The Royal National Theatre of Great Britain, commonly known as the National Theatre, is a performing arts venue and associated theatre company located in London, England. The theatre was founded by the actor Laurence Olivier in 1963, and many well-known actors have trodden the boards there.
National Theatre Live has been sharing extraordinary performances by talents at the top of their game since 2009.
We're delighted to be able to share these remarkable shows with our audiences in the comfort and convenience of our barn.
Tickets go on sale on Thursday, September 12th
Barn Door Passes $165
Single tickets are $30
Barn Door Passes $165
Single tickets are $30
Saturday, October 12th 2024, 1pm
Fleabag is the hilarious, award-winning, original one-woman play that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series, written and performed on-stage by Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
Please note this show is rated R.
The language will be filthy.
The character will be unlikable.
It will be irreverant.
Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve) and directed by Vicky Jones, Fleabag is a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life.
Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. With family and friendships under strain and a guinea pig café struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag suddenly finds herself with nothing to lose.
Hilarious, relatable and painful. With a British accent. What more could you want? An endorsement from President Barack Obama? It has that too. The TV based on the play made his best of 2019 list.
The show is 80 minutes with no intermission.
Saturday, November 2nd, 1pm
Olivier Winning actor, Andrew Scott (Sherlock, Fleabag) brings to life multiple characters in Simon Stephen’s radical new version of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.
Comedic and tragic, Chekhov’s examination of our shared humanity - our hopes, dreams, regrets - is thrust into sharp focus in VANYA.
This production explores the kaleidoscope of human emotions, harnessing the power of the intimate bond between actor and audience to delve deeper into the human psyche.
Vanya is part unrequited love story, part exploration of a life's purpose. It is the magic of Anton Chekhov distilled down to it purest form - the longing for human connection, the terror of being forgotten, the beauty in the smallest of gestures, the mourning of what was and the dawning of what is to come.
It's rated R. So expect some spicy language.
It's Chekhov, so expect to feel connected to humanity and a combination of sad and happy.
It's a one man show- so expect to spend the entire time with Andrew Scott.
This performance runs 117 minutes with no intermission.
Saturday, November 16th 2024, 1pm
Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new production of Hamlet under John Gielgud's exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel.
Sam Mendes directs Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton, Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud and Tuppence Middleton as Elizabeth Taylor, in this fierce and funny new play by Jack Thorne, offering a glimpse into the politics of a rehearsal room and the relationship between art and celebrity.
This show is rated R and it contains strong language and adult themes, with some bright lighting. E-cigarettes are smoked onstage in this production.
A love letter to the theatre – its travails, agonies, ghosts and pleasures – that works exceptionally well on screen.
The production runs 3 hours and has 1 intermission.
Saturday, March 1st, 2025, 1pm
Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the top of her game; defending; cross examining and winning. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge.
See Jodie Comer’s (Killing Eve) Olivier and Tony Award-winning performance in Suzie Miller’s gripping one-woman play. Prima Facie takes us to the heart of where emotion and experience collide with the rules of the game.
This show is rated R and contains adult themes.
Activation warning: As this show contains explicit discussion of sexual assualt it will not be appropriate for younger audiences and those who might be activated by watching it.
This play runs 125 minutes and has no intermission.
Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the top of her game; defending; cross examining and winning. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge.
See Jodie Comer’s (Killing Eve) Olivier and Tony Award-winning performance in Suzie Miller’s gripping one-woman play. Prima Facie takes us to the heart of where emotion and experience collide with the rules of the game.
This show is rated R and contains adult themes.
Activation warning: As this show contains explicit discussion of sexual assualt it will not be appropriate for younger audiences and those who might be activated by watching it.
This play runs 125 minutes and has no intermission.
Saturday, April 12th 2025, 1pm
From campaigning at the coalfield to leading the battle to create the NHS, Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan is often referred to as the politician with greatest influence on our country without ever being Prime Minister. Confronted with death, Nye’s deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights with Churchill in an epic Welsh fantasia.
Michael Sheen is Nye Bevan in this surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state. It’s written by Tim Price (Teh Internet is Serious Business) and directed by Rufus Norris (Small Island).
Moving and magical, the production explores Nye's recollections and memories as part of his post-operation hallucinations, jumping imaginatively backward and forward in time chronologically but with a hint of the fantastical.
It is rated R. So be mindful of that when you are buying tickets. Most likely because of colorful language. But as Sheen is using his native accent (Welsh) you may not be able to understand the swearing anyway.
This show runs 175 minutes and has 1 intermission.