NT Live: The Motive and The Cue (15 TBC)

A big-screen NT Live screening of Jack Thorne's play about the 1964 Broadway Hamlet, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud.

Filmed live during its sold-out 2023 London run, this NT Live screening presents Jack Thorne's play about the troubled 1964 Broadway production of Hamlet. Sam Mendes directs, with Mark Gatiss in his Olivier Award-winning performance as John Gielgud, alongside Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton and Tuppence Middleton as Elizabeth Taylor. As rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director threatens to unravel. The screening runs approximately three hours and is rated 15 (TBC).