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Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch

Andrew Scott brings multiple characters to life in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, filmed live in West End, London. Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Andrew Scott

The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game?...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Joseph Fiennes

As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Gillian Anderson

When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender: Coriolanus. But he has enemies at home too. Famine threatens...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tom Hiddleston

Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr....

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Steve Coogan

In 1964, Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under Sir...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Johnny Flynn

In the communal area of a block of temporary accommodation, the residents go about their day-to-day routines in the run-up to Christmas. The bonds of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anna Calder-Marshall

The family, from whose tentacles we can never quite escape. When a golden wedding anniversary reunites the Randolph family on the eve of WWII, Dora...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Bessie Carter

As the world faces its Second World War, John Halder, a good, intelligent German professor, finds himself pulled into a movement with unthinkable...

Genre: Drama

Cast: David Tennant

General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Frank Finlay

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Madeleine Worrall

Dame Maggie Smith stars in the 1967 screen version of Franco Zeffirelli's exuberant National Theatre production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy, in...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Maggie Smith

Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat’s popularity, the educated...

Genre: Drama

Cast: David Calder

A new version for younger audiences by Bijan Sheibani and Ben Power. Originally staged as part of the National Theatre’s Shakespeare for...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ashley Gerlach

Medea is a wife and a mother. For the sake of her husband, Jason, she’s left her home and borne two sons in exile. But when he abandons his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Helen McCrory

It’s 1786 and King George III is the most powerful man in the world. But his behaviour is becoming increasingly erratic as he succumbs to fits...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mark Gatiss

Presented by Theatre Support Fund+, The Shows Must Go On! and National Theatre Live, the world’s most iconic musicals return to the West End...

Genre: Music

Cast: Bonnie Langford

Ralph Fiennes is joined in dress rehearsals as he discusses his involvement in and the themes relating to David Hare’s brand-new play Straight...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ralph Fiennes

The hour before actors go on stage at the National Theatre in London is a performance in and of itself.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Simon Russell Beale