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The Deep Blue Sea
Age recommendation: 12+
This production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 1st September, 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 former RAF pilot and the br...
Age recommendation: 12+
This production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 1st September, 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 former RAF pilot and the breakdown of her marriage to a High Court judge begins to emerge. With it comes a portrait of need, loneliness and long-repressed passion...
Age recommendation: 12+
This production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 1st September, 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 former RAF pilot and the breakdown of her marriage to a High Court judge begins to emerge. With it comes a portrait of need, loneliness and long-repressed passion. Behind the fragile veneer of post-war civility burns a brutal sense of loss and longing.
Terence Rattigan’s devastating masterpiece contains one of the greatest female roles in contemporary drama. Helen McCrory and director Carrie Cracknell reunited following the acclaimed Medea in 2014.
CAST
Mrs Elton - Marion Bailey
Philip Welch - Hubert Burton
Ann Welch - Yolanda Kettle
Hester Collyer - Helen McCrory
Mr Miller - Nick Fletcher
Freddie Page - Tom Burke
Jackie Jackson - Adetomiwa Edun
CREATIVES
Director - Carrie Cracknell
Writer - Terence Rattigan
Designer - Tom Scutt
Lighting Designer - Guy Hoare
Music - Stuart Earl
Movement Director - Polly Bennett
Sound Designer - Peter Rice
Fight Director - Kate Waters
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London Assurance
Age recommendation: 12+
This production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 28th June, 2010.
Grace has agreed to marry Sir Harcourt in return for his financial support of her family. At a house party in her father's place, Harcourt's son Charles also falls in love with Grace. When his father appears on t...
Age recommendation: 12+
This production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 28th June, 2010.
Grace has agreed to marry Sir Harcourt in return for his financial support of her family. At a house party in her father's place, Harcourt's son Charles also falls in love with Grace. When his father appears on the scene, he has to convince him that there is a case of mistaken identity and he is somebody else. Then Lady Gay Spanker, a married wo...
Age recommendation: 12+
This production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 28th June, 2010.
Grace has agreed to marry Sir Harcourt in return for his financial support of her family. At a house party in her father's place, Harcourt's son Charles also falls in love with Grace. When his father appears on the scene, he has to convince him that there is a case of mistaken identity and he is somebody else. Then Lady Gay Spanker, a married woman also visiting at the house, is persuaded by Charles to seduce his father and thus divert his attention from Grace. Much confusion and scheming ensues.
Originally written by Dion Boucicault, this is a new version by Richard Bean which premiered at the National Theatre in 2010.
Nicholas Hytner directs Simon Russell Beale and Fiona Shaw in this new version of the classic comedy about life, love and mistaken identity in 19th Century London.
CAST
Cool - Nick Sampson
Martin - Richard Frame
Charles Courtly - Paul Ready
Richard Dazzle - Matt Cross
Sir Harcourt Courtly - Simon Russell Beale
Squire Max Harkaway - Mark Addy
Pert - Maggie Service
James - Simon Markey
Grace Harkaway - Michelle Terry
Mark Meddle - Tony Jayawardena
Lady Gay Spanker - Fiona Shaw
Mr Adolphus Spanker - Richard Briers
Mr Solomon Isaacs - Junix Inocian
Doctor - David Whitworth
Servant - Mark Extance
Servant - Prasanna Puwanarajah
Doctor's daughter - Fiona Drummond
Doctor's daughter - Laura Matthews
CREATIVES
Director - Nicholas Hytner
Designer - Mark Thompson
Music - Rachel Portman
Choreographer - Scarlett Mackmin
Sound Designer - John Leonard
Neil Austin - Lighting Designer
Textual Revisions - Richard Bean
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Macbeth
Age recommendation: 12+
This show was originally staged as part of the National Theatre’s Shakespeare for younger audiences programme. This archival recording was captured in 2017.
