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ROH Live: The Nutcracker (U)
150 mins.
Encore screening. Tchaikovsky’s much-loved music is matched to a magical adventure on Christmas Eve for Clara and her Nutcracker doll. Their journey to the Land of Sweets brings with it some of the most familiar of all ballet moments, such as the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Waltz of the Flowers.
Peter Wright’s production for The Royal Ballet keeps true to the spirit of this Russian ballet classic, with period details and dancing snowflakes.
WHY? One of the most delightful ways to discover the enchantment of ballet
'The Nutcracker is perfect for bringing the magic of the festive season to the stage' ★★★★ The Telegraph
£15
Peterloo (12A)
Dir: Mike Leigh 2018 | 154 mins, UK
An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre. A peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turns into one of the most notorious episodes in British history. From award winning filmmaker Mike Leigh and starring Rory Kinnear and Maxine Peake.
WHY? ‘Richly intelligent, passionate movie’ ★★★★★ The Guardian
Click here to read the full review.
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Movie Mondays Offer
Monday film screening tickets are £7 and include a free cup of tea or filter coffee.
Surviving Christmas with the Relatives (12A)
Dir: James Dearden 2018 | Run time tbc, UK
Two sisters and their families come together in their recently deceased parents dilapidated country house. Miranda and Dan are escaping from city life. Lila is a fading Hollywood star married to her agent, Trent. Ancient sibling rivalries flare up – with chaotic consequences.
WHY? Festive comedy starring Joely Richardson, Patricia Hodge, James Fox and Sally Phillips
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (12A)
Dir: David Yates 2018 | Run time tbc, UK/US
Albus Dumbledore enlists his former student Newt Scamander to help thwart Grindelwald's plans of raising pure-blood wizards to rule over all non-magical beings. Newt agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested.
WHY? The latest film set in acclaimed author JK Rowling’s wizarding world
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Widows (15)
Dir: Steve McQueen 2018 | 128 mins, UK/US
Contemporary Chicago. Four women have nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities. Tensions build when Veronica (Viola Davis), Linda, Alice and Belle take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
WHY? A blistering, modern-day thriller set against the backdrop of crime, passion and corruption
'Steve McQueen dazzles with masterful thriller' ★★★★ The Guardian
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£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
The King and I from the London Palladium
180 mins.
Recorded live from London’s iconic Palladium. The multi-award winning and critically acclaimed Lincoln Centre Theatre’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical.
Set in 1860s Bangkok, the musical tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna, a British schoolteacher whom the modernist King, in an imperialistic world, brings to Siam to teach his many wives and children.
With one of the finest scores ever written including Whistle a Happy Tune, Getting to Know You, and Shall We Dance and featuring a company of over 50 world-class performers.
WHY? ‘Five stars for a sumptuous King and I. Book Now. It’s a hit’ The Times
‘We left the London Palladium on a bright cloud of music - joyous!’ Daily Mail
‘Looks and sounds ravishing. Complete rapture’ The Telegraph
£15
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The Girl in the Spider's Web (15)
Dir: Fede Alvarez 2018 | Run time tbc, UK/De/Se/Ca/US
Claire Foy stars as outcast vigilante Lisbeth Salander, the title character of the acclaimed Millennium book series created by Stieg Larsson. Hacker Lisbeth and journalist Mikael Blomkvist encounter a web of spies, cybercriminals and government corruption in this action packed thriller.
WHY? A new Dragon Tattoo story
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
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NT Live: Antony and Cleopatra
210 mins.
An encore screening from the National Theatre of Shakespeare’s great tragedy of politics, passion and power.
Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war-torn empire the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony have fallen fiercely in love. In a tragic fight between devotion and duty, obsession becomes a catalyst for war.
WHY? Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play the famous fated couple
£15
Disobedience (15)
Dir: Sebastián Lelio 2017 | 115 mins, UK/Ir/US
Ronit’s (Rachel Weisz) estranged rabbi father suddenly passes away. She returns from New York to the north London Orthodox Jewish community that rejected her years previously. Ronit’s presence courts further controversy when she runs into Esti - the wife of her cousin. Based on the novel by Naomi Alderman.
