Thursday 21st March 7.00 pm
A National Theatre Live presentation
Cert. 15 165 min.
A new play by Jack Thorne
Directed by Sam Mendes
SORRY – SOLD OUT
Sam Mendes (The Lehman Trilogy) directs Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud and Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton in this fierce and funny new play.
1964: Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under John Gielgud’s exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel...
Written by Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and designed by Es Devlin (The Crucible), the Evening Standard award-winning best new play was filmed live during a sold-out run at the National Theatre.
★★★★★ “A witty, deft, touching evocation of a fascinating, fraught encounter that captures the mood of those times” The Telegraph
★★★★★ “There is great humanity in Thorne’s writing ... a triumph” WhatsOnStage
★★★★ “Johnny Flynn and Mark Gatiss are sensational” Time Out
★★★★ “This Burton/Gielgud luvvie-off will give you goosebumps” The Independent
Seats are £12 and £10 each, plus 25p supplement if booking online.
Doors open 6.30 pm. Refreshments
Contains strong language