명예로운 자살을 꿈꾸는 청년, 그의 소원 성취를 위해 청부 살인업자가 나섰다?! 10번째 자살 시도에 실패한 20대 청년 ‘윌리엄’(아뉴린 바나드). 그는 급기야 은퇴가 바로 코앞인 청부 살인업자 ‘레슬리’(톰 윌킨슨)을 고용하기에 이른다. 윌리엄과 레슬리 간의 계약이 체결되고, 이제 일주일 안에 죽는다는 것이 확실해진 윌리엄에게 절대 거절할 수 없는 초특급 제안과 함께 팔방미인 편집자 ‘엘리’(프레야 메이버)가 나타나고 마침내 자신이 살아야 할 이유를 깨닫기 시작하는데…
The ruined aftermath of a bloody civil war. Ruthlessly fighting to survive, the Macbeths are propelled towards the crown by forces of elemental darkness. Shakespeare’s most intense and terrifying tragedy, directed by Rufus Norris, sees Rory Kinnear and Anne-Marie Duff return to the National Theatre to play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
Prince Charles' accession to the throne following the Queen's death. When he refuses to sign a controversial bill into law, political chaos ensues: a constitutional crisis, rioting on the streets and a tank in front of Buckingham Palace.
Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) returns to the National Theatre with his highly-anticipated new play The Hard Problem, directed by Nicholas Hytner (Othello, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors). Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brainscience institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet. If there is nothing but matter, what is consciousness? This is ‘the hard problem’ which puts Hilary at odds with her colleagues who include her first mentor Spike, her boss Leo and the billionaire founder of the institute, Jerry. Is the day coming when the computer and the fMRI scanner will answer all the questions psychology can ask? Meanwhile Hilary needs a miracle, and she is prepared to pray for one.
