CARRIE Cracknell’s acclaimed National Theatre production of Terence Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea will be broadcast live to cinemas from the National’s Lyttelton Theatre on Thursday, September 1 at 7pm.

When Hester Collyer is found by her neighbours in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story of her tempestuous affair with Freddie Page, a former RAF pilot and the breakdown of her marriage to a High Court Judge begins to emerge. With it comes a portrait of need, loneliness and long-repressed passion. Behind the fragile veneer of post-war civility burns a brutal sense of loss and longing.

Helen McCrory and Carrie Cracknell reunite following the acclaimed Medea in 2014. Helen McCrory’s other theatre work includes, The Last of the Haussmans, Blood Wedding and The Seagull for the NT; The Late Middle Classes, Old Times, Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya (Donmar Warehouse) and As You Like It (West End). Her extensive film and television work includes Skyfall, Hugo, Leaving, A Little Chaos, Peaky Blinders, Penny Dreadful, The Queen, and Harry Potter.

The Deep Blue Sea will be streamed live from the Lyttelton Theatre on Thursday, September 1 and can be seen locally at the Playhouse Cinema, Leominster, Malvern Theatres; Ludlow Assembly Rooms, The Conquest, Bromyard; The Regal in Tenbury and the Hereford Odeon. There will be a delayed screening at The Courtyard on Wednesday, September 7.

To book for all venues, visit ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk