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Season 2020
Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small time East End hood, now in Brighton to collect £6,000 from his fiancée’s dad. Holed up at The
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Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small time East End hood, now in Brighton to collect £6,000 from his fiancée’s dad. Holed up at The Cricketers’ Arms, the permanently ravenous Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with one Stanley Stubbers, who is hiding from the police. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart. Simple. Filmed live at the National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre in 2011, and featuring a Tony Award-winning performance from James Corden as Francis Henshall.
Charlotte Brontë’s story of the trailblazing Jane Eyre is as inspiring as ever in a production that uncovers one woman’s fight for freedom and fulfilment on her own terms - facing
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Charlotte Brontë’s story of the trailblazing Jane Eyre is as inspiring as ever in a production that uncovers one woman’s fight for freedom and fulfilment on her own terms - facing obstacles, surviving poverty, injustice and the discovery of a bitter betrayal, before taking the ultimate decision to follow her heart. This bold and dynamic production is directed by Sally Cookson. Filmed live at the Bristol Old Vic in 2015.
It’s a dark, stormy night. The stars are out. Jim, the inn-keeper's granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying stranger. At the old sailor’s feet sits a huge sea-chest, full of
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It’s a dark, stormy night. The stars are out. Jim, the inn-keeper's granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying stranger. At the old sailor’s feet sits a huge sea-chest, full of secrets. Jim invites him in – and her dangerous voyage begins. Patsy Ferran is Jim and Arthur Darvill is Long John Silver in this rip-roaring adventure for the whole family. Filmed live at the National Theatre's Olivier Theatre in 2015.
A ship is wrecked on the rocks. Viola is washed ashore but her twin brother Sebastian is lost. Determined to survive on her own, she steps out to explore a new land. So begins a
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A ship is wrecked on the rocks. Viola is washed ashore but her twin brother Sebastian is lost. Determined to survive on her own, she steps out to explore a new land. So begins a whirlwind of mistaken identity and unrequited love. Simon Godwin (Antony & Cleopatra, Hansard) directs this joyous new production with Tamsin Greig as a transformed Malvolia, and an ensemble cast that includes Daniel Rigby, Tamara Lawrence, Oliver Chris, Doon Mackichan and Daniel Ezra. Filmed live at the National Theatre's Olivier Theatre in 2017.
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he
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Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the increasingly desperate and vengeful Creature determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Directed by Academy Award-winner Danny Boyle, featuring Benedict Cumberbatch as the creature and Jonny Lee Miller as Victor Frankenstein. Filmed live at the National Theatre's Olivier Theatre in 2011.
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he
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Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the increasingly desperate and vengeful Creature determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Directed by Academy Award-winner Danny Boyle, featuring Jonny Lee Miller as the creature and Benedict Cumberbatch as Victor Frankenstein. Filmed live at the National Theatre's Olivier Theatre in 2011.
Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war-torn empire the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and Mark
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Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war-torn empire the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony have fallen fiercely in love. In a tragic fight between devotion and duty, obsession becomes a catalyst for war. Politics and passion are violently intertwined in Shakespeare’s gripping tale of power. Simon Godwin directs Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo as the famous fated couple. Filmed live at the National Theatre's Olivier Theatre in 2018.
Inua Ellams’ generously funny, heart-warming and insightful smash-hit play is set in five African cities: Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala, Lagos, Accra, and London. Inspired in part by the
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Inua Ellams’ generously funny, heart-warming and insightful smash-hit play is set in five African cities: Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala, Lagos, Accra, and London. Inspired in part by the story of a Leeds barber, Barber Shop Chronicles invites the audience into a unique environment where the banter may be barbed, but the truth always telling. Filmed live at the National Theatre's Dorfman Theatre in 2017.
Gillian Anderson is Blanche DuBois, Ben Foster is Stanley, and Vanessa Kirby is Stella in Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece. As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her
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Gillian Anderson is Blanche DuBois, Ben Foster is Stanley, and Vanessa Kirby is Stella in Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece. As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski. Filmed live at the Young Vic in 2014.
It’s 1974, and Britain has a hung Parliament. The corridors of Westminster ring with the sound of infighting and backstabbing as the political parties battle to change the future of a
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It’s 1974, and Britain has a hung Parliament. The corridors of Westminster ring with the sound of infighting and backstabbing as the political parties battle to change the future of a nation. This House is a moving and funny insight into the works of British politics, written by James Graham and directed by Jeremy Herrin. Filmed live at the National Theatre's Olivier Theatre in 2013.
