out production became an international sensation, experienced by nearly 1 million people in cinemas around the world.
Benedict Cumberbatch
(210min) Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange, BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game, The Power of the Dog) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy.
Michael Sheen, Sharon Small, Rhodri Meilir
(160min) Confronted with death, Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights with Churchill.
Andrew Scott
(117min) Andrew Scott brings multiple characters to life in Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, filmed live in West End, London. Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions.
Ian McKellen, Anita Joy-Uwajeh, Sinead Cusack
(225min) Ian McKellen delivers an iconic performance in the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends.
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