National Theatre Movie Trailers
Most Popular National Theatre Trailers
Total trailers found: 214
The Hour Trailer (2020)
19 August 2020
The hour before actors go on stage at the National Theatre in London is a performance in and of itself.
National Theatre Live: This House Trailer (2013)
15 May 2013
It's February 1974. Ted Heath's Conservative government has been ousted. But only just. In the hung Parliament, Labour manages to form a minority government by sending its whips out wheeling and dealing with the Liberals, Scottish Nationalists and Northern Irish politicians.
Hadestown: The Musical Trailer (2026)
23 July 2026
The tragic love of Orpheus and Eurydice is intertwined with the complex relationship of Hades and Persephone.
National Theatre Collection: The Winter's Tale Trailer (2018)
28 February 2018
Perdita is a brave, intelligent and much-loved girl, but something is not quite right in her world. Join her on a journey through magic and mayhem as she uncovers her story – the girl who was once lost and then found.
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre Trailer (2021)
06 June 2021
Presented by Theatre Support Fund+, The Shows Must Go On! and National Theatre Live, the world’s most iconic musicals return to the West End stage with a stunning concert performance live from the Palace Theatre.
National Theatre at Home: Some Woman Trailer (2027)
01 January 2027
Julie Robson is used to being overlooked. At work, at home, everywhere in between. But when an encounter on a station platform goes wrong and all eyes are suddenly on Julie, something shifts within her and she feels compelled to make a stand.
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika Trailer (2017)
27 July 2017
America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell.
National Theatre Live: Macbeth Trailer (2018)
10 May 2018
The ruined aftermath of a bloody civil war. Ruthlessly fighting to survive, the Macbeths are propelled towards the crown by forces of elemental darkness.
The History Boys Trailer (2006)
02 October 2006
The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge.
National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing Trailer (2022)
08 September 2022
Since the 1930s, the legendary family-run Hotel Messina has been visited by artists, celebrities and royalty.
National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step Trailer (2025)
27 November 2025
After years in the twelve steps 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.
National Theatre Collection: Romeo and Juliet Trailer (2017)
18 September 2017
A new version for younger audiences by Bijan Sheibani and Ben Power. Originally staged as part of the National Theatre’s Shakespeare for younger audiences programme.
National Theatre Live: Electra/Persona Trailer (2026)
15 November 2026
Electra: A daughter consumed by grief and rage, clinging to the idea of justice as her world comes apart.
National Theatre Live: People Trailer (2013)
21 March 2013
People spoil things; there are so many of them and the last thing one wants is them traipsing through one’s house.
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein Trailer (2011)
17 March 2011
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker.
National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope Trailer (2026)
22 September 2026
Alice, a brilliant novelist, despises the hollow contemporary mantras of kindness and respect. But the bolder she becomes in speaking out, the more colleagues avoid her, and the more her personal relationships begin to fracture.
National Theatre: My Fair Lady Trailer (2005)
11 August 2005
Eliza Doolittle is a young flower seller with an unmistakable Cockney accent which keeps her in the lower rungs of Edwardian society.
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter Trailer (2019)
28 November 2019
As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control.
National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove Trailer (2025)
27 March 2025
Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr.
National Theatre at Home: Man and Boy Trailer (2026)
21 May 2026
Jazz, Broadway and the Great Depression. In 1930s New York City, international financier Gregor Antonescu's luck has finally run out.
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World Trailer (2026)
28 May 2026
Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming that he’s killed his father.
She Stoops to Conquer Trailer (2003)
08 April 2003
Oliver Goldsmith's classic comedy of manners tells of the clever schemes and comic ruses that unfold one night at a country house.
National Theatre Live: Othello Trailer (2013)
26 September 2013
The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
National Theatre Live: All My Sons Trailer (2026)
16 April 2026
One family, the heart of the American dream. When wartime delivers profits for Joe Heller, it comes at a price when his partner is charged with criminal manufacturing deals, and his eldest son goes missing in action.
National Theatre Live: Prima Facie Trailer (2022)
21 July 2022
Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. From working class origins, she has reached the top of her game.
National Theatre Live: The Jungle Book Trailer (2027)
01 April 2027
In the mangroves of the Sundarbans, wolves howl, birds soar and tigers roar. At the heart of this wild and vibrant kingdom, an unlikely child is growing up.
National Theatre at Home: The Grapes of Wrath Trailer (2024)
06 December 2024
Forced to travel West in search of a promised land, the Joad family embark on an epic journey across America in the hope of finding work and a new life in California.
National Theatre Live: Hamlet Trailer (2015)
15 October 2015
As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father's death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.
National Theatre Live: The Other Place Trailer (2025)
20 March 2025
Two sisters reunite on the anniversary of the death of their father. Their uncle has remodelled their family home, in an attempt at a fresh start.
National Theatre Live: Fleabag Trailer (2019)
12 September 2019
Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that's just the tip of the iceberg.
National Theatre Live: Golden Boy Trailer (2026)
05 November 2026
1930s New York, at the height of the Depression. Joe Bonaparte is a gifted young violinist with extraordinary talent and a future in music, until a chance at fame and fortune lures him into the brutal world of professional boxing.
