Terry Prachett's NATION, filmed live at the National Theatre in London, will be broadcast by satellite to cinemas worldwide on January 30th. NATION is the third play in the pilot season of NT Live, the National's ground-breaking initiative which launched in June with the hugely successful broadcast of Phedre with Helen Mirren, which was seen by 50,000 people in 19 countries around the globe.
Today sees the release of Only You Can Save Mankind, a studio concept album recorded by major West End stars, of a sci-fi stage musical based on the international best-selling book by Terry Pratchett.
Today sees the release of Only You Can Save Mankind, a studio concept album recorded by major West End stars, of a sci-fi stage musical based on the international best-selling book by Terry Pratchett.
NATIONAL THEATRE: JANUARY - MARCH 2010 Simon Russell Beale and Fiona Shaw lead the cast of Boucicault's LONDON ASSURANCE, directed by Nicholas Hytner in the Olivier
Unseen Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of Sir Terry Pratchett's 'The Last Continent'
The Guthrie announced today that it will continue its participation in the pilot season of NT Live - an initiative by the UK's National Theatre to broadcast high-definition performances of its plays to more than 300 venues worldwide - with screenings of Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well (October 24 and 25 at 1 p.m.), Mark Ravenhill's exhilarating adaptation of Terry Pratchett's witty adventure story Nation (February 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m.) and Alan Bennett's new play The Habit of Art (May 1 and 2 at 7:30 p.m.).
Shakespeare's ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, in a highly acclaimed production by Marianne Elliott, will be filmed live at the National Theatre in London on 1st October and broadcast by satellite to cinemas worldwide. All?s Well is the second play in the pilot season of NT Live, the National?s ground-breaking initiative which launched in June with the hugely successful broadcast of Phèdre with Helen Mirren, which was seen by 50,000 people in 19 countries around the globe. ALL'S WELL will be the first play broadcast from the largest of the National's three theatres, the Olivier, with its fan-shaped auditorium and open stage.
Lesley Sharp, Marc Warren and Diana Vickers to star in the first major West End revival of Jim Cartwright's multi-award-winning play, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice.
London and Broadway's former Elphaba adds another date to her Songbook concert series
The composer and the lyricist of ONLY YOU CAN SAVE MANKIND talk to Carrie Dunn
Daniel Boys, Kerry Ellis and Sharon D Clarke arrive at the studio to begin recording the musical adaptation of the Terry Pratchett novel
Major West End singers are this month to record the songs from a new sci-fi musical 'Only You Can Save Mankind', based on the international best-selling book by Terry Pratchett.
London's National Theatre announced Wednesday, Jan. 14th, that it will transmit live performances to movie theaters around the world in a quest to widen its audience and test the public appeal for watching stage productions onscreen. The first of four planned simulcasts will be the June 25th performance of Jean Racine's tragedy 'Phedre' starring Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren and mega hit 'Mamma Mia' film star Dominic Cooper. The National's artistic director Nicholas Hytner said Mirren, who won a best actress Oscar for 'The Queen,' was 'tremendously excited' by the idea.
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