National Theatre
LLT's Season 59 of National Theatre screenings are offered on a regular basis, with full audience reserved seating in the McIntosh Auditorium.
National Theater Live: The Life of Pi
November 18-19, 2023 4:00 pm
Puppetry, magic and storytelling combine in a unique, Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of the best-selling novel.
After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, a 16-year-old boy named Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with four other survivors – a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Royal Bengal tiger. Time is against them, nature is harsh, who will survive?
Filmed live in London’s West End and featuring state-of-the-art visuals, the epic journey of endurance and hope is bought to life in a breath-taking new way for cinemas screens.
A production from the Simon Friend Entertainment.
National Theater Live: GOOD
March 16-17, 2024 4:00 pm
David Tennant (Doctor Who) makes a much-anticipated return to the West End in a blistering reimagining of one of Britain’s most powerful, political plays.
As the world faces its Second World War, John Halder, a good, intelligent German professor, finds himself pulled into a movement with unthinkable consequences.
Olivier Award-winner Dominic Cooke (Follies) directs C.P. Taylor’s timely tale, with a cast that also features Elliot Levey (Coriolanus) and Sharon Small (The Bay). Filmed live from the Harold Pinter Theatre in London.
Presented by Fictionhouse and Playful Productions.
GOOD
by C.P. Taylor
Directed by Dominic Cooke
Story Line:
John Halder is a 'good' man. But 'good' men must adapt to survive.
How is it possible to be a ‘good’ person when things are falling apart?
As the world faces a World War, John Halder, a decent, intelligent, music-loving German professor, finds himself swept along in a movement that crescendos towards an unthinkable finale. Good is a warning for our times.
Olivier Award-winning director
Dominic Cooke reimagines one of Britain’s most powerful, political plays with
David Tennant returning to the West End alongside
Elliot Levey and
Sharon Small.
The play partnered with the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.
Recommended for ages 12+ Show contains mature themes and very strong language. During the performance there will be one section of loud noises and heavy bass sounds.
Reviews:
★★★★★ ‘Tennant is spellbinding in his ordinariness, not hiding Halder’s venality yet ensuring he remains human.’
The Guardian
★★★★★ ‘It still has the power to chill you to the bone.'
Time Out
★★★★★ ‘This isn’t just a play about Germany but about the moral flaws and the capacity for betrayal within us all.’
The Evening Standard
★★★★★ David Tennant is riveting, witty and intensely human’
Financial Times
★★★★★ ‘Stunning’
Metro
Running Time: 2 hours 10 minutes
View the trailer here.
Performance Dates:
March 16 & 17, 2024
Both screenings at 4:00
We invite you to socialize on the Angel Terrace, which is open one before the show and during intermission.New Paragraph
National Theater Live: FRANKENSTEIN
April 27-28, 2024 4:00 pm
Childlike 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 increasingly desperate and vengeful Creature determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.
Directed by Academy Award-winner Danny Boyle, featuring Jonny Lee Miller as the creature and Benedict Cumberbatch as Victor Frankenstein.