Nicholas Hytner

Set in a geriatric ward within a small hospital, when news of its closure begins to reach the community, the hospital invites a local news crew to document their planning of a concert in honor of the hospital's most celebrated nurse. But there might be something more threatening to the hospital itself, more deadly than the politicians ready to shut down the place at a moment's notice.

Ralph Fiennes leads the cast in David Hare’s blazing account of the most powerful man in New York, a master manipulator whose legacy changed the city forever. For forty uninterrupted years, Robert Moses exploited those in office through a mix of charm and intimidation. Motivated at first by a determination to improve the lives of New York City’s workers, he created parks, bridges and 627 miles of expressway to connect the people to the great outdoors. Faced with resistance by protest groups campaigning for a very different idea of what the city should become, will the weakness of democracy be exposed in the face of his charismatic conviction? Broadcast live from the Bridge Theatre in London, Nicholas Hytner directs this exhilarating new play.

Ralph Fiennes is joined in dress rehearsals as he discusses his involvement in and the themes relating to David Hare’s brand-new play Straight Line Crazy.

Two young people and their dæmons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt. In their care is a tiny child called Lyra Belacqua, and in that child lies the fate of the future. And as the waters rise around them, powerful adversaries conspire for mastery of Dust: salvation to some, the source of infinite corruption to others.

Drama by David Hare in which Ralph Fiennes stars as the playwright, recounting his experience of contracting Covid-19 on the day lockdown was announced in the UK.

An all-star cast tells the inside story of the Broadway theater, and how it came back from the brink thanks to innovative work, a new attention to inclusion and a sometimes uneasy balance between art and commerce. Legends of the stage and screen—including Helen Mirren, Christine Baranski, August Wilson, James Corden, Alec Baldwin, John Lithgow, Viola Davis, Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellen—take us behind the scenes of Broadway's most groundbreaking and beloved shows, from A Chorus Line to Hamilton. Iconic performances by Lin Manuel Miranda, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, James Earl Jones and Mandy Patinkin lead the way on a hurly burly ride through Times Square, once again the main street of American show business in this documentary directed by Academy-Award nominee Oren Jacoby.

A feuding fairy King and Queen of the forest cross paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of actors trying to rehearse a play. As their dispute grows, the magical royal couple meddle with mortal lives leading to love triangles, mistaken identities and transformations… with hilarious, but dark consequences.

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. After his assassination, civil war erupts on the streets of the capital. Nicholas Hytner’s production will thrust the audience into the street party that greets Caesar’s return, the congress that witnesses his murder, the rally that assembles for his funeral and the chaos that explodes in its wake.

1850, and Europe’s most feared terrorist is hiding in Dean Street, Soho. Broke, restless and horny, the thirty-two-year-old revolutionary is a frothing combination of intellectual brilliance, invective, satiric wit, and child-like emotional illiteracy. Creditors, spies, rival revolutionary factions and prospective seducers of his beautiful wife all circle like vultures. His writing blocked, his marriage dying, his friend Engels in despair at his wasted genius, his only hope is a job on the railway. But there’s still no one in the capital who can show you a better night on the piss than Karl Heinrich Marx.

1970년 런던 캠든 타운의 글루체스터 크레센트로 이사온 작가 앨런 베넷(알렉스 제닝스)은 주택 진입로에 밴을 주차하고 생활하는 노숙자 메리 셰퍼드(매기 스미스)를 알게 된다. 괴팍하고 제멋대로인 셰퍼드 부인은 중산층 주민들의 묵인 아래 노숙자 생활을 해왔다. 그런데 주차제한구역 설정으로 셰퍼드 부인이 위기에 빠지자 마음 약한 앨런은 자신의 집 앞에 주차를 허락한다. 이후 셰퍼드 부인은 아예 정원으로 들어오더니, 앨런이 누리는 문명의 혜택을 공유하게 된다. 앨런은 셰퍼드 부인이 한때 수녀였으며, 전쟁 시에는 구급차를 운전했고, 피아노를 배웠다는 얘기를 듣지만, 직접 정체를 묻는 대신 몇 년째 그녀를 지켜보기만 한다. 그러던 어느 날, 몸이 쇠약해진 셰퍼드 부인이 복지 센터로 옮겨진다. 홀로 남은 앨런은 셰퍼드 부인이 전해준 쪽지의 주소를 찾아갔다가 비로소 그녀에 대해 알게되는데...

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.

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, bringing together the best British actors for a unique evening of unforgettable performances, broadcast live from London to cinemas around the world.

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.

People spoil things; there are so many of them and the last thing one wants is them traipsing through one’s house. But with the park a jungle and a bath on the billiard table, what is one to do? Dorothy (Frances de la Tour) wonders if an attic sale could be a solution.

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.

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. But Roscoe is really his sister Rachel posing as her own dead brother, who’s been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers. Holed up at The Cricketers’ Arms, the permanently ravenous Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with one Stanley Stubbers, who is hiding from the police and waiting to be re-united with Rachel. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart. Simple.

