National Theatre Live: Nation

The Magic Show is a one-act musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Bob Randall. It starred magician Doug Henning. Produced by Edgar Lansbury, it opened on May 28, 1974 at the Cort Theatre in Manhattan, and ran for 1,920 performances, closing on December 31, 1978. Henning was nominated for the Tony Award for Bes...

Runtime

1h 45m

Cast

Doug Henning, Didi Conn, Anita Morris

Adaptation of the Lewis Carroll novel

Runtime

1h 29m

Director

Kirk Browning

Cast

Kate Burton, Austin Pendleton, Richard Burton

Put out of his swamp solitude by a wicked tyrant's order, grumpy ogre Shrek goes on a journey – accompanied by a chatterbox donkey – to retrieve a beautiful princess from a tower, unaware that she has secrets all her own.

Runtime

2h 10m

Cast

Brian d'Arcy James, Sutton Foster, Daniel Breaker

An occupied desert nation. A radical from the wilderness on hunger strike. A girl whose mysterious dance will change the course of the world. This charged retelling turns the infamous biblical tale on its head, placing the girl we call Salomé at the centre of a revolution. Internationally acclaimed director Yaël Farber (Les Blancs, Ham...

Runtime

1h 37m

Cast

Isabella Nefar, Raad Rawi, Lloyd Hutchinson

A feuding fairy King and Queen of the forest cross paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of actors trying to rehearse a play. As their dispute grows, the magical royal couple meddle with mortal lives leading to love triangles, mistaken identities and transformations… with hilarious, but dark consequences.

Runtime

2h 39m

Cast

Oliver Chris, Gwendoline Christie, David Moorst