NT Live screening of the Noƫl Coward play Hay Fever, directed by Emily Burns, with Christine Baranski and Richard E. Grant.
Theatre@41 is bringing Hay Fever to York on Friday 5 February, as part of the NT Live season. It's a screening of the National Theatre's production of Noƫl Coward's comedy, so you're seeing a recorded stage performance on the big screen rather than a live cast on stage.
Hay Fever is one of Coward's most famous plays, a sharp comedy about a family of self-proclaimed artists who spend their days pretending to be far more creative than they actually are. The plot kicks off when a young man arrives at their country house, and the family's carefully maintained facade of artistic genius starts to unravel. It's a classic Coward setup: witty, fast-paced, and built on the kind of polite chaos that comes from people trying to keep up appearances while everything falls apart around them.
This particular production was directed by Emily Burns, and the cast is a big draw. Christine Baranski takes the lead, and Richard E. Grant is in the mix too, so you've got two heavyweights of stage and screen handling Coward's dialogue. Between the two of them, there's plenty of experience with the kind of precise, rhythmic timing that a play like this relies on. It's the sort of thing that works well in a cinema setting, where you can catch every expression and every beat of the dialogue.
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Because it's an NT Live screening, it's a one-off showing rather than a run, so it only comes to Theatre@41 on that one night. If you're a fan of Coward or just fancy a night of theatre without having to travel to London, it's a good way to catch a National Theatre production right here in York. The screening is on Friday 5 February at Theatre@41.
