National Theatre Live: The Audience
THE AUDIENCE
A new play by Peter Morgan
Starring Helen Mirren
Directed by Stephen Daldry
Screening from Saturday 6 July*
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Running time: Approximately 2 hours 45 minutes (including interval)
The Audience is going to be one of the theatrical highlights of 2013.
- Daily Mail
5 stars
The Times, The Telegraph (UK)
4 stars
The Independent, London Theatre (UK)
‘Funny and truthful, good-hearted, spiky, full of surprises. I loved every minute.’ – The Times (UK)
‘Wholly tremendous.’ Daily Telegraph (UK)
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.
For sixty years Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace – a meeting like no other in British public life – it is private. Both parties have an unspoken agreement never to repeat what is said. Not even to their spouses. The Audience breaks this contract of silence – and imagines a series of pivotal meetings between the Downing Street incumbents and their Queen. From Churchill to Cameron, each Prime Minister has used these private conversations as a sounding board and a confessional – sometimes intimate, sometimes explosive.
From young mother to grandmother, these private audiences chart the arc of the second Elizabethan Age. Politicians come and go through the revolving door of electoral politics, while she remains constant, waiting to welcome her next Prime Minister.
The Audience reunites writer Peter Morgan and Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren following their collaboration on the critically-acclaimed movie sensation The Queen.
The Audience is directed by Academy Award-nominated director Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours) and presented in the West End by Matthew Byam Shaw for Playful Productions, Robert Fox and Andy Harries.
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National Theatre Live: This House
This House
a new play by James Graham
Starring Phil Daniels (Quadrophenia), Charles Edwards (Downton Abbey) Julian Wadham (The Iron Lady)
Directed by Jeremy Herrin
Screening: 8 & 9 June*
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Running time: Approximately 3 hours (including interval)
5 stars
Daily Express, Daily Telegraph
4 stars
Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Guardian, Independent, Sunday Express, Sunday Times, The Times
A funny and moving political epic.’ The Times
‘Astute, funny and hugely enjoyable.’ Financial Times
‘Jeremy Herrin’s production recaptures, with abundant theatricality, the mayhem of Westminster politics.’ Guardian
Synopsis
It’s 1974 and the corridors of Westminster ring with the sound of infighting and backbiting as Britain’s political parties battle to change the future of the nation, whatever it takes. In this hung parliament, the ruling party holds on by a thread. Votes are won and lost by one, fist fights erupt in the bars, and ill MPs are hauled in to cast their votes.
It’s a time when a staggering number of politicians die, and age-old traditions and allegiances are thrown aside in the struggle for power.
James Graham’s biting, energetic and critically-acclaimed new play 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.
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National Theatre Live: People by Alan Bennett
People
a new play by Alan Bennett
Starring Frances de la Tour
Directed by Nicholas Hytner
Screening: 20 & 21 April*
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Running time: Approximately 3 hours (including interval)
Award-winning writer Alan Bennett is reunited with director Nicholas Hytner and Olivier Award-winning actress Frances de la Tour, with whom he worked on The History Boys and The Habit of Art.
5 STARS
The Times
4 STARS
Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Guardian, Independent, Sunday Express, Sunday Times, Time Out
‘Wonderfully funny… a grand evening. Dorothy is Frances de la Tour, in the best part Alan Bennett has written for her.’ The Times
‘Outrageously funny and provocative.’ Independent
‘A richly enjoyable evening. Provocative fun… entertaining, funny and touching. Frances de la Tour is on wonderful form. Top notch performances, too, from the splendid Linda Bassett and Selina Cadell.’ Daily Telegraph
‘Moments of tenderness and droll social insight that show Bennett at his best.’ Independent
Synopsis
People spoil things; there are so many of them and the last thing one wants is them traipsing through one’s house. But with the park a jungle and a bath on the billiard table, what is one to do? Dorothy (Frances de la Tour) wonders if an attic sale could be a solution.
Alan Bennett is one of Britain’s most celebrated playwrights, and the much anticipated People is the sixth of his plays to have its premiere at the National Theatre. Following its original run at the National Theatre, The History Boys transferred to Broadway, winning the Tony Award for Best Play in 2006, and toured internationally before being turned into a film, again directed by Nicholas Hytner and with a cast including Frances de la Tour.
