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 ).