NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE
National Theatre Live launched in June 2009 with a broadcast of the National Theatre production of Phèdre with Helen Mirren. We’ve since broadcast more than fourty other productions live, from both the National Theatre and from other theatres around the world. Our broadcasts have now been experienced by over 5.5 million people in over 2,000 venues around the world. Exhibition dates and cinema locations are added frequently. In Australia, the plays are captured live in HD, and screened concurrently, where possible, with the London National Theatre season.
Hamlet
By William Shakespeare
Screening Saturday 28 February & Sunday 1 March 2026 at 1.00pm
Adults: $25.00, Concessions: $23.00
“charming, cheeky and cunning.” ★★★★ THE UPCOMING
“Abeysekera is the beacon and driving force of the production” ★★★★★ BROADWAYWORLD
Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.
Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultimate question–you know the one.
National Theatre Deputy Artistic Director, Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Operation Mincemeat) directs this sharp, stylish and darkly funny reimagining.
All My Sons
By Arthur Miller
Directed by Ivo Van Hove
Design by Jan Versweyveld
★★★★★ Guardian
★★★★★ Financial Times
★★★★★ Standard
★★★★★ Independent
★★★★★ The i
★★★★★ Sunday Express
Screening Saturday 9 May & Sunday 10 May 2026 at 1.00pm
Adults: $25.00, Concessions: $23.00
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) feature in a five-star, triumphantly acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller’s classic play, from visionary director Ivo Van Hove (A View from the Bridge). One family, the heart of the American dream. When wartime delivers profits for Joe, it comes at a price when his partner is charged with criminal manufacturing deals, and his eldest son goes missing in action. Will peacetime bring peace of mind, or will he be confronted by the consequence of his actions? Filmed live from the West End, Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You), Tom Glynn-Carney (House of the Dragon), and Hayley Squires (I, Daniel Blake) also feature in this disturbingly prescient play.
