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Vanessa Kirby (The Crown, NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire) and Eric Kofi Abrefa (The Amen Corner) feature in the cast of this brand new production, directed by Carrie Cracknell (NT Live: The Deep Blue Sea) and broadcast live from the National Theatre to cinemas.
Wild and newly single, Julie throws a late night party. In the kitchen, Jean and Kristina clean up as the celebration heaves above them. Crossing the threshold, Julie initiates a power game with Jean – which rapidly descends into a savage fight for survival.
This new version of August Strinberg’s play Miss Julie, written by Polly Stenham, remains shocking and fiercely relevant in its new setting of contemporary London.
Please note that Julie will contain strobe lighting.
Multi-award-winning drama The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett will be broadcast live to cinemas, in National Theatre Live’s first ever broadcast from Nottingham Playhouse.
An encore performance of Ian McKellen’s ‘extraordinarily moving portrayal’ (Independent) of Shakespeare's King Lear.