Tom Hiddleston plays the title role in Shakespeare’s searing tragedy of political manipulation and revenge. When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and
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Tom Hiddleston plays the title role in Shakespeare’s searing tragedy of political manipulation and revenge. When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender: Coriolanus. But he has enemies at home too. As famine threatens the city, the citizens’ hunger swells to an appetite for change, and, on returning from the field, Coriolanus must confront the march of realpolitik and the voice of an angry people. Filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse in 2014.
1788. King George III is the most powerful man in the world. But with his mind unravelling at a dramatic pace, ambitious politicians and a scheming prince threaten to undermine the power
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1788. King George III is the most powerful man in the world. But with his mind unravelling at a dramatic pace, ambitious politicians and a scheming prince threaten to undermine the power of the crown. Mark Gatiss, Adrian Scarborough, and Debra Gillet feature in this acclaimed production of Alan Bennett's award-winning drama. Filmed live at the Nottingham Playhouse in 2018.
Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots. Small Island follows their lives through
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Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots. Small Island follows their lives through the Second World War until the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury, where hopes for the future soon meet the stubborn reality of post-war Britain. Filmed live at the National Theatre's Olivier Theatre in 2019.
Deep in the magical forest a feuding King and Queen cross paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of actors, resulting in tempestuous love triangles, contagious fogs and moonlight
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Deep in the magical forest a feuding King and Queen cross paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of actors, resulting in tempestuous love triangles, contagious fogs and moonlight revels, surrounded by a roving audience following the action on foot. Gwendoline Christie, Oliver Chris, David Moorst, and Hammed Animashaun lead the cast as Titania, Oberon, Puck, and Bottom, in Shakespeare's’ most famous romantic comedy. Filmed live at the Bridge Theatre in 2019.
An African country teeters on the edge of civil war. A society prepares to drive out its colonial present and claim an independent future. Racial tensions boil over. Tshembe, returned
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An African country teeters on the edge of civil war. A society prepares to drive out its colonial present and claim an independent future. Racial tensions boil over. Tshembe, returned home from England for his father’s funeral, finds himself in the eye of the storm. Yaël Farber directs the final play by Lorraine Hansberry - a brave, illuminating and powerful work that confronts the hope and tragedy of revolution. Filmed live at the National Theatre's Olivier Theatre in 2016.
A flat in Ladbroke Grove, West London. 1952. When Hester Collyer is found by her neighbours in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story of her tempestuous affair with a
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A flat in Ladbroke Grove, West London. 1952. When Hester Collyer is found by her neighbours in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story of her tempestuous affair with a former RAF pilot and the breakdown of her marriage to a High Court judge begins to emerge. Helen McCrory features alongside Tom Burke in Terence Rattigan’s devastating masterpiece. Filmed live at the National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre in 2016.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young prodigy, arrives in Vienna determined to make a splash. Awestruck by his genius and seized by obsessive jealousy, court composer Antonio Salieri
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young prodigy, arrives in Vienna determined to make a splash. Awestruck by his genius and seized by obsessive jealousy, court composer Antonio Salieri begins a war with Mozart, with music, and ultimately, with God. Peter Shaffer’s iconic play features a live orchestral accompaniment by Southbank Sinfonia. Filmed live at the National Theatre's Olivier Theatre in 2017.
Russia, 1904. Ranyevskaya and her brother snub the lucrative scheme of a local entrepreneur to save their family estate. In so doing, they put up their lives up for auction and
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Russia, 1904. Ranyevskaya and her brother snub the lucrative scheme of a local entrepreneur to save their family estate. In so doing, they put up their lives up for auction and jeopardise the future of their beloved cherry orchard. Zoë Wanamaker is Ranyevskaya in Andrew Upton's version of Chekhov's classic play. Filmed live at the National Theatre's Olivier Theatre in 2011.
1659 Mughal India. A ferocious war of succession rages between the heirs to the Muslim empire; two brothers with very different visions of its future. Shahid Nadeem's epic tale of the
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1659 Mughal India. A ferocious war of succession rages between the heirs to the Muslim empire; two brothers with very different visions of its future. Shahid Nadeem's epic tale of the dispute that shaped modern-day India and Pakistan is directed by Nadia Fall. Filmed live at the National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre in 2015.
