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National Theatre Live: The House of Bernarda Alba
In the domain of Bernarda Alba, a daughter who disobeys is no longer a daughter. Forced to live under their mother’s ti....
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National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her fa....
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National Theatre Live: King Lear
Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear sees two ageing fathers – one a King, one his cour....
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National Theatre Live: Hamlet
A 2010 broadcast of Hamlet returns to cinemas as part of the NT's 50th anniversary celebrations. Following his celebrated....
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National Theatre Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream
A feuding fairy King and Queen of the forest cross paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of actors trying to rehears....
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National Theatre Live: Antigone
In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from h....
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National Theatre Live: Small Island
Embark on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush doc....
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National Theatre Live: Follies
New York, 1971. There’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building will be demolished. T....
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National Theatre Live: Peter Pan
When Peter Pan, leader of the Lost Boys, loses his shadow, headstrong Wendy helps him to reattach it. In return, she is in....
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National Theatre Live: War Horse
Based on Michael Morpurgo's novel and adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford, War Horse takes audiences on an extraordinar....
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National Theatre Live: Man and Superman
Academy Award® nominee Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient, Schindler’s List, Oedipus at the National Theatre) plays Jac....
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National Theatre Live: Les Blancs
An African country teeters on the edge of civil war. A society prepares to drive out its colonial present and claim an ind....
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National Theatre Live: Hansard
It's a summer's morning in 1988 and Tory politician Robin Hesketh has returned home to the idyllic Cotswold house he share....
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National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac
Fierce with a pen and notorious in combat, Cyrano almost has it all - if only he could win the heart of his true love Roxa....
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National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy
Ralph Fiennes leads the cast in David Hare’s blazing account of the most powerful man in New York, a master manipulator ....
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National Theatre Live: Henry V
Fresh to the throne, King Henry V launches England into a bloody war with France. When his campaign encounters resistance,....
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National Theatre Live: Julie
Wild and newly single, Julie throws a late night party. In the kitchen, Jean and Kristina clean up as the celebration heav....
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National Theatre Live: All My Sons
America, 1947. Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. They have built a hom....
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National Theatre Live: King Lear
An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is most eloquent in pra....
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National Theatre Live: Barber Shop Chronicles
For generations, African men have gathered in barber shops to discuss the world. These are places where the banter can be ....
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