Coming off the heels of NT Live encores of Fleabag, Vanya & A Streetcar Named Desire, Sharmill Films is proud to present the current slate of National Theatre Live titles releasing this year and into 2026, including 3 exceptional new productions.
NT Live: Inter Alia – the highly anticipated next play from the team behind ‘Prima Facie‘ and writer Suzie Miller.
Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind Prima Facie. Jessica Parks is a smart Crown Court Judge at the top of her career. Behind the robe, she is a karaoke fiend, a loving wife and a supportive parent. When an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance, can she hold her family upright? Writer Suzie Miller and director Justin Martin reunite following their global phenomenon Prima Facie, with this searing examination of modern motherhood and masculinity.
‘NT Live: Inter Alia’ begins screening in cinemas nationally from September 25, 2025.
NT Live: Mrs. Warren’s Profession – by Bernard Shaw, directed by Dominic Cooke
Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the very first time, playing mother and daughter in Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic.
Vivie Warren is a woman ahead of her time. Her mother, however, is a product of that old patriarchal order. Exploiting it has earned Mrs. Warren a fortune – but at what cost?
This new production reunites Staunton with director Dominic Cooke (Follies, Good), exploring the clash between morality and independence, traditions and progress.
‘NT Live: Mrs. Warren’s Profession’ begins screening in cinemas nationally from October 24, 2025.
‘Startlingly fresh’ – (Time Out)
‘Imelda Staunton in formidable form’ – (Guardian)
‘Magnificent’ – (Independent)
NT Live: The Fifth Step – Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) starring in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland.
After years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka. The pair bond over black coffee, trade stories and build a fragile friendship out of their shared experiences. But as Luka approaches step five – the moment of confession – dangerous truths emerge, threatening the trust on which both of their recoveries depend.
Finn den Hertog directs the provocative and entertaining production filmed live from @sohoplace on London’s West End.
‘NT Live: The Fifth Step’ begins screening in cinemas nationally from November 28, 2025.
★★★★★ ‘Raw, excruciating and often alarmingly funny’ – (Daily Mail)
★★★★ ‘Two actors at the top of their game’ – (Evening Standard)
★★★★ ‘Jack Lowden is staggeringly good’ – (Times)
NT Live: Hamlet – Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.
Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultimate question – you know the one.
National Theatre Deputy Artistic Director, Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Operation Mincemeat) directs this sharp, stylish and darkly funny reimagining.
‘NT Live: Hamlet’ begins screening in cinemas nationally from February 28, 2026.
