Special Events

Bolshoi Live in HD

9th October 2011 - 24th June 2012

Experience the magic of the world famous Bolshoi Ballet live via satellite in this stunning series of performances.

Films

Bolshoi Ballet Live in HD - Raymonda by Glazunov

Bolshoi Live in HD - The Bright Stream - Shostakovitch

Vampyr

19th May 2012 - 19th May 2012

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Following on from his 30 date Blood of a Poet UK tour in the winter of 2010, Steven Severin returns to give audiences a rare opportunity to hear his new score for Vampyr, the third in Severin's ongoing film accompaniment series - Music For Silents.

Live in person, acclaimed solo artist and founder member of the legendary Siouxsie and the Banshees, Severin presents a mesmerising synthesis of sound and image, heightening appreciation of the surreal and enigmatic nature of the original work. Vampyr, Carl Theodor Dreyer's unsettling tale of fear and obsession finds its aural counterpart in Severin's suitably textured score, a synthesised, highly atmospheric soundscape drawing the viewer rhythmically into the oneiric imagery on screen.

Films

Vampyr- Live

NT Live: Frankenstein

14th June 2012 - 17th June 2012

Back by popular demand, NT Live Encore Screenings of Frankenstein.

Oscar-winner Danny Boyle (127 Hours, Slumdog Millionaire) returns to the theatre to direct this visionary new production.

Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein's bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.

Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic gothic tale.

For the first time ever, National Theatre Live will broadcast two separate performances of a production. Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternate the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature. Audiences at QFT can choose to see the creature (June 14), the monster (June 17) or both!