Family jealousy, threat of rebellion, political back-stabbing and the Inquisition weigh heavy on the court of King Phillip II. The tension finally ignites at the King's coronation, where a number of heretics are to be burnt at the stake.

National Theatre Live’s 2010 broadcast of Hamlet returns to cinemas as part of the National Theatre's 50th anniversary celebrations. Following his celebrated performances at the National Theatre in Burnt by the Sun, The Revenger's Tragedy, Philistines and The Man of Mode, Rory Kinnear plays Hamlet in a dynamic new production of Shakespeare’s complex and profound play about the human condition, directed by Nicholas Hytner. He is joined by Clare Higgins (Gertrude), Patrick Malahide (Claudius), David Calder (Polonius), James Laurenson (Ghost/Player King) and Ruth Negga (Ophelia).

Grace has agreed to marry Sir Harcourt in return for his financial support of her family. At a house party in her father's place, Harcourt's son Charles also falls in love with Grace. When his father appears on the scene, he has to convince him that there is a case of mistaken identity and he is somebody else. Then Lady Gay Spanker, a married woman also visiting at the house, is persuaded by Charles to seduce his father and thus divert his attention from Grace. Much confusion and scheming ensues.

National Theatre Live’s 2010 broadcast of Alan Bennett’s acclaimed play The Habit of Art, with Richard Griffiths, Alex Jennings and Frances de la Tour, returns to cinemas as part of the National Theatre's 50th anniversary celebrations. Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, seeks advice from his former collaborator and friend, W H Auden. During this imagined meeting, their first for twenty-five years, they are observed and interrupted by, amongst others, their future biographer and a young man from the local bus station. Alan Bennett’s play is as much about the theatre as it is about poetry or music. It looks at the unsettling desires of two difficult men, and at the ethics of biography. It reflects on growing old, on creativity and inspiration, and on persisting when all passion’s spent: ultimately, on the habit of art.

A new English adaptation of the classic French tragedy Phèdre by Jean Racine (1639-1699). It retells the ancient Greek tale of the wife of the Atenian King Theseus, who conceived a forbidden love for his son (by an earlier wife) Hyppolytus. All ends badly for all.

Rolando Villazón Triumphantly Returns To The Stage As Don Carlo In The 2007/2008 Royal Opera House'S Producton Of Don Carlo. National Theatre director Nicholas Hytner's new staging of Verdi's grandest-- and arguably greatest -- opera, Don Carlo, was the highlight of the 2007/2008 Royal Opera House season. This new production marked Rolando Villazón's much anticipated and triumphant return. Set amidst the political, religious and sexual intrigue of the 16th century Spanish court, this epic work tells the tragic story of Don Carlo, a virtuous young prince who is pitted against the powers of a dominant, corrupt society. First staged at The Royal Opera House in 1886, this new production is the first new version of the 5-Act complete opera to be staged at Covent Garden in 50 years. With sets and costumes by Bob Crowley, direction by Nicholas Hytner, and an enviable cast, this production of Don Carlo is worthy of the greatness of Verdi's original, masterful work.

Mozart's genius in setting to music da Ponte's comic play of love, infidelity and forgiveness marks COSI FAN TUTTE as one of the great works of art from the Age of Enlightenment. Nicholas Hytner's beautiful new production, with its sure touch and theatrical know-how, lives up to its promise to be "shockingly traditional" as Iván Fischer teases artful performances from an outstanding international cast of convincing young lovers.

1980년대 초반, 영국 북부지방 공립학교의 대학입시 준비반 8명의 영리하고 위트 넘치는 10대 남학생들은 보통 남학생들처럼 운동과 의리, 성과 여자에 관심이 많으면서도 학교와 부모님이 바라는 대로 옥스퍼드와 캠브리지 입학에 몰두하고 있다. 삶을 위해 학생들을 가르치는 낭만적인 문학 선생 헥터와 직선적인 스타일의 린도트 선생, 시험을 앞둔 그들의 성적을 올리기 위해 고용된 젊고 통찰력 있는 교수 어윈, 학생들을 옥스퍼드와 캠브리지에 보내기 위해 혈안이 되어 있는 야심가 교장 사이에서 혼돈스러워하던 와중에도 소년들은 위압적인 대학 입학 과정을 통과하기 위해 모든 것을 돌파해나가고자 시도한다.

1980년대 초반, 영국 북부지방 공립학교의 대학입시 준비반 8명의 영리하고 위트 넘치는 10대 남학생들은 보통 남학생들처럼 운동과 의리, 성과 여자에 관심이 많으면서도 학교와 부모님이 바라는 대로 옥스퍼드와 캠브리지 입학에 몰두하고 있다. 삶을 위해 학생들을 가르치는 낭만적인 문학 선생 헥터와 직선적인 스타일의 린도트 선생, 시험을 앞둔 그들의 성적을 올리기 위해 고용된 젊고 통찰력 있는 교수 어윈, 학생들을 옥스퍼드와 캠브리지에 보내기 위해 혈안이 되어 있는 야심가 교장 사이에서 혼돈스러워하던 와중에도 소년들은 위압적인 대학 입학 과정을 통과하기 위해 모든 것을 돌파해나가고자 시도한다.

