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Dr. Strangelove
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
A Streetcar Named Desire NT Live Young Vic
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
The Importance of Being Earnest
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
Present Laughter
Present Laughter
Andrew Scott (Vanya, Fleabag) dazzles in Noël Coward's provocative comedy.
In select international cinemas
Most popular and recent shows to stream
Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches
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
Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika
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
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
Life of Pi
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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Shows for spring in London
Alterations
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
Dear England
Dear England
James Graham’s Olivier-Award winning smash-hit returns to the National Theatre, directed by Rupert Goold.
Until 24 May 2025
Here We Are
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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