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  • The Seagull
    Movie + 10 extras

    The Seagull

    Movie + 10 extras

    Watch Emilia Clarke in the play The Seagull, with National Theatre at Home.

    Emilia Clarke ( Game of Thrones ) makes her West End debut in this 21st century retelling of Anton Chekhov’s tale of love and loneliness.

    What is The Seagull about?

    A young woman is desperate for fame and a way out. A...

  • A View from the Bridge

    Movie + 9 extras

    Watch A View From The Bridge, a play by Arthur Miller streamed by National Theatre at Home.

    What is A View From The Bridge about?

    In Brooklyn, Eddie Carbone welcomes his Sicilian cousins to the land of freedom. But when one of them falls for his beautiful niece, they discover that freedom come...

  • People, Places & Things

    Movie + 10 extras

    Emma was having the time of her life. Now she’s in rehab. Her first step is to admit that she has a problem. But the problem isn’t with Emma, it’s with everything else. She needs to tell the truth. But she’s smart enough to know that there’s no such thing. When intoxication feels like the only wa...

  • Grenfell: in the words of survivors

    Movie + 9 extras

    Stream the National Theatre play Grenfell: in the words of survivors, online with National Theatre at Home.

    A powerful new verbatim play from the testimony of residents at the heart of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.

    Six years on, interviews conducted with a group of survivors and bereaved reveal...

  • Hedda Gabler
    Movie + 10 extras

    Hedda Gabler

    Movie + 10 extras

    Stream the National Theatre play Hedda Gabler with a subscription from National Theatre at Home.

    The Hedda Gabler cast is led by Ruth Wilson playing Hedda and Rafe Spall is Brack in this modern production of Ibsen’s masterpiece.

    Just married. Bored already. Hedda longs to be free...

    Hedda an...

  • The Crucible
    Movie + 15 extras

    The Crucible

    Movie + 15 extras

    Watch The Crucible play online with National Theatre at Home.

    What is The Crucible about?

    Speak of the devil and he appears.

    A witch hunt is beginning in Salem.

    Raised to be seen and not heard, a group of young women suddenly find their words have a terrible power.

    As a climate of fear spre...

  • Red
    Movie + 10 extras

    Red

    Movie + 10 extras

    Under the watchful gaze of his young assistant, and the threatening presence of a new generation of artists, Mark Rothko takes on his greatest challenge yet: to create a definitive work for an extraordinary setting.

    Michael Grandage directs the first West End revival of the multi-Tony Award win...

  • Vanya
    Movie + 10 extras

    Vanya

    Movie + 10 extras

    Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. Filmed live during its sold-out run in London’s West End.

    Watch Andrew Scott in Vanya with a theatre subscription to Nat...

  • Yerma
    Movie + 13 extras

    Yerma

    Movie + 13 extras

    Stream Yerma with Billie Piper with a theatre subscription from National Theatre at Home.

    A young woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child.

    Set in contemporary London, this radical production of Lorca’s classic tragedy builds with elemental force to a stagger...

  • The Effect
    Movie + 13 extras

    The Effect

    Movie + 13 extras

    Watch The Effect, a play by National Theatre with our theatre streaming service.

    Watch the unmissable Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You) and Taylor Russell (Bones and All) as part of The Effect cast in this funny and intimate examination of love and ethics. Directed by Jamie Lloyd (Cyrano de Ber...

  • Till the Stars Come Down

    Movie + 12 extras

    Everyone loves a wedding…

    It’s Sylvia and Marek’s wedding and you are all invited.

    Over the course of a hot summer’s day, a family gathers to welcome a newcomer into their midst. But as the vodka flows and dances are shared, passions boil over and the limits of love are tested.

    What happens...

  • Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika

    Movie + 11 extras

    Watch Andrew Garfield in the play Angels in America part two with National Theatre at Home.

    This is part two of the part one play.

    As the play continues, Part Two picks up the threads of our six New Yorkers whose relationships are in tatters and fates are rapidly intertwining.

    Prior, Joe, ...

  • The Little Big Things
    Movie + 13 extras

    The Little Big Things

    Movie + 13 extras

    Stream The Little Big Things musical online with National Theatre at Home.

    An extraordinary true story about an ordinary family.

    When one moment changes everything, Henry’s family are split between a past they no longer recognise, and a future they could never foresee.

    Based on the Sunday Time...

  • Blues for an Alabama Sky

    Movie + 10 extras

    Stream The National Theatre play Blues for an Alabama Sky with a theatre subscription from National Theatre at Home.

    ‘To realise our dreams, we must wake up.’

    New York, 1930. Following a decade of creative explosion, the Harlem Renaissance is starting to feel the bite of the Great Depression....

  • Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches

    Movie + 10 extras

    America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, six New Yorkers with interconnected lives grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell.

    The Angels in America cast includes Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, Denise Gough and Russell To...

  • Present Laughter
    Movie + 11 extras

    Present Laughter

    Movie + 11 extras

    As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as his many and various relationships compete for his attention, Garry’s few remaining days at home are a chaotic whirlwin...

  • Othello (2022)
    Movie + 11 extras

    Othello (2022)

    Movie + 11 extras

    Watch Othello, a play by Shakespeare with National Theatre at Home.

    Take your seats for Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedy, Othello.

    Directed by Clint Dyer with a cast that includes Giles Terera (Hamilton), Rosy McEwen (The Alienist), Paul Hilton (The Inheritance) and Tanya Franks (Mum).

    Wh...

  • Ian McKellen on Stage
    Movie + 8 extras

    Ian McKellen on Stage

    Movie + 8 extras

    Watch Ian Mckellen On Stage online with National Theatre at Home.

    With stories and anecdotes from his illustrious career on stage and screen, McKellen performs extracts from his most iconic performances, including Shakespeare's King Lear and Tolkien's Gandalf from Lord of the Rings.

    Directed ...

  • The Corn Is Green
    Movie + 10 extras

    The Corn Is Green

    Movie + 10 extras

    Stream The Corn is Green with a theatre membership from National Theatre at Home.

    One person can make all the difference.

    Miss Lily Moffat arrives in rural North Wales, determined to help young local miners out of poverty by teaching them to read and write.

    Lily soon spots talent in the unrul...