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Network [play]

Monday 19th Mar 2018

location_city The Lyttelton Theatre, Waterloo

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Network [play]

I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore.

"Howard Beale, news anchorman, isn't pulling in the viewers. In his final broadcast he unravels live on screen. But when the ratings soar, the network seize on their newfound populist prophet, and Howard becomes the biggest thing on TV.

Network depicts a dystopian media landscape where opinion trumps fact. Hilarious and horrifying by turns, the iconic film by Paddy Chayefsky won four Academy Awards in 1976. Now, Lee Hall (Billy Elliot, Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour) and director Ivo Van Hove (Hedda Gabler) bring his masterwork to the stage for the first time, with Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) in the role of Howard Beale."

The Lyttelton Theatre

The South Bank
Waterloo
Lambeth
London
SE1 9PX

Website

https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/?lid=1543