Live Broadcasts

Fri 28 Jun 2019, 7:00pm. National Theatre Live: Small Island adapted by Helen Edmundson, based on the novel by Andrea Levy Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel Small Island comes to life in an epic new theatre adaptation. Experience the play…

Tues 10 Sept, 7.30pm. Margaret Atwood: Live in Cinemas On Tuesday, September 10th, the wait is over….The Testaments, Margaret Atwood’s highly anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, is revealed. The momentous literary event will be celebrated with an exclusive live…

Thur 19 Sept 2019, 7.00pm. NT Live: The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power directed by Sam Mendes The story of a family and a company that changed the world, told in three parts on a single evening.…

Thur 26 Sept 2019, 7pm | NT Live: One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, with songs by Grant Olding Featuring a Tony Award-winning performance from host of the The Late…

Tues 8 Oct 2019, 6.45pm. Broadcast live from the Royal Opera House to our Theatre. Sexual intrigue, jealousy, wit, anger… and retribution! The new Royal Opera Season begins with Mozart’s engaging masterpiece, which follows Don Giovanni, the women he serially…

Sat 12 Oct 2019, 5.55pm. Puccini’s Turandot. Franco Zeffirelli’s spectacular production returns to cinemas with powerhouse soprano Christine Goerke taking on the titular role of the sharp Princess, sworn never to be possessed by a man. Calaf, an unknown suitor…

Tues 24 Oct 2019, 7.30pm. Broadcast live from the Royal Opera House to our Theatre. Royal Opera favourite Bryn Terfel heads the cast for this new production of Donizetti’s comedy of domestic drama across two generations. The witty story of a…

Sat 26 Oct 2019, 5.55pm. Massenet – Manon . Laurent Pelly’s enchanting production, starring exhilarating soprano Lisette Oropesa in theeffervescent title role, explores the devastating consequences when excess and passion collide.Maurizio Benini conducts Massenet’s sensual score with tenor Michael Fabiano…

Tues 5 Nov 2019, 7.15pm. Concerto/Enigma Variations/Raymonda Act III Broadcast live from the Royal Opera House to our Theatre. From The Royal Ballet’s classical origins in the works of Marius Petipa, to the home-grown choreographers who put British ballet on the…

Thur 7 November 2019, 7.00pm. Hansard by Simon Wood. Hansard; noun The official report of all parliamentary debates. See two-time Olivier Award winners, Lindsay Duncan (Birdman, About Time) and Alex Jennings (The Lady in the Van, The Queen), in this brand-new…

Sat 9 Nov 2019, 5.55pm. Live Broadcast from the Met Opera in New York. Puccini – Madama Butterfly. Anthony Minghella’s vividly cinematic staging of Puccini’s tale of unrequited love returns toour screens featuring soprano Hui He in the devastating title…

Thur 14 Nov 2019, 6.30pm. ‘The course of true love never did run smooth.’A feuding fairy King and Queen of the forest cross paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of actors trying to rehearse a play. As their…

Sat 23 Nov 2019, 5.55pm. Live Broadcast from the Met Opera in New York.Philip Glass – Akhnaten—Met Premiere Star countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo headlines as the revolutionary Pharaoh whotransformed ancient Egypt.Director Phelim McDermott, whose productions include the hugely successful Satyagraha…

Tues 10 Dec 2019, 7.15pm. A classic returns to The Royal Ballet repertory with Ninette de Valois’ charming and funny Coppélia – a story of love, mischief and mechanical dolls. The intricate choreography is set to Delibes’ delightful score and…

Sun 21 Dec 2019, 2pm.  The Royal Ballet’s glorious production of The Nutcracker, created by Peter Wright in 1984, is the production par excellence of an all-time ballet favourite. It is Christmas Eve and Herr Drosselmeyer the magician sweeps young Clara…

Sat 11 Jan 2020, 5.55pm. Live Broadcast from the Met Opera in New York.Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts William Kentridge’s new production of Alban Berg’s expressionistic masterpiece Wozzeck, regarded for its intense emotional power and brilliant score as one of the most…

Sun 19 Jan 2020, 2pm. This production of The Sleeping Beauty has been delighting audiences in Covent Garden since 1946. A classic of Russian ballet, it established The Royal Ballet both in its new home after World War II and…

Wed 29 Jan 2020, 7.45pm.Puccini’s opera of young love in 19th-century Paris is packed with beautiful music, including lyrical arias, celebratory choruses for Act II’s evocation of Christmas Eve in the Latin Quarter and a poignant final scene over which…

Sat 1 Feb 2020, 5.55pm. Live Broadcast from the Met Opera in New York. The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess returns to the Met for the first time since 1990, in a new co-production with English National Opera and Dutch National…

Tue 25 Feb 2020, 7.15pm. Two Ballet World Premieres NEW CATHY MARSTON – Choreography Cathy Marston, Music Philip Feeney, Scenario Cathy Marston andEdward Kemp, Conductor Andrea MolinoNEW LIAM SCARLETT – Choreographer – Liam Scarlett Choreographer Cathy Marston is previously an…

Sat 29 Feb 2020, 5.55pm. Live Broadcast from the Met Opera in New York. In the Met’s first-ever performances of Agrippina, Handel’s satire of sex and power politics, Sir David McVicarreconceives a production evoking a scandalous world in which the…

Sat 14 Mar 2020, 4.55pm. Live Broadcast from the Met Opera in New York.New Production (Wagner). Award-winning, Sir Bryn Terfel CBE, returns to the Met for the first time since 2012, as the mysterious seafarer searching for salvation in this…

Tues 17 Mar 2020, 7.15pm. Beethoven’s only opera is a masterpiece, an uplifting story of risk and triumph. In this new production, conducted by Antonio Pappano, Jonas Kaufmann plays the political prisoner Florestan, and Lise Davidsen his wife Leonore (disguised…

Wed 1 Apr 2020, 7.15pm. Liam Scarlett’s glorious production of Swan Lake, new in 2018, returns for its first revival. While remaining faithful to the Marius Petipa/Lev Ivanov text, Scarlett’s additional choreography and John Macfarlane’s magnificent designs breathe new life…

Sat 11 Apr 2020, 5.55pm. Live Broadcast from the Met Opera in New York . Sir David McVicar’s bold staging of Puccini’s operatic thriller returns with star soprano Anna Netrebko as the passionate title diva, opposite Brian Jagde as her…

Tue 21 Apr 2020, 7.00pm. Two opera classics are drawn together in this wonderfully observed re-creation of life in a south Italian village as a travelling theatre visits and emotions erupt. The award-winning production by Damiano Michieletto presents vividly the…

Sat 9 May 2020, 5.55pm. Live Broadcast from the Met Opera in New York. Set in 16th Century Britain, Donizetti’s historical drama follows Mary, Queen of Scots and her bitter rivalry with the cousin responsible for imprisoning her, Queen Elizabeth…