Jude Law (The Young Pope, Closer, The Talented Mr Ripley) stars in the stage production of Obsession, broadcast live from the Barbican Theatre in London. Ivo van Hove (NT Live: A View from the Bridge, Hedda Gabler) directs this new stage adaptation of Luchino Visconti’s 1943 film.
Gino is a drifter, down-at-heel and magnetically handsome. At a road side restaurant he encounters husband and wife, Giuseppe and Giovanna. Irresistibly attracted to each other, Gino and Giovanna begin a fiery affair and plot to murder her husband. But, in this chilling tale of passion and destruction, the crime only serves to tear them apart.
The stage production of Obsession is produced by Barbican Theatre Productions Limited, London and Toneelgroep Amsterdam; co-commissioned by Wiener Festwochen and Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg; co-produced by Holland Festival and David Binder Productions; and supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

笨手笨脚的爸爸特雷弗在照看豪宅时，试图战胜一只狡猾的蜜蜂，却不料引发了更多混乱。

　　在喜马拉雅山脚下的英国殖民地希姆拉，英国人和印度人迎来了为期六个月的夏季。这个1932年的夏天和往年的夏天并没有什么不同，希姆拉（实际拍摄地是马来西亚）鲜花盛开，舞会和派对们眼看将绵延整个夏季。不同的是，这将是一个时代结束前最后的宁静。甘地和他代表的印度独立力量正在崛起，演讲，集会，甚至更为激进的暗杀捅破了虚假的歌舞升平。

Jude Law plays the magnetically handsome, down-at-heel Gino in a new stage adaptation of Visconti’s penetrating social drama directed by Ivo van Hove.Drifter Gino, powerful and graceful as a puma, encounters Giuseppe and his much younger, trapped wife Hanna (played by Halina Reijn) at their roadside restaurant and petrol station. He and Hanna are so irresistibly attracted to one another they begin an affair while plotting to murder her husband. But the crime does not unite them in this chilling story where passion can lead only to destruction.

Visconti’s first feature film Obsession (1943) gave rise to Italian neorealism, a cinematic movement highlighting the struggles of ordinary people in a time of upheaval. As Van Hove’s fourth Visconti production, it features a company of Dutch and British actors led by Law, whose charismatic stage and screen performances have established him as one of the foremost actors of his generation.

Obsession is one of three Toneelgroep Amsterdam productions directed here by Ivo van Hove in 2017. See After the Rehearsal/ Persona in September.



Please note that this performance contains nudity, scenes of a sexual nature, and loud gun shots. Smoking will also take place on stage.

Please be aware that the performance on Thursday 11 May will now start at 7pm and audiences must be seated no later than 6.45pm. This is due to the NT live streaming at this performance.


Approximately 1 hour 50 mins/no interval

Age guidance 16+ (contains adult themes)

Performed in English

回望、致敬，《动机与提示》是一封戏剧人给剧院的深情情书。该剧由杰克·索恩（Jack Thorne）创作，奥斯卡、奥利弗、托尼奖获奖导演萨姆·门德斯（Sam Mendes）执导，2022年在英国国家剧院首演获誉无数，2023年12月移至西区再次上演，2024年奥利弗奖上获得最佳新剧、最佳导演、最佳男主角3项大奖提名，最终马克·加蒂斯（Mark Gatiss）获得最佳话剧男主角奖。
《动机与提示》再现了1964年百老汇复排版《哈姆雷特》的传奇幕后。成名已久的古典派戏剧导演约翰·吉尔古德爵士应邀执导当红电影演员理查德·伯顿演绎新版哈姆雷特，伯顿与大明星伊丽莎白·泰勒新婚不久，个性张扬又我行我素，很快便就如何演绎哈姆雷特的问题与吉尔古德导演爆发了灾难性的争吵。排练无以为继之时，两代戏剧人需要在现代与古典、电影与戏剧、激情与规则等看似水火不容的观念上相互倾听，调和方法，最终成就了一版不可复制的经典佳作。
马克·加蒂斯（Mark Gatiss，《神探夏洛克》《九号秘事》）、约翰尼·弗林（Johnny Flynn，《刽子手》）和塔彭丝·米德尔顿（Tuppence Middleton）分别在剧中扮演约翰·吉尔古德爵士、理查德·伯顿和伊丽莎白·泰勒，并贡献了精彩万分的对手戏。多次获得大奖的舞美设计埃斯·德芙琳（Es Devlin）巧妙为酒店内室、排练厅与虚幻的剧中场景铺陈了不同的色彩风格，流畅的场景切换让观众跟随剧中人，周旋于舞台与名利场之间。

　　Virdee 是根据 AA Dhand 的畅销犯罪小说改编的新侦探系列剧。

　　该剧介绍了布拉德福德的一名警察 Harry Virdee（萨沙-达万 Sacha Dhawan 饰），他因与穆斯林 Saima 结婚而被锡克教家庭抛弃。哈里在被抛弃的痛苦中挣扎，不断试图与家人团聚。随着个人生活陷入混乱，他必须追捕一名针对亚裔社区的杀手。

　　当凶手在布拉德福德绑架了当地议员的女儿并勒索整个城市的赎金时，哈里意识到他需要他的姐夫里亚兹的帮助，里亚兹是一个毒品大亨，经营着该郡最大的贩毒集团。哈里必须做出选择：拯救自己和家人，还是拯救自己的城市。他无法两全其美。