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- DirectorNicholas HytnerRobin LoughStarsPortia BooroffChipo ChungDominic CooperThe wife of the Athenian King Theseus conceives a forbidden love for his son (by an earlier wife) Hyppolytus. All ends badly for all.
- DirectorMary HamiltonStarsBill HamiltonMary HamiltonFrancesca MarshallErmintrude, or as she prefers to be known, Daphne has been shipwrecked and when she comes across the 'native' whose family have been killed by a freak tsunami she invites him to dinner - despite the fact they can't understand each other.
- DirectorNicholas HytnerRobin LoughStarsRichard GriffithsAlex JenningsAdrian ScarboroughBenjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, seeks advice from his former collaborator and friend, W H Auden.
- DirectorNicholas HytnerStarsNick SampsonRichard FramePaul ReadyGrace has agreed to marry Sir Harcourt in return for his financial support of her family. At a house party in her father's place, Harcourt's son Charles also falls in love with Grace.
- StarsDavid AnnenFirdous BamjiPaul BhattacharjeeTheatre du Complicite tell the story of Srinivasa Ramanujan, a penniless man from Madras (who was also the greatest natural mathematician of the last century), and the great Cambridge numbers don G.H. Hardy.
- DirectorNicholas HytnerStarsMichael PeavoyMatthew BarkerDavid CalderHamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
- DirectorBill T. JonesNick WickhamStarsLydie AlbertoSherinne Kayra AndersonJonathan AndreA provocative and wholly unique hybrid of dance, theatre and music, exploring the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.
- DirectorMichael GrandageRobin LoughStarsMichael HadleyPaul JessonAlec NewmanAn ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child's love rejected. As Lear's world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question.
- DirectorDanny BoyleTim Van SomerenStarsJonny Lee MillerBenedict CumberbatchAndreea PaduraruChildlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein's bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the Creature determines to track down his creator.
- DirectorHoward DaviesRoss MacGibbonStarsClaudie BlakleyMark BonnarPip CarterMadame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocratic lady who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage.
- DirectorNicholas HytnerRobin LoughStarsSuzanne ToaseTrevor LairdFred RidgewayFrancis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe, a small time East End hood. Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with one Stanley Stubber. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart.
- DirectorBijan SheibaniStarsMike AherneNeal BarryRendah BeshooriThrown together by their work, chefs, waitresses and porters from across Europe - English, Irish, German, Jewish - argue and flirt as they race to keep up.
- DirectorNicholas HytnerRoss MacGibbonStarsAlex JenningsSimon Russell BealeMark AddyMoscow, 1938. A dangerous place to have a sense of humour; even more so a sense of freedom.
- DirectorNicholas HytnerRobin LoughStarsTom AllwintonNorma AtallahRoy BaronIn a remote village in Eastern Europe, around 1900, the young Motl Mendl is entranced by the flickering silent images on his father's cinematograph.
- DirectorDominic CookeTim Van SomerenStarsMarcus AdolphyTom AndersonPaul BentallAegeon of Syracuse has come to Ephesus to seek his son, who went in search of his missing twin and mother months ago. Unfortunately, Ephesus has just declared war on Syracuse, and will instantly put to death any Syracusean found within their borders unless a ransom's paid. Meanwhile, the son, Antipholus, and his servant, Dromio (also an identical twin), keep running into strangers who seem to know them...
- DirectorJamie LloydStarsAmy Booth-SteelStavros DemetrakiTerry DoeHardcastle, a man of substance, looks forward to acquainting his daughter with a potential suitor. But thanks to playboy Lumpkin, he's mistaken by his prospective son-in-law Marlow for an innkeeper. Hilarity ensues.
- 20122h 40m8.6 (379)TV MovieDirectorMarianne ElliottScott GrahamSteven HoggettStarsLuke TreadawayNiamh CusackPaul RitterChristopher has an extraordinary brain - exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. When his neighbour's dog is murdered, he ventures on a frightening journey that upturns his world.
- DirectorHoward DaviesRoss MacGibbonStarsJulie WaltersHelen McCroryRory KinnearJudy Haussman, an elderly hippy, deals with the dysfunctionality of her family, including her children, Nick and Libby, and the baggage they have in tow.
