Audra McDonald, Imelda Staunton & Clive Owen lead next streaming releases for NT at Home

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National Theatre announces four new productions that will be available to stream on National Theatre at Home, the NT’s pioneering theatre streaming platform, continuing to expand its world-class digital catalogue for audiences around the globe.

End will be available from 24 March, Ballet Shoes will be available worldwide from 31 March, Mrs. Warren’s Profession joins the platform from 14 April, and Audra McDonald: I Am What I Am (Director’s Cut) will be available from 28 April.

The winner of a record-breaking six Tony Awards, as well as two Grammy awards and an Emmy, Audra McDonald performs a repertoire of classic Broadway songs, including ‘I Am What I Am’, ‘Cornet Man’, ‘Summertime’, ‘I Could Have Danced All Night’, and never seen concert performance of ‘Rose's Turn from Gypsy. Recorded from the London Palladium, musical director Andy Einhorn leads the 40-piece London Musical Theatre Orchestra to accompany McDonald.

Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown, Hello, Dolly!) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (Outrageous, Bridgerton) for the first time, playing mother and daughter in Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic, Mrs. Warren’s Profession. Filmed live in the West End, this ‘startlingly fresh’ (★★★★ Time Out) production presented by Sonia Friedman Productions reunites Staunton with director Dominic Cooke, exploring the clash between morality and independence, traditions and progress.

End will be released on National Theatre at Home from 24 March. Clive Owen (Closer) is Alfie and Saskia Reeves (Slow Horses) is Julie in this touching and funny play on a life well lived. Following the critically acclaimed Beginning and Middle, End is the final play in David Eldridge’s trilogy exploring love and relationships, directed by Lyric Hammersmith Theatre Artistic Director Rachel O’Riordan.

Ballet Shoes will be available worldwide from 31 March. Katy Rudd directs this ‘perfect joy’ (★★★★★ The i), bringing Noel Streatfeild’s beloved novel to the Olivier Stage in a new version by Kendall Feaver.

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