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- DirectorRufus NorrisStarsRemy BeasleyMatthew BulgoDyfan DwyforConfronted with death, Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan's deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights with Churchill.
- DirectorZoe FordSam MendesStarsJohnny FlynnTuppence MiddletonMark GatissExplores acting giants Burton and Gielgud staged Hamlet on Broadway in 1964.
- DirectorSam YatesStarsAndrew ScottAndrew Scott brings multiple characters to life in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, filmed live in West End, London. Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions.
- DirectorRupert GooldChristine LallaStarsJosh BarrowTashinga BepeteJoseph FiennesWith the worst track record for penalties in the world, Gareth Southgate knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt, to take team and country back to the promised land.
- DirectorJeremy HerrinStarsDavid BoyleEmilio DoorgasinghClare FosterDavid Harewood (Homeland) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) play feuding political rivals in James Graham's (Sherwood) multiple award-winning new drama. In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal. During a new nightly television format, they debate the moral landscape of a shattered nation. As beliefs are challenged and slurs slung, a new frontier in American politics is opening and television news is about to be transformed forever. Jeremy Herrin (All My Sons) directs this blistering political thriller, filmed live in London's West End.
- DirectorDominic CookeStarsDavid TennantElliot LeveySharon SmallAs the world faces its Second World War, John Halder, a good, intelligent German professor, finds himself pulled into a movement with unthinkable consequences.
- DirectorClint DyerStarsKirsty J. CurtisTanya FranksPaul HiltonA man who rose from slavery to become a respected black military leader and ambassador who marries a powerful Venetian senator's white daughter.
- DirectorLyndsey TurnerStarsBrendan CowellErin DohertyEileen WalshIn the good Christian town of Salem in 1692 a group of girls create a religious and legal fervour when they start accusing women of witchcraft after getting caught dancing in the forest.
- DirectorMax WebsterStarsHiran AbeysekeraDeeivya Meir
- DirectorJamie LloydStarsJason BarnettEmilia ClarkeRobert GlenisterThe Seagull is a filmed performance of the play by Anton Chekhov, in a new version by Anya Reiss, in which a woman leaves Moscow to visit her terminally ill brother.
- DirectorEmily BurnsStarsJames CorriganTheo CowanLaurie DavidsonAfter an aerial dog fight, Pilot Officer Jack Absolute flies home to win the heart of his old flame, Lydia Languish. Back on British soil, Jack's advances soon turn to anarchy when the young heiress demands to be loved on her own terms.
- DirectorSimon GodwinKate WatersStarsAl CoppolaNicki DavenportCeleste DodwellThe legendary family-run Hotel Messina on the Italian Riveria has been visited by artists, celebrities and royalty. But when the owner's daughter weds a dashing young soldier, not all guests are in the mood for love.
- DirectorJustin MartinStarsJodie ComerTessa is a young, brilliant barrister. From working class origins, she has reached the top of her game. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge.
- DirectorNicholas HytnerStarsAlisha BaileyDavid BromleyRalph FiennesFiennes is brilliant portraying Robert Moses (1888 - 1981), a very powerful and charismatic urban planner, whose career spanned over 40 years. Early in his career, Moses claimed to want to give all New Yorkers easy access to the outdoors, but with time, his motives were revealed to be less pure. David Hare's script is based on a biography by Robert Caro.
- DirectorMax WebsterStarsKate DuchêneKit HaringtonOlivier HubandFresh to the throne, King Henry V launches England into a bloody war with France. When his campaign encounters resistance, this inexperienced new ruler must prove he is fit to guide a country into war.
- DirectorNicholas HytnerEmily BurnsJames CousinsStarsJulie AthertonHolly AtkinsWendy Mae BrownTwo young people and their dæmons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt. In their care is a tiny child called Lyra Belacqua, and in that child lies the fate of the future. And as the waters rise around them, powerful adversaries conspire for mastery of Dust: salvation to some, the source of infinite corruption to others.
- StarsNoa AlbertsSebastian ArmestoJenna AugenLeopoldstadt is a passionate drama of love, family and endurance. At the beginning of the 20th century, Leopoldstadt was the old, crowded Jewish quarter of Vienna, Austria. But Hermann Merz, a factory owner and baptised Jew now married to Catholic Gretl, has moved up in the world. We follow his family's story across half a century, passing through the convulsions of war, revolution, impoverishment, annexation by Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. A company of 40 actors represent each generation of the family in this epic, but intimate play.
- DirectorSimon GodwinStarsFisayo AkinadeJessie BuckleyElla DacresAdaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy set in modern-day Italy where two young lovers strive to transcend a violent world where Catholic and secular values clash.
