Nation presented by National Theatre January 31, 2010

A spectacular family production of Terry Pratchett’s NATION will be filmed live at the National Theatre in London on 30 January 2010 and broadcast by satellite to cinemas worldwide. Adapted by Mark Ravenhill and directed by Melly Still, NATION is an exhilarating adventure story of survival and self-discovery featuring live music, dance and extraordinary puppets, suitable for ages 10 and above. NATION follows the hugely successful broadcasts of Phèdre and All’s Well That Ends Well and, in many cinemas, will have matinee screenings.
NT Live performances are filmed live at the National Theatre in high definition and broadcast via satellite to over 330 cinemas and performing arts centres around the world, live in Europe and some US cities, and time-delayed in countries further afield. The performances at the National are nominated in advance to allow cameras greater freedom in the auditorium. NT Live screenings in international venues, including the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Europe, are supported by Travelex, the world’s foreign exchange and business payments specialist.
NATION is set in a parallel world in 1860. Two teenagers, Mau and Daphne, are thrown together by a tsunami that has destroyed Mau’s village and left Daphne shipwrecked on his South Pacific island, thousands of miles from home. Mau wears next to nothing, Daphne a long white dress; neither speaks the other’s language; somehow they must learn to survive.
As starving refugees gather, Daphne delivers a baby, milks a pig, brews beer and does battle with a mutineer. Mau fights cannibal Raiders, discovers the world is round and questions the reality of his tribe’s fiercely patriarchal gods. Together they come of age, overseen by a foul-mouthed parrot, as they discard old doctrine to forge a new Nation.

NT Live – performances of National Theatre plays broadcast live to cinema screens around the world.
Nation will be performed live in London on Saturday, January 30, 2010, filmed in high definition and presented exclusively at participating movie theatres across the US.

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