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Dr. Strangelove
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Dr. Strangelove

Seven-time BAFTA winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in Armando Iannucci and Sean Foley's hit West End adaptation of Stanley Kubrick's comedy masterpiece.
In cinemas from 27 March
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A Streetcar Named Desire NT Live Young Vic
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A Streetcar Named Desire

Gillian Anderson (Sex Education), Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), and Ben Foster (Lone Survivor) lead the cast in Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece.
Back in cinemas from 5 June
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The Importance of Being Earnest
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The Importance of Being Earnest

Max Webster's fresh take on Oscar Wilde's bold comedy, featuring Ncuti Gatwa, Sharon D Clarke and Hugh Skinner.
In cinemas now
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Present Laughter

Present Laughter

Andrew Scott (Vanya, Fleabag) dazzles in Noël Coward's provocative comedy.
In select international cinemas
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The Motive and the Cue
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The Motive and the Cue

Sam Mendes directs Mark Gatiss and Johnny Flynn in the fierce and funny new play.
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Vanya

Vanya

Andrew Scott (Fleabag) features in this radical new production of Chekhov’s classic.
In select international cinemas
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Inter Alia
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Inter Alia

Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind Prima Facie.
In cinemas from 4 September
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Dear England (2023)
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Dear England

Joseph Fiennes plays Gareth Southgate in this gripping examination of both nation and game. A new play by James Graham, directed by Rupert Goold.
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Fleabag
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Fleabag

Phoebe Waller-Bridge's award-winning one-woman show returns to the big screen.
In select international cinemas
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Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches
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Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches

America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, six New Yorkers with interconnect lives grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell.
Now streaming
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Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika
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Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika

As the play continues, Part Two picks up the threads of our six New Yorkers whose relationships are in tatters and fates are rapidly intertwining.
Now streaming
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Present Laughter

Present Laughter

Andrew Scott is Garry Essendine in the multi award-winning production of Noël Coward’s provocative comedy Present Laughter, filmed live from The Old Vic in London.
Now streaming
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Life of Pi
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Life of Pi

Puppetry, magic and storytelling combine in a unique Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of the best-selling novel. Streaming soon on National Theatre at Home.
Streaming from 10 April
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The Other Place
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The Other Place

Emma D’Arcy makes their National Theatre debut in this striking reimaging of the Antigone story.
Now streaming
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Waitress: The Musical
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Waitress: The Musical

Sara Bareilles is Jenna Hunterson in the Tony-nominated Broadway musical phenomenon. Now streaming on National Theatre at Home.
Now streaming
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Alterations
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Alterations

Lynette Linton returns to direct Michael Abbensetts’ seminal comedy. Illuminating the Guyanese experience of 1970s London and the aspirations and sacrifices of the Windrush generation.
Until 5 April 2025
Info & Tickets for Alterations
Lyttelton Theatre - South Bank
Dear England
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Dear England

James Graham’s Olivier-Award winning smash-hit returns to the National Theatre, directed by Rupert Goold.
Until 24 May 2025
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Olivier Theatre - South Bank
Here We Are
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Here We Are

Two-time Tony Award-winner Joe Mantello directs Stephen Sondheim’s ‘cool, and impossibly chic’ (New York Times Critic’s Pick) final musical with a book by David Ives.
23 April — 28 June 2025
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Lyttelton Theatre - South Bank
Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre

Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre

The Tony and Grammy Award®-winning musical phenomenon by singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and director Rachel Chavkin. Now booking to 28 September 2025.
Now playing
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Lyric Theatre
Tickets from £20
London Road
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London Road

Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork reunite for their award-winning verbatim musical. Rufus Norris directs this ‘Extraordinary show’ (Financial Times).
6 — 21 June 2025
Info & Tickets for London Road
Olivier Theatre - South Bank

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