National Theatre Live and Encore Screenings

Thu 5 Jun 2025, 19:00

Gillian Anderson and Vanessa Kirby play sisters struggling to co-habit with the shadow of a brutish husband and brother-in-law looming over them, filmed for the big screen. 

Thu 27 Mar 2025, 19:00

BAFTA Award winner Steve Coogan (Alan Partridge, The Trip) plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove. 

Thu 20 –Sun 23 Feb 2025

Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.

Sat 30 Nov 2024, 14:00

Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) makes her West End debut in the UK premiere of Suzie Miller’s award-winning play.

Thu 18 Jul 2024, 19:00

Andrew Scott stars in Noël Coward's provocative comedy about an actor's whirlwind of fame, sex, love and panic.

Sat 27 Apr –Wed 15 May 2024

Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.

Tue 23 Apr 2024, 19:00

Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state and created the NHS.

Tue 2 –Thu 11 Apr 2024

Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.

Thu 28 Mar 2024, 19:00

Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale) plays Gareth Southgate in James Graham’s (Sherwood) gripping examination of nation and game.

Thu 21 Mar 2024, 19:00

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

Tue 13 Feb 2024, 18:20

Romeo and Juliet risk everything to be together. In defiance of their feuding families, they chase a future of joy and passion as violence erupts around them.

Tue 6 –Tue 27 Feb 2024

A woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child in this radical production of Lorca’s achingly powerful masterpiece.

Sat 16 Dec 2023, 14:30

Set twelve years before the epic His Dark Materials trilogy, this gripping adaptation revisits Philip Pullman’s fantastical world in which waters are rising and storms are brewing.

Thu 16 Nov 2023, 19:00

Returning to the big screen after nearly ten years, Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan feature in the critically acclaimed revival of David Hare’s play, directed by Stephen Daldry.

Thu 7 Sep 2023, 20:30

The hilarious, award-winning, one-woman show that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, broadcast live to Barbican Cinema from London’s West End.

Wed 23 Aug –Thu 7 Sep 2023

The hilarious, award-winning, one-woman show that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, broadcast live to Barbican Cinema from London’s West End.

Thu 30 Mar 2023, 19:00

Puppetry, magic and storytelling combine in a unique, Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of the best-selling novel.

Thu 23 Feb 2023, 19:00

An extraordinary new production of Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedy, directed by Clint Dyer with a cast that includes Giles Terera, Rosy McEwen and Paul Hilton.

Thu 26 Jan 2023, 19:00

A witch hunt is beginning in Arthur Miller’s captivating parable of power with Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Brendan Cowell (Yerma).

Thu 13 Oct 2022, 18:10

Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) makes her West End debut in the UK premiere of Suzie Miller’s award-winning play.