WHY? From the writer-director of the Academy Award winning A Fantastic Woman
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Shoplifters (15)
Dir: Kore-eda Hirokazu 2018 | 121 mins, Jp (Japanese with English subtitles)
Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. After learning of the hardships she faces, Osamu’s wife agrees to take her in. The family barely make enough money to survive through petty crime, but they live happily. Then an unforeseen incident reveals secrets, testing their bonds…
WHY? Winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
The Old Man & the Gun (12A)
Dir: David Lowery 2018 | 93 mins, US
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford). From his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities. Wrapped up in the pursuit are detective John Hunt and a woman who loves him in spite of his chosen profession.
WHY? ‘Redford radiates swagger and class’ ★★★★ The Guardian
Click here to read the full review.
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Movie Mondays Offer
Monday film screening tickets are £7 and include a free cup of tea or filter coffee. Excludes School Holiday Family screenings and Event Cinema screenings.
Lizzie (15)
Dir: Craig William Macneill 2018 | 105 mins, US
Lizzie is an unmarried woman of 32 and a social outcast. She lives a claustrophobic life under her father’s cold and domineering control. Young maid Bridget Sullivan comes to work for the family. Lizzie finds a sympathetic, kindred spirit. Their secret intimacy soon blossoms into a wicked plan.
WHY? Psychological thriller about Lizzie Borden, who stood accused of the infamous 1892 axe murder of her family in Massachusetts
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
NT Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second
Run time tbc.
Simon Russell Beale plays William Shakespeare’s Richard II, broadcast live from the stage of the Almeida Theatre in London.
This visceral new production about the limits of power will be directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins, whose previous plays include Little Revolution at the Almeida and Absolute Hell at the National Theatre.
Richard II, King of England, is irresponsible, foolish and vain. His weak leadership sends his kingdom into disarray and his court into uproar. Seeing no other option but to seize power, the ambitious Bolingbroke challenges the throne and the king’s divine right to rule.
WHY? Simon Russell Beale returns to National Theatre Live screens following broadcasts of Timon of Athens and King Lear, and his recent role in the National Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of The Lehman Trilogy.
Courtyard Theatre
£15
NT Live: Allelujah! (15)
170 mins.
Alan Bennett’s sharp and hilarious new play is ‘just what the doctor ordered’ (Daily Telegraph). Filmed live at London’s Bridge Theatre during its limited run.
The Beth, an old fashioned cradle-to-grave hospital serving a town on the edge of the Pennines, is threatened with closure as part of an efficiency drive. A documentary crew, eager to capture its fight for survival, follows the daily struggle to find beds on the Dusty Springfield Geriatric Ward and the triumphs of the old people’s choir.
Alan Bennett’s celebrated plays include The History Boys, The Lady in the Van and The Madness of George III, all of which were also seen on film. Allelujah! is his tenth collaboration with award-winning director Nicholas Hytner.
WHY? ‘Leaves you bobbing on a wave of happiness’ Independent
Click here to read the full review.
£15
Free Solo (12A)
Dir: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi 2018 | 100 mins, US
Alex Honnold prepares to achieve his lifelong dream: climbing the face of the world’s most famous rock - the 3,200-foot El Capitan in Yosemite National Park - without a rope. As the climber begins his training, the armor of invincibility he’s built up over decades unexpectedly breaks apart when he begins to fall in love.
WHY? A stunning, intimate and unflinching documentary portrait of the free soloist climber
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Sorry to Bother You (15)
Dir: Boots Riley 2018 | 111 mins, US
Set in an alternate present-day version of Oakland. Telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a macabre universe. As Green's career begins to take off, his friends and co-workers organize a protest against corporate oppression.
WHY? ‘The best film of the year by far’ GQ Magazine
Click here to read the full review.