- DirectorNicholas HytnerStarsMatt AyleighSimon Russell BealePaul BentallTimon of Athens is a play unique to Shakespeare as it offers a central character without family or partner; the story of a rich and liberal Athenian whose generosity is exploited until he learns the full extent of man's greed.
- DirectorTimothy SheaderTim Van SomerenStarsNicholas BlaneNicholas BurnsNancy CarrollWhen amiable magistrate Posket marries widow Agatha, little does he realise she's lopped five years off her age - and her son's.
- DirectorNicholas HytnerRobin LoughStarsFranc AshmanLinda BassettEllie BurrowPeople 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?
- DirectorJeremy HerrinTim Van SomerenStarsPhil DanielsReece DinsdaleVincent FranklinThis House is a play by James Graham, based on true events that occurred in the 1970s British Parliament.
- DirectorStephen DaldryRobin LoughStarsHelen MirrenPaul RitterEdward FoxFor 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.
- DirectorRob AshfordTim Van SomerenStarsDavid AnnenAndy ApolloElliot BalchinAs Macbeth rides home from battle, three witches prophecise that he will soon rise in power to become King of Scotland. Aided by his wife, the pair will stop at nothing to seal their fate.
- DirectorNicholas HytnerRobin LoughStarsJonathan BaileySandy BatchelorAdam BerryThe Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
- DirectorJosie RourkeTim Van SomerenStarsRochenda SandallMark StanleyDwane WalcottCaius Martius Coriolanus is a war hero, banished from his home, seeking to come back.
- DirectorMarianne ElliottTom MorrisTim Van SomerenStarsNigel AllenDerek ArnoldAlex AveryBased on Michael Morpurgo's novel and adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford, War Horse takes audiences on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of First World War France.
- DirectorSam MendesRobin LoughStarsSaif Al-WarithWaj AliNathan AmpofoAn aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.
- DirectorAdam PenfordTim Van SomerenStarsNigel LindsayNeal BarryStephen BeckettMoments after taking over his father-in-law's business, principled Jack McCracken's integrity begins to fade away, as he is approached by a private detective armed with some compromising information.
- DirectorStephen DaldryRobin LoughStarsCarey MulliganBill NighyMatthew BeardOn a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant, a successful and charismatic restaurateur whose wife has recently died.
- DirectorCarrie CracknellRoss MacGibbonStarsHelen McCroryDanny SapaniMichaela CoelMedea, a woman stricken with grief after learning that her ex-husband has decided to remarry is faced with impossible choices in this exhilarating and breathtaking adaptation of Medea.
- DirectorBenedict AndrewsNick WickhamStarsGillian AndersonClare BurtLachele CarlAs Blanche's fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace - but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski.
- DirectorLloyd NewsonRobin LoughStarsTaylor BenjaminLee BoggessGabriel CastilloLloyd Newson interviewed more than 50 men asking them frank questions, initially about love and sex. One of those men was John.
- DirectorPolly FindlayTim Van SomerenStarsPatsy FerranArthur DarvillRaj BajajA theatre adaptation of the well known story of Jim Hawkins and his adventures in search of Treasure Island.
- DirectorSimon GodwinStarsSamuel BarnettGeoffrey StreatfeildSusannah FieldingSimon Godwin (Man and Superman) directs George Farquhar's wild comedy of love and cash.
- DirectorIvo van HoveNick WickhamStarsEmun ElliottPhoebe FoxMichael GouldIn Brooklyn, longshoreman Eddie Carbone welcomes his Sicilian cousins to the land of freedom. But when one of them falls for his beautiful niece, they discover that freedom comes at a price.
- DirectorNicholas HytnerRobin LoughStarsDamien MolonyOlivia VinallParth ThakerarHilary is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet. If there is nothing but matter, what is consciousness? This is 'the hard problem'.
- DirectorSimon GodwinStarsRalph FiennesIndira VarmaCorey JohnsonBased on Nietzsche's theory of the Superman, this reinvention of Shaw's witty, provocative classic tells of Ann Whitefield's relentless pursuit of dedicated bachelor Jack Tanner.
