National Theatre Live (NT Live) is a successful initiative to capture live performances from the National Theatre of London’s stages and screen in cinemas worldwide.  Since its first season, which began in June 2009 with the acclaimed production of Phédre starring Helen Mirren, over 750,000 people have now experienced the National’s work on movie screens worldwide.

In addition to Mirren’s unforgettable performance as Phédre, NT Live audiences around the globe have been treated to Rory Kinnear’s acclaimed performance as Hamlet, Jonny Lee Miller & Benedict Cumberbatch’s Best Actor Olivier award winning performances as Frankenstein & the Creature, James Corden’s Tony-winning performance in One Man, Two Guvnors and many more.

Season four titles include the stage adaptation of best-selling novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, new play The Last of the Haussmans starring Julie Walters, Simon Russell Beale in William Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens, and Victorian farce The Magistrate starring John Lithgow.

Exhibition dates and cinema locations are added frequently.  All listings for Australian cinemas are available at www.ntlive.info.  These performances are captured live from the National Theatre in London.  Additional titles for 2013 will be announced soon.

PROGRAMME SEASON FOUR

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
Mark Haddon’s celebrated, multi award winning novel is beautifully and imaginatively adapted into a stage play for the first time. Starring Niamh Cusack and Una Stubbs and directed by Marianne Elliot (War Horse).
Screening October 6 & 7

The Last Of The Haussmans
Julie Walters plays Judy Haussman with Rory Kinnear and Helen McCrory as her children in this eagerly-anticipated new play: a funny, touching and sometimes savage portrait of a family that’s losing its grip. Written by Stephen Beresford and directed by Howard Davies.
Screening October 27 & 28

Timon Of Athens
Simon Russell Beale takes the title role in Shakespeare’s strange fable of consumption, debt and ruin, written in collaboration with Thomas Middleton. Directed by Nicholas Hytner
(One Man, Two Guvnors).
Screening November 24 & 25

The Magistrate
Academy Award nominee and Tony Award-winner John Lithgow (Shrek, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, 3rd Rock from the Sun) takes the title role in Arthur Wing Pinero’s uproarious Victorian farce, directed by Olivier Award-winner Timothy Sheader (Crazy for You and Into the Woods, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London).
Screening February 2 & 3

People
Britain’s most celebrated comic playwright, Alan Bennett (The History Boys, Habit of Art), debuts his hilarious new play at the National Theatre. Nicholas Hytner (The History Boys, Habit of Art, One Man, Two Guvnors) directs a cast including Tony and Olivier Award-winner Frances de la Tour (The History Boys, Habit of Art).
Screening April 20 & 21

This House
Set in the political engine rooms of Westminster, James Graham’s biting and energetic new play This House strips politics down to the practical realities of those behind the scenes who roll up their sleeves, and on occasion bend the rules, to manoeuvre a diverse and conflicting chorus of MPs within the Mother of all Parliaments.
Screening June 8 & 9

The Audience
Helen Mirren reprises her Academy Award winning role as Queen Elizabeth II in the highly-anticipated West End production of The Audience, captured live in HD from London’s Gielgud Theatre as part of National Theatre Live.
Screening July 5, 6, 7 & 10