Bennett and Hytner also collaborated on the award-winning play and film The Madness of King George and their last stage production, The Habit of Art, was broadcast as part of National Theatre Live in 2010.
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National Theatre Live: The Magistrate
The Magistrate
by Arthur Wing Pinero
Starring John Lithgow
Directed by Timothy Sheader
Screening: Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 February*
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Running time: Approximately 3 hours (including interval)
In a similar vein to the National Theatre’s smash-hit comedies, She Stoops to Conquer, London Assurance and One Man, Two Guvnors, The Magistrate is sure to have audiences around the world doubled up with laughter.
Academy Award nominee and Tony Award-winner John Lithgow (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Shrek, 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).
4 STARS
Daily Mail, Evening Standard, The Times, Time Out, Sunday Express
‘A Victorian corker of a show.’ Daily Mail
‘John Lithgow is priceless.’ The Times
‘A comedy treat that’s as crisp, ripe and funny as One Man, Two Guvnors.’ Sunday Express
‘The marvellous Nancy Carroll.’ Daily Mail
‘Joshua McGuire is excellent, full of wicked glee.’ Time Out.
‘John Lithgow’s long-legged Posket is wonderfully funny.’ Independent on Sunday
‘John Lithgow is excellent…while Nancy Carroll dazzles as his spirited wife.’ Metro
Synopsis
A lady tells a white lie about her age and suddenly a whole family is embroiled in a night of misunderstandings, hair-raising discoveries and frantic escapes from the law.
John Lithgow plays the respectable Victorian husband, stepfather and magistrate, whose life gets turned on its head in this year’s festive treat from the National Theatre. He is joined by Nancy Carroll, returning to the NT following her Olivier award-winning performance in After the Dance.
Expect laughs and revelations in The Magistrate, a comic masterpiece by one of Victorian London’s favourite playwrights Arthur Wing Pinero. The sets and costumes bring illustrations of the era brilliantly to life, as well as new songs, written specially for this production by Richard Stilgoe and Richard Sisson.
The Magistrate is the perfect night out, whatever your age. Even if you’re not always entirely honest about it…
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National Theatre Live – Season Four (2012-2013)
The Last of the Haussmans: Helen McCrory, Julie Walters, Rory Kinnear
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, and Simon Russell Beale in William Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens.
Exhibition dates and cinema locations are added frequently. All listings for Australian cinemas are available at www.ntlive.info. These performances will captured live from the National Theatre in London. Additional titles for 2013 will be announced soon.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon’s celebrated, multi-award-wnning 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 Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 October
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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 Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 October
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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 Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 November
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National Theatre Live: Timon of Athens
Timon of Athens
by William Shakespeare
Starring Simon Russell Beale
Directed by Nicholas Hytner
Screening: Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 November*
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Running time: Approximately 3 hours (including interval)
Simon Russell Beale takes the title role in Shakespeare’s strange fable of consumption, debt and ruin, written in collaboration with Thomas Middleton.
5 STARS Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Independent on Sunday
4 STARS Daily Mail, Financial Times, Guardian, , Independent, Time Out, Times, Mail on Sunday, Metro
‘A fable about the toxic nature of a ruthlessly commercialised world.’ Guardian
‘Bold, incisive revival … an urgent play for today.’ Daily Telegraph
‘A lacerating parable for our troubled times. A characteristically terrific performance from Simon Russell Beale.’ Evening Standard
‘Fast, venomously satirical.’ Daily Mail
‘Nicholas Hytner has seized the cynical, disillusioned day. He hurls Timon into the 21st century and finds it lands there almost perfectly.’ Daily Telegraph
‘It’s a wonder we’ve had to wait until now to get a revival for Timon of Athens… Nicholas Hytner’s production is so relevant… almost flawless.’ Time Out
‘An exhilarating production featuring a compelling performance by Simon Russell Beale.’ Guardian
‘De-barnacled and bejewelled, that Bard’s tricky play shines like a topical treasure.’ Independent on Sunday
Synopsis
Wealthy friend to the rich and powerful, patron of the arts, ostentatious host, Timon of Athens is surrounded by free-loaders and sycophants. He vastly outspends his resources but, finding his coffers empty, reassures his loyal steward that all will be well.
When he calls upon his associates, instead of offering help, they hang him out to dry. After a final, vengeful banquet, Timon withdraws to a literal and emotional wasteland, living off roots and pouring curses on a morally bankrupt Athens.
