National Theatre Live
The best of British Theater exclusively at the Varsity Cinema, presented in collaboration with Des Moines Playhouse.
National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
- Sun, Apr 6
Director: Max Webster Run Time: 180 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Amanda Lawrence, Eliza Scanlen, Hugh Skinner, Ncuti Gatwa, Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo
A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove
Director: Sean Foley Release Year: 2025
Starring: Giles Terera, John Hopkins, Oliver Alvin-Wilson, Penny Ashmore, Steve Coogan
Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy...
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Director: Lyndsey Turner, Robin Lough Run Time: 217 min. Release Year: 2015
Starring: Anastasia Hille, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds, Jim Norton, Sian Brooke
As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death...