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.
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.
Jodie Comer
(120min) Jodie Comer’s (Killing Eve) Olivier and Tony Award-winning performance in Suzie Miller’s gripping one-woman play returns to cinemas. Filmed live at the Harold Pinter Theatre, London.
Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the top of her game; defending; cross examining and winning. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
(80min | no intermission) 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.
Benedict Cumberbatch, Jonny Lee Miller
(130min | No intermission) 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.
PLEASE NOTE: We will be screening both versions of the play.
Tuesday, October 22nd at 7pm – Benedict Cumberbatch as The Monster.
Saturday, October 26th at 10am – Jonny Lee Miller as The Monster.
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.
Andrew Scott, Monica Reed, Liz Essedine, Kitty Archer
(180min) The multi award-winning production of Noël Coward’s provocative comedy featuring Andrew Scott (Vanya, Fleabag) returns to the big screen.
As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as his many and various relationships compete for his attention, Garry’s few remaining days at home are a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, panic and soul-searching.
Benedict Cumberbatch
(131min | Includes intermission) 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.
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.
Johnny Flynn, Mark Gatiss, Tuppence Middleton
(180min | Includes intermission) Sam Mendes directs Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud and Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton in this fierce and funny new play.
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.
Michael Sheen, Sharon Small, Rhodri Meilir
(160min | Includes intermission) 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.
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