Following the success of NT Live screenings of War Horse recently, The Dukes in Lancaster has announced a new satellite season of top quality theatre.
Spring kicks off with five recorded screenings of King Lear as Simon Russell Beale takes the title role in this National Theatre production.
Directed by Oscar winning Sam Mendes, Lear will be shown on May 5, 11, 15 and 31.
Making a welcome return to the big screen on May 22 and 25 is the National Theatre’s production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, first broadcast in 2012.
The current NT Live season ends on June 12 with Alan Ayckbourn’s A Small Family Business, a riotous exposure of entrepreneurial greed.
The Dukes is also continuing to screen performances by the Royal Shakespeare Company throughout spring and summer. The first ever RSC screening of Richard II starring David Tennant will be shown again on April 20 and 29.
Antony Sher takes the crown on May 14 for a live broadcast of Henry IV Part One and again on June 18 for Henry IV Part Two.
The current RSC satellite season ends on September 3 with a live screening of Two Gentlemen Of Verona.