National Theatre Live - The Habit of Art

Thursday 07-11-2013 19:00

APPROX RUNNING TIME: 3hours (inc. interval)

Minimum Age Recommendation: 15

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.

This encore screening  is part of a mini season of recorded titles from NT Live to celebrate the National Theatre's 50th Anniversary this October:

Hamlet - Tuesday 22 October
The Habit of Art - Thursday 7 November
Frankenstein - Sunday 10 November

Special ticket price when booking all 3 screenings:
All seats  £11; NDT Members & Supporters £9; Student/Young Person £5 per screening             

This ticket offer is available from our Box Office on 01271 32 42 42 - we are unable to make it available for online bookings.

VENUE: The Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe

PRICE: All seats £12.50   NDT members/supporters £10.50   Student £7.00   Young Person £7.00