NT LIVE
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
NOVEMBER 2019
Lord what fools these mortals be !
Magnificently directed by Nicholas Hytner and filmed and performed at the Bridge Theatre London, in some ways this is a rather radical re-working of A …
PALACE OPERA AND BALLET
LA SCALA BALLET SLEEPING BEAUTY
OCTOBER 2019
The La Scala Ballet has revived Nureyev’s version of THE SLEEPING BEAUTY , created in 1966 and last seen twelve years ago.
While the dancing was superb, and it …
FLEABAG involves the events/lifestyle of the owner of a guinea pig themed restaurant in London, located on the Northern Line. After her friend BOO died, the restaurant is solely owned and operated by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Pure British comedy …
England’s National Theatre film productions of their live theatre performances make you feel you really are in the theatre. The Lehman Trilogy is one of its best. The original play, by Italian Stefano Massini, was a Homeric ten hours long. …
This is an incredible piece of theatre , if possible not to be missed – a breathtaking, exceptional production , magnificently directed by Sam Mendes , superbly staged and with three sensational bravura performances by Simon Russell Beale, Adam …
Now regarded as a classic, this is the third time that Matthew Bourne’s SWAN LAKE for his New Adventures company has been filmed – in this case , it was the revival for the Christmas season last year at …
Hugely spectacular ,with amazing set designs and a giant cast, full of superb dancing ,this is a revival filmed New Years Eve 2018 of the Paris Opera Ballet in Nureyev’s version of CINDERELLA.It is a tribute to the company’s former …
Beware a life in the theatre . . .
Adapted by Ivo van Hove from the 1950 Twentieth Century Fox film by Joseph L Mankiewicz starring Bette Davis, and the play The Wisdom of Eve by Mary Orr. Hove also …
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown ..
This is not your ‘standard’ version of Shakespeare’s THE TRAGEDY OF RICHARD 11, nor think for instance of the landmark versions starring Derek Jacobi, Fiona Shaw or David Tennant. Directed by …
Swan Lake is one of the most loved and iconic ballets .As part of the Palace Opera and Ballet season, this is a very strong revival of the 1984 version by Rudolf Nureyev .
Nureyev uses as a basis the …