Arts & Events

Rigoletto on the Lake

Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece – compelling, blood-curdling and beautiful – is being performed for the first time on the unique, Bregenz lake stage.

Showing Tue 17 September 19.30

NT Live: The Lehman Trilogy

The story of a family and a company that changed the world, told in three parts on a single evening.

Showing Thu 19 September 19.00

Kill Bill: Vol 1

After awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.

Showing Mon 23 September 20.00

NT Live: One Man, Two Guvnors

Featuring a Tony Award-winning performance from host of theThe Late Late Show, James Corden, the hilarious West End and Broadway hit One Man, Two Guvnors returns to cinemas to mark National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday.

Showing Thu 26 September 19.00 and 2 more

NT Live: Fleabag

See the hilarious, award-winning, one-woman show that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, broadcast live to cinemas from London’s West End.

Showing Fri 27 September 20.00 and Tue 15 October 20.00

Hitsville: The Making of Motown

Hitsville: The Making of Motown chronicles the astronomical success and enduring cultural impact of Motown Records, which will be celebrating its 60th anniversary this September.

Showing Mon 30 September 19.30

Kill Bill: Vol 2

The Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd, and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle.

Showing Mon 30 September 20.00

Plácido Domingo: 50th Anniversary Gala Evening

For one very special night, Plácido Domingo returns to the breathtaking Arena Di Verona amphitheatre for this anniversary gala evening, 50 years after his debut, revisiting three of his greatest ever roles in Verdi's Nabucco, Simon Boccanegra and Macbeth

Showing Tue 1 October 19.30

Roger Waters Us + Them

Roger Waters, co-founder, creative force and songwriter behind Pink Floyd, presents his highly anticipated film, Us + Them, featuring state-of-the-art visual production and breath-taking sound in this unmissable cinema event.

Showing Wed 2 October 19.30 and Sun 6 October 17.30

Wise Children

Multi-award-winning director Emma Rice brings her unique, exuberantly impish vision to Angela Carter’s great last novel in this brand-new play. A big, bawdy tangle of theatrical joy and heartbreak, Wise Children is ‘pure, unadulterated theatre.'

Showing Thu 3 October 19.30

ROH Live: Don Giovanni

Sexual intrigue, jealousy, wit, anger... and retribution! The new Royal Opera Season begins with Mozart’s engaging masterpiece, which follows Don Giovanni, the women he serially seduces, and the vengeance that finally catches up with him.

Showing Tue 8 October 18.45

Metallica & San Francisco Symphony: S&M²

On October 9, 2019, Trafalgar Releasing presents S&M², a must-see celebration of the 20th anniversary of Metallica's groundbreaking S&M concerts and album recorded with the San Francisco Symphony.

Showing Wed 9 October 20.00

Billy Connolly - The Sex Life of Bandages

Hailed as the UK's most influential comedian of all time, legendary Scot Billy Connolly is coming to cinemas with this brilliant show from his final stand-up tour

Showing Thu 10 October 20.00

NT Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream

A feuding fairy King and Queen of the forest cross paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of actors trying to rehearse a play. As their dispute grows, the magical royal couple meddle with mortal lives.

Showing Thu 17 October 19.00

Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet

The world premiere of Matthew Bourne's brand-new dance production of Romeo and Juliet is a passionate and contemporary re-imagining of Shakespeare's story of forbidden love

Showing Tue 22 October 19.45

ROH Live: Don Pasquale

Royal Opera favourite Bryn Terfel heads the cast for this new production of Donizetti’s comedy of domestic drama across two generations.

Showing Thu 24 October 19.30

Dracula - Northern Ballet Live 2019

Bram Stoker's legendary vampire lives on in this extraordinary production from Northern Ballet, played out through a unique blend of sensuous dancing, gripping theatre and Gothic sets.

Showing Thu 31 October 19.15

ROH Live: Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III

Orchestra of the Royal Opera HouseFrom The Royal Ballet’s classical origins in the works of Marius Petipa, to the home-grown choreographers who put British ballet on the world stage, this mixed programme highlights the versatility of the Company.

