National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (15)
BAFTA Award-winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new
staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where among the
glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin.
Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont,
they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry,
the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path.
they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry,
the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path.
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) directs this thrilling
game of love, lies, and social warfare.
game of love, lies, and social warfare.
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World (12)
Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán
McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery.
Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming that he’s
killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero and begins to win hearts,
that is until a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene…
killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero and begins to win hearts,
that is until a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene…
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Caitríona McLaughlin directs this darkly funny tale full to
the brim with secrets.
the brim with secrets.