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Tulip Fever (15)
Dir: Justin Chadwick 2017 | 105 mins, UK/US
17th century Amsterdam. A married noblewoman embarks on an affair with an artist commissioned to paint her portrait. After escaping the wealthy merchant she married, the pair attempt to raise money by investing what little they have in the high-stakes tulip market.
WHY? Starring Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, Jack O'Connell, Tom Hollander and Judy Dench
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Movie Mondays Offer
Monday film screening tickets are £7 and include a free cup of tea or filter coffee. Excludes School Holiday Family screenings and Event Cinema screenings.
Wildlife (12A)
Dir: Paul Dano 2018 | 104 mins, US
1960s Montana. 14-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette (Carey Mulligan) and Jerry (Jake Gyllenhaal). An uncontrolled forest fire rages close to the Canadian border. When Jerry loses his job, he decides to join the cause of fighting the fire. Suddenly forced into the role of an adult, Joe witnesses his mother’s struggle as she tries to keep her head above water.
WHY? ‘Features an extraordinary performance by Mulligan’ ★★★★ Empire
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£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Parent and Baby Screening
The screening on Tuesday 22 January at 11am is exclusively for parents with children under 2 years. Lights are kept on low level and you can move around if you need to. Tickets are £5.50 for adults (including a cup of tea/coffee); babies and infants are free of charge. Seating is unreserved and unaccompanied adults are not admitted.
ROH Live: The Queen of Spades
210 mins.
Live screening from The Royal Opera House. Tchaikovsky’s intense opera of obsession and the supernatural, based on a short story by Pushkin. Gherman is caught between the woman he loves and a destructive fixation. An engrossing portrayal of a tortured creative artist and a gripping piece of gothic storytelling.
WHY? A new production that has already garnered five-star reviews in Amsterdam
Courtyard Theatre
£15
Mary Poppins Returns (U)
Dir: Rob Marshall 2018 | 130 mins, US
Mary Poppins returns to the Banks’ household in a spectacular new story, to help the next generation of the family. Using her magical skills, she takes the Banks’ children on an adventure to help bring joy and wonder back to their lives.
WHY? Starring Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep, Ben Whishaw and Emily Mortimer
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Movie Mondays Offer
Monday film screening tickets are £7 and include a free cup of tea or filter coffee. Excludes School Holiday Family screenings and Event Cinema screenings.
Parent and Baby Screening
The screening on Wednesday 30 January at 11am is exclusively for parents with children under 2 years. Lights are kept on low level and you can move around if you need to. Tickets are £5.50 for adults (including a cup of tea/coffee); babies and infants are free of charge. Seating is unreserved and unaccompanied adults are not admitted.
ROH Live: La Traviata
215 mins.
Live screening (Wednesday). Richard Eyre’s beautiful production provides the perfect setting for Verdi’s opera. Alfredo falls in love in with the courtesan Violetta in glamorous Paris society. Underneath the surface run darker undercurrents, leading to a tragic ending.
WHY? Lavish period sets and costumes enhance the reality of a moving story based on true life
Courtyard Theatre
£15
An Impossible Love (15)
Dir: Catherine Corsini 2018 | 135 mins, Fr/Be (French with English subtitles)
Late 1950s. Rachel, a young office clerk, meets Philippe, a well-educated man from a wealthy family. They share an intense but short-lived romance, from which a daughter is born. Over the next 50 years, their lives will be shaped by the unconditional love between a mother and her daughter.
WHY? 'The acting is terrific’ Screen Daily
Click here to read the full review.
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
The Favourite (15)
Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos 2018 | 119 mins, UK/Ir/US
England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne. Her close friend Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) governs the country in her stead. When an ambitious new servant Abigail (Emma Stone) arrives, Sarah takes her under her wing.
WHY? ‘Dark comedy of 18th-century court intrigue’ ★★★★ The Guardian
Click here to read the full review.