Showing Tue 5 November 19.15

NT Live: Hansard

See two-time Olivier Award winners, Lindsay Duncan (Birdman, About Time) and Alex Jennings (The Lady in the Van, The Queen), in this brand-new play by Simon Wood, broadcast live from the National Theatre in London.

Showing Thu 7 November 19.00

42nd Street - The Musical

One of Broadway's most classic and beloved tales, 42nd Street, comes to the big screen in the largest ever production of the show.

Showing Sun 10 November 17.00 and Tue 12 November 19.30

Exhibition On Screen: Leonardo: The Works

Leonardo da Vinci is acclaimed as the world’s favourite artist. Many TV shows and feature films have showcased this extraordinary genius but often not examined closely enough is the most crucial element of all: his art.

Showing Wed 13 November 19.30

NT Live: Present Laughter

Matthew Warchus directs Andrew Scott (BBC’s Sherlock, Fleabag) in Noël Coward’s provocative comedy Present Laughter.

Showing Thu 28 November 19.00

ROH Live: Coppelia

A classic returns to The Royal Ballet repertory with Ninettede Valois’ charming and funny Coppélia–a story of love, mischief and mechanical dolls.

Showing Tue 10 December 19.15

ROH Live: Nutcracker

A young girl's enchanted present leads her on a wonderful Christmas adventure in this beautiful classic ballet, danced to Tchaikovsky's magnificent score.

Showing Tue 17 December 19.15

Andre Rieu: 70 Years Young

70 Years Young is André Rieu’s ultimate concert featuring musical highlights chosen by André himself.

Showing Sat 4 January 2020 19.30 and Sun 5 January 2020 17.00

Exhibition On Screen: Lucian Freud A Self Portrait

For the first time in history the Royal Academy of Arts in London, in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, is bringing together Lucian Freud’s self-portraits.

Showing Tue 14 January 2020 19.30

ROH Live: Sleeping Beauty

This production of The Sleeping Beautyhas been delighting audiences in Covent Garden since 1946. A classic of Russian ballet, it established The Royal Ballet both in its new home after World War II and as a world-class company.

Showing Thu 16 January 2020 19.15

ROH Live: La Boheme

Puccini’s opera of young love in 19th-century Paris is packed with beautiful music, including lyrical arias, celebratory choruses for Act II’s evocation of Christmas Eve in the Latin Quarter and a poignant final scene over which the composer himself wept

Showing Wed 29 January 2020 19.45

ROH Live: Fidelio

Beethoven’s only opera is a masterpiece, an uplifting story of risk and triumph. In this new production, conducted by Antonio Pappano.

Showing Tue 17 March 2020 19.15

ROH Live: Swan Lake

Liam Scarlett’s glorious production of Swan Lake, new in 2018, returns for its first revival.

Showing Wed 1 April 2020 19.15

ROH Live: Cavalleria Rusticana

Two opera classics are drawn together in this wonderfully observed re-creation of lifein a south Italian village as a travelling theatre visits and emotions erupt.

Showing Tue 21 April 2020 20.00

Exhibition On Screen: Easter in Art

The story of Christ’s death and resurrection has dominated western culture for the past 2000 years. It is perhaps the most significant historical event of all time, as recounted by the gospels but, equally, as depicted by the greatest artists in history.

Showing Wed 22 April 2020 19.30

ROH Live: The Dante Project

Dante’s Divine Comedy is an epic journey through the afterlife: it encompasses the horrifying drama of Inferno and its damned, the lyrical mysticism of pilgrims on mount Purgatorio and the dazzling spheres of Paradiso.

Showing Thu 28 May 2020 19.15

ROH Live: Elektra

Strauss’s thrilling and audacious adaptation of Greek tragedy receives a new staging by the award-winning Christof Loy.

Showing Thu 18 June 2020 19.45

Exhibition On Screen: Frida Kahlo

This highly engaging film takes us on a journey through the life of one of the most prevalent female icons: Frida Kahlo.

Showing Mon 6 July 2020 20.00

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