Sat, August 21, 2010 - 6:30PM

The Rake’s Progress, by Igor Stravinsky

[Screened live from Glyndebourne Festival]

Running time: 3 hours 10 mins including 30 min interval

Inspired by William Hogarth’s famous cycle of satirical prints, Stravinsky’s 1951 opera (whose Venice premiere was, coincidentally, directed by Glyndebourne’s then producer, Carl Ebert) is a modern musical morality play.

Tickets £15; Movie Deal £28.95

Mon, August 23, 2010 - 7:00PM

Impossible Things Before Breakfast

[Live from the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, as part of the world famous Edinburgh Festival]

Running time: 3 hours 30 mins

A one-off live broadcast of five specially commissioned new plays by Marina Carr, David Eldridge, Linda McLean, Simon Stephens and Enda Walsh.

Tue, August 24, 2010 - 6:30PM

Billy Bud, by Benjamin Britten

[Recorded live from Glyndebourne Festival]

Running time: 2 hours 45 mins plus 10 minute interval

Glyndebourne has never, until now, staged Billy Budd, the 1951 all-male opera, with a libretto co-written by E. M. Forster. Based on Herman Melville’s allegorical tale about the battle between pure good and blind evil, the opera takes place amidships on a British man-o’-war.

Thu, August 26, 2010 - 7:30PM

Hänsel und Gretel, by Engelbert Humperdinck

[Recorded live from Glyndebourne Festival]

Running time 2 hours 5 mins plus 10 minute interval

With its familiar fairy-tale story, feel-good ending and magical mix of simple folk tunes and rich Wagnerian textures, Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel has long cast its musical spell over both adults and children alike.

Mon, September 13, 2010 - 7:30PM

Stephen Fry Live!

[Screen live from Royal Festival Hall, London]

Running time: 90 mins

A unique opportunity to see the multi-award-winning comedian, actor, presenter, director and writer perform live. This event marks the publication of his hugely anticipated second volume of memoirs entitled The Fry Chronicles and gives the audience an exclusive preview of his hilarious, frank and courageous new book.

Thu, October 14, 2010 - 7:30PM

A Disappearing Number, a Complicite Production

[live from Theatre Royal Plymouth]

Simultaneously a narrative and an enquiry, the production crosses three continents and several histories, to weave a provocative theatrical pattern about our relentless compulsion to understand.

Thu, December 09, 2010 - 7:00PM

Hamlet, by William Shakespeare

[live from The National Theatre, London]

Directed by Nicholas Hytner and featuring Rory Kinnear in the title role, David Calder as Polonius, Clare Higgins as Gertrude, Patrick Malahide as Claudius and Ruth Negga as Ophelia.

Thu, January 13, 2011 - 7:30PM

FELA!, directed by Bill T. Jones

[live from The National Theatre, London]

A provocative and wholly unique hybrid of dance, theatre and music, FELA! explores the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.