- DirectorTony Grech-SmithVicky JonesStarsPhoebe Waller-BridgeA rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life. With family and friendships under strain and a guinea pig cafe struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag suddenly finds herself with nothing to lose.
- DirectorJoe Hill-GibbinsTony Grech-SmithStarsSimon Russell BealeLeo BillMartins ImhangbeRichard II, King of England, is irresponsible, foolish and vain. His weak leadership sends his kingdom into disarray and his court into uproar.
- DirectorJamie LloydTony Grech-SmithStarsJames McAvoyAnita-Joy UwajehEben FigueiredoAn intense, raw and deep revival of Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac by the Jamie Lloyd Company.
- DirectorMatthew WarchusStarsNicole AgadaKitty ArcherEnzo CilentiAs he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine's colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control, as he becomes engulfed by an escalating identity crisis.
- DirectorSimon GodwinRobin LoughStarsRowena BentleyLindsay DuncanAlex JenningsOn a summer's morning in 1988, a Tory politician and his wife begin to dig up buried secrets.
- DirectorRoss MacGibbonStarsOliver ChrisGwendoline ChristieDavid MoorstYoung lovers, a troupe of actors, and fairies have romantic encounters in the forest on summer's night.
- DirectorSam MendesMatthew AmosStarsSimon Russell BealeAdam GodleyBen MilesThe story of Lehman Brothers, from their beginnings as cotton brokers before the Civil War to the company's involvement in the financial crisis of 2008.
- DirectorRufus NorrisTony Grech-SmithStarsAmy ForrestLeah HarveySandra James-YoungA journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 - the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury.
- DirectorJeremy HerrinRoss MacGibbonStarsJenna ColemanSally FieldBill PullmanAmerica, 1947, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. But their contented lives are about to shatter. A figure from the past forces long buried truths to the surface lying bare the price of their American dream.
- DirectorIvo van HoveNick WickhamStarsLily JamesGillian AndersonMonica DolanEve shows up in the dressing room of Broadway mega-star Margo Channing and tells Margo and her friends a melancholy life story. Margo takes Eve under her wing, only to have Eve use her and connive against her.
- DirectorNeil ArmfieldRobin LoughStarsSian BrookeOwen FindlayAlex HassellPauline 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.
- DirectorBenedict AndrewsTim Van SomerenStarsArtinis AliajNya BergMax BloomLive theatrical production of Tennessee Williams' 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'.
- DirectorSimon GodwinTony Grech-SmithStarsRalph FiennesSophie OkonedoTim McMullanCaesar 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.
- DirectorAdam PenfordMatt WoodwardStarsNadia AlbinaNicholas BishopMark GatissWith the King's mind unravelling at a dramatic pace, ambitious politicians and the scheming Prince of Wales threaten to undermine the power of the Crown, and expose the fine line between a King and a man.
- DirectorNicholas HytnerTim Van SomerenStarsSamuel BarnettSam BondJacqueline ChanThe 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 NHS efficiency drive.
- DirectorJonathan MunbyRoss MacGibbonStarsIan McKellenSinéad CusackDanny WebbTwo aging fathers - one a King, one his courtier - reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, and their worlds crumble.
- DirectorCarrie CracknellMatthew AmosStarsVanessa KirbyEric Kofi AbrefaThalissa TeixeiraWild and newly single, Julie throws a late night party, which rapidly descends into a savage fight for survival.
- DirectorRufus NorrisTim Van SomerenStarsNadia AlbinaMichael BalogunStephen BoxerThe ruined aftermath of a bloody civil war. Ruthlessly fighting to survive, the Macbeths are propelled towards the crown by forces of elemental darkness.
- DirectorNicholas HytnerTony Grech-SmithStarsBen WhishawMichelle FairleyDavid MorrisseyCaesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat's popularity, the educated elite conspire to bring him down. After his assassination, civil war erupts on the streets of Rome.
- DirectorDominic CookeTim Van SomerenStarsImelda StauntonTracie BennettGary RaymondThe former Weismann's Follies girls return to their old theatre one last time. At the core of the story are two married couples on the brink of collapse. As the night goes on, egos are unleashed, lies are exposed, and secrets are revealed.
- DirectorNicholas HytnerRobin LoughStarsRory KinnearNancy CarrollOliver Chris1850. Europe's most feared terrorist is hiding in Soho. Broke, restless and horny, his only hope is a job on the railway. But there's still no one in the capital who can show you a better night on the piss than Karl Heinrich Marx.
- DirectorStephen DaldryRobin LoughStarsCarey MulliganBill NighyMatthew BeardOn a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant, a successful and charismatic restaurateur whose wife has recently died.