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National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
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. 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. Max Webster ( Life of Pi ) directs this hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance, filmed live from the National Theatre in London.
National Theatre Live: Dr Strangelove

National Theatre Live: Dr Strangelove

27 Jul 2025 - 27 Jul 2025

Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan (Alan Partridge, The Trip) plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove.

 When a rogue U.S General triggers a nuclear attack, a surreal race takes place, seeing the Government and one eccentric scientist scramble to avert global destruction. This explosively funny satire is led by a world-renowned creative team including Emmy Award-winner Armando Iannucci (The Thick of It, Veep) and Olivier Award-winner Sean Foley (The Upstart Crow, The Play What I Wrote).
Martin Harley Live

Martin Harley Live

15 Nov 2025 - 15 Nov 2025

Martin Harley has been making music and touring the world for over two decades. His sound has never been more down to earth. Exploring roots, blues and slide guitar in a style The Guardian referred to as Spellbinding, Harley has released eight albums to date, four recorded on home soil and four across the Atlantic in Texas and Nashville. An album with Grammy nominated Daniel Kimbro and Sam Lewis is on the way for 2022. The three have collaborated live since 2014. Weve all jumped of a few rocks together, physically and mentally, this record has got scars, bars and underwater superheroes 2021 includes some intimate acoustic shows for Martin with a band tour in the autumn. martinharley.com for tours and tickets. His recent nominations include, AMA instrumentalist of the year, Best Acoustic Guitarist, Best Acoustic Blues artist. Notable appearances include Glastonbury Acoustic and Avalon stages, Beautiful Days, Royal Albert Hall, Union Chapel, Bluebird Nashville, Tnder Festival, The Troubadour LA and at home round the fire pit with his two daughters. Harley offers the listener a masterclass in taste, style and roots blues Guitarist Magazine No doubt that he is a slide guitar master. He is the business Roots Magazine Spellbinding The Guardian Quite simply a great live act Time Out London
Alice Armstrong Band

Alice Armstrong Band

4 Oct 2025 - 4 Oct 2025

Alice Armstrong is an award-winning Rhythm and Blues singer-songwriter and entertainer from Surrey, UK, known for her impressive vocal range, dynamic songwriting and unmatched stage presence. There is much to love for those who enjoy Soul, Funk, Blues, and those with an eclectic taste. In 2024, Armstrong was voted Contemporary Artist of the Year at the UK Blues Awards, won the UK Blues Challenge, toured and played sold-out shows across Europe, been a guest on BBC Radio 2 with Cerys Matthews, performed on the iconic Beale St. in Memphis and is a common addition to Joe Bonamassas personal Spotify playlists. Her second EP, Live at Area 88 came out on the 14th June to critical acclaim.
The Rosellys

The Rosellys

26 Jul 2025 - 26 Jul 2025

Based in Herefordshire (UK), The Rosellys are a five piece band whose music can be best described as: Capturing the essence of country, with folk ingredients baked into a transatlantic roots fusion (R2 Magazine). Influenced by artists such as Chris Stapleton, Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch, Gram Parsons & James Taylor to name a few, it is clear The Rosellys have an absolute love for alternative country music. This family band is led by life partners Dr Rebecca Rosellys (guitar, vocals, banjo) and Simon Rosellys (guitar, fiddle, vocals), along with Simons Dad Allan Kelly (pedal steel/accordion) and father/son Matt Kirby (bass) and George Kirby (drums). They signed to Clubhouse Records in 2015. The Rosellys displayed boundless energy, especially on closing song You Aint Gotta Go Home with fast fiddle and a catchy melody sweeping the crowd along. (Americana UK live review -2023). In June 2022, The Rosellys released their fifth studio album On The Porch. Rated 8/10, Americana UK wrote; expertly produced by Ron Rogers (TPau) this is a 14 track collection of stirring, moving and classy fiddle and banjo-centric songs from a couple who, 17 years into their relationship, obviously really understand each other personally and musically a highly impressive collection it is too. Rating On The Porch 4/5 stars, R2 Magazine wrote; Seventeen years of gigging means The Rosellys are a very slick unit indeed, their alluring Americana and rootsy soundscapes further enhanced by former TPau Producer Ron Rogers sprinkling magic dust over the proceedings.
Max & Veronica

Max & Veronica

27 Jul 2025 - 3 Sept 2025

Passionate playing by this Italian duo. Country blues, and ragtime, hokum, jug band and rural music from the 1920s and 1930s
National Theatre Live: Inter Alia

National Theatre Live: Inter Alia

4 Sept 2025 - 11 Dec 2025

Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind Prima Facie. Jessica Parks is a smart Crown Court Judge at the top of her career. Behind the robe, she is a karaoke fiend, a loving wife and a supportive parent. When an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance, can she hold her family upright? Writer Suzie Miller, director Justin Martin, and composer Self Esteem, reunite following their global phenomenon Prima Facie, with this searing examination of modern motherhood and masculinity.
National Theatre Live: Hamlet

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

22 Jan 2026 - 15 Apr 2026

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.
National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step

National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step

27 Oct 2025 - 19 Feb 2026

Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman starring in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland. After years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka. The pair bond over black coffee, trade stories and build a fragile friendship out of their shared experiences. But as Luka approaches step five – the moment of confession – dangerous truths emerge, threatening the trust on which both of their recoveries depend. Finn den Hertog directs the provocative and entertaining production filmed live from @sohoplace on London’s West End.
National Theatre Live: Mrs Warren’s Profession
Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter for the very first time, playing mother and daughter in Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic. Vivie Warren is a woman ahead of her time. Her mother, however, is a product of that old patriarchal order. Exploiting it has earned Mrs. Warren a fortune – but at what cost? Filmed live from the West End, this new production reunites Staunton with director Dominic Cooke exploring the clash between morality and independence, traditions and progress.

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