Simon Russell Beale has been described by the Independent as ‘the greatest stage actor of his generation.’ His recent work for the National Theatre includes London Assurance, Much Ado About Nothing and Collaborators, John Hodge’s Olivier Award-nominated new play in which he portrayed Stalin.
Cast includes
Martin Chamberlain
Jason Cheater
Stavros Demetraki
Paul Dodds
Deborah Findlay
Ciaran McMenamin
Simon Russell Beale
Nick Sampson
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Designer: Tim Hatley
Lighting Designer: Bruno Poet
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National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans
The Last of the Haussmans
a new play by Stephen Beresford
Screening: Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 October*
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Running time: Approximately 3 hours (including interval)
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.
4 STARS Daily Express, Daily Mail, Evening Standard, The Times
‘Deliciously comical.’ Evening Standard
‘Julie Walters’s sense of comic timing is remarkable, a performance that mingles humour with great pathos.’ Daily Express
‘Helen McCrory is fiercely good.’ Daily Mail
‘Howard Davies coaxes remarkably sensitive performances from a glittering cast.’ Daily Express
‘I was purring in tickled contentment because the fine-tuned cast was so functionally dysfunctional…Helen McCrory and Rory Kinnear, two of the finest actors of their generation’ The New York Times
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Anarchic, feisty but growing old, high society drop-out Judy Haussman remains in spirit with the Ashrams of the 1960s while holding court in her dilapidated Art Deco house on the Devon coast. After an operation, she’s joined by wayward offspring Nick and Libby, sharp-eyed granddaughter Summer, local doctor Peter, and Daniel, a troubled teenager who makes use of the family’s crumbling swimming pool. Together they share a few sweltering months in this chaotic world of all-day drinking, infatuations, long-held resentments, free love and failure.
One of Britain’s best-loved and most versatile actors, Julie Walters has won BAFTA, Golden Globe and Olivier Awards for her work. Her screen credits range from Educating Rita to celebrated work with Victoria Wood, from lead roles in the movies of Mamma Mia! and Harry Potter to portraying Mo Mowlam for Channel 4.
Rory Kinnear recently won the Evening Standard Award for Best Actor for his performance as Hamlet at the National Theatre. Helen McCrory’s acclaimed work includes the films The Queen and, recently, Hugo.
Cast includes
Rory Kinnear
Isabella Laughland
Helen McCrory
Matthew Marsh
Julie Walters
Director: Howard Davies
Designer: Vicki Mortimer
Lighting Designer: Mark Henderson
Sound Designer: Christopher Shutt
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National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
based on the international best-selling novel by Mark Haddon
adapted for the stage by Simon Stephens
Directed by Marianne Elliott (War Horse)
Screening: Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 October*
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Running time: Approximately 2 hours 30 minutes (including interval)
Mark Haddon’s celebrated, multi-award-winning novel is beautifully and imaginatively adapted into a stage play for the first time.
4 STARS London Evening Standard, The Independent, Time Out London, The Telegraph, The Guardian
‘Luke Treadaway is astonishing as Christopher’ Time Out London
‘A curiously successful case of a hit novel turned into a play’ The Independent
‘This adaptation of Mark Haddon’s novel is humane, stylish and a success from any angle’ London Evening Standard
‘It’s a performance of great physical poise and stunning conviction.’ (Luke Treadaway) London Evening Standard
‘Director Marianne Elliott confidently evokes the alien landscape of Christopher’s mind.’ London Evening Standard
‘This adaptation by the acclaimed playwright Simon Stephens is intensely, innately theatrical; it is also funny and extremely moving’ The Telegraph
‘a highly skilful adaptation…a remarkable performance from Luke Treadaway’ The Guardian
Synopsis
Christopher, fifteen years old, stands beside Mrs Shears’ dead dog, Wellington. It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in his book to solve the mystery. He has an extraordinary brain, exceptional at maths but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched and he distrusts strangers. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that upturns his world.
Mark Haddon’s novel was Whitbread Book of the Year in 2003, and has now sold over 2 million copies around the world. Marianne Elliott co-directed the globally successful stage production of War Horse for the National, for which she won a Tony Award in 2011. Simon Stephens, twice Best Foreign Playwright of the Year, is the author of many original plays and adaptations, including Harper Regan and On the Shore of the Wide World, both directed by Marianne Elliott at the National Theatre.