Amid bloody rebellion and the deafening drums of war, Macbeth and his wife will stop at nothing to fulfil their ambition. Witchc...
Age recommendation: 12+
This show was originally staged as part of the National Theatre’s Shakespeare for younger audiences programme. This archival recording was captured in 2017.
Amid bloody rebellion and the deafening drums of war, Macbeth and his wife will stop at nothing to fulfil their ambition. Witchcraft, murder, treason and treachery are all at play in this murky world.
A bold contemporary retelling of one of Shakespeare’s dar...
Age recommendation: 12+
This show was originally staged as part of the National Theatre’s Shakespeare for younger audiences programme. This archival recording was captured in 2017.
Amid bloody rebellion and the deafening drums of war, Macbeth and his wife will stop at nothing to fulfil their ambition. Witchcraft, murder, treason and treachery are all at play in this murky world.
A bold contemporary retelling of one of Shakespeare’s darkest plays for younger audiences.
CAST
Lady Macbeth - Madeline Appiah
Macbeth - Nana Amoo-Gottfried
Duncan - Ashley Gerlach
Banquo - Kayla Meikle
Malcolm - Ronak Patani
Ross - Sharan Phull
Macduff - Jay Saighal
Lady Macduff - Tripti Tripuraneni
All other characters are played by members of the company.CREATIVES
Director - Justin Audibert
Designer - Lucy Sierra
Lighting Designer - Paul Knott
Composer & MD - Jonathan Girling
Sound Designer - Mike Winship
Fight Director - Kev McCurdy
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Yerma
Age recommendation: 15+ (very strong language and sexual references)
This Young Vic production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 31st August, 2017.
A young woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child in Lorca’s classic tragedy about honour, family and female empowerment...
Age recommendation: 15+ (very strong language and sexual references)
This Young Vic production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 31st August, 2017.
A young woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child in Lorca’s classic tragedy about honour, family and female empowerment. Set in contemporary London, Piper’s portrayal of a woman in her thirties desperate to conceive builds with elemental force to a sta...
Age recommendation: 15+ (very strong language and sexual references)
This Young Vic production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 31st August, 2017.
A young woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child in Lorca’s classic tragedy about honour, family and female empowerment. Set in contemporary London, Piper’s portrayal of a woman in her thirties desperate to conceive builds with elemental force to a staggering, shocking, climax.
The theatre phenomenon sold out at the Young Vic and critics called it ‘an extraordinary theatrical triumph’ (The Times) and ‘stunning, searing, unmissable’ (Mail on Sunday). Billie Piper’s lead performance was described as ‘spellbinding’ (The Evening Standard), ‘astonishing’ (iNews) and ‘devastatingly powerful’ (The Daily Telegraph).
Billie Piper won an Evening Standard Best Actress award for her performance in Simon Stone’s radical production of Lorca’s achingly powerful masterpiece.
CAST
Her - Billie Piper
John - Brendan Cowell
Mary - Charlotte Randle
Victor - John MacMillan
Helen - Maureen Beattie
Des - Thalissa Teixeira
CREATIVES
Direction - Simon Stone
Writer - Simon Stone
Design - Lizzie Clachan
Costumes - Alice Babidge
Light - James Farncombe
Music and Sound - Stefan Gregory
Video - Jack Henry James
Casting - Julia Horan CDG
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Les Blancs
Age recommendation: 15+ (contains mature themes and references to racism)
This production is an archival recording captured in 2016.
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, returne...
Age recommendation: 15+ (contains mature themes and references to racism)
This production is an archival recording captured in 2016.
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.
A family and a nation fall apart under the pressur...
Age recommendation: 15+ (contains mature themes and references to racism)
This production is an archival recording captured in 2016.
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.
A family and a nation fall apart under the pressure to determine their own identity as this brave, illuminating and powerful play confronts the hope and tragedy of revolution.
