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THURSDAY 21 May
Doors: 6.30pm Film: 7pm NT Live: The Welkin One life in the hands of 12 women. Rural Suffolk in England, 1759. As the country waits for Halley’s comet, a young woman is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder. When she claims to be pregnant, a jury of 12 matrons are taken from their housework to decide whether she’s telling the truth, or simply trying to escape the noose. With only midwife Lizzy Luke prepared to defend the girl, and a mob baying for blood outside, the matrons wrestle with their new authority, and the devil in their midst. James Macdonald (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) directs Maxine Peake (The Theory of Everything, Funny Cow) and Ria Zmitrowicz (Three Girls, Mr. Selfridge) in this bold and gripping thriller from Tony Award nominated writer Lucy Kirkwood (Chimeric Skins). Broadcast live from the National Theatre in London. |
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THURSDAY 23 July
Doors: 6.30pm Film: 7pm NT Live: Jack Absolute Flies Again From the writer of One Man, Two Guvnors comes a hilarious new play, set in 1940s British summertime and based on Sheridan’s classic comedy of manners, The Rivals. After an aerial dog fight, Pilot Officer Jack Absolute flies home to rejoin his fearless young Hurricane squadron at RAF Fontwell. Once back on British soil, Jack is shocked to find his old flame, Lydia, on the base. He sets his sights on winning her heart, but with turbulence and hilarity never far away, his advances quickly turn to anarchy. Thea Sharrock directs a cast including Caroline Quentin and Richard Fleeshman in this joyous farce. Broadcast live from the National Theatre in London. |
