NT Live: Dr. Strangelove

Showings

Theater 3 Thu, Mar 27 7:00 PM
Theater 3 Sun, Mar 30 1:00 PM

Description

March 27 & 30 Only


Co-adapted from Stanley Kubrick's original screenplay by Armando Iannucci (The Thick of It, Veep)
Co-adapted and directed by Sean Foley (The Upstart Crow, The Play What I Wrote)

Starring Steve Coogan, Giles Terera, John Hopkins, Oliver Alvin-Wilson,?Penny Ashmore, Ben Deery, Richard Dempsey, Mabli Gwynne, Mark Hadfield, Tony Jayawardena, Tom Kelsey, Daniel Norford, Dharmesh Patel, Adam Sina, Alex Stoll, and Ben Turner.


Captured live from the Noel Coward Theatre, London UK.


Seven-time BAFTA Award winner Steve Coogan stars in the acclaimed adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr.Strangelove. When a rogue U.S General triggers a nuclear attack, a surreal race takes place, seeing the Government and one eccentric scientist scramble to avert global destruction.


With a world-renowned creative team led by BAFTA and Emmy Award winner Armando Iannucci and Olivier Award winner San Foley, this explosively funny satire of mutually assured destruction will leave a whole new generation of audiences laughing and afraid.


Estimated run time 3hrs

Tickets $25 / Superstar Members $20


‘Steve Coogan is stellar; The humour is evergreen with ingenious wordplay and sickly surrealism’ -Independent
‘Steve Coogan impresses and plays all four main characters with aplomb’ -Daily Telegraph
‘Giles Terera is delightful as flamboyant General Turgidson’-Time Out
‘John Hopkins grows more visibly unhinged with every scene. Chillingly recognisable’ -The Stage
‘Steve Coogan triumphs in Kubrick’s Cold War satire’ -Daily Express
‘Steve Coogan scores a quadruple cold war coup. Remarkable’ -The Guardian