World Stage on Screen

The best of international theater and fine arts programming brought to the silver screen.

Titanic: The Musical Dec. 6, 2023 In the final hours of April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York,…
Romeo & Juliet Jan. 17, 2024 Romeo and Juliet risk everything to be together. In defiance of their feuding families, they chase a future of joy…
NT Live: Yerma Feb. 21, 2024 The incredible Billie Piper (Doctor Who, Penny Dreadful) returns in her Olivier Award-winning role. A young woman is driven to…
NT Live: Vanya Mar. 13, 2024 Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers, Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ (The Curious Incident of the…
NT Live: Fleabag Nov. 1, 2023 Encore screenings – back by popular demand! Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Killing Eve) and directed by Vicky Jones,…
NT Live: Best of Enemies Aug. 17, 2023 David Harewood (Homeland) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) play feuding political rivals in James Graham’s (Sherwood) multiple award-winning new drama.…
NT Live: GOOD July 13, 2023 David Tennant (Doctor Who) makes a much-anticipated return to the West End in a blistering reimagining of one of Britain’s…
NT Live: Othello June 15, 2023 An extraordinary new production of Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedy directed by Clint Dyer, with a cast that includes Giles Terera…
NT Live: Straight Line Crazy May 11, 2023 Ralph Fiennes (Schindler’s List, The Menu) leads the cast in David Hare’s (Skylight) blazing account of the most powerful man…
NT Live: Much Ado About Nothing Jan. 12, 2023 Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd) and John Heffernan (Dracula) lead the cast in Shakespeare’s romcom of sun, sea, and mistaken…
NT Live: The Seagull Dec. 8, 2022 Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) makes her West End debut in this 21st century retelling of Anton Chekhov’s tale of…
NT Live: Jack Absolute Flies Again Nov. 10, 2022 A rollicking new comedy by Richard Bean (One Man, Two Guvnors) and Oliver Chris (Twelfth Night). After an aerial dog…
NT Live: Prima Facie July 21, 2022 Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) makes her West End debut in the UK premiere of Suzie Miller’s award-winning play. Tessa is…
NT Live: Henry V June 9, 2022 Kit Harington (Game of Thrones, The Eternals) plays the title role in Shakespeare’s thrilling study of nationalism, war, and the…
NT Live: Frankenstein May 3, 2022 Directed by Academy Award-winner Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire), Frankenstein features Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness,…
NT Live: The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage Apr. 12, 2022 Set twelve years before the epic His Dark Materials trilogy, this gripping adaptation revisits Philip Pullman’s fantastical world in which…
Anything Goes Mar. 30, 2022 Filmed live at the Barbican in London, this major new 5-star production of the classic musical comedy features an all-star…
NT Live: King Lear Mar. 8, 2022 This contemporary retelling of King Lear features the incomparable Sir Ian McKellen, in what he’s said is his last Shakespearean…
NT Live: A View from the Bridge Feb. 9, 2022 Filmed live onstage from London’s West End, Arthur Miller’s dark and passionate play A View from the Bridge returns exclusively…
NT Live: No Man's Land Jan. 12, 2022 Following their hit run on Broadway, legendary actors Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart returned to the West End…
NT Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Dec. 7, 2021 Captured live from the National Theatre in London, this critically acclaimed production directed by Marianne Elliot (Angels in America, War…
NT Live: Skylight Nov. 17, 2021 Bill Nighy (Love Actually, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman, Drive) feature in David Hare’s…
NT Live: Follies Oct. 21, 2021 New York, 1971. There’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building will be demolished.…
NT Live: The Motive and the Cue Apr. 10, 2024 Sam Mendes (The Lehman Trilogy) directs Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud and Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton in this fierce…
NT Live: Dear England May 15, 2024 Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale) plays Gareth Southgate in James Graham’s (Sherwood) gripping examination of nation and game. The country…
NT Live: Nye June 12, 2024 Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who…
Macbeth: Ralph Fiennes & Indira Varma May 22, 2024 Tony and BAFTA Award winner Ralph Fiennes (Antony & Cleopatra, Schindler’s List, Coriolanus) and Olivier Award winner Indira Varma (Present…

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