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Time Out
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Three massive hit London plays will be screened in cinemas later this year
Three major London theatre productions have been announced to make their screen debuts in cinemas later this year, as they enter the repertoire of the National Theatre 's NT Live programme. If the previous sentence means nothing to you, then basically NT Live involves high quality, multi-camera recordings of live theatre performances that are subsequently broadcast into cinemas the world over, often for years to come. Sometimes the first screening will literally be live, more often they will be recorded in front of a live audience but broadcast at a later date. Although most of the filmed shows are staged in the National Theatre, NT Live stretches to a lot of other venues too. Without further ado then, the new shows being screened are Mrs Warren's Profession, The Fifth Step, and Hamlet. The legendary Imelda Staunton will make her latest of many NT Live entries with the current West End run of the Bernard Shaw classic Mrs Warren's Profession, which hits cinemas October 23. Dominic Cooke's revival of the decades-ahead-of-its-time morality drama also stars Staunton's actual daughter Bessie Carter, who plays the estranged daughter of Staunton's eponymous brothel madame. Hitting cinemas on November 27, The Fifth Step is just wrapping up its run at @sohoplace in the West End. Written by endlessly provocative playwright David Ireland, the sell-out hit stars big names Martin Freeman and Jack Lowden as two men who become friends and then bitter enemies via the Alcoholics Anonymous programme. Finally, Hamlet, a play that needs no introduction, not least to NT Live viewers: the 2015 Barbican production starring Benedict Cumberbatch has been a mainstay of the cinema streaming service for a decade now, and will doubtless continue to be so for years to come. Nonetheless, a single version of Shakespeare's masterpiece doesn't reflect how many major productions it gets – so this will be a welcome chance to get a new one in the system. Starring Olivier-winner Hiran Abeysekera, the production will be the first National Theatre show of new artistic director Indhu Rubasingham's tenure to get the cinema treatment. Hamlet will be in cinemas from January 22, 2026. Head here for full NT Live listings, with other previously announced shows coming up including a live broadcast on September 4 of the much anticipated, Rosamund Pike-starring Inter Alia.
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Scotsman
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Jack Lowden: Play by Slow Horses star from Edinburgh International Festival to be screened in UK cinemas
The play was originally created by National Theatre of Scotland Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... A play starring Jack Lowden which premiered at last year's Edinburgh International Festival is to be beamed into cinemas around the UK after a sell-out West End run. The Fifth Step, written by David Ireland and created by the National Theatre of Scotland, is one of three plays selected for the new season of National Theatre Live and is the first NTS production to be showcased on the platform. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The play had its world premiere at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh last August as part of the EIF and later played in Dundee and Glasgow. It also stars Martin Freeman alongside Slow Horses star Mr Lowden and is directed by Finn den Hertog, co-artistic director of Scottish theatre company Groupwork and associate artist of NTS. Slow Horses star Jack Lowden | Simon Murphy Mrs Warren's Profession and Hamlet will also be added to the NT Live line-up, as well as the previously announced Inter Alia, starring Rosamund Pike, which will broadcast live from the Lyttelton Stage across the UK on 4 September, with subsequent global screenings from 25 September. Mr den Hertog said: 'It's fantastic that The Fifth Step will be filmed and released through National Theatre Live. I've always been an enormous fan of the hybrid nature of the NT Live work and I feel confident the show will really lend itself to being captured in this way. 'I'm delighted to be able to share the work with a wider audience and I'm particularly proud that a play which started its life with National Theatre of Scotland will not only be seen around the world, but will also be coming home, in a sense, for audiences in cinemas, town halls and arts centres across Scotland.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Jack Lowden in The Fifth Step | Mihaela Bodlovic The Fifth Step is a critically-acclaimed comic two-hander that follows Lowden and Freeman's characters' journey to sobriety by way of the 12 steps. Indhu Rubasingham, director and co-chief executive of the National Theatre, said: 'From the moment I began this role, I knew that expanding our digital reach would be key to my vision to bring the world to the National Theatre and the National Theatre to the world. NT Live is a powerful way to open not just our work, but the work of our incredible peers in the West End and beyond, to audiences globally. 'This season is a fantastic example of that vision in action: reimagined classics and bold new writing, just as you'll see on our stages in London. It's about accessibility, excellence, and expanding the joy of theatre far beyond our walls and city. It's about breaking down barriers and inviting everyone in.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad
The Independent
18-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Suzie Miller's buzzy play ‘Prime Facie' is also a book – and Jodie Comer narrates it
Suzie Miller wrote the award-winning show Prima Facie after 15 years of working in law and listening to victim testimony. Now, Jodie Comer is set to reprise her role in the buzzy play as it goes on tour next year. After debuting in pre-covid Australia, Prima Facie premiered in the West End in 2022. Starring Jodie Comer and with composition by Self Esteem, the show went on to win best new show and best actress at the Lawrence Olivier Awards before opening on Broadway. It then broke box office records when it played in cinemas for NT Live – unsurprisingly a film is now also in the works. 'It is a huge privilege to return to Prima Facie for one last time,' said Comer. 'I can't think of a better finale to what has been such an incredible and deeply rewarding chapter in my life.' The tour will begin in London on 23 January 2026, before visiting cities across the UK and concluding in Comer's hometown Liverpool on 21 March. Inspired by Miller's experience as a criminal defence lawyer in sexual assault cases, the play follows Tessa, a criminal defence barrister who specialises in defending men accused of sexual assault. Then, she was assaulted herself. As Tessa tries to get justice for her own rape, Miller drives home how the legal system consistently fails women in court. To bring it to a wider audience, Miller turned the hit play into a novel last year. She dedicated it to 'all the women who comprise the 'one in three'', referring to a line in the play's powerful script about the number of women who are sexually assaulted in the UK each year. If you're yet to see the play or want to revisit Tessa's story, here's where you can buy the book version of Suzie Miller's Prima Facie – plus the audiobook narrated by Jodie Comer herself. A novelised version of the award-winning play, Miller's Prima Facie pads out the court drama. A successful barrister who's disguised her working-class roots in a male-dominated world, she specialises in getting men acquitted from sexual assault trials. But when the tables are turned and a date with a colleague goes horribly wrong, Tessa is forced to question the lies she's built a career on. If your gearing up to see Jodie Comer's one-woman turn in the play on tour, get a flavour of what to expect with the audiobook (£12.99, Narrated by the Tony-award-winning actor in what's sure to be an equally powerful performance, the audiobook delves deeper into Tessa's story.
