NTL-2024-Present-Laughter
NTL-2024-Present-Laughter
National Theatre Live – we are now a NT Live venue and will be showing National Theatre Live recorded performances, as they become available.
These aren’t normal screenings, it’s like going to the theatre but at the cinema. Experience a fantastic evening with performances by world-class actors, from the comfort of The Exchange. Enjoy a drink at the bar, refreshments in the interval and the best of British theatre, without the hassle of a trip to London.
Our monthly screenings will coincide with the official NT Live release date and will be announced on www.exchangetwickenham.co.uk
Present Laughter
by Noël Coward
Thursday 19 September, 7pm
**Special Opening Ticket Price of £10 for this screening; after this all NT Live screenings will be priced at £18 (Gen) & £15 (Conc)**
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.
Rated: PG
Running Time: 180 minutes, with a 20 minute intermission
★★★★★ ‘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’ The Times
★★★★★ ‘illuminating and luminously funny’ WhatsOnStage
★★★★★ ‘A treat of a production’ Financial Times