NT Live will broadcast Rufus Norris's National Theatre production of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera, in a new adaptation by Simon Stephens, live to cinemas around the world from Thursday 22 September.
The cast includes Rory Kinnear at Macheath, Haydn Gwynne as Mrs Peachum and Rosalie Craig as Polly Peachum alongside Hammed Animashaun, Sarah Amankwah, Toyin Ayeden-Alase, Jamie Beddard, Rebecca Brewer, Andrew Buckley, Ricky Butt, Mark Carroll, Matt Cross, Peter de Jersey, Nick Holder, George Ikediashi. Debbie Kurup, Conor Neaves, Sharon Small, Dominic Tighe and Wendy Somerville.
The production is designed by Vicki Mortimer with musical direction by David Shrubsole, choreography by Imogen Knight, lighting by Paule Constable, sound by Paul Arditti and fight direction by Rachel Bown Williams and Ruth Cooper of RC-ANNIE Ltd.
The production promises "filthy language and immoral behaviour".