Les Blancs marked the National Theatre debut of the multi-award-winning director Yaël Farber, whose productions include The Crucible (Old Vic) and the internationally-acclaimed Mies Julie and Nirbhaya.
Written eleven years after A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry’s final drama is an unknown masterpiece of the American stage and a highly theatrical search for the soul of post-colonial Africa.
CAST
The Woman - Sheila Atim
Abioseh Matoseh - Gary Beadle
Peter - Sidney Cole
Charlie Morris - Elliot Cowan
Dr Willy Dekoven - James Fleet
Major George Rice - Clive Francis
Eric - Tunji Kasim
Dr Martha Gotterling - Anna Madeley
Ngago - Roger Jean Nsengiyumva
Madame Neilsen - Siân Phillips
Tshembe Matoseh - Danny Sapani
Boy - Fola Akintola
Boy - Xhanti Mbonzongwana
Boy - Tumo Reetsang
Matriarchs and Singers (Ngqoko Cultural Group) - Nofenishala Mvotyo
Ensemble - Anna-Maria Nabirye
Matriarchs and Singers (Ngqoko Cultural Group) - Nogcinile Yekani Moaqobiso
Matriarchs and Singers (Ngqoko Cultural Group) - Mpahleni (Madosini) Latozi
Singer - Joyce Moholoagae
CREATIVES
Director - Yaël Farber
Designer - Soutra Gilmour
Lighting Designer - Tim Lutkin
Music and Sound - Adam Cork
Movement Director - Imogen Knight
Fight Director - Kev McCurdy
Dramaturg - Drew Lichtenberg
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Frankenstein (Jonny Lee Miller as Creature)
Age recommendation: 15+ (contains nudity and one scene of sexual violence)
This production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 24th March, 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. Meet...
Age recommendation: 15+ (contains nudity and one scene of sexual violence)
This production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 24th March, 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 goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator a...
Age recommendation: 15+ (contains nudity and one scene of sexual violence)
This production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 24th March, 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 goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.
Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic gothic tale.
The production was a sell-out hit at the National Theatre in 2011, and the broadcast has since become an international sensation, experienced by almost half a million people in cinemas around the world.
Benedict Cumberbatch plays Victor Frankenstein and Jonny Lee Miller his creation in this performance of Danny Boyle's smash-hit production of Frankenstein.
CAST
The Creature - Jonny Lee Miller
Victor Frankenstein - Benedict Cumberbatch
Agatha de Lacey - Lizzie Winkler
De Lacey - Karl Johnson
Felix De Lacey - Daniel Millar
Elizabeth Lavenza - Naomie Harris
William Frankenstein - William Nye
M. Frankenstein - George Harris
Clarice - Ella Smith
Ewan - John Stahl
Female Creature - Andreea Padurariu
Constable - John Killoran
Rab - Mark Armstrong
Servant - Martin Chamberlain
Ensemble - Josie Daxter
Klaus - Steven Elliott
Servant - Daniel Ings
Gustav - John Killoran
Gretel - Ella Smith
Ensemble - Haydon Downing
CREATIVES
Director - Danny Boyle
Set Designer - Mark Tildesley
Costume Designer - Suttirat Anne Larlarb
Lighting Designer - Bruno Poet
Music & Sound Score - Underworld
Director of Movement - Toby Sedgwick, Sedgwick Creative Ltd
Fight Director - Kate Waters
Sound Design - Ed Clarke
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King Lear
Age recommendation: 12+
This Donmar Warehouse production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 3rd February, 2011.
An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is most eloquent in praising him. His favourite, Cordelia, says nothing. As Lear’s wo...
Age recommendation: 12+
This Donmar Warehouse production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 3rd February, 2011.
An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is most eloquent in praising him. His favourite, Cordelia, says nothing. As Lear’s world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question. One of the greatest works in western literature, King Lear...
Age recommendation: 12+
This Donmar Warehouse production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 3rd February, 2011.
