NT Live

Hi-Definition Screenings

Captured live onstage and presented locally in high-definition video

National Theatre Live is the National Theatre’s groundbreaking project to broadcast the best of British Theatre live from the London stage to cinemas across the UK and around the world. As we add titles and dates to our schedule of screenings, you will find them here.

From the company that distributes National Theatre Live, the Great Art on Screen documentary series takes viewers around the world for a fascinating look at the most groundbreaking artists and art epicenters in history.

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Click here for Content Advisory Notes for Vanya

This production includes alcohol use, implied sexual actions, brief gun use, and brief discussion of suicidal ideation.

Click here for Content Advisory Notes for The Motive and the Cue

This production contains alcohol use and intoxication, smoking, and references to sex.

Current and Upcoming Screenings

Sam Mendes (The Lehman Trilogy) directs Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud and Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton in this fierce and funny new play.

1964: Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under John Gielgud’s exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel.

Written by Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and designed by Es Devlin (The Crucible), the Evening Standard award-winning best new play was filmed live during a sold-out run at the National Theatre.

Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.

Ivan (Uncle Vanya) has spent his life managing the estate and business affairs of his family with little regard for his efforts. Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions.