National Theatre Live @ King's
2011-12 season
King's is delighted to be working with National Theatre Live broadcasting the best of British theatre live to venues across the world. King’s is one of the first academic venues to participate in this hugely popular initiative.
All screenings take place in the Anatomy Theatre & Museum on the Strand. For full details see the Anatomy Theatre & Museum website.
Ticket prices: £15.00 - general public, £12.50 - staff and alumni of King's, £10.00 - King's students. All tickets include a drink.
Thursday 15 September 2011 - One Man, Two Guvnors
by Richard Bean
based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni with songs by Grant Olding.
In Richard Bean’s English version of Goldoni’s classic Italian comedy, sex, food and money are high on the agenda. James Corden returns to the National for the first time since The History Boys to play Francis.
Thursday 6 October 2011 - THE KITCHEN
By Arnold Wesker
Directed by Bijan Sheibani (an NT Associate Director)
Arnold Wesker’s extraordinary play premiered at the Royal Court in 1959 and has since been performed in over 30 countries. The Kitchen puts the workplace centre stage in a blackly funny and furious examination of life lived at breakneck speed, when work threatens to define who we are.
Thursday 1 December 2011 - COLLABORATORS
By John Hodge
Collaborators, opening in October is a new play by John Hodge (screenwriter of Trainspotting, Shallow Grave, The Beach) directed by National Theatre Artistic Director Nicholas Hytner. The play centres on an imaginary encounter between Joseph Stalin and the playwright Mikhail Bulgakov (best known for his novel The Master and Margarita); Alex Jennings (The Habit of Art) will play Bulgakov and Simon Russell Beale (London Assurance) will play Stalin.
Thursday 1 March 2012 – The Comedy of Errors
By William Shakespeare
Two sets of twins separated at birth collide in the same city without meeting for one crazy day, as multiple mistaken identities lead to confusion on a grand scale. And for no one more so than Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant Dromio who, in search of their brothers, arrive in a land entirely foreign to their distant home. A buzzing metropolis, to the outsiders it appears a place of wonderment and terror, where baffling gifts and unexplained hostilities abound. Lenny Henry plays Antipholus of Syracuse.
Thursday 29 March 2012 – She Stoops to Conquer
By Oliver Goldsmith
Hardcastle, a man of substance, looks forward to acquainting his daughter with his old pal’s son with a view to marriage. But thanks to playboy Lumpkin, he’s mistaken by his prospective son-in-law Marlow for an innkeeper, his daughter for the local barmaid. The good news is, while Marlow can barely speak to a woman of quality he’s a charmer with those of a different stamp. And so, as Hardcastle’s indignation intensifies, Miss Hardcastle’s appreciation for her misguided suitor soars. Misdemeanours multiply, love blossoms, mayhem ensues.
If you have any questions or wish to know more about the programme please contact Anna Ashton (anna.ashton@kcl.ac.uk).