- DirectorRufus NorrisNick WickhamStarsChiwetel EjioforPhilip Martin BrownPaul BullionEveryman is successful, popular and riding high when Death comes calling. He is forced to abandon the life he has built and embark on a last, frantic search to recruit a friend.
- DirectorSimon GodwinStarsSamuel BarnettGeoffrey StreatfeildSusannah FieldingSimon Godwin (Man and Superman) directs George Farquhar's wild comedy of love and cash.
- DirectorLyndsey TurnerRobin LoughStarsBenedict CumberbatchCiarán HindsSian BrookeHamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his Uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans his revenge.
- DirectorAnna D. ShapiroStarsJames FrancoChris O'DowdJim NortonThis landmark revival of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck's play is a powerful portrait of the American spirit and a heart-breaking testament to the bonds of friendship.
- DirectorJosie RourkeTony Grech-SmithStarsJanet McTeerMorfydd ClarkAdjoa AndohMarquise de Merteuil, former lover of Vicomte de Valmont, incites him to corrupt the innocent Cecile de Volanges before her wedding night, but Valmont has targeted the peerlessly virtuous and beautiful Madame de Tourvel.
- DirectorPolly FindlayTim Van SomerenStarsLeon AnnorPhilip ArdittiJoe BannisterAfter the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing.
- DirectorMatthew DunsterRoss MacGibbonStarsJosef DaviesJames DrydenJohnny FlynnLocal hangman Harry is unaware of the recent abolition of hanging in Great Britain, and everyone, including his old assistant Syd, and the peculiar Mooney, are just dying to hear Harry's reaction to the news.
- DirectorCarrie CracknellMatthew AmosStarsMarion BaileyHubert BurtonYolanda KettleWhen Hester Collyer is found by her neighbours in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story of her tempestuous affair with a former RAF pilot and the breakdown of her marriage to a High Court judge begins to emerge.
- DirectorRufus NorrisNick WickhamStarsRory KinnearRosalie CraigHaydn GwynneAs London's East End scrubs up for the coronation, Mr and Mrs Peachum gear up for a bumper day in the beggary business. Keeping tight control of the city's underground - and their daughter's whereabouts.
- DirectorSean MathiasRobin LoughStarsSean MathiasIan McKellenDamien MolonyFollowing their hit run on Broadway, Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart return to the West End stage in Harold Pinter's No Man's Land, broadcast live to cinemas from Wyndham's Theatre, London.
- DirectorMichael LonghurstTim Van SomerenStarsLucian MsamatiAdam GillenKarla CromeWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young prodigy, arrives in Vienna, the music capital of the world - and he's determined to make a splash.
- DirectorJosie RourkeTony Grech-SmithStarsGemma ArtertonFisayo AkinadeMatt BardockJoan, a young Frenchwoman, decides to spring to action when England invades France. After having visions of Archangel and Saints, she goes to Charles VII to offer her support.
- DirectorNick WickhamStarsKate DuchêneChukwudi IwujiÉva MagyarHedda 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.
- DirectorSimon GodwinRobin LoughStarsTamara LawranceDaniel EzraOliver ChrisTamsin 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.
- DirectorDavid LeveauxTim Van SomerenStarsJoshua McGuireDaniel RadcliffeDavid HaigAgainst the backdrop of Hamlet, two hapless minor characters, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, take centre stage.
- DirectorNick WickhamStarsJude LawChukwudi IwujiHalina ReijnA drifter falls for a married woman at road side diner and the two plot to kill her husband.
- DirectorJames MacDonaldTim Van SomerenStarsImogen PootsImelda StauntonConleth HillAn older couple drags a young couple into their intense arguments and abuse after accidentally inviting them to their house.
- DirectorSally CooksonStarsSaikat AhamedSuzanne AhmetMarc AntolinWhen leader of the Lost Boys, Peter Pan, loses his shadow during a visit to London, headstrong Wendy helps him re-attach it; in return she is invited to Neverland.
