On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis (Carey Mulligan) receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant (Bill Nighy), a successful and charismatic restaurateur whose wife has recently died. As the evening progresses, the two attempt to rekindle their once passionate relationship only to � nd themselves locked in a dangerous battle of opposing ideologies and mutual desires.

Running Time: 2hrs 45mins, including 20min interval

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Medeaby Euripidesin a new version by Ben Power

Broadcast live 4 SeptemberHelen McCrory takes the title role in the powerful Greek tragedy, with music written by Willl Gregory and Alison Goldfrapp.

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Frankensteinby Nick Dearbased on the novel by Mary Shelley

Returns to cinemas from 30 OctoberEncore screenings of Danny Boyle’s smash hit production, with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternating roles as Victor Frankenstein and his Creature.

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JOHNa co-production with DV8 Physical Theatrea work conceived and directed by Lloyd Newson

Broadcast live 9 DecemberJOHN depicts real-life stories and combines movement and spoken word to create an intense, moving theatrical experience. Suitable for 18yrs+.

Treasure Islandby Robert Louis Stevensonin a version by Bryony Lavery

Broadcast live 22 January 2015Half term encore screening 18 February

The classic story of murder, money and mutiny is brought to life in a thrilling new stage adaptation. Suitable for 10yrs+.

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About David Hare and SkylightDavid Hare has written 29 full-length plays for the stage, 17 of which have been presented at the National Theatre, including Pravda (with Howard Brenton), Racing Demon, Murmuring Judges, The Absence of War, Stuff Happens and The Power of Yes; his adaptation of Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers opens at the NT in November. His many screenplays for � lm and TV include The Hours, The Reader, Page Eight, Turks & Caicos and Salting the Battlefi eld.

Skylight was � rst staged in the Cottesloe at the National Theatre in 1995, directed by Richard Eyre, with Michael Gambon as Tom Sergeant, Lia Williams as Kyra Hollis and Daniel Betts as Edward Sergeant. The production won the Olivier Award for Best New Play, and transferred to the West End and later to Broadway. When it was revived at the Vaudeville Theatre in the West End in 1997, Bill Nighy played Tom Sergeant (the part he plays again in the production you will watch today), with Stella Gonet as Kyra and Theo Fraser Steele as Edward.

CAST

Characters, in order of speakingKyra HollisTom SergeantEdward Sergeant

UnderstudiesKyra HollisTom SergeantEdward Sergeant

Creative TeamAuthorDirectorDesignerLighting DesignerSound DesignerComposer

Costume SupervisorProps SupervisorProduction ManagerAssociate DirectorAssociate DesignerAssociate Lighting DesignerAssociate Sound DesignerDialect Coach

Company Stage ManagerDeputy Stage ManagerAssistant Stage ManagerWardrobe ManagerDresser to Mr NighyDresser to Ms MulliganProduction Photographer

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Broadcast live from 4 SeptemberRepeat screenings in selected venues

Terrible things breed in broken hearts.

Medea (Helen McCrory) is a wife and a mother. For the sake of her husband, Jason, she’s left her home and borne two sons in exile. But when he abandons his family for a new life, Medea faces banishment and separation from her children. Cornered, she begs for one day’s grace.

It’s time enough. She exacts an appalling revenge and destroys everything she holds dear.

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Danny Boyle’s smash hit production, with Olivier Award winner Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternating roles as Victor Frankenstein and his Creature, returns to cinemas for a limited time following unprecedented audience demand.

Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.

Broadcast live 22 January 2015Half term encore 18 February

Robert Louis Stevenson’s story of murder, money and mutiny is brought to life in a thrilling new stage adaptation.

It’s a dark, stormy night. The stars are out. Jim, the inn-keeper’s granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying stranger. At the old sailor’s feet sits a huge sea-chest, full of secrets. Jim invites him in – and her dangerous voyage begins.

Suitable for 10yrs+.

Broadcast live 9 December

JOHN contains adult themes, strong language and nudity. Suitable for 18yrs+.

Internationally renowned DV8 Physical Theatre’s new production, JOHN, authentically depicts real-life stories, combining movement and spoken word to create an intense and moving theatrical experience.

Lloyd Newson, DV8’s Artistic Director, interviewed more than 50 men asking them frank questions, initially about love and sex. One of those men was John.

What emerged was a story that is both extraordinary and touching. Years of crime, drug use and struggling to survive lead John on a search in which his life converges with others, in an unexpected place, unknown by most.

by Robert Louis Stephensonadapted by Bryony Laveryby Robert Louis Stephenson

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by Nick Dear, based on the novel by Mary Shelley

DANNY BOYLE’S SMASH-HIT PRODUCTION

a work conceived and directed by Lloyd Newson

a co-production with

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