National Theatre Live Fleabag Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge Directed by Vicky Jones ★★★★★ ‘Witty, filthy and supreme.’ Guardian See the hilarious, award-winning, one-woman show that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, broadcast live to cinemas from London’s West End. Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve) and directed by Vicky (more…)

Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin Production: Franco Zeffirelli Set Designer: Franco Zeffirelli Costume Designer: Anna Anni and Dada Saligeri Lighting Designer: Gil Wechsler Choreographer: Chiang Ching Cast: Christine Goerke (Turandot), Eleonora Buratto (Liù), Roberto Aronica (Calàf), James Morris (Timur) Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Franco Zeffirelli’s celebrated production of Turandot, which stars Christine Goerke in the (more…)

National Theatre Live The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power directed by Sam Mendes The story of a family and a company that changed the world, told in three parts on a single evening. Academy Award-winner Sam Mendes (Skyfall, The Ferryman) directs Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Ben Miles who play the Lehman Brothers, their sons and (more…)

Saturday, October 19 at 1pm A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare “The course of true love never did run smooth.” A feuding fairy King and Queen of the forest cross paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of actors trying to rehearse a play. As their dispute grows, the magical royal couple meddle (more…)

Conductor: Maurizio Benini Production: Laurent Pelly Set Designer: Chantal Thomas Costume Designer: Laurent Pelly Lighting Designer: Joël Adam Choreographer: Lionel Hoche Cast: Lisette Oropesa (Manon), Michael Fabiano (Chevalier des Grieux), Carlo Bosi (Guillot de Morfontaine), Artur Ruciński (Lescaut), Brett Polegato (de Brétigny), Kwangchul Youn (Comte des Grieux) Manon’s story—from innocent country girl to celebrated courtesan (more…)

Music: Alexander Glazunov Choreography: Yuri Grigorovich (after Marius Petipa) Libretto: Yuri Grigorovich (after Lidia Pashkova) Raymonda is betrothed to Jean de Brienne, a gallant knight who pledged to go on a crusade led by the King of Hungary. When her beloved leaves, Abderakhman, a foreign knight, makes a bid for the hand of Raymonda and (more…)

Conductor: Pier Giorgio Morandi Production: Anthony Minghella Set Designer: Michael Levine Costume Designer: Han Feng Lighting Designer: Peter Mumford Choreographer: Carolyn Choa Cast: Hui He (Cio-Cio-San), Elizabeth DeShong (Suzuki), Andrea Carè (Pinkerton), Plácido Domingo (Sharpless) Hui He stars as Cio-Cio-San, the devoted geisha who gives everything for the American naval officer Pinkerton, sung by Andrea (more…)

Saturday, November 16 at 1pm Hansard by Simon Wood Hansard; noun The official report of all parliamentary debates. See two-time Olivier Award winners, Lindsay Duncan (Birdman, About Time) and Alex Jennings (The Lady in the Van, The Queen), in this brand-new play by Simon Wood, broadcast live from the National Theatre in London. It’s a (more…)

MET PREMIERE / FIRST TIME IN HD Conductor: Karen Kamensek Production: Phelim McDermott Set Designer: Tom Pye Costume Designer: Kevin Pollard Lighting Designer: Bruno Poet Choreographer: Sean Gandini Cast: Dísella Lárusdóttir (Queen Tye), J’Nai Bridges (Nefertiti), Anthony Roth Costanzo (Akhnaten), Aaron Blake (High Priest of Amon), Will Liverman (Horemhab), Richard Bernstein (Aye), Zachary James (Amenhotep) (more…)

Saturday, November 30 at 1pm Present Laughter by Noël Coward Matthew Warchus directs Andrew Scott (BBC’s Sherlock, Fleabag) in Noël Coward’s provocative comedy Present Laughter. As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as (more…)