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In collaboration with Megaron (the Athens Concert Hall) and the British Embassy in Athens, we proudly present the pioneering global National Theatre project, NT Live. NT Live gives an international audience of tens of thousands people around the world the opportunity to attend a satellite broadcast of selected productions presented by London’s internationally acclaimed theatre company.
This year, we lift the curtain on NT Live in Athens and invite you to a series of screenings of the best of British theatre broadcast live at Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall (Vas. Sofias Avenue & Kokkali Street):
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Britain's most celebrated comic playwright, Alan Bennett debuts his hilarious new play at the National Theatre. Nicholas Hytner directs a cast including Tony and Olivier Award-winner Frances de la Tour. Live broadcast from the National Theatre with English subtitles Further information: www.megaron.gr/default.asp?la=2&pid=5&evID=1139 |
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Academy Award nominee and Tony Award-winner John Lithgow takes the title role and Olivier Award-winner Nancy Carroll plays the role of his wife, Agatha, in Arthur Wing Pinero’s uproarious Victorian farce, directed by Olivier Award-winner Timothy Sheader.
The screening will be in English with English subtitles. Further information: www.megaron.gr/default.asp?la=2&pid=5&evID=1130 |
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Simon Russell Beale takes the title role in Shakespeare's strange fable of consumption, debt and ruin, written in collaboration with Thomas Middleton.
Live broadcast from the National Theatre with English and Greek subtitles Further information: www.megaron.gr/default.asp?pid=5&la=2&evID=939 |
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The new play by Stephen Beresford presents a funny, touching and sometimes savage portrait of a family that's losing its grip.
Live broadcast from the National Theatre with English subtitles Further information: www.megaron.gr/default.asp?pid=5&la=2&evID=916 |
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Mark Haddon’s celebrated, multi-award-winning novel is beautifully and imaginatively adapted for the stage by Simon Stephens, and brought to you live in Athens from the Cottesloe Theatre in London.
The screening will be in English with English subtitles. Further information: www.megaron.gr/default.asp?la=1&pid=5&evID=911 |
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One of the great, generous-hearted and ingenious comedies of the English language, Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer offers a celebration of chaos, courtship and the dysfunctional family. Live broadcast from the National Theatre with English subtitles Further information: www.megaron.gr/default.asp?pid=5&la=1&evID=786 |
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Shakespeare's furiously paced comedy is staged in a contemporary world into which walk three prohibited foreigners who see everything for the first time. Two sets of twins separated at birth collide in the same city, as multiple mistaken identities lead to confusion on a grand scale. Live broadcast from the National Theatre with Greek subtitles Further information: www.megaron.gr/default.asp?pid=5&la=1&evID=784 |
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Nicholas Wright’s new play is a funny and fascinating tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in the American film industry during Hollywood’s golden age. Directed by Nicholas Hytner, with award-winning Antony Sher. Recorded performance by the National Theatre (on 9 February).
The screening will be in English with English subtitles. Further information: www.megaron.gr/default.asp?pid=5&la=1&evID=782 |
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This new play by John Hodge (screenwriter of Trainspotting), directed by Nicholas Hytner, depicts an imaginary encounter between Josef Stalin and playwright Mikhail Bulgakov. Inspired by historical fact, Collaborators embarks on a surreal journey into the fevered imagination of the writer as he loses himself in a macabre and disturbingly funny relationship with the omnipotent subject of his drama. Actors: Alex Jennings (as Bulgakov), Simon Russell Beale (as Stalin) The screening will be in English with English subtitles. Further information: www.megaron.gr/default.asp?pid=5&la=1&evID=648 |
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1950s London. In the kitchen of an enormous West End restaurant, the orders are piling up: a post-war feast of soup, fish, cutlets, omelettes and fruit flans. Thrown together by their work, chefs, waitresses and porters from across Europe – English, Irish, German, Jewish – argue and flirt as they race to keep up. The screening will be in English with English subtitles. Further information: www.megaron.gr/default.asp?pid=5&la=1&evID=647 |
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"One of the funniest productions in the National's history." Guardian. One Man, Τwo Guvnors by Richard Bean is a hilarious modern comedy based on Carlo Goldoni’s classic italian comedy The Servant of Two Masters, directed by Nicholas Hytner, Artistic Director of the National Theatre. The screening will be in English with English subtitles. Further information: www.megaron.gr/default.asp?pid=5&la=1&evID=546 |
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Directed by NT Associate Director Howard Davies, whose recent productions of Russian plays (including Philistines, Burnt by the Sun and The White Guard) have earned huge critical acclaim. Zoë Wanamaker in the lead role.
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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a classic tale of a man-made monster seeking acceptance from society in light of his ghastly appearance and strange upbringing. This new version of Mary Shelley’s novel, by playwright Nick Dear, will be directed by the Oscar winning Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting).
The screening will be in English without Greek subtitles. Suitable for 15 years+ Duration: 2h25min. |
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“The best King Lear of all times” in a critically acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production, directed by Michael Grandage, with Derek Jacobi in the lead role. One of the greatest works in western literature, King Lear, explores the very nature of human existence: love and duty, power and loss, good and evil. “A tremendous Lear to be ranked with those of Paul Scofield and John Wood”, according to the Guardian. Screening in English with Greek subtitling, translation by Dionisis Kapsalis. Duration: 3h15min. |
For tickets (€14, students €7) and information please contact the Box Office at the Megaron:
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Vas. Sofias Avenue & Kokkali Street, 115 21 Athens 8 Omirou Street, 105 64 Athens |
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210 728 2333 |
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Group Bookings: |
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210 728 2367 |
Using the possibilities arising from new technology, NT Live aims to give unparalleled access to the best of British talent to audiences around the world. Renowned globally for its vibrant arts scene, British theatre combines a time-honoured theatrical tradition that goes back to Shakespearean times with fresh and dynamic work.
NT Live is the brainchild of current National Theatre Artistic Director Nicholas Hytner and Producer David Sabel, who wanted to push the boundaries of the traditional theatre experience and give audiences who would not normally be able to access British theatre the chance to experience it firsthand.
For further information on National Theatre Live in Greece, please contact
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