Spring 2017
Amadeus Thursday 2 February, 7pm Tickets £ 14 / £ 12 concessions
Music. Power. Jealousy.
Lucian Msamati( Luther, Game of Thrones, NT Live: The Comedy of Errors) plays Salieri in Peter Shaffer’ s iconic play, broadcast live from the National Theatre, and with live orchestral accompaniment by Southbank Sinfonia.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young prodigy, arrives in Vienna, the music capital of the world – and he’ s determined to make a splash. Awestruck by his genius, court composer Antonio Salieri has the power to promote his talent or destroy his name. Seized by obsessive jealousy he begins a war with Mozart, with music, and ultimately, with God.
Saint Joan Thursday 16 February, 7pm Tickets £ 14 / £ 12 concessions
Gemma Arterton is Joan of Arc, broadcast live from the Donmar Warehouse.
Bernard Shaw’ s classic play follows the life and trial of a young country girl who declares a bloody mission to drive the English from France. As one of the first Protestants and nationalists, she threatens the very fabric of the feudal society and the Catholic Church across Europe.
Josie Rourke( Coriolanus, Les Liaisons Dangereuses) directs Gemma Arterton( Gemma Bovery, Nell Gwynn, Made in Dagenham) as Joan of Arc in this electrifying production.
Hedda Gabler Thursday 9 March, 7pm Tickets £ 14 / £ 12 concessions
Just married. Bored already. Hedda longs to be free...
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Hedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon and the relationship is already in trouble. Trapped but determined, Hedda tries to control those around her, only to see her own world unravel.
Tony Award-winning director Ivo van Hove( A View from the Bridge at the Young Vic Theatre) returns to National Theatre Live screens with a modern production of Ibsen’ s masterpiece. Ruth Wilson( Luther, The Affair, Jane Eyre) plays the title role in a new version by Patrick Marber( Notes on a Scandal, Closer).
Twelfth Night Thursday 6 April, 7pm Tickets £ 14 / £ 12 concessions
Tamsin Greig is Malvolia in a new twist on Shakespeare’ s classic comedy of mistaken identity.
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( NT Live: Man and Superman, NT Live: The Beaux’ Stratagem) directs this joyous new production with Tamsin Greig( Friday Night Dinner, Black Books, Episodes), Daniel Rigby( Flowers, Jericho), Tamara Lawrence( Undercover), Doon Mackichan( Smack the Pony) and Daniel Ezra( The Missing, Undercover).