‘Vanya’, ‘Fleabag’, ‘Dear England’ and More in CCP National Theatre Live 2024 Line-up
After a successful first season, the CCP National Theatre Live (CCP NTL) returns for a second season, this time in three venues: Ayala Malls Cinemas in Greenbelt, Makati, Vertis North in Quezon City, and Ayala Center in Cebu, from June 25, 2024, to May 27, 2025.
Vanya, Dear England, The Motive and the Cue, and Nye will make their debuts on our big screens, while Fleabag, King Lear, Frankenstein, and Hamlet from the past season will be making their comebacks.
Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in Vanya, a one-man adaptation premiering on June 25 at the Ayala Malls Cinemas in Greenbelt, Makati. Exploring the complexities of human emotion, Andrew Scott brings multiple characters to life in Chekhov’s piece, filmed live in the West End, London. It will also be screened at Ayala Vertis North and Ayala Center Cebu on August 27.
Returning on June 25 at Ayala Vertis North and Ayala Center Cebu is Fleabag. Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and directed by Vicky Jones, Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. With family and friendships under strain and a guinea pig café struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag suddenly finds herself with nothing to lose. The play that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series of the same title was filmed live on stage in London’s West End in 2019.
On July 30, James Graham’s Dear England arrives at the Ayala Malls Cinemas in Greenbelt, Makati. With the worst track record for penalties in the world, Gareth Southgate knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt, to take the team and country back to the promised land.
The contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s King Lear will be re-screened on July 30 at Ayala Vertis North and Ayala Center Cebu. Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear sees two aging fathers – one a King and another, his courtier – reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends. The play is directed by Jonathan Munby and stars Sir Ian McKellen.
In Jack Thorne’s The Motive and the Cue, audiences are offered a glimpse into the politics of a rehearsal room and the relationship between art and celebrity. Coming to Ayala Malls Cinemas in Greenbelt, Makati on August 27, Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, will play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under John Gielgud’s direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theater collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel. It will also be shown at Ayala Vertis North and Ayala Center Cebu on September 24.
Directed by Academy Award-winner Danny Boyle, with adaptation by Nick Dear, Frankenstein will return to the Ayala Malls Cinemas in Greenbelt, Makati on September 24. The disturbing Mary Shelley classic combines scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil. Child-like in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the increasingly desperate and vengeful Creature determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.
Captured live on stage in 2011, the sold-out production stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, alternating between the roles of Victor Frankenstein and his creation. On September 24, Miller will be playing the Creature.
Come October 30, Fleabag will return to the Ayala Malls Cinemas in Greenbelt, Makati for the third time. Frankenstein, this time with Benedict Cumberbatch as the Creature, will premiere at Ayala Vertis North and Ayala Center Cebu on same day.
Nye will be screened on November 26 at the Ayala Malls Cinemas in Greenbelt, Makati. In Tim Price’s piece, Aneurin “Nye” Bevan confronts death in the eye as he recollects his deepest memories, from his childhood to mining underground and his fights with Churchill.
Benedict Cumberbatch plays the title role of yet another Shakespearean tragedy, Hamlet, premiering on November 26 at Ayala Vertis North and Ayala Center Cebu. As the 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. The play is directed by Lyndsey Turner.
Closing the 2024 CCP NTL’s lineup, Hamlet will return to the Ayala Malls Cinemas in Greenbelt, Makati on December 17. Dear England will premiere on the same day at Ayala Vertis North and Ayala Center Cebu.
First launched in June 2009, the National Theater Live is a groundbreaking project to broadcast the best of British theater live from the London stage to cinemas across the United Kingdom, around the world, and now on Philippine shores.
Digitally filmed in high-definition quality, NTL films its plays in front of live theater audiences, but optimizes them for the big screen and makes them accessible to theater fans across the globe.
All screenings will be at 6:00 PM, exclusively at Ayala Malls Cinemas in Greenbelt, Makati, Vertis North in Quezon City, and at the Ayala Center in Cebu. Regular ticket price is at ₱300 in Makati and Cebu, and ₱350 in Vertis North, while special ticket prices for students are ₱150.
Audiences in groups can also avail of the Barkada Pass for ₱1,200, which includes five tickets at the price of four, while students can avail of the Barkada Pass Student bundle at ₱600. Subscriptions for the full season cost ₱2,500 and ₱1,500 for the half season, allowing audiences 30% and 20% discounts respectively.
Tickets can be purchased at sureseats.com.
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