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Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch

When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender: Coriolanus. But he has enemies at home too. Famine threatens...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tom Hiddleston

Medea is a wife and a mother. For the sake of her husband, Jason, she’s left her home and borne two sons in exile. But when he abandons his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Helen McCrory

Puppetry, magic and storytelling combine in a unique, Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of the best-selling novel. After a cargo ship sinks in...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiran Abeysekera

Presented by Theatre Support Fund+, The Shows Must Go On! and National Theatre Live, the world’s most iconic musicals return to the West End...

Genre: Music

Cast: Bonnie Langford

A ship is wrecked on the rocks. Viola is washed ashore but her twin brother Sebastian is lost. Determined to survive on her own, she steps out to...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tamara Lawrance

As the world faces its Second World War, John Halder, a good, intelligent German professor, finds himself pulled into a movement with unthinkable...

Genre: Drama

Cast: David Tennant

Confronted with death, National Health Service founder Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey...

Genre: History

Cast: Michael Sheen

Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat’s popularity, the educated...

Genre: Drama

Cast: David Calder

Eliza Doolittle is a young flower seller with an unmistakable Cockney accent which keeps her in the lower rungs of Edwardian society. When Professor...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Amy Nuttall

It's February 1974. Ted Heath's Conservative government has been ousted. But only just. In the hung Parliament, Labour manages to form a minority...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Vincent Franklin

An African country teeters on the edge of civil war. A society prepares to drive out its colonial present and claim an independent future. Racial...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sheila Atim

The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game?...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Joseph Fiennes

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young prodigy, arrives in Vienna, the music capital of the world – and he’s determined to make a splash....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lucian Msamati

After years of fierce focus on her political career, a politician turns her attention to her personal life. The reappearance of a figure from her...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Archie Barnes

Andrew Scott brings multiple characters to life in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, filmed live in West End, London. Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Andrew Scott

As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Gillian Anderson

Jess has a great life: a job she loves, a sharp sense of humour and a close group of friends. When austerity threatens the world she has worked hard...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Francesca Martinez

Bear's hat is gone. He loves his hat. He wants it back. He asks all the animals in the forest, but no one has seen it. WAIT. He has seen it somewhere.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Naana Agyei-Ampadu

Britain is locked down. Michael and Delroy are dealing with issues closer to home. During an explosive afternoon in Delroy's flat, they are forced to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Giles Terera