The Festival is delighted to continue present NT live, an initiative presented by in association with the Irish Film Institute, to broadcast live performances of National Theatre plays onto cinema screens around the world.

London Assurance

London Assurance, starring Fiona Shaw, marks the fourth screening in our NT Live series, an initiative to broadcast live performances of National Theatre plays onto cinema screens around the world.
Sir Harcourt Courtly is lured away from the epicentre of fashionable London by the promise of a rich and beautiful bride, Grace, several decades his junior. Arriving at Oak Hall, he marvels at this rural Venus until her charms are eclipsed by her hearty cousin, the foxhunting Lady Gay Spanker. Meanwhile his disguised son turns up in flight from his creditors and falls head over heels for Grace. When Lady Spanker discovers the young couple, she needs little prompting from the visiting chancer Dazzle to lead Sir Harcourt astray.

"The Funniest and most assured comedy in all of London. Not to be missed" Sunday Express

Presented by Irish Film Institute in association with Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival with the international support of Travelex.

Date: June 28th, 6.45pm

Tickets: €15.

Booking: Irish Film Institute

Past Screenings:

The Habit of Art
April 22, 2010
Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, seeks advice from his former collaborator and friend, WH Auden. During this imagined meeting, their first for twenty-five years, they are observed and interrupted by, amongst others, their future biographer and a young man from the local bus station. Alan Bennett’s new play looks at the unsettling desires of two difficult men, and at the ethics of biography.

All’s Well That Ends Well
Oct 1, 2009
Marianne Elliott’s universally acclaimed revival of Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well, featuring Oliver Ford Davies and Clare Higgins, will be filmed in high definition and broadcast live via satellite to cinemas, theatres and arts centres, reaching a widespread audience throughout the world. All’s Well That Ends Well will also feature behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with artists.

Phèdre
June 25, 2009
Helen Mirren takes the title role in this savage play by Jean Racine, and portrays a woman consumed by an uncontrollable passion for her young stepson. Believing Theseus, her absent husband, to be dead, Phèdre confesses her darkest desires and enters the world of nightmare. When Theseus returns alive and well, Phèdre, fearing exposure, accuses her stepson of rape. The result is carnage.