NT LIVE

NT Live is a new initiative to broadcast live performances of plays onto cinema screens worldwide. The pilot season launches with Nicholas Hytner’s production of PHEDRE with Helen Mirren, Dominic Cooper and Margaret Tyzack.

On 25 June, the performance will be filmed live in high definition and broadcast via satellite to approximately 50 cinemas, reaching a widespread audience live across the UK. The National will work with the Picturehouse, Odeon and Cineworld chains and a range of independent cinemas and arts centres. Over 100 venues around the world will also screen the performance on the same day.

Three further live broadcasts of NT productions are planned during the pilot season.
The performances will be nominated in advance to allow cameras greater freedom in the auditorium; ticket prices for what will, in effect, be a studio audience, will be adjusted accordingly.

NT Live is funded in partnership with Arts Council England and NESTA.
For a list of participating UK cinemas, visit www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/ntlive.