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Movie Mondays Offer
Monday film screening tickets are £7 and include a free cup of tea or filter coffee. Excludes School Holiday Family screenings and Event Cinema screenings.
Parent and Baby Screening
The screening on Tuesday 5 February at 11am is exclusively for parents with children under 2 years. Lights are kept on low level and you can move around if you need to. Tickets are £5.50 for adults (including a cup of tea/coffee); babies and infants are free of charge. Seating is unreserved and unaccompanied adults are not admitted.
Welcome to Marwen (12A)
Director: Robert Zemeckis 2018 | 116 mins, US
A devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp and wipes away all memories. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic. Through his fantasy world, he draws strength to triumph in the real one.
WHY? Starring Steve Carell, Diane Kruger, Janelle Monáe and Leslie Mann
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Colette (15)
Dir: Wash Westmoreland 2018 | 111 mins, UK/US
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (Keira Knightley) marries a successful Parisian writer known as Willy (Dominic West). He convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him. She pens a semi-autobiographical novel, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation. However, Colette is forced to fight over creative ownership of her work.
WHY? Exploring a character who defied gender roles and revolutionised literature, fashion and sexual expression
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Stan & Ollie (PG)
Dir: Jon S Baird 2018 | 97 mins, UK/Ca/US
The heartwarming story of what would become Laurel & Hardy’s triumphant farewell tour. With their golden era long behind them, the duo embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, their love of performing, as well as for each other, endures.
WHY? ‘Insightful and endlessly touching’ ★★★★ Independent
Click here to read the full review.
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
NT Live: I'm Not Running
Run time tbc.
Encore screenings of this explosive new play by David Hare. Pauline Gibson has spent her life as a doctor, the inspiring leader of a local health campaign. When she crosses paths with her old boyfriend, a stalwart loyalist in Labour Party politics, she’s faced with an agonising decision.
WHY? Hare was recently described by The Washington Post as ‘the premiere political dramatist writing in English’
Courtyard Theatre
£15
The Front Runner (15)
Dir: Jason Reitman 2018 | 113 mins, US
Charismatic politician Gary Hart (Hugh Jackman) was considered the overwhelming front runner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination. But his campaign was sidelined by the story of an extramarital relationship. Tabloid journalism and political journalism merge, forcing him to drop out of the race.
WHY? ‘Hugh Jackman makes headlines in nuanced drama’ ★★★★ The Guardian
Click here to read the full review.
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Ralph Breaks the Internet (PG)
Dir: Phil Johnston, Rich Moore 2018 | 112 mins, US
Ralph and Vanellope must travel beyond Litwak’s Arcade and into the expansive world of the internet in search of a missing part to save Sugar Rush. Along the way they encounter pop-up ads, high stakes online auctions, Disney princesses and online driving games.
WHY? The sequel to hit family film Wreck-It Ralph
£8 (£6 under 16s)
Family and Friends (4 people) £24
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! - Sing Along (PG)
Dir: Ol Parker 2018 | 114 mins, US
Get ready to sing and dance, laugh and love all over again! Sophie finds out more about her mother Donna's past while seeking guidance on how to handle her pregnancy. The all-star cast includes Meryl Streep, Lily James, Julie Walters, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth.
WHY? Sing along to a soundtrack packed with classic ABBA hits
'Full of hits and emotion' ★★★★★ The Guardian
Click here to read the full review.
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Movie Mondays Offer
Monday film screening tickets are £7 and include a free cup of tea or filter coffee. Excludes School Holiday Family screenings and Event Cinema screenings.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (PG)
Dir: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey 2018 | 117 mins, US
A fresh vision of a different Spider-Man Universe, with a groundbreaking visual style that’s the first of its kind. The story introduces Brooklyn teen Miles Morales and the limitless possibilities of the Spider-Verse - where more than one can wear the mask.
