MACBETH: DAVID TENNANT & CUSH JUMBO

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Max Webster

Feb 7 at 7:30pm | Feb 15 at 2pm | Feb 21 at 7:30pm | Feb 22 at 2pm

David Tennant (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) and Cush Jumbo (The Good Wife, Criminal Record) lead a stellar cast in an “enthralling” (Daily Telegraph) new production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse in London, especially for the big screen. Unsettling intimacy and brutal action combine at breakneck speed as Max Webster (Life of Pi, Henry V) directs this tragic tale of love, murder, and nature’s power of renewal. With staging “full of wolfish imagination and alarming surprise” (The Guardian), the production places the audience inside the minds of the Macbeths, asking are we ever really responsible for our actions?

Distributed by Trafalgar Releasing.

 

THE MOTIVE AND THE CUE

A new play by Jack Thorne
Directed by Sam Mendes

Feb 8 at 2pm

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

1964: Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under John Gielgud’s exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel.

Written by Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and designed by Es Devlin (The Crucible), the Evening Standard award-winning best new play was filmed live during a sold-out run at the National Theatre.

PRESENT LAUGHTER

By Noël Coward
Directed by Matthew Warchus

Feb 8 at 7:30pm | Feb 14 at 8:30pm 

The multi award-winning production of Noël Coward’s provocative comedy featuring Andrew Scott (Vanya, Fleabag) returns to the big screen.

As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colorful life is in danger of spiraling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as his many and various relationships compete for his attention, Garry’s few remaining days at home are a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, panic and soul-searching.

Filmed live from The Old Vic in London during a sold out run in 2019, Matthew Warchus (Matilda The Musical) directs this giddy and surprisingly modern reflection on fame, desire and loneliness.

 

PRIMA FACIE

By Suzie Miller
Directed by Justin Martin

Feb 9 at 11am | Feb 15 at 7pm | Feb 16 at 11am 

Jodie Comer’s (Killing Eve) Olivier and Tony Award-winning performance in Suzie Miller’s gripping one-woman play returns to cinemas.

Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the top of her game; defending; cross examining and winning. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge. Prima Facie takes us to the heart of where emotion and experience collide with the rules of the game.

Justin Martin directs this solo tour de force, captured live from the intimate Harold Pinter Theatre in London’s West End.

NYE

By Tim Price
Directed by Rufus Norris

Feb 9 at 2pm | Feb 16 at 2pm 

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 Britain’s National Health Service. Confronted with death, Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights with Churchill.

Written by Tim Price and directed by Rufus Norris (Small Island), this epic new Welsh fantasia will be broadcast live from the National Theatre.

 

FLEABAG

Written and Performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Directed by Vicky Jones

Feb 14 at 6:30pm | Feb 23 at 11am 

“★★★★★…Witty, filthy and supreme.” –The Guardian

“★★★★★…A terrific performance, beautifully realised.” –WhatsOnStage

“★★★★★…A legitimately hilarious show.” –The New Yorker

“★★★★★…Gloriously disruptive. Phoebe Waller-Bridge is a name to reckon with.” –New York Times

Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve) and directed by Vicky Jones, Fleabag is a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life. Following a box-office record-breaking run in cinemas in 2019 and 2023, the one-woman show returns to the screen this year.

Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered, and self-obsessed, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. With family and friendships under strain and a guinea pig café struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag suddenly finds herself with nothing to lose.

The hilarious, award-winning play that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, was filmed live on stage in London’s West End in 2019.

Presented by DryWrite, Soho Theatre, and Annapurna Theatre.

Runtime: 1 hour and 20 minutes
Rating: R

 

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

By Oscar Wilde
Directed by Max Webster

Feb 22 at 7pm | Feb 23 at 2pm

While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate.

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.