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January 2022
NTLIVE: Leopoldstadt
National Theatre Live Leopoldstadt A new play by Tom Stoppard Directed by Patrick Marber Tom Stoppard’s Olivier Award-winning new play Leopoldstadt is a passionate drama of love, family and endurance. ★★★★★‘Tom Stoppard’s masterpiece. Magnificent.’ Independent ★★★★‘Breath taking, the work of a master’ Time Out At the beginning of the 20th century, Leopoldstadt was the old, crowded Jewish quarter of Vienna, Austria. But Hermann Merz, a factory owner and baptised Jew now married to Catholic Gretl, has moved up in the…
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NTLIVE: The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage
The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman, adapted by Bryony Lavery directed by Nicholas Hytner Set twelve years before the epic His Dark Materials trilogy, this gripping adaptation revisits Philip Pullman’s fantastical world in which waters are rising and storms are brewing. Two young people and their dæmons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt. In their care is a tiny child called Lyra Belacqua, and in that child…
Find out more »March 2022
CANCELLED : NT LIVE: HEX
National Theatre Live Hex It is with much regret that National Theatre Live will be cancelling the cinema release of Hex originally planned for 17 March 2022. This is in response to extensive Covid disruption affecting our performing companies at the National Theatre, which has resulted in the cancellation of performances of Hex across the Christmas period. Due to these cancellations, the production will sadly not be ready in time to be recorded during its current run. book by Tanya Ronder, music by Jim Fortune and lyrics by Rufus Norris A vividly original retelling of Sleeping Beauty, a mythic, big-hearted…
Find out more »April 2022
NTLIVE: Henry V (15)
★★★★★ ‘richly passionate production’ (Theatre Weekly) ★★★★★ ‘burns with an epic intensity’ (West End Best Friend) Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) plays the title role in Shakespeare’s thrilling study of nationalism, war, and the psychology of power. Fresh to the throne, King Henry V launches England into a bloody war with France. When his campaign encounters resistance, this inexperienced new ruler must prove he is fit to guide a country into war. ★★★★ ‘a broodingly impressive production.’ (Time Out)…
Find out more »May 2022
LIVE: New Art Club – Cupid’s Revenge
In today’s disposable world where love is used to sell us everything from plug-in cars to yoghurt...where did real love go? The latest dance theatre comedy show by groundbreaking performance company, ★★★★Cupid's Revenge revels in the hilariously oppressive details of everyday life before distilling them into a breathtakingly moving gut punch. Daily Express A fine double act, with as much endearingly mischievous dexterity as their handling of verbal humour. The Times ★★★★ New Art Club, is a joyful, physical and…
Find out more »NTLIVE: Straight Line Crazy
National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy Live Via Satellite a new play by David Hare directed by Nicholas Hytner ★★★★★Ralph Fiennes enthrals as the man who shaped New York Ralph Fiennes (Antony & Cleopatra) leads the cast in David Hare’s (Skylight) blazing account of the most powerful man in New York, a master manipulator whose legacy changed the city forever. For forty uninterrupted years, Robert Moses exploited those in office through a mix of charm and intimidation. Motivated at first…
Find out more »July 2022
NT LIVE: Prima Facie
★★★★"Jodie Comer on formidable form in roaring dram The Killing Eve star makes a masterful West End debut in Suzie Miller’s play about sexual assault and the legal system" The Guardian ★★★★★ It is a remarkable and useful play. But what brings it to life is that truly astonishing performance. TV and film will line up to recruit Comer, but that wooden stage, sharing breath with a riveted silent throng in the dark, is where she belongs. She is astounding. British…
Find out more »September 2022
NTLIVE: Much Ado About Nothing
The date of this event has been changed from 15/9/22 to Wednesday 28th September 7pm This is because of a booking and technical error on our part which we can only apologise for. Wednesday 28th is the earliest date we can reschedule. Customers Have been contacted . All bookings made will be valid for the new date i or you are obviously entitled to a full refund if you can't attend the new date. We are very sorry for any…
Find out more »October 2022
Royal Opera House : Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
‘Love cannot kill: it brings new life.’ On a starlit night in Nagasaki, these are the words spoken by American naval officer Pinkerton to young geisha Cio-Cio-San. But as they both learn, words and promises carelessly spoken can have indelible consequences. With a score that includes Butterfly’s aria, 'Un bel dì, vedremo' (‘One fine day’) and the ‘Humming Chorus’, Giacomo Puccini’s opera is entrancing and ultimately heart-breaking. Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s exquisite production takes inspiration from 19th-century European images…
Find out more »NTLIVE: Jack Absolute Flies Again
Jack Absolute Flies Again by Richard Bean and Oliver Chris based on Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The Rivals A rollicking new comedy by Richard Bean (One Man, Two Guvnors) and Oliver Chris (Twelfth Night). ★★★★★A rare blast of sunshine Daily Mail ★★★★★An enormously loveable show Sunday Times ★★★★★An absolute riot Daily Express After an aerial dog fight, Pilot Officer Jack Absolute flies home to win the heart of his old flame, Lydia Languish. Back on British soil, Jack’s advances soon turn to…
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