WHY? From the creative minds behind The Lego Movie
£8 (£6 under 16s)
Family and Friends (4 people) £24
Mary, Queen of Scots (15)
Dir: Josie Rourke 2018 | 124 mins, UK
Queen of France at 16, at 18 Mary is widowed. She returns to Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne. By birth, Mary has a rival claim to the throne of Elizabeth I. Betrayal, rebellion and conspiracies within each court imperil both Queens - driving them apart, as each woman experiences the bitter cost of power.
WHY? ‘Saoirse Ronan rules over political drama’ ★★★★ The Guardian
Click here to read the full review.
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Parent and Baby Screening
The screening on Wednesday 27 February at 11am is exclusively for parents with children under 2 years. Lights are kept on low level and you can move around if you need to. Tickets are £5.50 for adults (including a cup of tea/coffee); babies and infants are free of charge. Seating is unreserved and unaccompanied adults are not admitted.
Mirai (PG)
Dir: Mamoru Hosoda 2018 | 98 mins, Jp
Four-year-old Kun’s world is turned upside down when he meets his new baby sister. Named Mirai, the baby quickly wins the hearts of Kun’s entire family. He becomes increasingly jealous. Then one day, he encounters strange guests from the past and future…
WHY? A sumptuous and magical adventure about the ties that bring families together and make us who we are
£8 (£6 under 16s)
Family and Friends (4 people) £24
ROH Live: Don Quixote
165 mins.
Encore screening from The Royal Opera House. Love and friendship triumph in Carlos Acosta’s vibrant production of this dazzling ballet. The story follows Don Quixote’s picaresque journey to do deeds in honour of his imaginary noble lady, Dulcinea.
WHY? Sunny, charming, funny and touching – it is a ballet as full of uplifting emotion as it is of astonishing ballet technique
Courtyard Theatre
£15
Beautiful Boy (15)
Dir: Felix van Groeningen 2018 | 120 mins, US
Teenager Nicolas Sheff (Timothée Chalamet) seems to have it all - good grades, editor of the school newspaper, actor, artist and athlete. When Nic's addiction to meth threatens to destroy him, his desperate father does whatever he can to save his son and his family.
WHY? Based on the memoir Beautiful Boy by David Sheff and Tweak by his son, Nic Sheff
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
ROH Live: La Forza del Destino
255 mins.
Encore screening from The Royal Opera House, directed by Christof Loy and conducted by Antonio Pappano. A story of bitter revenge pursued across miles and years. Leonora falls in love with Don Alvaro, but when her father forbids their marriage, a fatal accident triggers a drama of obsession, vengeance and tragedy.
WHY? Jonas Kaufmann and Anna Netrebko star in Verdi’s epic opera
Courtyard Theatre
£15
RSC Live: As You Like It
Run time tbc.
Live screening from Stratford-upon-Avon. Rosalind is banished, wrestling with her heart and her head. With her cousin by her side, she journeys to a world of exile where barriers are broken down and all can discover their deeper selves.
WHY? Kimberley Sykes directs a riotous production of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy
Courtyard Theatre
£15
ROH Live: Faust
225 mins.
Live screening from the Royal Opera House of Gounod’s enthralling opera. Faust trades his soul with the Devil for youth and power. Virtuoso leading roles, a large chorus, sensational sets, ballet and an ecstatic finale make this the epitome of theatrical spectacle.
WHY? Experience the decadence and elegance of 1870s Paris in David McVicar’s spectacular production
Courtyard Theatre
£15
NT Live: All My Sons
by Arthur Miller
directed by Jeremy Herrin
Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) star in Arthur Miller’s blistering drama All My Sons.
America, 1947. Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. They have built a home, raised two sons and established a thriving business.
But nothing lasts forever and their contented lives, already shadowed by the loss of their eldest boy to war, are about to shatter.
With the return of a figure from the past, long buried truths are forced to the surface and the price of their American dream is laid bare.
WHY? Jeremy Herrin (NT Live: This House, People, Places & Things) directs a cast including Jenna Coleman (Victoria), and Colin Morgan (Merlin)
Courtyard Theatre
£15
All My Sons is an Old Vic co-production with Headlong