12.16（Sat） 14:00-17:00 Hedda Gabler

12.16（Sat） 19:00-20:30 Medea

12.23（Sat） 13:00-16:30 Jane Eyre

12.23（Sat） 18:00-21:00 Saint Joan

1.6（Sat） 14:00-17:00 Hedda Gabler

1.6（Sat） 19:00-20:30 Medea

1.13（Sat） 13:00-16:30 Jane Eyre

1.13（Sat） 18:00-21:00 Saint Joan

Hedda Gabler

Director: Ivo van Hove

Starring: Ruth Wilson

Type: Stage play

Country: UK

Time: 168 min

“I’ve no talent for life.” Just married, Hedda already feels buried alive. She and her husband, Tesman, have just returned from their honeymoon, but the relationship is already in trouble. Trapped but determined, Hedda tries to control those around her, only to see her own world unravel. Tony Award-winning director Ivo van Hove (A View from the Bridge, Young Vic Theatre) returns to National Theatre Live screens with a modern production of Ibsen’s masterpiece. Ruth Wilson (Luther, The Affair, Jane Eyre) plays the title role in a new version by Patrick Marber (Notes on a Scandal, Closer).

Medea

Director: Carrie Cracknell

Starring: Helen McCrory

Genre: Stage play

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 90 min

Terrible things breed in broken hearts. Medea 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. Helen McCrory (The Last of the Haussmans) takes the title role in Euripides’ powerful tragedy, in a new version by Ben Power, directed by Carrie Cracknell, with music written by Will Gregory and Alison Goldfrapp.

Jane Eyre

Director: Sally Cookson

Starring: Madeleine Worrall

Genre: Stage play

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 200 min

Almost 170 years on, Charlotte Brontë’s story is as inspiring as ever. From her beginnings as a destitute orphan, Jane Eyre faces life’s obstacles head-on, surviving poverty, injustice and the discovery of bitter betrayal before making the ultimate decision to follow her heart. This acclaimed re-imagining of Brontë’s masterpiece was first staged by Bristol Old Vic last year, when the story was performed over two evenings. This bold and dynamic production uncovers one woman’s fight for freedom and fulfilment on her own terms. Director Sally Cookson now brings her celebrated production to the National, presented as a single, exhilarating performance.

Saint Joan

Director: Josie Rourke

Starring: Gemma Arterton, Hadley Fraser

Genre: Stage play

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 180 min

Joan: daughter, farm girl, visionary, patriot, king-whisperer, soldier, leader, victor, icon, radical, witch, heretic, saint, martyr, woman. From the torment of the Hundred Years' War, the charismatic Joan of Arc carved a victory that defined France. Bernard Shaw's classic play depicts a woman with all the instinct, zeal and transforming power of a revolutionary. Josie Rourke (Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Vote, Coriolanus) directs Gemma Arterton (Gemma Bovery, Nell Gwynn, Made in Dagenham) as Joan of Arc in this tour de force.

Producer:

National Theatre

Co-Producer:

Trafalgar Releasing

Exclusive Operation in Greater China:

Beijing ATW Culture Media Co., Ltd.

Support:

Arts Council England

British Council

BARCO