Hammer Presents National Theatre Live: Present Laughter

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The multi award-winning production of Noël Coward’s provocative comedy featuring Andrew Scott (Vanya, Fleabag) returns to the big screen.

As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as his many and various relationships compete for his attention, Garry’s few remaining days at home are a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, panic and soul-searching.

Filmed live from The Old Vic in London during a sold out run in 2019, Matthew Warchus (Matilda the Musical) directs this giddy and surprisingly modern reflection on fame, desire and loneliness.

*NT Live is the British National Theatre's groundbreaking initiative to broadcast world-class theatre to movie screens. These events are screenings of the previously produced live theatre event, NOT live performances,

★★★★★ ‘Andrew Scott’s revelatory performance shows why Noël Coward is hailed a genius’ (Telegraph)

★★★★★ ‘Andrew Scott is wondrous in this revelatory refresh of Noël Coward’s classic comedy’ (Time Out)

★★★★★ ‘The show belongs to Scott’ (Times)

★★★★★ ‘Illuminating and luminously funny’ (WhatsOnStage)

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