미국 최고의 발레 스쿨 ABA (American Ballet Academy). 최고의 발레리나가 되고자 하는 뜨거운 열정을 지녔으나 아직 테크닉이 부족한 아름다운 조디 소여(Jody Sawyer: 아만다 슐 분), 선천적인 재능으로 발레에 꼭 맞는 부드러운 발과 능숙한 기술을 가졌지만 늘 반항적인 태도로 교사로부터 미움을 받는 이바 로드리게즈(Eva Rodriguez: 조 샌다나 분), 자신이 진짜 원하는 건 무엇인지 알지도 못한 채 엄마의 꿈을 대신 짊어지고 최고만을 향해 달리는 냉정한 모린 커밍스(Maureen Cummings: 수잔 메이 프랫 분). 그리고 전통과 규칙만을 중시하는 'ABA'에서 늘 부딪히는 두 교사 조나단(Jonathan Reeves: 피터 갤러거 분)과 쿠퍼(Cooper Nielson: 에단 스티펠 분). 개성과 일탈을 중시하며 항상 파격적인 무대로 화제를 몰고 다니는 젊은 무용수 쿠퍼는 전통만을 고집하는 조나단에게 자신의 연인이었던 발레리나 캐서린(Kathleen: 줄리 켄트 분)을 뺏기게 되면서, 라이벌 이상의 감정을 지니게 된다. 열정에 비해 클래식 발레에는 적합하지 않은 미숙한 테크닉으로 계속 부진한 성적을 얻는 조디는 쿠퍼를 만나면서, 자신에게 어울릴 또 다른 무대를 발견하여 자신감을 찾게 되고, 엄마의 말에만 따르던 모린은 남자 친구 짐(Jim Gordon: 이온 베일리 분)을 만나면서 자신의 진정한 꿈이 무엇인지 되묻기 시작한다. 한편 ABA 전체 학생들을 대상으로 하는 최종 오디션을 위해 마련되는 작품전을 통해 조나단과 쿠퍼는 각자의 팀을 꾸려 연습하기 시작한다. 갖은 사건들 속에 드디어 모린과 함께하는 조나단의 작품과 조디를 주인공으로 하는 쿠퍼의 작품은 수많은 관중들이 지켜보는 가운데 무대에 올려지게 되는데.

Ah, summer! School is out, work slows down and passions heat up in the warm summer air. Theatrically speaking, it's the perfect time for a sexy comedy where no one is what, or who, they seem and life is full of romantic possibilities. In other words, the perfect time for William Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT, or 'What You Will—’ which Lincoln Center Theater presented in the summer of 1998 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.

동성애자인 조지(폴 루드)는 대학교수 졸리와 동거를 하고 있다. 학교 선생님인 조지는 학예회가 있던 날, 콘스탄스의 파티에서 니나(제니퍼 애니스턴)를 알게 되고 졸리에게 결별 당한 후, 니나의 집에서 함께 생활하게 된다. 복지관 상담원인 니나는 남자 친구인 빈스와의 동거보다는 게이인 조지와의 생활에서 더 편안함과 안정을 느끼고 둘은 친구처럼 가까워진다. 그러던 중 빈스의 아이를 임신하게 된 니나는 출산 후 아이를 빈스가 아닌 조지와 키우고 싶어한다. 니나는 조지에게 부부가 아닌 친구로서 아이의 양육을 도와달라고 부탁한다.

1692년 청교도가 지배하는 메사추세츠 주 세일럼. 마을 어른들의 경건하고 도덕적인 생활에 짓눌려 있던 소녀들은 늦은 밤 숲속에서 벌거벗은 채 춤을 추며 악마의 의식을 거행하고 마을의 목사에게 이 현장을 목격 당하자, 악마의 강요로 춤을 추게 되었다고 거짓말을 한다. 에비가 주도한 거짓 증언으로 마을은 떠들썩해지고, 주민들은 마녀재판이라는 명목 아래 하나 둘 무고하게 희생당한다. 유부남인 존과 불륜에 빠진 에비는 존의 아내를 희생양으로 삼으려 하고, 존은 에비의 거짓을 밝히기 위해 위험을 무릅쓴다.

18세기 영국 왕실. 영국 역사상 최장기 집권(60년)한 왕 중 왕 죠지 3세(George III: 니젤 호슨 분)는 재위한지 30년이 가까워 지는데도 일선에서 은퇴할 기미를 보이지 않는다. 놀라운 것은 무려 열 다섯명이나 되는 왕자와 공주를 뒀는데도 후궁은 한명도 두지 않았다는 사실이다. 정력과 권위는 정력과 비례하는 것일까?

Mozart's La Clemenza Di Tito was originally commissioned to celebrate the coronation of the Emperor Leopold II as King of Bohemia in 1791. This rarely-seen masterpiece was Mozart's last opera. Nicholas Hytner's elegant staging for the Glyndebourne Festival Opera sheds new light on the compelling story of passion that overrides loyalty and integrity that is tested to the extreme.

A behind-the-scenes look at the putting on of the successful West End stage musical, including footage of the cast rehearsing and the triumphant first night.