National Theatre Live 2018
Antony & Cleopatra
Broadcast live from the National Theatre, Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare’s famous fated couple in his great tragedy of politics, passion and power.
Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war-torn empire the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony have fallen fiercely in love. In a tragic fight between devotion and duty, obsession becomes a catalyst for war.
Director Simon Godwin returns to National Theatre Live screens with this hotly anticipated production, following previous broadcasts of Twelfth Night, Man and Superman and The Beaux’ Stratagem.
Show image photograph (Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo) by Jason Bell
★★★★★
‘Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo dazzle.’
Financial Times
★★★★★
‘Spectacular. Go and see it. You won’t be sorry.’
The Times
★★★★★
‘Riveting. Both a Roman triumph and an Egyptian feast.’
WhatsOnStage
★★★★
‘Not to be missed. Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo offer blazing star power.’
Independent
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‘An epic production filled with passion.’
Guardian
★★★★
‘Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo have simmering chemistry.’
Evening Standard
★★★★
‘Slick, stylish and action-packed.’
Time Out
Advance tickets: $18 adults, $16 seniors, $14 students and children + applicable fees. Lincoln Theatre Members receive $2 off. 10% discount for the purchase of 4 or more productions in the 2018-19 season.