Cast includes
Matthew Barker
Niamh Cusack
Rhiannon Harper-Rafferty
Paul Ritter
Nick Sidi
Una Stubbs
Luke Treadaway
Nicola Walker
Howard Ward
Director: Marianne Elliott
Designer: Bunny Christie
Lighting Designer: Paule Constable
Video Designer: Finn Ross
Movement Directors: Scott Graham & Steven Hoggett for Frantic Assembly
Sound Designer: Ian Dickinson
Music: Adrian Sutton
Fight Director: Kate Waters
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James Corden wins Tony Award for ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS!
James Corden, star of National Theatre Live hit
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS
Wins Leading Actor Tony Award
Corden wins in Leading Actor category which included
Hollywood heavyweights Phillip Seymour Hoffman,
John Lithgow, Frank Langella and James Earl Jones
See James Corden in his Tony Award-winning leading role when
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS returns to cinemas for encore screenings
July 7 & 8 as part of National Theatre Live
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The 66th Tony Awards were held on Sunday night at the Beacon Theatre in New York to celebrate excellence in Broadway theatre. James Corden (star of TV’s Gavin & Stacey) received the Tony Award for Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for his leading role in One Man, Two Guvnors.
From the Telegraph (UK):
The British comedian’s victory was one of the biggest surprises of the evening as he beat a host of Hollywood heavyweights to the best leading actor in a drama prize.
The 33-year-old could not hide his shock as he received the award for his performance in the hit National Theatre show One Man, Two Guvnors.
Fighting back tears, Corden paid an emotional tribute to his girlfriend Julia, telling the audience he was “overwhelmed” at the honour.
He said it was a great honour to be mentioned in the same breath as actors such as James Earl Jones, Frank Langella, John Lithgow and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Corden said: “To be on a list with you was enough and holding this, it honestly just reminds me that there is no such thing as best. Honestly, I am overwhelmed.’
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS returns to select cinemas on July 7 & 8, visit www.ntlive.info
National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors encore season
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ENCORE SCREENINGS OF THE MULTI-AWARD-WINNING HIT COMEDY
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS
STARRING JAMES CORDEN (Gavin & Stacey, The History Boys)
Based on Goldoni’s The Servant of Two Masters
SATURDAY 7 & SUNDAY 8 JULY in participating Australian cinemas
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5 STARS
Daily Express, Daily Mail, Guardian, Independent, Sunday Express, Sunday Times, Sun
4 STARS
Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Times, Time Out
‘A triumph of visual and verbal comedy. One of the funniest productions in the National’s history.’ Guardian
‘Slapstick, satire and gags galore: a classic comedy hilariously updated.’ The Times
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS
Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small time East End hood, now in Brighton to collect £6,000 from his fiancee’s dad. But Roscoe is really his sister Rachel posing as her own dead brother, who’s been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers.
Holed up at The Cricketers’ Arms, the permanently ravenous Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with one Stanley Stubbers, who is hiding from the police and waiting to be re-united with Rachel. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart. Simple.
In Richard Bean’s English version of Goldoni’s classic Italian comedy, sex, food and money are high on the agenda. James Corden returns to the National for the first time since The History Boys to play Francis. The play features music by Grant Olding.
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS was a huge hit at the National Theatre in London and the West End, and is currently showing on Broadway. ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS has won a host of awards including Best New Play at the Critics’ Circle Awards, Best Actor (James Corden) at Whatsonstage.com Awards and Best Director (Richard Bean) at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards.
Performance running time: 3 hours including interval
One Man, Two Guvnors will screen in participating cinemas nationally on 7 & 8 July.
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PARTICIPATING CINEMAS ACROSS AUSTRALIA
Cinema Nova Carlton | Hayden Orpheum Cremorne | Riverside Theatres Parramatta
Chauvel Cinema | Manly Cinemas | Greater Union Newcastle | Palace Nova Eastend Adelaide
Palace Centro | Luna Cinemas Leederville | Luna SX | Narooma Theatre | Cinemax Cinema Kingscliff | Her Majesty’s Theatre Ballarat | Sun Theatre Bairnsdale | Rosebud Cinemas
MONA – Museum of Old & New Art Hobart
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