National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors Trailer (2011)
15 September 2011
Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small time East End hood, now in Brighton to collect £6,000 from his fiancée’s dad.
National Theatre at Home: Samira Trailer (2027)
01 June 2027
2011, Damascus. As protests flood the streets, Samira stands at the heart of a movement demanding change.
National Theatre Live: The Crucible Trailer (2023)
26 January 2023
A witch hunt is beginning in Arthur Miller's captivating parable of power with Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Brendan Cowell (Yerma).
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire Trailer (2014)
16 September 2014
As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski.
Othello Trailer (1965)
15 December 1965
General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.
National Theatre at Home: London Road Trailer (2026)
14 July 2026
Autumn, 2006. The everyday life of the Suffolk town of Ipswich is shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women.
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth Trailer (2012)
31 October 2012
From Boris Karloff to Mel Brooks - Frankenstein has fired the imagination of generations of artists who have created their own interpretation of this Gothic masterpiece.
National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar Trailer (2018)
22 March 2018
Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat’s popularity, the educated élite conspire to bring him down.
National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest Trailer (2025)
20 February 2025
Being sensible can be excessively boring. At least Jack thinks so. While assuming the role of dutiful guardian in the country, he lets loose in town under a false identity.
National Theatre Live: Treasure Island Trailer (2015)
22 January 2015
It’s a dark, stormy night. The stars are out. Jim, the inn-keeper’s granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying stranger.
National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler Trailer (2017)
09 March 2017
Hedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon and the relationship is already in trouble. Trapped but determined, Hedda tries to control those around her, only to see her own world unravel.
National Theatre Live: Henry V Trailer (2022)
21 April 2022
Fresh to the throne, King Henry V launches England into a bloody war with France. When his campaign encounters resistance, this inexperienced new ruler must prove he is fit to guide a country into war.
National Theatre Live: The Authenticator Trailer (2026)
30 June 2026
Soon after inheriting her family's stately home, eccentric artist Fenella Harford discovers a stash of hidden diaries and enlists a young academic, Marva, to confirm their authenticity.
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses Trailer (2026)
25 June 2026
A new staging of Christopher Hampton's celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin.
National Theatre Live: Nation Trailer (2010)
30 January 2010
A parallel world, 1860. Two teenagers thrown together by a tsunami. One wears next to nothing, the other a long white dress.
National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes Trailer (2017)
26 September 2017
In 2008, as the Large Hadron Collider searches for the Higgs boson, tragedy throws two sisters together.
National Theatre Live: Travelling Light Trailer (2012)
09 February 2012
In a remote village in Eastern Europe, around 1900, the young Motl Mendl is entranced by the flickering silent images on his father's cinematograph.
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue Trailer (2024)
21 March 2024
Returning to cinemas in 2027. In 1964, Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under Sir John Gielgud’s exacting direction.
National Theatre at Home: Pride Trailer (2027)
01 July 2027
Summer 1984. The UK is in turmoil. With Thatcher battling to dismantle the coal industry, and a lethal pandemic on the rise, 24-year-old activist Mark Ashton founds an unlikely new alliance with the pit communities of South Wales: Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners.
National Theatre Live: Salomé Trailer (2017)
22 June 2017
An occupied desert nation. A radical from the wilderness on hunger strike. A girl whose mysterious dance will change the course of the world.
National Theatre at Home: Cloud 9 Trailer (2027)
01 March 2027
In Victorian Africa, where Clive is a colonial administrator and patriarch, his wife, son and servant struggle to be what's expected of them.
National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come Down Trailer (2024)
11 June 2024
It's Sylvia and Marek's wedding and you are all invited. Over the course of a hot summer's day, a family gathers to welcome a newcomer into their midst.
National Theatre Live: The Effect Trailer (2024)
09 January 2024
Hearts and minds racing, Connie and Tristan are falling for each other fast. But is their sudden and intoxicating chemistry real, or a side effect of a new antidepressant? As two young volunteers in a clinical drug trial, their illicit romance poses startling dilemmas for the supervising doctors.
National Theatre Live: Macbeth Trailer (2013)
19 July 2013
Performing from within the walls of a deconsecrated Manchester church, Kenneth Branagh takes the lead role in this ambitious production of William Shakespeare's tragic tale of ambition and treachery.
National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage Trailer (2022)
17 February 2022
Two young people and their dæmons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt.
National Theatre Live: Amadeus Trailer (2017)
02 February 2017
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young prodigy, arrives in Vienna, the music capital of the world – and he’s determined to make a splash.
National Theatre Live: Vanya Trailer (2024)
22 February 2024
Andrew Scott brings multiple characters to life in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, filmed live in West End, London.
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood Trailer (2021)
16 June 2021
A community is sleeping. If you listen closely, you can hear their dreams. The retired sea captain yearning for his lost love.
National Theatre Live: The Audience Trailer (2013)
12 June 2013
For sixty years, Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace, a meeting like no other in British public life, it is private.