Bear's hat is gone. He loves his hat. He wants it back. He asks all the animals in the forest, but no one has seen it. WAIT! He has seen it somewhere... Wils Wilson directs Jon Klassen’s
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Bear's hat is gone. He loves his hat. He wants it back. He asks all the animals in the forest, but no one has seen it. WAIT! He has seen it somewhere... Wils Wilson directs Jon Klassen’s children’s picture book classic, I Want My Hat Back. Featuring music by Arthur Darvill and a book and lyrics by Joel Horwood. Filmed live at the National Theatre's Temporary Space in 2015.
Heartbroken and stricken with grief, Medea plans appalling revenge on her ex-husband, Jason, to destroy everything she holds dear. Helen McCrory plays the title role in Euripides’
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Heartbroken and stricken with grief, Medea plans appalling revenge on her ex-husband, Jason, to destroy everything she holds dear. Helen McCrory plays the title role in Euripides’ powerful tragedy, directed by Ben Power and with music written by Will Gregory and Alison Goldfrapp. Filmed live at the National Theatre's Olivier Theatre in 2014.
In 2008, as the Large Hadron Collider searches for the Higgs boson, tragedy throws two sisters together. The collision threatens them all with chaos. Olivia Colman and Olivia Williams
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In 2008, as the Large Hadron Collider searches for the Higgs boson, tragedy throws two sisters together. The collision threatens them all with chaos. Olivia Colman and Olivia Williams play the sisters in this drama from writer Lucy Kirkwood. Filmed live at the National Theatre's Dorfman Theatre in 2017.
Furious about being overlooked for promotion, Iago plots to take revenge against his General, Othello. In this acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s timeless tale of envy and brutal
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Furious about being overlooked for promotion, Iago plots to take revenge against his General, Othello. In this acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s timeless tale of envy and brutal revenge, Adrian Lester plays Othello and Rory Kinnear is the duplicitous Iago. Filmed live at the National Theatre's Olivier Theatre in 2013.
Consumed by an uncontrollable passion for her young stepson, and believing her absent husband is dead, Phèdre confesses her darkest desires and enters the world of nightmare. Helen
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Consumed by an uncontrollable passion for her young stepson, and believing her absent husband is dead, Phèdre confesses her darkest desires and enters the world of nightmare. Helen Mirren plays the title role in this acclaimed production of the classic Greek tragedy. Filmed live at the National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre in 2009.
Nigeria, 1967. Three sisters, grieving the loss of their father, long to return to their former home in Lagos as conflict encroaches on their provincial village. Chekhov’s iconic
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Nigeria, 1967. Three sisters, grieving the loss of their father, long to return to their former home in Lagos as conflict encroaches on their provincial village. Chekhov’s iconic characters are relocated to Nigeria on the brink of the Biafran Civil War in this bold adaptation by Inua Ellams. Filmed live at the National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre in 2019.
A young woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child. Set in contemporary London, this radical production of Lorca’s classic tragedy builds with elemental
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A young woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child. Set in contemporary London, this radical production of Lorca’s classic tragedy builds with elemental force to a staggering, shocking, climax. Billie Piper plays the title role. Filmed live at the Young Vic in 2017.
At the outbreak of World War One, Albert’s horse is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. Though still not old enough to enlist he embarks on a treacherous mission to find him and
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At the outbreak of World War One, Albert’s horse is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. Though still not old enough to enlist he embarks on a treacherous mission to find him and bring him home. Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford, in association with the award-winning Handspring Puppet Company. Filmed live at the Gillian Flynn Theatre in 2014.
Dick Whittington and friends are on an adventure to save the true spirit of London. A hilarious and heartfelt new version of the classic tale that's packed with the cheekiest of jokes,
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Dick Whittington and friends are on an adventure to save the true spirit of London. A hilarious and heartfelt new version of the classic tale that's packed with the cheekiest of jokes, the chattiest of animals, the awesomest of songs and the messiest of silliness. First opening at the Lyric Hammersmith in 2018, this production was streamed live on YouTube from the stage of the National Theatre in 2020.
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