- DirectorYaël FarberMatthew AmosStarsOlwen FouéréShahar IsaacPaul ChahidiA re-telling of the the classic tale of Salome.
- DirectorMarianne ElliottBridget CaldwellStarsAndrew GarfieldRussell ToveyDenise GoughThe National Theatre's live theatrical production of Tony Kushner's play 'Angels in America' about New Yorkers grappling with the AIDS crisis during the mid-1980s.
- DirectorMarianne ElliottBridget CaldwellStarsAndrew GarfieldRussell ToveyDenise GoughAmerica in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell.
- DirectorSimon StoneTony Grech-SmithStarsBillie PiperJohn MacmillanBrendan CowellThe extraordinary Billie Piper plays Her, a woman driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child. Simon Stone creates a radical new production of Lorca's achingly powerful masterpiece.
- DirectorDominic CookeTim Van SomerenStarsImelda StauntonGary RaymondTracie BennettThe former Weismann's Follies girls return to their old theatre one last time. At the core of the story are two married couples on the brink of collapse. As the night goes on, egos are unleashed, lies are exposed, and secrets are revealed.
- DirectorNicholas HytnerRobin LoughStarsRory KinnearNancy CarrollOliver Chris1850. Europe's most feared terrorist is hiding in Soho. Broke, restless and horny, his only hope is a job on the railway. But there's still no one in the capital who can show you a better night on the piss than Karl Heinrich Marx.
- DirectorBenedict AndrewsTim Van SomerenStarsArtinis AliajNya BergMax BloomLive theatrical production of Tennessee Williams' 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'.
- DirectorNicholas HytnerTony Grech-SmithStarsBen WhishawMichelle FairleyDavid MorrisseyCaesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat's popularity, the educated elite conspire to bring him down. After his assassination, civil war erupts on the streets of Rome.
- DirectorRufus NorrisTim Van SomerenStarsNadia AlbinaMichael BalogunStephen BoxerThe ruined aftermath of a bloody civil war. Ruthlessly fighting to survive, the Macbeths are propelled towards the crown by forces of elemental darkness.
- DirectorCarrie CracknellMatthew AmosStarsVanessa KirbyEric Kofi AbrefaThalissa TeixeiraWild and newly single, Julie throws a late night party, which rapidly descends into a savage fight for survival.
- DirectorJonathan MunbyRoss MacGibbonStarsIan McKellenSinéad CusackDanny WebbTwo aging fathers - one a King, one his courtier - reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, and their worlds crumble.
- DirectorNicholas HytnerTim Van SomerenStarsSamuel BarnettSam BondJacqueline ChanThe Beth, an old fashioned cradle-to-grave hospital serving a town on the edge of the Pennines, is threatened with closure as part of an NHS efficiency drive.
- DirectorAdam PenfordMatt WoodwardStarsNadia AlbinaNicholas BishopMark GatissWith the King's mind unravelling at a dramatic pace, ambitious politicians and the scheming Prince of Wales threaten to undermine the power of the Crown, and expose the fine line between a King and a man.
- DirectorSimon GodwinTony Grech-SmithStarsRalph FiennesSophie OkonedoTim McMullanCaesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war-torn empire the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony have fallen fiercely in love.
- DirectorJoe Hill-GibbinsTony Grech-SmithStarsSimon Russell BealeLeo BillMartins ImhangbeRichard II, King of England, is irresponsible, foolish and vain. His weak leadership sends his kingdom into disarray and his court into uproar.
- DirectorIvo van HoveNick WickhamStarsLily JamesGillian AndersonJulian OvendenEve shows up in the dressing room of Broadway mega-star Margo Channing and tells Margo and her friends a melancholy life story. Margo takes Eve under her wing, only to have Eve use her and connive against her.
- DirectorJeremy HerrinRoss MacGibbonStarsJenna ColemanSally FieldBill PullmanAmerica, 1947, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. But their contented lives are about to shatter. A figure from the past forces long buried truths to the surface lying bare the price of their American dream.
- DirectorRufus NorrisTony Grech-SmithStarsAmy ForrestLeah HarveySandra James-YoungA journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 - the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury.