National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue

The Motive and the Cue

A new play by Jack Thorne
Directed by Sam Mendes

Certificate 15

Sam Mendes (The Lehman Trilogy) directs Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud and Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton in this fierce and funny new play.

1964: Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under John Gielgud’s exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel.

Written by Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and designed by Es Devlin (The Crucible), the Evening Standard award-winning best new play was filmed live during a sold-out run at the National Theatre.

Subject to availability, card payments only can be taken on the door.

Parking

Visitors are now required to register their vehicle and pay to park on campus, including outside the Cope Auditorium. There is a flat evening rate of £1 after 6pm. There are various ways in which you can register and pay:

· Download the APCOA Connect App (location code 2862)

· Online (pre-book) https://prebook.apcoa.co.uk/en/

· Online (on arrival) https://www.apcoaconnect.com/

· By ScanPay (please note that ScanPay charges a booking fee) https://scanpay.apcoa.co.uk/en/

· By phone: 01895 262122 (location code 2862)

· By cashless pay machines on campus. At present the closest pay machine is in Car Park 9, which is on the opposite side of Epinal Way to Cope Auditorium.

There is a 20p surcharge for payments made via APCOA app and ScanPay. Please contact Parking@lboro.ac.uk if you have any queries or visit the visitor parking webpage for more information.

Accessibility

The Cope Auditorium has step free access and there is an accessible toilet in the main foyer. The auditorium has wheelchair user spaces in the flat floor seating area and is fitted with an induction (hearing) loop. Wheelchair users may bring a carer with them at no extra cost – please select a wheelchair ticket and a wheelchair carer ticket. A wheelchair carer ticket will not be valid on its own.

If you have any access requirements or anything you would like us to be aware of when running the event, please let us know via the booking form or email LUArts@lboro.ac.uk in advance of booking and we will do our best to accommodate them.

For more information about the venue, including photographs, view the access guide for Cope Auditorium on AccessAble.

Exchanges and refunds

Tickets for our NT Live screenings are non-refundable unless the screening is postponed or cancelled.

Our NT Live screenings are a collaboration between LU Arts and Flix, student-run cinema. Flix run the screenings on the night on our behalf.

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