An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is most eloquent in praising him. His favourite, Cordelia, says nothing. As Lear’s world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question. One of the greatest works in western literature, King Lear explores the very nature of human existence: love and duty, power and loss, good and evil.
The acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production of Shakespeare’s most harrowing tragedy, starring Sir Derek Jacobi and directed by Tony Award winning Michael Grandage (Red).
CAST
Earl of Kent - Michael Hadley
Earl of Gloucester - Paul Jesson
Edmund - Alec Newman
King Lear - Derek Jacobi
Goneril - Gina McKee
Regan - Justine Mitchell
Cordelia - Pippa Bennett-Warner
Duke of Albany - Tom Beard
Duke of Cornwall - Gideon Turner
Duke of Burgundy - Stefano Braschi
King of France - Ashley Zhangazha
Edgar - Gwilym Lee
Oswald - Amit Shah
The Fool - Ron Cook
Gentleman - Harry Attwell
Old Servant - Derek Hutchinson
CREATIVES
Director - Michael Grandage
Designer - Christopher Oram
Lighting Designer - Neil Austin
Composer & Sound Designer - Adam Cork
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Frankenstein (Benedict Cumberbatch as Creature)
Age recommendation: 15+ (contains nudity and one scene of sexual violence)
This production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 17th March, 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. Meet...
Age recommendation: 15+ (contains nudity and one scene of sexual violence)
This production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 17th March, 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 goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator a...
Age recommendation: 15+ (contains nudity and one scene of sexual violence)
This production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 17th March, 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 goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.
Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic gothic tale.
The production was a sell-out hit at the National Theatre in 2011, and the broadcast has since become an international sensation, experienced by almost half a million people in cinemas around the world.
Jonny Lee Miller plays Victor Frankenstein and Benedict Cumberbatch his creation in this performance of Danny Boyle's smash-hit production of Frankenstein.
CAST
The Creature - Benedict Cumberbatch
Victor Frankenstein - Jonny Lee Miller
Agatha de Lacey - Lizzie Winkler
De Lacey - Karl Johnson
Felix De Lacey - Daniel Millar
Elizabeth Lavenza - Naomie Harris
William Frankenstein - William Nye
M. Frankenstein - George Harris
Clarice - Ella Smith
Ewan - John Stahl
Female Creature - Andreea Padurariu
Constable - John Killoran
Rab - Mark Armstrong
Servant - Martin Chamberlain
Ensemble - Josie Daxter
Klaus - Steven Elliott
Servant - Daniel Ings
Gustav - John Killoran
Gretel - Ella Smith
Ensemble - Haydon Downing
CREATIVES
Director - Danny Boyle
Set Designer - Mark Tildesley
Costume Designer - Suttirat Anne Larlarb
Lighting Designer - Bruno Poet
Music & Sound Score - Underworld
Director of Movement - Toby Sedgwick, Sedgwick Creative Ltd
Fight Director - Kate Waters
Sound Design - Ed Clarke
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Hamlet
Age recommendation: 12+
This production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 9th December, 2010.
Director Nicholas Hytner offers a detailed political, social and psychological context to Hamlet's dilemma: whether or not to avenge the death of his father.
Rory Kinnear plays Hamlet in this dynamic productio...
Age recommendation: 12+
This production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 9th December, 2010.
Director Nicholas Hytner offers a detailed political, social and psychological context to Hamlet's dilemma: whether or not to avenge the death of his father.
Rory Kinnear plays Hamlet in this dynamic production of Shakespeare’s complex and profound play about the human condition. His performance earned him an Evening Standard Award.
CAST
Haml...
Age recommendation: 12+
This production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 9th December, 2010.
Director Nicholas Hytner offers a detailed political, social and psychological context to Hamlet's dilemma: whether or not to avenge the death of his father.
Rory Kinnear plays Hamlet in this dynamic production of Shakespeare’s complex and profound play about the human condition. His performance earned him an Evening Standard Award.
CAST
Hamlet - Rory Kinnear
Barnado - Michael Peavoy
Francisco - Matthew Barker
Horatio - Giles Terera
Marcellus - Marcus Cunningham
Ghost of the Late King - James Laurenson
Claudius - Patrick Malahide
Voltemand - James Pearse
Priest - Leo Staar
Laertes - Alex Lanipekun
Polonius - David Calder
Gertrude - Clare Higgins
Cornelia - Ellie Turner
Reynaldo - Victor Power
Rosencrantz - Ferdinand Kingsley
Guildenstern - Prasanna Puwanarajah
Player Queen - Saskia Portway
Lucianus - Michael Sheldon
Fortinbras - Jake Fairbrother
Osric - Nick Sampson
Messenger - Zara Tempest-Walters
Ophelia - Ruth Nega
Gravedigger - David Calder
English Ambassador - Michael Sheldon
Captain in Fortinbras' army - Matthew Barker
Player King - James Laurenson
CREATIVES
Director - Nicholas Hytner
Designer - Vicki Mortimer
Lighting Designer - Jon Clark
Composer - Alex Baranowski
Sound Designer - Paul Groothuis
Fight Director - Kate Waters
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Medea
Age recommendation: 12+
This production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 4th September, 2014.
Terrible things breed in broken hearts. Medea is a wife and a mother, stricken with grief. For the sake of her husband, Jason, she’s left her home and borne two sons in exile. But when he abandons his famil...
Age recommendation: 12+
This production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 4th September, 2014.
Terrible things breed in broken hearts. Medea is a wife and a mother, stricken with grief. For the sake of her husband, Jason, she’s left her home and borne two sons in exile. But when he abandons his family for a new life, Medea faces banishment and separation from her children. Cornered, she begs for one day’s grace.
It’s time enough. Sh...
Age recommendation: 12+
This production was recorded through National Theatre Live on 4th September, 2014.
Terrible things breed in broken hearts. Medea is a wife and a mother, stricken with grief. For the sake of her husband, Jason, she’s left her home and borne two sons in exile. But when he abandons his family for a new life, Medea faces banishment and separation from her children. Cornered, she begs for one day’s grace.
It’s time enough. She exacts an appalling revenge and destroys everything she holds dear.
Helen McCrory takes the title role in Euripides’ powerful tragedy, in a new version by Ben Power, directed by Carrie Cracknell, with music written by Will Gregory and Alison Goldfrapp.
CAST
Nurse - Michaela Coel
Medea - Helen McCrory
Aegeus, King of Athens - Dominic Rowan
Jason - Danny Sapani
Kreusa - Clemmie Sveaas
Kreon, King of Corinth - Martin Turner
Jason's Attendant - Toby Wharton
Medea's son - T'Jai Adu-Xeboah
Medea's son - Ricco Godfrey Brown
Medea's son - Trevor Imani
Medea's son - Kyron Wilson
Medea's son - Joel McDermott
Medea's son - Jude Pearce
Chorus - Lorna Brown
Chorus - Vivien Carter
Chorus - Amy Griffiths
Chorus - Hazel Holder
Chorus - Jane Leaney
Chorus - Caroline Martin
Chorus - Daisy Maywood
Chorus - Yuyu Rau
Chorus - Petra Söör
Chorus - Naomi Tadevossian
Chorus - Cath Whitefield
Chorus - Jane Wymark
Chorus - Clemmie Sveaas
Ensemble - Simon Desborough
Ensemble - Adrian Grove
CREATIVES
Director - Carrie Cracknell
Adaptor/Writer - Ben Power
Designer - Tom Scutt
Lighting Designer - Lucy Carter
Choreographer - Lucy Guerin
Music - Will Gregory
Music - Alison Goldfrapp
Sound Designer - Gregory Clarke
Fight Director - Owain Gwynn
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